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Featured · Servicing

“The dealer will void my warranty” and four other logbook myths

The most expensive sentence in motoring is usually said in a showroom. What Australian Consumer Law actually says about servicing where you like, and what we do about it on every job.

6 minMark Denny
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Brakes Servicing Transmissions Air conditioning Suspension Seasonal care
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Servicing

“The dealer will void my warranty” and four other logbook myths

What Australian Consumer Law actually says about servicing outside the dealer network.

6 minMark Denny
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Brakes

Seven brake warning signs you shouldn’t drive past Friday

Squeals, pulses and pull: what each symptom usually means and what it costs to fix.

5 minRob Fielding
Car bonnet open in summer heat with coolant bottle
Seasonal

Perth summer is harder on your car than you think

Cooling systems, batteries and tyres: the three things 40-degree days kill first.

4 minKyle Burns
Transmission pan removed showing dark fluid
Transmissions

“Sealed for life” transmissions aren’t sealed for life

Why a $395 fluid service beats a $4,000 rebuild, and when it’s already too late.

7 minDave Nguyen
Air conditioning gauges connected to a car
Air conditioning

Regas vs repair: why your aircon dies every summer

If you’re regassing every year, you don’t have a gas problem. You have a leak.

5 minKyle Burns
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Suspension

What that clunk over speed bumps is probably telling you

Bushes, links, strut tops: a field guide to suspension noises we hear every week.

6 minRob Fielding
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Written by the people holding the spanners

Every article here is written by the tech who does that work all week: Mark on servicing, Rob on brakes and suspension, Dave on transmissions, Kyle on A/C, Sofia when it's electrical. Names are on every piece because we stand behind what's in them.

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