If you're anything like us, you were bought up to think that it's impossible for a Toyota to have ever made a problematic car. However,...

Jeremy Clarkson. Ask almost any car enthusiast and his bumbling antics, along with his co-hosts are the reason that becoming an...

Car people and mechanics are 2 notoriously hard groups to buy for. Everything they want is either way too expensive or so hard to find...

Fuel. It's what actually moves the world. From power plants and giant ships to trucks, buses, cars and motorcycles, without fuel almost...

We've done a bit of thinking over the last few weeks here at Kashy and we think we've almost come to the answer for an unpopular question...

You might not believe it but, diesels are easily one of the coolest engines to have ever been invented. High torque, high efficiency and...

Sparks - they're what starts a romance, light up the night sky and set a fire. Setting fire (or igniting fuel) is exactly what we're...

Timing, it's what makes all the difference in comedy and it's also one of the most important things in keeping a motor running. From the...

There's a lot of rumours about mechanics secretly being a little... strange... around the naming of things. With bleeder nipples, blind...

You might have noticed that our Kashy mechanics have really hunkered down on our blog posts lately with topics covering individual cars...

Hyundai's. If you've read the title (and last weeks blog post), you might think that we've got a bone to pick with everyone's favourite...

Hyundai's. While they used to be the disposable joke of the automotive industry, we don't think that we could name a faster growing car...

Modern cars are truly a wonder. Not a single day that goes by where a new model release (or even a new manufacturer entirely) pops up in...

It's no secret that modern cars have become a lot more complicated in the anti-theft department. From transponder chips in the keys, to...

Diagnosis is a topic that we’ve covered just a few times before and it's one of the main jobs our Kashy mechanics are called out for....

We've all had these discussions before. The car goes into a mechanic for a single part (say a timing belt) and when the invoice comes out...

We’ve all heard it at this stage. Someone with an already obnoxiously loud car drives past and a series of bangs (rival gunshots) shoot...

As mechanics, classic cars are one of our favourite things to see on the road . Everything from 1950-60's American cars, to 1980-90's JDM...

In the 1970’s, transportation was a dirty industry. Cars constantly blowing unburnt leaded fuel out the back, planes that left dirty grey...

Modern diesels are a wonderous engine. Tonnes of torque available almost as soon as you put your foot down, incredible fuel economy and...

Logbook services are one of the most requested jobs for our Kashy mechanics. Not a day goes by that we don't receive a few requests for a...

With 5 year old cars selling for as much as new cars and slightly used Landcruiser's and Patrol's going for 2-3x what they were a year...

Spark plugs are (in our opinion) one of the coolest little inventions in the history of cars. An electronic device that provides a...

By this stage, the Takata airbag recall should be old news to everyone. Being one of the biggest and most expensive recalls in history at...