Despite living only 15 minutes away for the last four years, today I finally went for a walk around the remains of the old Catalina Park Raceway in Katoomba (Sydney Blue Mountains). The racktrack...
Another one of my favourite magazine articles is from the February/March 1986 issue of Sports Car World (Australia). For the introduction of the ST162 Toyota Celica, SCW compared the Celica to a...
For a week or so now I have been noticing a problem when driving that most occurs when going down hills where I can feel the car bucking or surging. I also noticed that sometimes it would idle at...
On January 9 Nikko Brothers posted on their Youtube community tab that their 2016 Ford Mustang GT350R was stolen. In a later video they said that they had taken the car to show a prospective...
Tavarish had planned to build a one-off supercar based on a wrecked Superlite SL-C that he had already bought, combined with some body parts from a Lamborghini kit car he had also already obtained....
This time when I needed new windscreen wipers I thought I would give the modern, all plastic, frameless style wipers a try instead of the traditional metal frame wipers. As usual, I hopped onto...
Today my 1998 BMW 318is reached 300,000 km (186411 miles), and is still going strong. Not bad for a car with an aftermarket supercharger fitted for most of its life. I haven't updated on the...
Sometimes when you are looking at BMWs for sale you might want to look up the original specifications -- things like what equipment and options came with the car when new. This is easy to do if...
A popular car rebuilder on Youtuber suffered a major setback on his latest project when the vehicle lift he was using broke and his project car fell to the ground. Junkyard Dave has been working...
Who started this annoying trend of videos where a series of car build videos is compiled into a single short video titled something like "building a car in ten minutes"? I think it may have been...
Am I the only one that thinks all of these cars with hidden rear door handles don't look right? I think this trend started with the 1997 Alfa Romeo 156, but it is now quite a common feature to...
I was a latecomer to the Built Youtube channel, only finding it when Caleb was working on the Audi A4 wagon that he eventually gave away to one of his subscribers as part of a competition. The...
Street Bandito is a popular automotive Youtube channel with over 70,000 subscribers. Their first video was published on 17 August 2017 and after a while they starting posting 1-3 times a week....
It always intrigues me how some Youtube channels grow and some don't... Youtube algorithms work in mysterious ways. I came across a channel that has been around for close to a year and has...
After my last cheap dashcam failed I decided to buy another cheap one off eBay. This one is a good size - even smaller than the last one - and fits nicely behind my rearview mirror. It also has...
I found this Japanese document, presumably from BMW, that covers the M44 engine. I have no idea what 99% of it says, but it may be of interest to M44...
Back in 2007 I was looking for a new car and came across a bright blue V40 at a dealer in Sydney. I wasn't looking for an automatic, but I kind of fell in love with the V40 shape and that particular...
Youtube is full of car restoration videos but I just came across a very unique video from a channel called SOUP . Classic Motoring - www.youtube.com/user/TheeKookTube. The video is a restoration...
Goonzquad (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwO_xoYm2vjhu4kZSxFO5mA) Goonzquad is a huge channel and follows two brothers who rebuild cars and trucks. Their projects have included a few Jeeps,...
I recently bought a short shifter for my 1998 BMW 318is off eBay (or maybe it was Aliexpress). After watching various instructional videos on Youtube on how to install it I gave it a go myself...
I've recently come across the brand BAPMIC when shopping for BMW parts, and they are usually some of the least expensive parts available. Are they any good? Who are BAPMIC? According to their...
These instructions relate to the later model W202 C-Class. Early models (1995 - 1997) have different door cards and no door-mounted side airbags so a different procedure is involved. I recently...
Following on from my post Best of the car Youtube channels I thought I should cover the best of the Australian Youtube car channels. Like my other post, I'm ignoring the large channels that...
Everyone already knows the big Youtube car channels but here are some of my favourites that you may not know about. Invincible Extremes Muscle Cars Garage (https://www.youtube...
I know people say you shouldn't skimp on something as important as brake parts, but I had already bought a set of reputedly good quality DBA HD rotors hoping to fix a break vibration issue on my...
