Coolant is tasked with keeping your cars engine well… cool. With furnace like temperatures predicted for the holiday period, your cooling system is going to be working at full capacity to keep your motor at a happy operating temperature. A quick coolant check can be cheap insurance against overheating, particularly if you have an older …
Oil is the lifeblood of your engine. It lubricates the moving components of your engine so they can move with less friction. This reduces heat and ensures the mechanics of the motor are maintained for a long life. Oil leaks are a serious concern. They mean your car is bleeding, and that you’re leaving a …
Christmas puts us under a lot of pressure, but there’s one type of pressure you need to get just right. Like the tread on the outside of your tyres, the air on the inside is absolutely vital to your car’s grip on the road beneath it. Air pressure very slowly bleeds out of tyres, which …
Fixing a flat is no way to spend Christmas morning. It’s hard, dirty work. If you’re doing it by the side of a busy road, it’s downright dangerous. Often, small pieces of debris escape ute trays or find their way onto the road surface. While some may puncture and deflate your tyre immediately, some debris …
A worn tyre has poor grip. Less grip means poor handling, longer stopping distances and increased risk of losing control of the car in an emergency situation. From new, tyre tread depth starts at around eight millimetres and wears down as you drive. The rate of wear depends on a lot of factors including tyre …
Proving grounds; elaborate top-secret test sites where vehicle makers test the mettle of their metal. In a secret pocket of Germany, there is a proving ground like no other. Designed to prove parts will perform and protect for a vehicles lifetime, the remit of proving ground engineers is to push the envelope. They drive cars …
Three decades and 500,000 kilometres later, Dottee’s Prelude is still good as new. 1988 was Mark Avis’ third year as a junior salesman, selling cars at Robert Lane Honda. It was a good year, and he was quickly making a name for himself. There wasn’t anything remarkable or unusual during his sale of a new …
Brutal vehicle testing endured by proving ground engineers is celebrated in a new campaign by automotive industry initiative Genuine is Best. Launched during Road Safety Week, the spotlight is on the beleaguered posterior of Vehicle Dynamics Technician Keith, working at Holden’s Lang Lang proving ground. Proving grounds; elaborate top-secret test sites where vehicle makers test …
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