http://www.mechanics.com.au/rss/ www.mechanics.com.au rss feed en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 20:31:58 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:31:58 +0000 custom support@www.mechanics.com.au webmaster@www.mechanics.com.au http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/04/1/hot-laps-with-motor-sport-heavyweights Stephen Ottley is a white-knuckled passenger in a fast and furious race concept. 2011-04-01 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/04/1/ask-the-experts I have for many years been mystified by the practice of giving the size of a vehicle's wheels in inches, while the remainder of a vehicle's vital statistics €” power, torque, dimensions, consumption, CO2 emissions etc, are correctly given in metric. It's ridiculous that after so many years of decimalisation and metrification that publications persist with this. Do you have any explanation of why that situation should be allowed to persist in the motor trade and its press? Toby Hagon, in his road test of the Mercedes-Benz CL63, writes in the same sentence of "massive 20-inch wheels €” and tyres as wide as 275 millimetres at the rear". How crazy is that? 2011-04-01 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/31/dream-deal-too-good-to-pass-up THE most difficult thing to get your head around may be the belief that if something appears too good to be true, it probably is. 2011-03-31 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/31/dust-flies-on-licensing THE NSW Minerals Council has rejected claims that the introduction of load-based licensing at Upper Hunter mine sites would reduce dust pollution. 2011-03-31 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/31/top-five SINGLES 1. On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull 2011-03-31 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/30/morris-minor-memory I'VE stood looking blankly into the engine bay of a great many cars, and almost always they've been very old cars, so I can't explain my confusion when I looked into the engine bay of a Morris Minor at the weekend. 2011-03-30 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/30/crime-body-powers-go-under-the-microscope THE way the secretive NSW Crime Commission uses its powers will be examined as part of a review by the state government to ensure appropriate "checks and balances" are in place. 2011-03-30 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/29/blood-ties-tested-by-time-on-the-inside THE BROTHERS SIZE Stables Theatre, March 24 Until April 16 Reviewed by Jason Blake 2011-03-29 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/29/science-opportunity-at-knox Knox Grammar School is a leading Australian day and boarding school for boys, located in Sydney. Knox, a Uniting Church school for boys from Kindergarten to Year 12, aims to develop, within a caring environment, young men of integrity, wisdom, compassion and faith. 2011-03-29 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/29/dissent-on-school-funding-model ACT Liberal senator Gary Humphries has broken ranks with his Coalition colleagues to argue for changes to the controversial school funding model introduced by the Howard government. 2011-03-29 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/29/rehearsals-starting-for-love-never-dies Rehersals starting for Love never dies 2011-03-29 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/29/dissent-in-coalition-on-school-funding-model ACT Liberal senator Gary Humphries has broken ranks with his Coalition colleagues to argue for changes to the controversial school funding model introduced by the Howard government. 2011-03-29 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/29/budget-black-hole-could-tie-new-premiers-hands THE $800 million deterioration in the state's finances disclosed yesterday by NSW Treasury to the incoming state government has cast a cloud over the financial flexibility of the O'Farrell government in its early years. 2011-03-29 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/29/funding-model-unsatisfactory-says-lib-senator THE Liberal senator Gary Humphries has broken ranks with his colleagues to argue for changes to the controversial school funding model the Howard government introduced in 2001. 2011-03-29 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/28/movies Unknown World Sounds of Sand 2011-03-28 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/28/abbott-declares-carbon-tax-toxic OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has refused to back away from his assertion that some of the claims about climate change are "absolute crap" while contending the NSW election result shows "carbon tax is toxic." 2011-03-28 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/28/hot-button Last week's guest, Danny Schwarz €” chief executive of Youth Connect €” argued that we were limiting the options of our children by failing to insist on vocational training in schools. The following are excerpts from his live chat session. 2011-03-28 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/27/young-and-restless A startling array of gigs, workshops and activities will fill Youth Week 2011, writes Wendy Preston. 2011-03-27 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/27/a-spanner-in-the-works DIRECTOR Simon West engineers The Mechanic with the precision of stainless steel instruments as he brings to the screen this action thriller, a genre that Hollywood has perfected. It's not on the scale of a Michael Bay or Jerry Bruckheimer production but it's every bit as hard-edged and efficient: it goes in for the kill, with little time for character exposition or sightseeing, either in New Orleans or Chicago, two of its key locations. 2011-03-27 http://www.mechanics.com.au/news/2011/03/27/pssst-extra NUMBERS UP 2011-03-27