If you like videos of people driving at high speed on public roads then you might like to check out the Anton Koen channel on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDPicZC2OZKhd4ZhpeS1Mlw)....
You may have seen the "reality" TV shows about car repossession, but Reponut (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ7hVAuM_Bf4IWX2GwTqiqA) is the real "reality". Reponut (Matt) has been filming his...
As per usual, I fix one problem and another appears. This time the airbag warning light came on for a moment, then stayed on, then was off the following day but came on again momentarily. I...
I bought a set of new DBA 4000 series heavy duty rotors and Bendix Euro+ pads for the front of my BMW E36. After a month or two I started feeling vibration under braking, which progressively got...
The passenger door has been difficult to open from the outside for a long time now. Sometimes it would only open if you pushed against the door. But it wouldn't open at all the other day, and the...
I noticed the other day that my radiator expansion tank was empty so filled it up and the next time I drove the car it was empty again. I had a look for leaks and found a trail of coolant under...
There was oil around the exhaust side of the cylinder head cover gasket and also in one of the spark plug tubes so time to replace this gasket. I last did one of these on my first E30 318is and...
The digital displays on our Mercedes have been getting worse over time and were at the point where you couldn't see the time or the outside temperature, and it was difficult to see the mileage....
I am not sure why, but it is often entertaining to watch other people work. Maybe there are just some more interesting jobs around than a web developer :) Lately, I've been enjoying watching...
Because my car is lowered I usually have trouble with getting a trolley jack under the front or back to lift up both sides at once. I was looking at buying a set of ramps for lowered cars to make...
I recently needed some BMW parts and, as usual, was looking for the best possible price. I often buy from Clickable Automotive but they were out of stock of one of the parts I needed, and don't...
This week I came across two YouTube channels that I am really enjoying. South Main Auto Repair LLC (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtAGzm9e_liY7ko1PBhzTHA) is a small car workshop in New York...
Source: What Car? November 1997 Lumbar support for your back. Head rest for your neck. Turbo for your adrenal gland. The new Volvo V40 T4 is a car that will both confirm your...
Source: Wheels magazine (Australia), November 2000. By Fraser Stronach. Three years after its Australian launch, Volvo's S40/V40 has received a mid-life make-over designed to boost...
Don't you find it annoying when you are looking at a car for sale on Carsales.com.au and you don't know where the selling dealer is? Sure you can type in your postcode and they will tell you that...
On the Move was an Australian video magazine produced in the 1990s. The hosts were Wayne Cantell and James Laing-Peach, and also featured Jo Kelly. I am not sure how many issues were produced,...
Torque was an Australian television series that ran on the ABC from March 1974 to 1980. The show featured road tests of cars, information about automotive products and the Australian automotive...
Thunder Races was a UK TV Series hosted by Adrian Simpson where three teams built a car for a particular challenge over the space of a few days then competed against each other in a race. Series...
I had been hearing some unusual noise from the rear which I thought might be the differential possibly low on oil. Also the gearbox sometimes doesn't spring in and out of fifth gear. First was...
I finally got around to doing an oil change on the Mercedes. It has been a while since I did one on this car so I had to Google to see which side the sump plug is on so I knew which side of the...
We bought this 2000 model Mercedes-Benz C200T for $3,400. It had travelled around 220,000km. It's white with 5-speed automatic transmission and black leather interior, including built-in child...
Article from What Car? (UK) magazine, November 1997 Turbo puts 200bhp under T4's wheels. Look at what those fun junkies at Volvo are up to now. They've just slipped a turbocharged...
Volvo press release, February 06, 2003 Volvo Car Corporation is now launching a new sports pack for its medium-size range, the Volvo S40 and V40. The main content is: New 17" wheels...
VOLVO PRESS RELEASE - September 26, 2002 Improved side-impact curtains Even lower fuel consumption New instruments with four dials Three-spoke steering wheel Seats that offer enhanced...
