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Coach a Rookie Guide
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SUPERVISING DRIVERS
When your kids are learning to drive, it's your responsibility to give them nothing less than the best. That means arming them with the skills and knowledge to stay as safe as they can throughout their driving career.  Let's face it though, most of us are not professional driving instructors.  Our new Coach a Rookie Guide costs only AUD$20 but will give you the tools you need to successfully train your Learner driver and save you $$hundreds of dollars in the process.
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to find out more about our Special Offer for Australian Secondary Schools:
We will set up a free page for your school on our CaR Guide Website and will then donate half the sale price ($10) for every CaR Guide sold through that page to your school.
 
Nissan 370Z Roadster
img_6480.jpg Road Test + Sports Car = Great Ocean Road
Differentiating between equally boring cars is the bane of every motoring writer's life but an arguably bigger problem with reviewing different cars every week is finding somewhere different and interesting to drive them.
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VW Golf 2.0L TDI
img_6208.jpgControl Freak cured by Golf
If you've ever been accused of being a control freak, but continue to live in denial, try using VW's Park Assist system. 
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Holden SS Sedan & Ute
Holden's Split Personality SS
thumb_IMG_6100.JPGThere aren't many 2 seater sports cars around that you can show off in at the weekend and then chuck the tool box in on Monday morning and drive to the building site. But that's just what you can do with Holden's split personality SS Ute. We've just driven the SS Ute & the SS Sedan in back to back tests.
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Mitsubishi Challenger LS
A Serious Challenger in the 4x4 Market
IMG_6421.JPGWith so many to choose from and so much on offer in the popular SUV/RV and 4 x 4 market, it's hard to weed out the performers from the lookers.
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Mercedes Benz E 350 Cabriolet
Mercedes E 350 Cabriolet ist wunderbar!
IMG_6018.JPGIt seems that most car manufacturers and particularly the Germans are heading down the same autobahn these days – producing vehicles that are designed to take control in a wide range of situations.
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Echuca - Moama
Madison Spa Resort – an Oasis in Moama
IMG_6200.JPGWe've just spent a long weekend in a Deluxe Spa room at the four and a half star Madison Spa Resort at Moama close to the Murray River.  And to our surprise the resort was actually better than the pictures in the brochure.
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Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart
The Evolution of Lancer Ralliart
Ralliart_01.JPGSeen by some as the "poor man's" EVO, we’ve also had more than one person tell us they assumed the Ralliart Lancer was really nothing more than a Lancer VRX that'd had a sporty cosmetic makeover.  Of course they’re all wrong!
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Mercedes Benz GL500
The enigmatic Mercedes GL 500
img_5927.jpgThe Mercedes GL-Class SUV is a big vehicle.  Considering its size and the amount of chrome it carries you probably won't be surprised to hear it's manufactured in Alabama, in the deep south of the USA, in the small city of Tuscaloosa (population 90k).
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Audi A4 S Line
So many reasons to like Audi A4
thumb_IMG_5562.JPGThis year's the 30th anniversary of the all wheel drive Audi quattro, first introduced to the world at the 1980 Geneva Motor Show.
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Hyundai Santa Fe
Santa Fe ups the ante in SUV stakes
IMG_5425.jpgIn the highly crowded and competitive SUV market, Hyundai have come up trumps with their new Santa Fe R models.
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Tinamba Hotel
A surprising gem of good food and hospitality
img_6126.jpgIn the footsteps of Stephen Downes food critic for the Herald Sun Melbourne (review 27/4/10) we decided to head to Gippsland.
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Coming Test Drives
Someone has to do it!
We've recently (or are currently) testing the following cars (and destinations).  Follow the links to see our preliminary galleries.  Once a review is published it will move from here to Road Tests.

Honda Civic Type R
Honda CRV
Peugeot 3008 XTE 1.6L Turbo
Dodge Caliber
Dodge Journey

Ford Fiesta ECOnetic
Land Rover Freelander 2 HSE TD4 

 
Holden Calais V Series V8
This Aussie Rules
img_5797.jpgThe latest Holden Calais is a family muscle car with an environmental conscience. We recently tested the Gen IV 6.0 litre V8 Calais V Series with Holden's innovative Active Fuel Management (AFM) system.
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Holden Statesman V6
Still part of the Aussie Landscape
statesman02.jpgThe demise of Ford's Fairlane and LTD models 2 years back pretty well handed this entire sector of the Australian car market to Holden's Statesman and Caprice.
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