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Can you spot the significance of this photograph?
Take a good look at this photograph. It’s a picture of the first-year mechanical apprentices entering the NRMA’s car servicing centre apprenticeship program this year, and of the 14, […]
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They don’t build ‘em like they used to. Good thing too.
Here’s a sobering fact. If you drive a car made prior to the turn of the century and run into something hard, like a tree or a bus, you’re four […]
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Here’s the dirt on American roadbuilding
The roadbuilders in Omaha, Nebraska, have come up with an interesting way to deal with potholes. It could be roughly summarised as: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Instead […]
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Electric vehicles: Another place where the Kiwis are murdering the Australians
There were 219 electric vehicles registered in Australia in 2016 making EVs the nichest of niche markets. In New Zealand they sold 1513, almost seven times more. And the market […]
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Navigation – getting what you pay for.
I went to the launch of Hyundai’s new Elantra a while ago, held at a golf resort in the north-east of Tasmania, miles from anywhere. It was there that I […]
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Either learn to live with start/stop tech or move to America.
Start/stop technology is a bit like broccoli; we know it’s good for us but we avoid it if we can. It makes perfect sense when you think about it. It’s […]
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Self-driving cars have more fender-benders.
Many years ago I became stuck fast in a line of traffic because the guy in front was obeying the law. It got very ugly. I was in a queue […]
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Turning your car into mobile headphones
There’s a truth to car audio that most car manufacturers just don’t get; good installation trumps good equipment every time. I listen to lots of car audio systems and they […]
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Cars for the successful – and smart
There are traditional measures of success and one of them has always been your car. And by this measure Australians are doing very well indeed; the luxury car market has […]