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Mechanic Hornsby
GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Is your number plate legal?

Things people are ignorant about. US politics, the cause of the GFC and the legality of number plates. You probably are not aware that many of the vehicles that come through our workshop for rego inspections and safety checks actually have number plates that do not comply with NSW law. The rules are quite strict

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Best Mechanic Hornsby
GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

May Special: Free Air Conditioning Treatment

What is this rubbish the dealers are trying to sell me now? Automotive Bloggers have warned consumers for many years now about the less than ethical upselling of preventative maintenance items as required repairs. In recent times (the past 5 – 10 years) we have seen motor vehicles hit the market featuring an item called

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Brake specialist Northern Beaches
GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Stop cutting corners on your brakes!

Lets cut straight to the chase. The days of replacing the brake pads on their own or getting your brakes “relined” went out with bell bottom pants and Go-go boots. The average customer does not understand this and is often upset at the cost of a brake replacement repair. The cause for this is a

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BMW Mechanic Northern Beaches
BMW
Dannie Lyman

Australian Taxpayers To Fund $15 Billion In BMWs For MPs

With the closure of the last of Australian vehicle manufacturers in recent years companies are now forced to look else where for their fleets. Not excluded from this issue is the federal government. Currently the fleet of vehicles used to ship MP’s judges and other important, mildly overweight governing officials and dignities around is the

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How to save money on your car
GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

How To Save $1000 A Year On Vehicle Expenses.

Anyone who has inhabited this world long enough to remember Belinda on Play School will by now have come to terms with the fact that owning and running a motor vehicle of any type is expensive. There are certain makes and models that amplify this “cost of living” but that is a conversation for another

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Subaru Recall
GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Massive Subaru Engine Recall

Hats off to Subaru. When a recurring problem presented itself Subaru decided to do the right thing by its consumers and develop a repair for the fault and then issued a global recall on the issue. Unlike Ford with the dreaded power shift transmission issues. almost 400,000 Subarus globally and some Toyotas that share the

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Ford Focus expert Northern Beaches
Ford
Dannie Lyman

Ford Focus Review (Third Generation) DO NOT BUY

The third generation of the Focus covers vehicles released between 2011-2018 and comes with a warning. Do not buy these cars. There is currently all sorts of legal carry on happening with the Focus powershift transmissions after the ACCc got involved and slapped Ford with a Fine. Currently the world is waiting and watching what

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Ford Focus Review
Ford
Dannie Lyman

Ford Focus Review (Second Generation)

There are four generations of the Focus. The first is atrocious, the third comes complete with a rubbish transmission from factory and the fourth is so new we are holding our breath to see how average it truly can be. Time will tell. The second generation is the model we are reviewing here. The year

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

The Best Cars For Students

Here is a list of our mechanical opinion of the best vehicles for students. University or high school students are known for having a wardrobe on the back seat, several sets of shoes in the boot and almost no money. For this reason we have listed the best vehicles for these people solely based on

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