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:cool:How does a Camry Hybrid Stop/ Start System work I hear you ask ! Well It does not have a Starter Motor, instead the Engine is Started, as demand dictates, by the Charging Generator. It reverses its direction and spins the Engine at 1000 RPM. The Start up is instant, seamless and virtually...

My new Toy requires 0/10 or 5/10 Viscosity ... I have 4 --4 litre containers of Valvoline 20/50 Premium at $20 each. "Full Synthetic " Pick up in Hunters Hill only. 0418207165 any time.

Recently sold my 2015 VW Golf for $3250 more than best Trade in Offer. Elderly Neighbour asked me how best to buy a new Honda Civic. Trade in a 308 Peugeot 2013 model with only 19,000Ks or sell privately. Cost $30,000 and perhaps worth around half that now ???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M53Hbh5wpRQ Left click ...:)Hi light ..Copy and open.... My new Hybrid Camry will be delivered in a few Weeks. A marvel of Design and Manufacture. This is one of a series to explain everything. American of course !

I have just seen the insane prices paid for old Holdens at the Shannon's Auctions, from the twenties $$ to the Hundred Thousands. Knowing them all from my Repairer Days, You could not make one good car out of the lot of them !! Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder...... has never been a truer...

At long last I have found a Web Site that sets out the "Law" requirements of honouring 5/7 car Warranties. From Choice Magazine on Line. Dealer Servicing not required... Dealer Stamp not Required....Genuine Parts not required, just good quality OEM. (E.g., Mercedes Parts from Silver Star...

From the Horses Mouth. A leading light in the Power Industry tells me the future is Battery alone . Forget Hybrids, a passing phase. Storage batteries are the future in all their forms and applications. Probably not for us but our Young Children and for me my younger Grandchildren (older one is...

One of my favourite TV Programs is Restoration from Canada ( The Guild ? ) Their workmanship is second to none. Today's program involved finishing the Restoration of a 1930 French Car. problem was the Air Bladder filled Seat Cushions were long gone, rotted away. No longer available was the...

Inspecting Mk V11 Golf ..it has two side Air Bags one curtain and another for torso in the side seat bolster. ;) seven in total But head rests are not active as in the C Class 204.

Internet sites tell me that our 2010 204 GLI is as safe as they come . Knee air bags and whip lash protection head rests are std. I did not know this. Plus coupled with " Mobile Eye" The 205 is marginally safer , but with only 60 K travelled and no issues it is probably not worth the hassle...

In view of all the serious crashes reported on Country Roads I have been considering the two Cars we Drive. The Mk V11Golf is fine as a run about in Sydney. ( I have tested all the Air Bags in my 2013 Model !! ) How ever we now travel to our Daughters in laguna and in Shell Cove. North and...

My new Toy is a 1974 Montesa Trials Bike . In restored condition with the Tank in a nice Green Irish colour But there is a 50 cent piece size bubble on the side reminiscent of an Air bubble in Vinyl Wrapping. Hard to tell the difference. Turned out to be paint, an older Porsche Colour , via a...

Right again Tim ! Just watched my recorded episode of the New Wheeler Dealers. Equal to the original with ED China. An long may it continue !!

Just back from Inverell to visit their very excellent Transport Museum a collection of Cars and Motor Cycles dating back to the 1900s. WWW.nationaltransportmuseum.info:confused: The Brakes on our 204 C Class are firm and fine until a high speed braking is called for. Then the pedal feels...

Now at last I know ,for sure, the difference in Power outputs offered by Manufacturers from the same engine. eg VW Turbo Golf . Basic 1.4 92 KW model and same 1.4 with 110 Kw...... Just a VW chip Tune. V W of course say there e is a difference in the Engines Just as Audi say that their A3 is...

For those who reside in Glenorie there will be a large contingent of Vintage/ Classic Cars setting off on a 5 day rally this Thursday Morning between 9 & 10 am. It is the VSCC starting of from the Old Bakery and crossing over the Hawksbury at Wise man's Ferry en route to Laguna for lunch.:)

:cool:I read that the new Mercedes Ute has Nissan Engine and Transmission etc ,etc. So join the Club.... i.e, Volvo Engines in Peugeot's .. Renault etc., etc. As the CEO of Audi has admitted, that the difference between an Audi and a V W was the Badge on the front and the Badge on the Back...

I have had an issue with the Login to an online bank account I opened...it kept showing an insecure symbol instead of the Lock Symbol. Eventually sorted . But I see that the Topklasse Login has the insecure symbol ????? Not that it is a great concern .. but just curious.

Jaguar are setting up a research Centre in Limerick, Co Clare, Ireland to develop an Electric Car. The attraction was an English speaking Country who are member of the Euro Zone. A low Tax system was no doubt was factored in. Several hundred specialist Jobs won't go astray either Irish Eyes are...

Diesels .... my daughter boasts about the Economy of her Hyundai I 40 Wagon some 40 mph Motorway and light traffic. Well I have news for her...on the trip down to see her, in Shell Cove, my Turbo Golf returned 60.5 MPH on Petrol. Driving in the 100/110 range in 6th Gear.... 2400/2500 Rpm...