Archive for October, 2006

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Ethanol – It’s Corrosive

and it eats things away – including parts of your car
While everyone and their dog are in a mad rush to recommend that we convert to alternative fuels sometimes, some very important facts are being overlooked.
One of those important facts is that when you add ethanol to normal fuel it becomes corrosive. Here in Australia [...]

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Ford Posts a $US 5.8 Billion Loss

What will the impact be on Ford in Australia?
When the parent company of Ford Australia posts such a huge loss in just one quarter you have to wonder when the local company will begin to feel the impact. There is no doub that a big negative number was expected in the third quarter because Ford [...]

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A Honda Civic Like No Other

AAAAGGGGHHHHH MY EYES!
It’s said to have cost $US150,000 and it’s not something you want to look at if you’re nursing a hangover – in fact it’s not something you would want to look at for too long at all.
It was described as the >Best Overall Car Job Ever on the Daily Buzzer website but they [...]

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It’s Fast, It’s Expensive and It’s Here

Launching a luxury rocket
Australians will get their first peek at the fastest accelerating and most expensive example of open-top motoring in the BMW family, the M6 Convertible, next week when the Australian International Motor Show opens in Sydney. The 373 kW V10 M6 Convertible accelerates from 0–100 km/h in just 4.8 seconds and will cost [...]

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Holden Recalls the VE Commodore

.. and the WM series as well.
It seems that Holden has discovered a problem with the fuel line and one hose in particular may be faulty and so all Commodores manufactured in July and August this year will be recalled.
Holden says that the problem has the potential to cause a fuel leak although there have [...]

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Another Car Parts Manufacturer in Trouble

Car sales are rising but parts makers are crumbling
While the sales of locally made cars are remaining strong despite the rise in interest rates and fuel prices and the outlook for the industry looks promising the same cannot be said for the parts industry.
As the major car manufacturers seek even more ways to make a [...]

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Things Are Gonna Get Nasty

The Toyota logo meets the blog world
While most people on the planet have no idea of what a blog is (the last time a survey was conducted they found that only 2% of Internet users knew what a blog was) the blog world is alive and kicking and has quite an impact on may of [...]

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Small Sales Car Boom Softens in September

Petrol prices are up, interest rates are up and sales of bigger cars are also up – there’s nothing like going against the trend.
The long-running boom in small and car sales is showing the first signs of slowing according official motor industry figures released today.
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industrie’s VFACTS report shows that sales [...]

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The New Mini Has Been Unveiled

But why a new MINI when BMW couldn’t keep up with the demand for the old MINI?
BMW launched its first MINI in 2001 and since then has sold over 875,000 vehicles and it admits that it has never been able to keep up with the demand. However in the words Dr Michael Ganal, a member [...]

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When Too Many Cup Holders Are Not Enough

Why do two people need four cupholders?
As somebody who works full time on the Internet I often lament at how many designers of web pages and the scripts that produce web pages simply seem to have no clue as to useability. They seem to ignore the KISS principle entirely and produce sites that look terrible [...]

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The Toyota Aurion is Coming

The teaser ads are starting to appear to television and Toyota is promising the release of their new 6 cylinder car in November but what can we expect to see in November.
Well a version of the Aurion is already on the showroom floors in the United States where it is selling as a Camry so [...]