Buying the right car for your family’s needs can be a daunting task. Drive’s team of experts provides some parental guidance on what makes a good family car.
Drive’s free Family Motoring Guide is loaded with advice about getting the car that best suits your family’s needs.
It has head-to-head comparisons of the best-selling models, invaluable [...]
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US company New Energy Technologies remains tight-lipped over its energy transfer innovation.
wasted road energy
Like it or not, when your car drives down the street it wastes power.
A fair whack of energy is lost in the form of sound and heat from the motor. The shock absorbers have to cope with upward and downward motion [...]
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Sam Movizio’s dream of staging a world class exotic car show in Sydney is close to becoming a reality.
Beauty takes many forms.
But for Sam Movizio, nothing – absolutely nothing – beats the lines of an exotic collector car.
The prominent prestige-vehicle repairer and restorer is the driving force behind Concours d’Elegance, Sydney, a classic-car gathering [...]
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Are you tired of all the marketing spin about wheels?
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Lobbyists are arguing for an increase in some speed limits to curb boredom and road rage.
Is speed really a killer?
It’s the mantra all drivers learn from the time they first slap on L-plates: the faster you go, the greater your chance of a serious crash.
The reasoning is simple. The greater your speed, the [...]
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As buyers embrace new cars in record numbers, they are discovering used cars are harder to sell than expected. TIM COLQUHOUN has tips on how to play clever in the car game.
We all think our cars are worth more than they really are, and the gap between perception and reality has [...]
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If you know how the business works, you can make big savings when cutting a deal. David Berthon lists his top price-trimming tips.
You’ve found the car you want, now it’s a matter of talking dollars and trying to trim the price. If only it was that easy. Get in now, there’s plenty of cheap finance [...]
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Forms are never fun, but forget these and you could be paying the new owner’s speeding fines. Or worse…
You’ve sold the car and the cheque has cleared, but the job is not quite done. Now you’ll need to complete the ‘notice of disposal’ form, typically found on the back of your annual registration form.
If you [...]
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Setting the right price can be the difference between selling your car quickly, or not selling at all.
This is one of the most difficult decisions to make when selling your car. The biggest problem most people make is setting their expectations too high.
The price is right
Make sure the price you’re asking for the car is [...]
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How to take a good photo
We highly recommend that you take the main photo showing the front three-quarter view (refer to examples above). The photo should be taken at a standing level and not whilst crouching down, this can distort the photo. Other examples that you can use within your website ad include:
Exterior: front
Exterior: [...]
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