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Dannie Lyman

What is a Timing Belt?

So your mechanic has rung you and told you your car is due for a timing belt, you blindly approve the work and then he tells you the price and you are nearly blown off the seat. How can a belt cost so much? Let us explain to you. There are two components to this,

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Dannie Lyman

If you do this at the petrol station, you’re damaging your car…

It’s a real short article this week and it seems like its a really basic one. We often see this happening at petrol stations. In our super busy consumer driven lives, we can’t wait five minutes for the petrol bowser on the correct side of the car to be free. We have some important meeting

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

How to Get Dents Out of Your Car

This is a trick we frequently use in our shop to amaze clients when they have had some minor touch parking incidents. Often the client has not mentioned the ding but is thrilled to have their car returned with a few of those parking incidents removed from evidence. This video, by some American bloke, demonstrates

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Dannie Lyman

Honda HRV Review.

The latest vehicle to hit the market from Honda is the all new HRV. With some great marketing, this car is becoming very popular as a low budget SUV and we are seeing lots of them on the streets. There are two common faults with them to keep in mind if your considering buying one.

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Dannie Lyman

Motion Sickness in Holden Commodores

In recent months my mother-in-law got herself a flash new VF Commodore a V6 manual sedan with leather and electric hand brake. The whole family considers themselves to be Holden fans and thus got themselves one of the last of the Commodores long line of family vehicles. Recently I hitched a ride in the back

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Making Music for Toyota

A blast from the past. The artist seen in this clip who is responsible for the musical masterpiece around the Toyota, is a young man who went to school with Dannie. As a result this clip turned up on his Facebook feed. Interesting to watch the creative arts mix with the auto industry.

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Dannie Lyman

Mercedes Benz Super Bowl Ad

The great car commercials come out when the Americans play football. Whilst we have Ford’s annoying ads, with that dopey woman complaining about catching a bus and how amazing Ford is because they give you a loan car. Mercedes in its own level of class, delivers commercials like this.

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

We Will Match Your Capped Price Service.

Do you want to use a small trustworthy mechanical workshop but would rather use the dealerships “Capped Price Servicing” to ensure low cost servicing? Do you like the “no surprise” security of the Capped Price Service offered by the dealers? We have the solution for you. GDL Automotive Services is introducing a new product, where

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Dannie Lyman

Honda Jazz 2007-2013 Common Problems

Continuing on in our series of articles that cover the Honda Jazz. This cover the second Generation of the Jazz which release dates range from 2007- 2013. We covered the first generation Jazz in a previous blog that can be viewed by clicking the link below. Honda Jazz 2001-2008 Common Problems This model Jazz would

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