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Dannie Lyman

The Most Commonly Stolen Car In Australia

Quick stats A passenger/light commercial vehicle is stolen approximately every 13 minutes in Australia. 39,400 passenger/light commercial vehicles were stolen in 2020 Half of all car thefts occur with the car at home (either in a driveway, car port or garage) Over 50% of Australians keep their car keys within plain sight, making car thefts simpler

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Why Do Thieves Want Your Exhaust?

There is a small section of your exhaust pipe that fetches a very high price in the scrap metal world. In petrol driven vehicles this part is called a catalytic convertor (cat), in diesels the part is a diesel particular filter (DPF). the metals inside these components are used to filter the exhausts coming out

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Dannie Lyman

Half Road users have drugs in their system

And many of them are not informed that their driving can be impacted Nearly 50% of drivers aged 16 and up have admitted using one or more drugs with potentially impairing effects (antihistamines, cough medicines, antidepressants, prescription pain medications, muscle relaxers, sleep aids — including barbiturates and benzodiazapines — or amphetamines) in the past 30

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Dannie Lyman

Who’s The Worst Car Owner According To Mechanics?

“Baby Boomers are the worst customers” or “Chinese make the worst clients” or “Women are the worst clients” These are all socially inappropriate, discriminatory statements that get thrown around inside any industry and the automotive industry is no different. Many of these opinions and views are formed off the back of core values people are

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Dannie Lyman

What Are Your Old Tyres Used For?

Various tyre recycling strategies have been used globally over the past few decades. Some far more successful than others. In France an artificial reef was made off the coastline using old tyres. Unfortunately this was unsuccessful as the marine life didn’t take to the tyres and the sea bed is now a massive land fill.

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Dannie Lyman

What’s the Difference Between Synthetic Oil and Conventional Oil?

The difference between synthetic and conventional oil (also known as mineral oil) is pretty simple, unless you want to get deep into a scientific discussion. Conventional motor oil is crude oil that has been extracted from the ground and refined. Synthetic oil, on the other hand, is a manufactured product that may be made from

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Another Emissions Scandal: This time it’s Jeep.

Stellantis is the parent company for Jeep, Dodge, Fiat and a number of other manufactures. Its the combined merger of Fiat Chrysler and a French company called PSA. They are in Hot water within the USA for being caught with a defeat devise in many of the Dodge and Jeep products sold in the USA.

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Mechanic Sydney

GDL Automotive is looking for staff. Working for GDL is a life changing experience. We are looking for both qualified technicians and apprentices. GDL offers career development opportunities into management positions, sales, marketing, wrecking, spare parts, smash repairs and used cars. Here is a shot video showing what a week in the life of GDL

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