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Dannie Lyman

Why Does My Mechanic Contradict The Car experts?

How is it that Andrew Maclean and his team rate the Holden Captiva higher than a Toyota Tarago on the list of best to worst cars? After all anyone with any mechanical knowledge will tell you that buying a Holden Captiva is about as intelligent as appointing King Julian to drive your teenage daughter to

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Why Long Service Intervals Are Garbage

The latest selling gimmick of the producers of fine automobiles is the concept that your brand new $80,000 car which is comprised mostly of plastic only needs to be serviced four times in its life. Car salesmen strutting their KMart suits with sagging crotchs sprout all sorts of rubbish to land a sale and the

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Cars and the Christmas Rush

Traditionally the Christmas rush in the auto industry starts early November. This means we are often very busy for most of the November and early December period. Due to the recent supply chain shortage, we are anticipating much longer wait times on many parts required for vehicles. As such we are recommending that customers begin

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Staff Needed

We are looking for staff for our Warriewood Branch. The Growth of our business means we are looking for new staff to join the adventure. www.gdlauto.com.au https://gdlauto.com.au/blog/ https://www.facebook.com/GDLAutomotive https://www.facebook.com/gdlsubaruparts https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fgdlautomotive%2F https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fgdlautoparts%2F https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannie-ly… https://www.tiktok.com/@gdl_autosport? Have a project car that needs parts or a daily that needs more go? We have what you need. www.gdlautosport.com.au – performance parts https://parts.gdlauto.com.au

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

What Does This Warning Light Mean?

As an active member of many car forums we frequently come across a generic question where the owner of a vehicle has the check engine warning light come on. They then ask the community with no additional knowledge “what could this be” This warning light is simply an indicator to tell the owner/ driver that

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

5 New Electric car manufactures!

It’s not a question of if, rather it’s a question of when. Some argue that electric vehicles will not work in Australia for a variety of reasons. Many of these reasons are valid, infrastructure, the vastness of our country and the environmental impact of producing electric cars. All of these angles do spark debate but

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

The Most Commonly Stolen Car In Australia

Quick stats A passenger/light commercial vehicle is stolen approximately every 13 minutes in Australia. 39,400 passenger/light commercial vehicles were stolen in 2020 Half of all car thefts occur with the car at home (either in a driveway, car port or garage) Over 50% of Australians keep their car keys within plain sight, making car thefts simpler

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Why Do Thieves Want Your Exhaust?

There is a small section of your exhaust pipe that fetches a very high price in the scrap metal world. In petrol driven vehicles this part is called a catalytic convertor (cat), in diesels the part is a diesel particular filter (DPF). the metals inside these components are used to filter the exhausts coming out

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Half Road users have drugs in their system

And many of them are not informed that their driving can be impacted Nearly 50% of drivers aged 16 and up have admitted using one or more drugs with potentially impairing effects (antihistamines, cough medicines, antidepressants, prescription pain medications, muscle relaxers, sleep aids — including barbiturates and benzodiazapines — or amphetamines) in the past 30

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