Show Caters For All Kids

FOR car enthusiasts, motor shows are often the best way to see auto exotica, and for those considering buying new wheels often the best way to do comparison shopping.

The Word

'I called my father up and told him word for word what I was going to say on stage and said, 'How do you feel about this', and he told me to go for my life. - Stand-up comedian Judith Lucy on discussing her parents on stage.

Manners Make The Mechanic

We had plenty of responses to our story on garages and dealers who provide service above and beyond the norm. We continue the good news with some of your examples.

Leo's Donation A Prickly Subject

LEO Cady would not even consider the prospect of divvying up his extraordinary succulent collection.

Little-known Lawrence Confirmed As Actu Head

IT IS not the most auspicious introduction. Headlines of "Jeff who?" have accompanied reports of Jeff Lawrence's imminent ascendancy to head the nation's trade union movement.

One Big Family Working Together

WHILE they may not all be blood relatives, the 14 staff members at Danic's Tyre and Auto Service Centre are still very much part of the Danic family.

Mechanic To Vie For Top Title

A FIRST year apprentice mechanic from New Lambton is to move on to national competition after impressing at State level. Shane Gundry, who works at the Kotara Kmart Tyre and Auto Service (KTAS) Centre, is studying Automotive Repair at Glendale TAFE. Judges for the KTAS National Apprentice of t

Trust Me I'm A Mechanic

The problem: The brake pads on the Commodore needed replacing. The mechanic's solution: to paint them black so they looked new. This quick-fix by one of the "cowboys" of the trade could easily have led to a serious accident. Then there was Ken, 36, the owner of a Saab 900. He had just s

From An Acorn ...

QUESTION: I am 18 and have started an apprenticeship as an auto mechanic. My mother says I must have a long-term savings plan so I opened an Access Account with ANZ. I banked $50 from my first pay, $100 from the next and I'll continue to bank at least $50 a week. When I get $1000 I'll consider a ter

Pedal Power

Funny thing about bicycle mechanics: nobody has yet got around to devising a training course for them and until fairly recent years, you repaired your own or took it down to the local auto mechanic who might have a look at it in his spare time. No more. Today, bicycles - push-bikes o