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Another recall for Lexus

December 15, 2022 murrellp@bigpond.com Need to know

LEXUS AUSTRALIA HAS ANNOUNCED that it will initiate a safety recall involving GS, GS F, IS, RC and RC F vehicles produced between January 2012 and August 2018, inclusive. There are 14,301 vehicles involved in

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Dogs prefer EVs

December 6, 2022 murrellp@bigpond.com Buying advice, Electric vehicles, Need to know

WE THOUGHT WE’D HEARD almost every genuine (and spurious) reason to move out of internal combustion engine cars and join the lemming-like rush to electric vehicles, but this one takes the cake. In a first-of-its-kind

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Linkt responds to seniordriveraus criticism

November 29, 2022 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver threats, Need to know

AN OFFER OF RIGHT OF REPLY to our story yesterday (read it here) from seniordriveraus to Scott Charlton, the CEO of Transurban, elicited a quick response. The company’s very personable Complaints Manager, Thanh Ho, repeatedly

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Ford, Tesla owners face more recalls

November 28, 2022 murrellp@bigpond.com Need to know

RECALLS ARE BECOMING A WAY of life for many owners, not least Tesla owners. More than 15,000 Tesla vehicles are being recalled in Australia for a fault that owners have been warned, “could increase the

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Pack up your troubles and hit the open road

November 25, 2022 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver challenges, Need to know

THERE COMES A TIME IN LIFE when an overpowering desire to simply lock up the house, pack up the caravan and hit the open road can be denied no longer. Even a short drive on

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Audi slims down its iconic rings

November 22, 2022 murrellp@bigpond.com Need to know

FIRST IT WAS VW WHO revisited its logo and introduced a new slimline version. Now it’s Audi’s turn. And, like Volvo did many years ago, Audi is also introducing its own font. Here at seniordriveraus

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Be prepared for floodwaters

November 18, 2022 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver threats, Need to know

MODERN TECHNOLOGY IS INCREASING exponentially, but it isn’t all good. The tendency for power windows to trap people in submerged cars has been extensively reported, and an example during the recent floods demonstrates this dramatically.

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BMW extends warranty to five years

November 17, 2022 murrellp@bigpond.com Buying advice, Need to know

IT’S TAKEN A WHILE for European companies to admit that longer warranties being offered by other companies are having an effect on purchase intentions. But customer pressure has finally won out with BMW moving to

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Volvo to go all electric in Australia by 2026

November 8, 2022 murrellp@bigpond.com Electric vehicles, Need to know

IN A BOLD MOVE, Volvo Australia has announced its intention to go fully electric by 2026, four years earlier than its parent company’s global target “Globally, Volvo is firmly committed to becoming an electric-only carmaker

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Warning that mass-produced solid-state batteries are “a decade away”

November 5, 2022 murrellp@bigpond.com Electric vehicles, Need to know

ANYONE WHO BELIEVES MASS-PRODUCED solid-state batteries in cars are just around the corner is in for a shock, if a pioneering company in the field of fast charging batteries, is correct. StoreDot has stated that

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