Subaru’s new turbocharged Outback XT is finally here after two long years. The burning question now is whether it's an improvement or a disappointment. And is it any better than the old 3.6R?
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Is it a good idea for you to fit an aftermarket automatic transmission oil cooler to your fine four-wheel drive chariot? Should it be an air-type or water-type cooler? Let’s find out…
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Nissan has announced the new, sleep-inducing 2023 Pathfinder. If you’re shopping for a 7-seat SUV, this is your official warning about buying two tonnes of boring, uninspiring disappointment…
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Let’s answer your questions and correct some misguided comments from my recent reports, while shining the light on an electric vehicle compliance & safety mistake…
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A pensioner, whose Outback CVT failed, got a rather large bill from the dealership to replace it. Then something good happened...
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This is how relationships with brands can get destroyed in the service department. If car companies still wonder - or care - why people never come back, here’s why…
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Steep driveways and reversing a trailer: Will you kill the new eight-speed dual clutch transmission in the new Santa Fe and Sorento diesel AWD models?
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Extreme Santa Fe clutch-slipping, heat loading reverse torture test for Hyundai’s new eight-speed dual clutch transmission, in the driveway from hell.
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There are four common transmission types out there, on the road and waiting in the showroom. Without knowing yours, you could easily break something or be abusing it.
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The logical fallacy of ‘sealed for life’ transmissions means you should change the oil anyway: that’s right, they’re bullshit…
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