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Do you know how to change a tyre?

Most Millennials don’t know how to change a tyre or troubleshoot a car.

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With school and Easter holidays just around the corner half of Australians plan to go on a road trip over Easter, yet one in three are significantly under prepared for long haul road trips.


New research from Allianz reveals almost half of Australians have experienced a mishap on the road. Despite a love of the great open road, one third of us (27%) don’t know how to change a tyre, 34% don’t know what to do in the instance of their engine overheating, and a surprising 18% of women and 11% of men have even run out of petrol on the road.

While road trips are a great way to spend time with the family, parents find their children incredibly distracting in the car. One out of five (18%) reported their children asking, “are we there yet?” at least twice an hour on a road trip.


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