I’ve ‘stolen’ Clarkson’s story on the Lamborghini Huracan Performante. At least I’ve copied it and give due credit to his enormousness for the words and the picture. Clarkson writes no other motoring journalist that I’ve read in recent years. He’s humorous, factual and calls a pig a pig, even though it might have red lipstick […]
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Hi, Bob Aldons, The Car Guy writing about my experience on the M1 last Sunday with regards to Christmas Road Safety. When I drive, I’m generally driving on the North Coast highway between Redcliffe and Peachester, to our holiday home. Peachester is 10 minutes west up the range from Beerwah, not far from Australia Zoo.
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Hi, Bob Aldons here. I want to tell you a short story subsequent to a telephone call today from Brisbane Alfa Romeo owner, Nigel. It’s to do with a declined warranty claim on a 2014 Alfa Romeo Mito. Seems that Nigel purchased this car for his daughter (lucky girl) so she could learn to drive
No Driving Required: What Automated Vehicles (Driverless Cars) Mean for Our Future John Hawthorne is a new writer for The Car Guy. What follows are opinions from John on the future of driverless cars. I’ve got my own opinion on this matter. If users of cars in our immediate future don’t want to drive themselves
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Julie Scott, a writer from Angel Content sent me this piece asking me to publish on my blog. Having read it through, I was happy to help Julie out. Frankly, I’ve never seen kangaroos called into question in relation to autonomous cars, particularly kangaroo confusion. I suppose that given that a lot of research is
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Do you really know what Google ‘thinks’ of you? As the operator, managing partner, managing director and more recently sole trader of small, medium and large businesses, I’ve invested tens of thousands of dollars, and thousands of hours of my own time to achieve a listing on the first page of Google. Google is after
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And ways you can lower your premiums for your L-platers Hi there. Bob Aldons, The Car Guy with an article from Richard Laycock on behalf of www.finder.com.au. I’ve been using Finder to search car insurance premiums for stories I’m writing on various new vehicles and I’ve been amazed at the variety of companies that finder
And ways you can lower your car insurance premiums In Australia, the prerequisites and requirements for receiving and maintaining our driver’s licenses become stricter as we age. Depending on driving and medical history, car insurance premiums can increase the older we get. However, if you know what you’re looking for and are an experienced and
I’m reposting this story that ran in the Weekend Australian recently. Former Top Gear and now Amazon’s The Grand Tour presenter Jeremey Clarkson, undoubtedly has access to the world’s best cars. Clarkson has driven all the supercars – Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pagani – the list goes on. He generally rates these cars ‘5’ but gets all
Let’s get ridiculous – There’s fast. Then there’s the Chiron. Read More »
I had the distinct pleasure in selling my 2008 Mercedes-Benz C63 to Stephen Dimitrios of Vista 4WD Hire recently. Vista supply 4WD vehicles specifically to the mining, telecommunications and construction industry for periods of 6 months or more. From their website: “We specialise in off-road rental to a wide range of industries, including mining, construction, and telecommunications. Our no fuss
