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Service and repair

OK. So it’s time for a tune up or maybe something just went clunk.  We want to help you have a good experience when it comes to getting your car fixed up for whatever reason.

11 March 2011

How often should you service your car and by whom?

Long gone are the days when the family car needed a grease and oil change every 3 months or 3,000kms, but just how long should you wait before paying a visit to your local garage for that regular oil change, check-up and tune?

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7 October 2010

Kiwis & their cars - Alex Ross's 1959 Chevrolet Impala

Alex Ross is the sort of guy who would never settle for second best. Something of a perfectionist, he has an eye for detail which he says stems from his daily routine in his catering business, Dawson's Catering, where he and partner Grahame Dawson have a reputation for picture-perfect artistic presentation.

20 September 2010

Kiwis & their cars - Rene Hausin's Humbers

Growing up in Switzerland and serving his automotive apprenticeship in Zurich during the 1970s where Fiats, Volkswagens and Opels were daily motoring fodder and the only Swiss-built car was the exotic 440ci Chrysler V8 powered Monteverdi, it’s no surprise that Rene Hausin had never seen a Humber Super Snipe before moving to New Zealand in 1980.

14 September 2010

Kiwis & their cars - Guy Lane's 1967 Volkswagen Variant

When Wellingtonian Guy Lane was in college, his good mate Steve Wright was a VW and Porsche enthusiast. Initially, Guy thought these strange air-cooled cars with the engine at the back were a little weird, but says the more he began to understand the clever engineering and design, the greater his appreciation for them grew.

3 September 2010

Kiwis & their cars - Richard Legae's 1965 Ford Mustang

There are some people who treat their cars in such a way that you’d never want to buy a car they’d owned. Then at the opposite end of the spectrum, there are guys like Richard Legae.

17 August 2010

Winter car check - safe winter driving

To reduce your chance of getting caught out with car troubles, use our AA Motoring Advice team's winter checklist. It includes a few simple and inexpensive tips that will help keep you mobile during the colder months. If you need AA Roadservice assistance, we're just a phone call away.

14 July 2010

Kiwis & their cars - Mark Stockdale and his Fiat X1/9

Mark Stockdale has been working in the transport industry for most of his 20-year career, and has been interested in cars for longer than he can remember

9 July 2010

Kiwis & their cars - Steve Vermeulen's Mercedes-Benz 280S

When you are on a limited budget, have a new born and are in the middle of house renovations, looking twice at a forty two year old Mercedes Benz should've been the last thing on Steve Vermeulen’s mind.

30 June 2010

Kiwis & their cars - Jim McCutcheon and his 1923 Model T Ford

When Jim McCutcheon retired from a busy and full on working life in the motor industry spanning 51 years it wasn’t to put his feet up.

23 June 2010

Kiwis & their cars – Bill Green and his 1972 Austin 1300 GT

Bill Green has been part of the Motoring scene as a journalist for the past 16 years and as such is privileged to drive and report on most of the latest metal as it arrives in dealer showrooms around NZ.