The dyno-saur
What do you get when you cross an early 80s eddy brake dyno with some tight arse ingenuity? The dyno-saur! We’ve had this little project in the works for a few years now Well that’s actually a lie . It spent most of that time covered in dust, car parts and random workshop equipment, waiting […]
One frustrating story- LX hatch exhaust
Strap yourselves in! The least exciting, most frustrating journey awaits! We often talk about the struggles of “off the shelf” parts. Sometimes it’s due to poor QA work, sometimes just bad product design. But lots of the time it’s due to two things- cars built from factory, to the tolerances of a 4 year old’s colouring. […]
Your Holden servicing experts
With the demise of the once lovable Holden brand in Australia, comes a huge raft of implications for owners of both modern and historic Holden vehicles. From the availability of parts through to the enormous impact on the number of service locations and the quality of the work provided (the good staff- well they’ve seen […]
From the showroom to the hoist
There’s nothing worse as a tradie than filling the ute with tools and supplies- only to have it drag it’s bum around like a dog with worms! Knowing that they were planning to test the capabilities of their BRAND NEW DMAX ute, this customer drove it from the dealership, straight to Gassed Automotive. […]
All makes. All models. All the time.
While many people assume that we’re purely Holden aficionados, it’s far from the truth. We’re passionate car people. We love the hobby, love the sports associated and enjoy what we do. If you’ve got a classic, collectable, sports, vintage, muscle or heck, even a barbie jeep; Gassed Automotive is the place for you. In the […]
Trust us – We really are Torana experts.
We often get asked why so many early Holden and Torana owners choose Gassed Automotive to work on their pride and joy. The simple answer? It’s our passion and we know them inside out. Not only has the Gassed Automotive family owned dozens of Holden Toranas over the last 50 years, we currently have no […]
Missing cats- an epidemic
We’ve seen a HUGE increase in the theft of factory catalytic converters across the East Coast and for us, here locally on the Central Coast NSW. With the massive increase in precious metal prices fueling a profitable scrap metal trade, the on-flow impact is previously unheard of prices being offered for second hand catalytic convertors. […]
We’re still open- servicing the Central Coast
**ESSENTIAL SERVICE TO CONTINUE** Gassed Automotive is classed as an essential service under the NSW State Government stage 3 measures. What’s that mean? We have been in constant contact with Central Coast Council and the NSW Government about impacts to our customers and ourselves- we want you to be safe and confident in your actions. […]