Category: GDL Auto Blog

Ford
Dannie Lyman

Ford Focus MK3 Vehicle Review

Thinking of buying a MK3 Focus? You would be better off nailing your hand to a timber bench. These cars are nothing but trouble. We knew they were problematic based of our hands on experience with them, but after doing some more in depth research we are gob smacked at how many common faults the

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

What is a CVT and How Does it Work?

You might have read some of our previous articles where we have mentioned a vehicle comes with a CVT Transmission. CVT stands for Continuous Variable Transmission. It’s a relatively new design of automatic transmission that has made its way into most modern day automatic vehicles. We are rapidly approaching a time where the traditional automatic

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

VW Amarok Vehicle Review

When conducting our basic research for this article, things like factory recalls, quantity sold and distributed, to what nations and country of production, we discovered the Amarok was produced in Argentina. Our inner discriminator took over and instantly we decided that based on the country of origin the Amarok would be no good. Like all

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Mazda 2 (DE) 2007- 2014 Review

The Mazda 2 boasts very little. It’s a small compact car with minimal features and not a huge amount going for it. It’s about as exciting as queuing up at the post office but to go with the complete lack of excitement there is actually very little that goes wrong with the small cars. In fact,

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

D4D Toyota Hilux Injector Fault

Many four wheel drive enthusiast pages are filled with memes implying that owners of various makes and models have a sexual tendency that is considered humours. Who it comes to the Hilux the D4D system is often used as leverage to imply that he Hilux owner has questionable sexuality. Lines such as “I feel bad

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

VW Golf MK4 Vehicle Review

Don’t do it. The MK4 was released between 1997-2003 The VW Golf has copped a hiding from us the past few weeks and its potentially about to get worse. The MK4 is the car in question this time. We argue that this was probably the best Golf ever produced, but before you all run out

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Project 180SX-RB26 FINISHED

Whilst our friend Nic is often heard saying “it’s finished” we are not so convinced and we know what he is like. Chances are the car will get more modifications and more work will come in the future, but for now we’re happy to accept the its finished sentiments. Its a very rewarding feeling with

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

VW Golf MK5 Vehicle Review

The MK5 Golf was released between 2003 -2009 If you absolutely have to buy a VW Golf, against all better judgement (as in you simply are purely addicted to driving a car around that the represents all the atrocities mankind has performed upon one another since the dawn of time), then our advice is get

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

VW Golf MK6 Vehicle Review

The MK6 Golf was released between 2008-2013. We have been putting this review on the back burner for years. If you follow our automotive blog you will know that we are not fans of the VW Golf by any stretch of the imagination. The fear is that if we were to do a write up

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