There’s nothing quite like the smell of an afternoon shower on a stinking hot day. But be warned: the smell of steam coming off the bitumen is a heady reminder to stay off the roads, because there’s craziness afoot.

Scientists have worked out what it is in the spring air that causes hayfever. Now I think [...]

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RON? Not your next-door neighbour.

What does the RON number mean in regard to petrol?
Unleaded fuels carry a RON (Research Octane Number) rating. Put simply, RON determines petrol’s ‘anti-knock’ quality or resistance to pre-ignition; or if you want to put in another way, the Octane Number denotes its resistance to detonation.
If you run your [...]

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In order to properly ascertain what Power and Torque actually are, it is essential to have an understanding of what the two terms really mean as opposed to the gut-level understanding you may feel you have.

Trust me, the explanation the ‘old man’ may have given you while you were perched over the open bonnet [...]

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By Daniel McCoey

With the price of regular unleaded topping $1.60 in Australia this week, protests breaking out across Europe at the price of fuel and an emergency oil summit being organized by a bunch of disgruntled nations, it seemed appropriate to look at ways you can stretch your fuel dollar further. Of course you could [...]

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