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Tips for Driving in Snow

With Tasmania experiencing record snowfalls unseen in over twenty years, customers have shared with us their experiences driving in icy conditions. Here are our top tips for driving in snow.

Slow down

Use your gears instead of brakes to slow down and watch for icy patches on the shaded side of the road. If you are taking a long journey, watch out for bridges and on winding stretches where ice may have formed over a thin layer of snow. Take care to drive gently, with no sudden stops and starts or...

Mindful Maintenance – Jackmans valet service

It’s been a wild and windy start to winter here in Hobart. While our so-called summer went far too fast, we here at Jackmans still enjoyed the more complacent milder Tasmanian weather, that’s for sure! This complacency however has me thinking. With the kinder weather, do we become more relaxed? And with that do we become less mindful about our car maintenance? I don't know about you, but managing a business or household (or both) keeps us all very busy, so when it comes to, well it can catch up on...

Share your comments to win

"Oh, I wish ..." How often do you hear the exasperated lament, 'if its not one thing, its another'. I heard it again the other day. You know the scenario - mother (M) buys teenage daughter (D) a small car and thought D would be pleased and appreciative. The intention was to encourage D to enter a promising career located across town. Well, that bit worked and M was sure that deep down D was pleased, but appreciative of the car? D didn't show too much - the exterior was muddy, the interior was a...

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