Time to plug in the bus.
It’s great to see Sydney on the ball with
offering Australia’s first public on-street electric vehicle charging station
in Derby Place, Glebe. What a great
advancement. And I’m sure that this will
be the first of many you’ll find around Australia in years to come. The idea of cheap transport and no emissions
has to be a good one. Any new car buyers
in Sydney now have an opportunity to look at making use of this charging
station. One way of doing this might be
by buying a new electric powered vehicle or hybrid. Certainly, the electric cars are becoming more
populous amongst the new car lists at the back of good car mags. We really are entering a whole new world of
transportation.
Whilst Shopping in London…
Groan! She wants to go to Harrods- the iconic department store in Knightsbridge. Well, that’s not on your itinery, is it? Until now, that is.
“Yes, dear, I’d be happy to take you to Harrods. You go and shop and I’ll just wait for you outside”. Brownie points galore, but there’s a hidden agenda.
What’s Cooking At the Nurburgring?
Lately, there has been a number of interesting lap times set at the famous Nürburgring circuit. I’ll let you in on a few of these. I’m guessing you know where the Nürburgring is, so I won’t diverge onto whereabouts it is and onto its interesting history info. Google it if you’re not sure.
One of the quickest everyday production cars to have completed the Nürburgring has been the 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI prototype. In the hands of the rally legend Tommi Mäkinen, the WRX was flung around the circuit in a very slick 7 minutes and 55 seconds. This was, at the time, the quickest production sedan to date. Who did it beat? Subaru was able to edge out the mighty quick Porsche Panamera Turbo, which clocked a (still unofficial) 7 minutes and 56 second lap time.
Honda Cuts Prices
No, we’re not claiming credit for this! But call it a co-incidence that our price comparison survey preceded Honda’s announcement of a considerable price cut on some of the models in its range.
The popular Honda Jazz has been reduced by between $1400 and $2000, the CR-V has been cut by $2900 to $3400 and the Odyssey people mover has been reduced by a very substantial $2890 to $3570. That’s good news for the Australian car buyer. Let’s hope others follow suit!
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