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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Why Do You Need to Change Your Brake Fluid?

There are many items small mechanical workshops and dealerships sell to clients as “up-sells”. These items are considered to be preventative maintenance and not so much an essential item needing to be done immediately. Unfortunately, in many cases the person selling theses items have a monetary bonus tied to the sale of this and so

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Honda Odyssey Review (2003-2008)

There is a command in the bible that states “Be fruitful and multiply”. As a human race many of us have rejected scriptural commands, but the need for the production of vehicles like the Honda Odyssey is proof that there is a large number of people who had no problems following a command that implied

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Toyota Hilux GUN26R Review

How good is this truck? Well technically it’s a ute but we love to call it a truck. These things are so good we own one. Part of the GDL Automotive Fleet is a Toyota Hilux. Often used for carrying exceptional weight such as scrap metal runs to the tip, engine and gearbox transport and

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

What Van Should I Buy?

We are not talking about buying a Mitsubishi Express van with four hundred thousand kilometres on it for twelve Euros. This van would be fitted out with a used mattress with even more kilometres on it and you have only bought it so that you can drive up the east coast of Australia for three

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

What is the Best Ute to Buy?

Manufacturers know that when producing a ute or other commercial vehicle they are making something that is going to have to under go some serious amount of work, strain and in some cases abuse. As a result of this most of them are very good vehicles with the advise only to avoid The Colorado, D40

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

What Car Should I Buy?

The best small cars: The articles we have written in the past often focus on vehicles we feel have the mechanical finesse of a tube of toothpaste. This makes them easy to criticise and its lots of fun to do so. Recently, we have received lots of inquiries from people stating that whilst our website

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Why Fuel Consumption Stats are Inaccurate

It is universally accepted that when buying a new vehicle the salesman will tell you whatever you want to hear in order to land the sale. It’s not new news, it’s an age old tactic used for centuries by sellers of anything. Even Pablo Escabar managed to talk his way into politics by telling the

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

The Trouble with Long Service Intervals

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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Ford
Dannie Lyman

How to Fix Ford Territory Brake Shudder

Chances are, if you own a Ford Territory you have a savage vibration through the vehicle as you lightly brake coming down hills. The fault is caused by a braking system that is far too small to handle the weight of the vehicle. Almost every Ford Territory on Australian roads is plagued by this highly irritating

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