His n Hers Automotive Solutions

12/06/2026

This is so true!

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11/06/2026

We had a pre-purchase inspection in last week. We advised our customer not to buy it for a few reasons. It had done 90,000kms but had lived the life of a 150km car.
The sunroof didn't work (it got stuck open and took us an hour to get it closed.
It had a sketchy service history in the book.
Every filter looked like this (new filter next to it for comparison).
Numerous suspension bushes were torn.
All the drive line oils had never been replaced.
The end of the oil dipstick, which was plastic in this cars case, was broken off and MISSING lol! Where was it? Who knows. Hopefully not in the engine.

The owner claimed he "serviced it himself".

Nah mate, you just change the oil and filter. Cos if you had actually serviced it, you'd have replaced the filters, drained and replaced the driveline oils when they smelt burnt, rotated your tyres so they didn't wear like crap. You'd have pressed out those torn bushes and fitted some new ones - and you'd have had the skills to identify that they were knackered in the first place.
Changing the oil and filter does not a service make. It's a good intention, and it's better than nothing, but it doesn't put a protective bubble over your brakes and suspension and tyres and it doesn't wave a wand over your filters and the other oils in the car.
There's a reason why an apprenticeship is 4 years, and why qualified's don't think themselves to know it all at the end of those 4 years.....they know they've only just begun to learn.

So if you're looking at a car and the owner tells you they service it themselves, raise an eyebrow and then get an actual mechanic to run an eye over it. lol

10/06/2026

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Vicroads sent us an email advising us of this 'planned upgrade' weeks ago. It was supposed to take out the system over the long weekend with all online facilities restored by Tuesday 9th. We've now been told to start using paper certificates again, only we finished our book years ago and now have to email and apply for a new book and wait for it to be posted out. *sigh* well done vicroads. Until we either get a new book, or they get the website up and running, we are roadworthy-less.
We'll let you know once we can do them again

10/06/2026

Its big job week at His n Hers, with a spattering of services thrown in, and some staff missing here and there.
Joshie is away sick, and Craig and I have been tag teaming, driving our son to and from his first school camp, so its been a bit of a hectic week!
In the diary today is:
A Nissan duallis for a service
A Nissan Xtrail for a service, great brakes, tyres and radiator.
A Toyota Hiace for a service.
A Toyota Camry for a rear main seal.
A Holden Astra for a second hand gearbox and a new clutch kit.
A Mazda CX30 for a service and brake fluid flush.
A Kia Sorrento for a pre-purchase inspection (which also includes a RWC inspection and diagnostic scan).
A Nissan Juke for a new EGR valve (motor out), a service and rear brakes.
And a Toyota 79 series for a service, new front diff assembly, front brakes and swivel hub kit.
Obviously some of those cars are here for multiple days! Its sleep over time in the workshop!

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09/06/2026

What did everyone get up to on their long weekend? We didn’t go camping for a change - we split (with help) and stacked 7t of firewood, I washed and clipped (Thanks ) Chief, we went bowling where Craig wiped the floor with Jack and I with 3 strikes in a row!
Did you go anywhere fun?

We have some back to the short week to find some staff are sick 😷🤒🤕 and we are fairly short staffed, eekk! We are reshuffling bookings and aren't taking anymore cars for this week as a consequence. Want in for next week? Tuesday is your day!

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07/06/2026

I'm sure you all realise, but we're closed today for the King's Birthday Public Holiday!
We'll be back tomorrow at 7.30am!

07/06/2026

For some people, this will make them cringe and probably shake their heads in disgust.
Others will nod knowingly, and quietly agree.

The Mistubishi Triton is a very under rated car...there, I said it! lol!
Yes, it has terrible re-sale value.
Yes, it's tow capacity isn't as good as other dual cab utes - I actually think it's just a realistic tow capacity, whereas the other utes are over-inflated and could never tow that much anyway.
Some say the chassis crack - yeah, they can, but I say it's the fools who can't load a tray correctly and that happens in other utes too, but don't let facts get in the way of a good story!

The fact is, we see lots of Tritons in here and really, they suffer from a lot less dramatic faults than other utes. We see them get to high kms with regular servicing, and nowhere near the amoutn of painful comversations we have to make to owners of other brands of utes.

https://www.drive.com.au/news/mitsubishi-had-to-wait-for-new-gen-triton-to-challenge-ranger-tremor-navara-warrior/

Introducing a hardcore 4x4 version of the Triton that wasn't a limited edition was best saved for a new generation, Mitsubishi says.

06/06/2026

When the economy goes to 💩and interest rates go 📈, we generally see a downturn in servicing, which is fair enough; budgets have to be trimmed here and there, and a service is a grudge purchase. Unless your car has an issue, a lot of the time, when it's running well, you can drive out and you may not even be able to feel that something has been done. Preventative maintenance isn't fun lol.
But when servicing drops off, you know what picks up?
Tow ins. Break downs. Cars coming in with engine lights on, in limp home mode. Cars with issues, brakes grinding.
A lot of these things we pick up when the car is in for servicing and we either give a time line on whether or not you have a few months up your sleeve before it needs doing, or we say it needs doing now. Or if there's an issue that's just starting, we can catch it before it gets exponentially more expensive.
Sometimes, cars are just buggers anyway, and they do stupid things (like horses) and break down without warning, we get that too. Like the Nissan Juke who's EGR valve has packed it in and sent the customer to us in Limp Home mode yesterday. No warning, just bad luck. 🤷‍♀️
I guess my point is, if you're going to push out your services to stretch your budget, be a little more conscious of what your car is doing. Listen for noises, watch the temp gauge, pay more attention to how the brakes feel, be more aware. You can't turn a blind eye to things if you don't have your regular servicing down pat.
Call us if you're worried about something on your car. 8761 6200.

05/06/2026

Happy friYay!!

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05/06/2026

Funnily enough, today all "car of the day" awards are going to cars that are fitted with these buttons (heated seats) 😂☃️⛄️