Looking After Your Car in Winter – Car Insurance From Enthusiast
When looking at the hazards of summer-time motoring we think of traffic jams and overheating, the air-con failing on the hottest day of the year and car interiors crumbling due to intense heat. However, winter doesn’t do our four-wheeled friends any favours either. Cold weather means less sunlight, with more people starting and finishing their […]
Car Swap Meet – What are they? – Car Insurance From Enthusiast
If you own an interesting motor vehicle you may well have trawled through the rows of someone else’s junk (punctuated by the occasional treasure) that define a typical automotive swap meet. A couple of hundred such events are staged every year throughout Australia. Most occur within or close to the nation’s most populated regions and […]
Buying a Classic or Unique Car at Auction – Car Insurance From Enthusiast
If you are one of the many who closely follow automotive auction sales, then you will have been busier than a one-armed barber during the past 12 months. All in a rush and close together we have seen several of Australia’s most significant collections of motor vehicles being broken up and sold. Vehicles going under […]
History of the Mag Wheels – Car Insurance From Enthusiast
Like a lot of elements available to industry, magnesium is pretty dangerous stuff. However, over many years its wilder nature has been tamed to produce some special and very useful products. Magnesium, or ‘elektron’ as it is sometimes known, has been used commercially since the 19th Century and for automotive components – mainly in racing […]
History of the Ford Mustang in Australia – Car Insurance From Enthusiast
Australia’s links to the Ford Mustang date back more than 50 years, back to when fearless racers led by Norm Beechey, Bob Jane and Ian Geoghegan imported Mustangs to contest the local Touring Car Championship. Ford Australia didn’t take long to conclude that people who had seen a Mustang win on Sunday might want to […]
Market Is Down, Could Be A Good Time To Buy
Figures released recently by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) confirm what many in the motor industry had been fearing – a significant sales slump during 2018. However, given the massive restructuring that has been affecting the industry and various other economic factors, a 35,000 downturn on the record of 1,189,000 set in 2017 […]
Buying a Classic Sports Car – Car Insurance From Enthusiast
Once upon a time and not very long ago, owning a sports car to use on weekends or warm summer night was considered an extravagance which few people could afford or justify. Add to that the perception that sports cars were noisy, draughty and leaked water through their ill-fitting hoods and it’s understandable that most […]
Rules for Importing Cars Into Australia – Car Insurance From Enthusiast
Look back 30 years through the eyes of anyone wanting to privately import a car to Australia and you will find a confusion of rules, requirements and prohibitions existing at Federal and State levels. At one stage there were seemingly no rules at all. The Northern Territory and ACT both welcomed cars of foreign manufacture […]
History of.. Car Manufacturers in Australia – Car Insurance From Enthusiast
It is a sad reality that during 2018, almost every new car sold in Australia will have been made overseas. Until very recently of course, this country built cars on behalf of General Motors, Toyota and Ford. Looking back to the 1990s we also had factories where local versions of popular Nissan and Mitsubishi models […]
Preparing Your Classic Vehicle For a Long Trip – Car Insurance From Enthusiast
Time off work, relatives to track down, picnics to be had and beaches to visit; the summer holidays are a great time of year. If you are reading this on www.enthusiast.com.au then you probably already have an interesting car or two in the garage and holiday time is perfect for wheeling your special vehicle out […]