This one's good. Honda has announced a worldwide recall of certain models (in Australia, the recall affects only 2001 and 2002 Honda Accords and 2002 Honda CR-Vs) owing to a risk of driver's side safety airbags overinflating, exploding and causing "fragments to scatter". According to reports, the fault has occurred 12 times, once fatally. (!) No details of how the ... Keep Reading

As flagged in our developing story on the Toyota vehicle recall over the past few days, Toyota has now announced a worldwide recall of certain models of the Prius hybrid car. This recall affec... Keep Reading

TripAdvisor.com, one of the world's most popular, successful and trusted travel advice sites, may not, it turns out, be offering only the independent comments of ordinary travellers. According to news reports like this one from the UK's Telegraph newspaper, UK site Travolution has uncovered evidence of hotel owners ... Keep Reading

Since mid to late January, 'Underground' readers will have seen myriad news stories - like this one - reporting on car manufacturer Toyota's mass recall of millions of its vehicles. The recall, now affecting some 8 million cars (at last count), results from reports of at least four known possible defects: failing brakes; accelerator pedals sticking when pressed; c... Keep Reading

Has anyone noticed an alarming trend? At cafes citywide, it seems that ordering Vegemite toast doesn't, in fact, result in a waiter bringing out toast with Vegemite on it. Instead, they typically bring out a couple of slices of toast, a dish of butter, a dish of Vegemite (or, if you're unlucky, a disposable packet thereof) and a knife. You are then expected to put the butter and Vegemite on yourself. My question is: why do they think I am at a cafe? Clue: it's because I want THEM to make the food. I do not want to have to do half the work myself. What's next: BYO bread and a sign po... Keep Reading