Is your car pet friendly?
Pets have become part of the family, so when you travel by car, often they will too. Here’s how to travel with pets, safe for them, safe for you. IT PROBABLY ISN’T SOMETHING top of
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Police ignoring guidelines for speed cameras
AS WITH ANY piece of equipment, there are guidelines on how radar and speed cameras should be used. However, these guidelines are being ignored, and motorists are being unfairly (and possibly illegally) penalised as a
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Nine most common mistakes drivers make every day.
Despite the cavalier way we approach it, driving a motor vehicle is probably the most dangerous thing we do on a daily basis. THINGS ARE definitely improving, with the number of fatalities steadily falling across
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Ten new car features that buyers really don’t like.
MOST CAR REVIEWS blather on about all the wonderful new technology that’s fitted to the latest model, but talk to owners and you quickly learn that a lot of the so-called features are superfluous to
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How many bad habits are learners picking up from mum and dad?
ACCORDING TO RESEARCH released recently by the RACQ, more mothers are teaching learners to drive than any other supervisor. More than 53 percent of learners surveyed reported they were mainly supervised by their mums or
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Motorists unable to identify brake warning lights.
A SURVEY OF 1000 British motorists (and sure to yield similar results if held in Australia) has highlighted a worrying lack of knowledge when it comes to car maintenance, warning lights and habits. The survey
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Aussie car buyers bitter about lemon laws.
WHILE OVERSEAS CAR BUYERS are well protected with so-called “lemon laws” if they buy a vehicle with documented faults, Australian buyers have no such protection. Some time ago, we suggested there might be hope on
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Mitsubishi Triton and Mirage best-in-class running costs
WHILE MOST BUYERS are fixated on the purchase price of new cars, the actual cost of owning and running one over the ownership period depends on a variety of factors, many of which buyers tend
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Surveys show what it costs to run your car
MOST PEOPLE ARE FIXATED on the initial purchase price of any car they’re thinking about buying, but the real cost of ownership depends on a number of factors over the full period you have it.
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Toyota adds key safety upgrades to top-selling model, Hilux.
FINALLY, WE’RE SEEING some significant safety initiatives for commercial vehicles, and not before time. These improvements are worthwhile on at least two levels: these vehicles are often not bought as commercial vehicles but by private
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