Category: Opinion / Lifestyle
Opinion and Lifestyle pieces

Is Your Car’s Entertainment System Putting Your Life in Danger?
Are Automotive Infotainment Systems Causing Accidents Rather than Prevent them?

Volkswagen’s New Infotainment System: Fab or Fail?
VW has created a new infotainment system, removing all but a few controls. Debuting in the Golf, the simple menus are a joy to behold, but every process is now under a sublevel.

Things to be grateful for When Stuck at the Side of the Road: Z1000
The 2014 Kawasaki Z1000, a pride-and-joy, is something for special occasions. It is beautiful, powerful, and quicker than most supercars. 2.4 seconds to 100kph is not something enjoyed daily, but it is good to know, especially for bragging rights at the pub.

Bad EV Policy Fuels Public Ignorance & Inaction. CHANGE NOW or Else
EVs and renewable energy: if not now, when?

Who Should Buy an Electric Car?
Why is charging access so important? The question answers itself: you can’t run an EV without access to charge points.

Flood Driving: Things to Watch Out for
Sydney and surrounds are being pounded like cheap cuts of meat yet again.

Skoda Kamiq and Some great Car Hacks to Save Your Day
We recently took a quickie out-of-town break in a Skoda Kamiq Signature. Its modest proportions hide a world of wonder that slowly revealed itself like a rose on a warm spring day.

Australia’s Energy and EV Debacle Resulting from Policy Failure
The idea of the trip was to take a Hyundai IONIQ 5 from Sydney to Canberra and back, using the apps to find chargers.

What Makes a Car an LGBTI Gay Car?
When we asked “What Makes a Car Gay”, many of you answered in our Top Ten LGBTI car lists:

Are LGBTI Car Buyers Important to Car Makers?
Over the last few years, we’ve asked many a curious car company if they had queer friendly policies, either for the staff, or the customers.

Top Ten Tips: Use Your Car to Save Your Licence
Double Demerit weekends are tough on stressed drivers trying to do the right thing. “It weren’t me wot dun it guv’na,” just doesn’t wash, no matter how cute you are. Here are some tips to help your trip home, in no particular order: 1: Leave Driver Aids turned on 2: Take plenty of stops 3:…

Should I Buy an Electric Car?
We’ve been talking electric cars this week, To round off the discussion, we’ve summarized the good and bad points of EV ownership. Buying an EV: This can be the biggest decision of your life but it is not a matter of if, but when. Car makers world wide are changing, and they’re doing it now,…