It’s said that if you aren’t innovating, you’re going backwards. That saying rings no truer than in the world of motorsport, and innovation is the name of the game for the boys and girls who are dedicated to Formula SAE, or F-SAE as it’s also known. We’ve covered it before: F-SAE is an international competition...

Wow, two days to go and I’m very excited. The feeling of driving a car, your car, is something that cannot be described to non-car people. But to me, as a car enthusiast, it’s a sense of freedom and unity between man and machine. Raw power and metal taking me away from the outside world,...

What better way is there to welcome the beginning of summer than with a BBQ? For the last few years, the ClubITR Annual BBQ has been our way of sending off the year and 2016 was no different, with the final meet until 2017 held at Royal National Park at Lane Cove in Sydney. And...

In automotive racing, communication and teamwork is key. I’m sure we can all relate to watching our favourite racing drivers winning races like they were born with the skill, but between the car, the driver and all of the crew in the pit is a relationship that’s critical. Communication is just as important off the...

The stigma surrounding mental health exists because many believe that if pain can’t be seen, then it isn’t real. But although self-injury is no more real than anxiety, depression or suicide, it is there as tangible evidence of what someone is going through. A lot of people stereotype people who self-injure, claiming that it’s ‘emo’...

ClubITR’s Annual BBQ tradition continued for 2015, as we headed out to Lane Cove National Park in late-November for a relaxing afternoon conversing about all things Honda. Sydney’s weather was at an all-time high in the days leading up to the event, and everyone was silently hoping that the weather wouldn’t be a repeat of...

The driving was fierce but friendly for the final round of the IPRA NSW State Championship at Sydney Motorsport Park. Following our packed out #IAMDRIVEN EOMM a few nights before where we were joined by a selection of competitor racing cars sporting Cars For Hope banners, the Cars For Hope IPRA Final Round was the...

For the past 10 years across Australia, passionate automotive enthusiasts have come together each month at End Of Month Meets to share their passion. It’s a passion that brings us together: different cars and different people from all kinds of different backgrounds. However for February’s EOMM at Sydney Dragway, things were a little different. We...

Visiting Lane Cove National Park is somewhat an annual tradition for ClubITR, and this year was no different. Last weekend we once again teamed up with ClubITR to host their Annual BBQ for 2014, and were joined by loads of cool Hondas and their owners in attendance. Temperatures for the day were approaching 40°C, a...

After a stellar inaugural event at Toyota Australia’s Sydney HQ in 2013, #Festivalof86 was on again, this time at the picturesque White Bay Cruise Terminal only minutes away from the Sydney CBD. The man responsible for the modern revival of a Toyota classic, Chief Engineer Tetsuya Tada-san returned to help celebrate the second anniversary of...

This year, THE-LOWDOWN.com Presents: Showcased 2013 coincided closely with World Suicide Prevention Day 2013. The theme for this year was Stigma: A Major Barrier for Suicide Prevention and as a lead up to the day and in an effort to help break the stigma associated with suicide, we created our ‘What Drives You?’ campaign. As...

It’s funny how quickly time passes. I still vividly remember the first car event I ever attended, just over 6 years ago back in 2006 as an excited 13 year old at Sydney Olympic Park. The sights of bright lights and flashy cars from an era that now seems so distant, the sounds of reverberating...