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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Buying A Car For $5K Or Less

Inevitably at some point in your life you have owned a car that was out-valued by a used razor blade. Often whilst we were studying, living on campus and making questionable liquid consumption decisions we drove a car that would only comply with safety standards of Mumbai. Dreams of completing your degree and climbing the

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Brake Shudder And How To Fix It

Life throws you enough rubbish on a daily basis, children fighting in the back seat, the sentence “he is looking out my window” triggers rage in all parents. Your are left thinking “I’m pretty sure they are all MY windows as I paid for the blasted thing”. The fuel warning light is on your dash,

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Honda CRV Starter Motor 2002-2006

On the ninth day the Lord said “let there be a Honda”. Honda is Gods gift to the automotive world are car that is amazing for everyone. Yet Adam ate from the forbidden tree so unfortunately we have a few common faults in these great cars. These are purely due to the decisions one man

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

My Mechanic Sabotaged my Car!

For those of us that work within the industry the sentence “but it wasn’t like that before I bought the car to you” is heard all to often and has been known to result in feuds between block head mechanics who struggle to articulate what they mean and usually a person of high ignorance. This

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Why Do I need to Change my Coolant?

If the bloke servicing your plumbing said “we strongly recommend changing your septic filter” you would unconditionally agree, shake the mans hand (after he has serviced you properties poo system) and pay the man what he asked for. You would have zero clue as to what he is talking about, except it has the word

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Ford
Dannie Lyman

BA Falcon Rear Suspension Noises

It’s no secret that we find BA Falcons about as exciting as Home Brand fish fingers. Our dislike for them is documented heavily in several of our previous blog articles including these listed below.Ford Falcon BA Vehicle Review However, we have come across several common faults with them that we feel need to be documented

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Land Rover Freelander 2 Boost Leak

Driving a Free Lander two and suddenly you lose power, have a high pitch whistle noise and a check engine light? More than likely you have a split intercooler hose between the throttle body and the intercooler. Traditionally the split occurs down at the intercooler end. Some technicians feel the front bar has to be

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

The Automotive Industry: The Issue with Trust

We have covered in previous articles on our blog the wavering trust the community has within the Automotive industry. Many articles have been written by others and myself attempting to identify where this lack of trust has arisen. It’s easy to blame previous generations for this and point the finger at others but sooner or later

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