The Surgery is hosting car club visits

4 August, 2025

The Surgery is hosting a joint meet for the Wellington Corvette and Mustang groups this coming weekend, August 9

The Surgery – NZ’s Top Classic Car Restoration Shop
Based in Tawa, Wellington, The Surgery is one of the country’s leading restoration workshops with over 35 years’ experience. Everything’s done in-house to concours standards using top materials and techniques. Professional, friendly, and trusted by classic car owners nationwide — including plenty of Corvette fans.
For more info or to arrange a visit for your car club, contact John Stevenson-Galvin at the Surgery, thesurgery.co.nz

Motorman – advancing the skills

Of course we are all great drivers — definitely above average — until we find out we aren’t. And finding out in a safe way is clearly the major benefit of driver training and why almost all of us who use motor vehicles should experience it.
Driver training applies to all types of cars and commercial vehicles and logically it is even more applicable to high-performance specialist machines — at least for their drivers and passengers — and, of course, if you are not exploiting or understanding the abilities of your car you are not making the most of it.
When I attended the Porsche Experience Driving Centre in Australia more than 20 years ago, one participant told me, “I’ve had my Porsche parked in the garage for several years and have never known how to use it properly — until now.”