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Cult-favourite Aussie car care brand in New Zealand
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
Kiwi car lovers can now get their hands on Australia’s most prized car care products, Bowden’s Own, a family-owned  business known for its high-quality, handmade products that don’t shy away from s
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Servicing 4WDs is different
Tuesday, 01 April 2025
Mud plus dirt, dust, sand and more mud – that’s what makes servicing 4WD’s more challenging than servicing standard vehicles, at least for those 4WD vehicles that venture further offroad than the g
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Ageing cars – the growth engine of an industry
Tuesday, 01 April 2025
On a global level, the average use of vehicles is increasing significantly. The automotive aftermarket is benefiting from this as the demand for maintenance and spare parts increases.
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GPC EV Training
Tuesday, 01 April 2025
With the explosion of the EV category in New Zealand, and 10 percent of the national car pare now being electric or hybrid vehicles, workshops are about to see one in every ten cars on their hoists
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EV’s match ICE vehicles for longevity
Friday, 28 February 2025
Battery-powered electric vehicles are now more reliable and can match the lifespans of traditional cars and vans with petrol  and diesel engines – marking a pivotal moment in the drive towards sust
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API Certification
Thursday, 27 February 2025
API ‘starburst’ and ‘donut’ licenses
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Changing vehicle service patterns
Thursday, 30 January 2025
Nationwide research commissioned by Bendix in April and November 2024, has revealed changes in customer attitudes towards vehicle servicing, largely driven by increasing cost of living pressures.
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Dealing with a cool two percent of our greenhouse gas emissions
Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Cool-Safe has been accredited as a priority product stewardship scheme under the Waste Minimisation Act.
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Pre-holiday servicing – do your customers a favour
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Hopefully the only hassle most owners will have with the trip to the beach at Christmas is the never ending “Are we there yet?”, “Are we nearly there yet, Are we almost there yet?” questions from t
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FRAM Oil Filters – your engine’s guardian
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
While the engine might be the heart of your car, the oil filter is its lifeblood.
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GPC charging ahead with new purpose-built facility and courses
Monday, 30 September 2024
GPC has unveiled their new specialist vehicle training centre in Penrose this month.
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A ‘cool’ $2 million back to industry
Monday, 30 September 2024
As a result of record collection numbers of redundant refrigerant, New Zealand’s product stewardship scheme for refrigerants, Cool-Safe has paid out over $2million back to industry.
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Bosch Diesel Centres
Monday, 02 September 2024
Bosch Diesel Centres (BDC) are specialised service centres authorized by Bosch to provide expert diagnostics, maintenance, and repair services for diesel fuel injection systems.
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OEX Automotive Airconditioning industry training
Monday, 02 September 2024
OEX are running a series of air conditioning training courses in 2024, these will be conducted by Grant Hand, who is considered to be one of Australasia’s leading trainers for climate control syste
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Short on time use Cool Swap
Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Short on time? If you're in Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton or Christchurch, this one's for you.
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BEV’s need more repairs
Monday, 05 August 2024
Maybe the repair industry should not worry so much after all, BEV proponents commonly state BEVs will need less repairs due to reduced componentry.
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EV & Hybrid Servicing
Tuesday, 04 June 2024
Whilst EV numbers are growing strongly the big volumes for servicing at the moment are hybrids with a lot of NZ new Hybrids and Used imports in the NZ car parc.
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4WD Servicing is a different beast
Tuesday, 02 April 2024
To be fair, we are talking here about 4WDs that actually earn their keep and get driven off-road with some regularity and we are not counting the grass verge outside the daycare as off-road!
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What do you think of Catch Cans?
Monday, 05 February 2024
In recent years, the Catch Can has become a familiar piece of jewelry fitted to diesel engines.
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Cool-Swap helps alleviate cylinder shortage
Monday, 05 February 2024
Refrigerant recovery cylinders have been in short supply over the past 12-24 months, and Cool-Swap is our initiative to help alleviate some of that supply squeeze and give more people access to the
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