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How to drive and deal with oversteer and understeer
To be fair, much like the term ‘tune up’, the terms oversteer and understeer might seem a little out of date. But, we humans like familiarity, and while the meanings have evolved, the words seem to stay the same. Basically, oversteer and understeer are motoring dynamics which remain with us, despite the profusion of electric
How to stay chill when your car is heating up
Okay, so you’ve read our Zen Guide to Peaceful Road Trips, you learnt all about how heat can bring about car motion sickness, and now you just want the cold hard facts – “How the hell do I cool this car down?!” Whether you use sun shades on the windows or window tinting to keep
Expert’s guide to *that* battery light on your dashboard
We’ve covered off what’s going on with all those lights on your dashboard in a little bit of depth before, but today we thought we’d get into the nitty-gritty. Under each of those lights, there’s a tonne of information that you could potentially read into, and so we thought let’s start with the beating heart
Expert’s guide to speedometers
Picture this, you’re cruising down State Highway 1, your favourite roadtrip tunes on blast, when you see a bright flash out of the corner of your eye. What was that? D’oh, of course it was a speed camera! You quickly check your speed, gently heading up towards the 120km/h mark. Yeesh! You start to slow
Expert’s guide to replacing your air filter
If you’re a regular here on the My Auto Shop blog, you’ll know we like to keep you fully informed and equipped to deal with everyday car issues. With the summer sun now shining into directly into our eyes (cue sunglasses), we thought it might be time to give you the down-low on how to
Expert’s guide to keeping pets safe on a road trip
Whoever came up with the term “fur baby” knew exactly what they were on about. Okay, maybe not that guy up there – but he’s someone’s angel! As a pet owner, I know the guilty feeling that occurs when you need to leave your pet at home. In our case, it’s our French Bulldog, Sydney,
Expert’s guide to identifying a wound back odometer
Odometers serve a very certain purpose in our cars. We need to know how far we’ve travelled, as this gives us an indication of where a car is at in its lifecycle and what servicing requirements there are at any given moment. Many cars were equipped with the mechanical Auto-Meter gadget in the early 1900s,
Expert’s guide to child restraints in New Zealand
It’s no secret, child restraints save lives, plain and simple. New Zealand has a very clear framework for the management of child safety and child restraints in vehicles. As we start to filter out onto the roads this summer, we thought it’d be useful to cover off exactly what the legal requirements are when it
Expert’s guide to checking your tyres for air leaks
Oh yeah, we know it, you know it, we all know it. Check the tyre pressure. Yeah, yeah. Sure. But who’s really doing it? Well, to put it plain and simple, regularly checking your tyre pressure is critical to the safe operation of your vehicle. Tyres lose pressure over time (funny that!), which is why
Expert’s breakdown equipment and preparation checklist
We can thank our lucky stars that you don’t need to be a qualified mechanic in order to find yourself adequately prepared for that odd occasion when you experience a roadside breakdown. In fact, it happens on a regular basis, just generally not to the same individual driver, assuming the vehicle is regularly serviced by
