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Subaru getting into bicycle business
January 6th, 2009Subaru has decided to issue a 99-edition run of mountain bikes under its own corporate banner called the Subaru XB steel hardtail. If there’s any automaker for which such a move fits, it is Subaru (has anyone even seen a Porsche or Mercedes mountain bike in the wild?). And it’s not the first time a [...]
VIDEO: Petter Solberg rides a subaru…forgets to steer
January 5th, 2009We all have our embarrassing moments. Most, however, aren’t quite as public as Petter Solberg’s mishap last month at the Bettega Memorial Rallysprint in Bologna, Italy. The 2003 WRC champion was taking some parade laps and waving to the crowd when he decided it was a good idea to get on the roof of his car. [...]
Mackay has the cheapest petrol in Australia
December 19th, 2008THROW your hands up in the air, do a little dance and yell ‘you beauty’- because we have the cheapest petrol in Australia.
JOHN Ruhle, of Slade Point, was smiling yesterday when he filled up at the United service station in Sydney Street. -Â Peter Holt
The latest RACQ fuel watch figures available yesterday revealed Mackay as the [...]
Officially official: Subaru leaving World Rally Championship
December 17th, 2008Click above to view Subaru’s 2008 WRC car in our high-resolution image gallery
Rally fans who were troubled by the rumors yesterday that Subaru was preparing to do the unthinkable and scrap its WRC team will be disappointed to learn that the speculation has proven to be true, as parent company Fuji Heavy Industries has announced it is [...]
Aggressive WRX bites back: 2009 Model is here
December 15th, 2008Its finally here and its on sale, and with the MY09 (2009 model) WRX, Subaru has made a very definite attempt to get the car back to something closer to the WRX of old. Reviews of the MY08 WRX as being too soft have been heeded, and the new model is an [...]
Mackay service stations selling fuel for under $1
December 8th, 2008The Shell service station at Paget was selling unleaded fuel for 98 cents a litre yesterday, while Mobil in Sydney Street had unleaded at 99.7c.
Petrol stations in North Mackay, Andergrove and West Mackay followed suit with most motorists paying 99c to fill their tanks.
Fuel Trac general manager Geoff Trotter said it had been three years [...]
Leave It At Home: Subaru DEX
November 21st, 2008The JDM market is apparently enamored with vehicles that look like they’re stuck in the shipping crate. We saw the first generation Toyota bB here as the Scion xB before it went on an eating binge and lost all its charm. That original bB went on to another generation, and has its own scions in [...]
Fuel Prices Australia – MotorMouth.com.au
November 20th, 2008The website www.motormouth.com.au makes it easy to find the cheapest fuel in your area has just launched the website www.mypriceboard.com to allow ANY service station add their prices to the website making it easier for us to find cheap fuel.
Search for the best fuel price in your area, or register to receive free fuel price email alerts.
MotorMouth currently reports [...]
$100,000 damage, 50 bricks, 48 charges
November 12th, 2008THREE men have been charged for allegedly smashing the windscreens of 48 parked cars in drive-by vandalism in Andergrove, Beaconsfield and Slade Point.
Each man has been charged with 48 counts of wilfully damaging vehicles and two counts of stealing 50 bricks from a pallet outside a partially constructed house at Blacks Beach Cove. It is [...]
Meet N Greet – Thursday Night 13th November
November 11th, 2008Next Thursday night the 13th November at 7:30pm we will be meeting up with the Nissan crew for something different at the Autobarn car park Greenfields, North Mackay.
Meet N Greets are held so we can all meet up, have a chat, and even go for a cruise.
Click here to download the flyer to hand out [...]
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