Category: Education
Zen guide to safely stopping when your brakes fail
Okay, we realise the headline might seem a little bit paradoxical, but here at My Auto Shop, we know the importance of staying calm no matter what situation you’re in, especially when it’s of the automotive variety. So you’re driving along, music blaring (invariably, right?) and you spot a red light up ahead. Coolio. Happens
Zen guide to avoiding car motion sickness
Oh man, we all have that one friend. You know, the one who doesn’t take the corners too well on a long road trip, and before you know it, you’re pulled over and they’re dry-retching into a ditch. Well, safe to say that you better be quick when that request is made known, because we
Zen guide to an organised car
If you’ve been following our series of zen guides to driving, you might remember an article which extolled the infinite values of keeping your car clean and free from clutter out on family roadtrips and the like. Now, I feel like every time I step into someone else’s car, there’s always an apology – “really
Wait, where’d my car insurance go?
Okay, hands up, who’s been here before? You’re peacefully driving along, minding your own business, and then – “Crrrrchhh!” – it’s suddenly all gone pear-shaped. You, my friend, have just been in a car accident. No worries though, right? You’re smart, you got car insurance cover, and it’s time to inform your insurer that yes,
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To be fair, much like the term ‘tune up’, the terms oversteer and understeer might seem a little out of date.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 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,
