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5 Ways to Keep Your Car’s Interior Like New

5 Ways to Keep Your Car’s Interior Like New

Plenty of us love that fresh-car feel — but to be fair, keeping your interior looking mint takes a bit more than the odd wipe-down. You don’t need to go mad with the cleaning, either. After years working on all sorts from Cambridge to Te Kowhai, and seeing how...
7 Key Reasons for Regular Petrol Car Servicing

7 Key Reasons for Regular Petrol Car Servicing

Own a petrol car here in Hamilton? Look, we all know it’s easy to put car servicing off — life’s busy, right? But regular car service isn’t just about ticking a box for the next WOF. It’s the difference between a smooth run down Peachgrove Road or being stranded on...
10 Car Safety Upgrades for Hamilton Drivers

10 Car Safety Upgrades for Hamilton Drivers

If you’re driving around Hamilton, you know as well as I do the roads throw all sorts at you – dodgy potholes on Te Rapa Straight, stop-start on Peachgrove Road, flooding puddles in Nawton after a downpour, speed bumps near the schools, plus those thick morning fogs...
7 Essential Car Prep Tips for Road Trips

7 Essential Car Prep Tips for Road Trips

Heading off on a road trip? Whether you’re heading down SH3 towards Te Awamutu or taking the Coromandel route up past Morrinsville, you want your car to run sweet the whole way. Trust me, we see plenty of folks show up at Grimmer Motors in Hamilton with cars that...
5 Manual vs Auto Transmission Care Tips

5 Manual vs Auto Transmission Care Tips

We get heaps of people popping into Grimmer Motors here in Hamilton asking about how to look after their transmission, whether it’s a manual Mazda Demio from Te Awamutu or an automatic VW Passat from Cambridge. With all the hills on Clyde Street, the potholes in...
4 Best Car Tech Upgrades in Hamilton

4 Best Car Tech Upgrades in Hamilton

If you’ve ever pulled up at the lights on Victoria Street or had to squeeze your way out of Chartwell Shopping Centre’s carpark, you’ll know that driving in Hamilton’s pretty unique. Whether you’re bouncing over the odd pothole on Te Rapa Road or crawling in Rototuna...