We have written about car reliability surveys on our web site here.

We, and many others, are really annoyed that no such survey happens in Australia. So we are all still in the dark as far as Australian-made cars are concerned! No local insurance company or auto magazine seems to want to produce their own survey, and the local car companies refuse to make industry quality surveys public.  Read More

Some car enthusiasts hate bumper stickers – they spoil the clean lines and detract from the overall design of their machines, and if you change your mind about the sticker and you put it on the paintwork (bad, bad move), the paintwork can get damaged. The only stickers you’re ever going to see on machines owned by these people are the little tags that all cars have to have to tell those passing ......

On the site here we wrote an article about the cars that have done the most kilometers in the world. We werent sure of the Australian record, so please let us know in the comments below if you know of a record breaker or near record breaker odometers.

Million Kilometer Car

In last month’s newsletter we asked our readers for their horror car experiences , and we  were surprised at the response. We have shown that modern cars are much more reliable than their classic counterparts (here), but, it seems, even the most dependable makes have their ‘off’ days. The best story last month  won a TomTom Live Sat/Nav, so we are offering the same prize this month for the best “Great Car’ experience.

You may recall last month that I had ......

We live in a recyclable world now.  Glass, plastic, metal, paper, oil… the list goes on.  I did wonder about what people could do with a corrosive, dud car battery.  But you know what?  You can recycle these too.

New Zealand’s AA Battery Service is involved with recycling used car batteries, and Bill Keane, General Manager of AA Battery Service, stated that “More than 97 % of a battery is able to be recycled.  After every replacement by our mobile battery patrols, we send ......