Car advice for people whose age and IQ are both over 50.
IT’S ALWAYS FRUSTRATING when you buy a new car and a few months later, it’s upgraded with features that you really would have liked, but couldn’t get, at the time of purchase. Usually, it’s either
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AFTER MONTHS OF HEAVY PR regarding the need for Australian motorists to contact their dealers and have faulty Takata airbags replaced, it seems many are still at risk. Victoria’s automotive association, the RACV, has called
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To be unveiled in Detroit, and due here in the second half of 2019 Many of us have fond memories of the Toyota Supra, a more grown-up version of the Celica in the 90s and
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CAR BUYING AT AUCTION HAS SOME TRAPS FOR THE UNWARY AND THE UNPREPARED, SO DO YOUR HOMEWORK FIRST Many people will warn you against buying a car at auction because you can end
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A RECENT NATIONAL SURVEY has supposedly uncovered what new car buyers most want in their next new car. Most motoring journalists may be surprised to learn that performance doesn’t make it into the top five
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BEING STRANDED ON THE ROADSIDE because of a breakdown is a stressful experience. It invariably happens at the most inconvenient time and often in less-than-ideal circumstances. However, it can get a lot worse if you
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SOME VEHICLES, AND PARTICULARLY OLDER CARS, have seatbelts that are too short to accommodate a child in their restraint when used with a bolster seat. So far, we’ve heard of the problem with large family
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MORE THAN IN MOST OTHER COUTNRIES in the world, Australian motorists need to drive to avoid kangaroos, dogs, cats, cattle and any number of other creatures that infest our roads. A little anticipation can go
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ANYONE WHO RIDES A BICYCLE knows it’s a case of Russian Roulette when riding beside stationary vehicles. At any moment, a driver or passenger may unexpectedly open a car or truck door straight out into
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THE FUTURE FOR SPEEDING MOTORISTS looks ever more glum, with a strong possibility that speeding tickets will be issued not by police officers, but by new automated law enforcement systems. Such systems are currently under
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