As if you need any more reasons to buy an enormous off-road wanking tractor upon which to hitch your biggest, heaviest aluminium suppository with matching kitchenette and stylish prison shower. Then I got an email...
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If your 10-year-old German diesel SUV is experiencing the equivalent of atherosclerosis for a DPF system, then, short of driving it off a cliff (illegal), there’s only one option. Professional help…
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Doubtless you’ve seen the mainstream media headlines. Zero stars for Mitsubishi’s new commercial van. Sounds pretty bad, right? Sadly, it’s just another ANCAP botch. Brace…
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If you’re thinking about buying a Rhino Rack for your 4X4, I suggest you don’t. I certainly didn’t, and I was going to. Here’s why…
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Wheels magazine highlights the true cost of bad incentives in the automotive media landscape, with Car of the Year 2021. This is what happens when you repeatedly kick your audience under the bus…
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If you’ve got some hair-brained idea to fix a problem that doesn’t exist, like fitting a throttle controller to a modern SUV, you’re not alone. Ambient stupidity finds all manner of ways to permeate society...
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Are service stations doomed with the uprising of electric vehicles? And will you be able to run your small affiliated coffee business if the ‘servo’ we know and love disappears? Let’s talk about that…
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If recalling EVs were an Olympic sport, the Hyundai Kona Electric just went for gold. In the worst possible way.
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You’ve got a useless bullbar, but nothing says bush-bashing bogan quite like fitting a snorkel to your 4X4. Snorkels are, of course, a joke, 99.9 per cent of the time. Here’s why…
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JD Power: That perpetual thorn in the side of miscreant carmakers, releases its 2021 Vehicle Dependability Study. Usual suspects at each end of the field…
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The anatomy of the most common off-road disaster. Do not let this happen to you. The road to 4X4 hell: so often paved with good intentions. What could possibly go wrong?
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A tired, old ‘brand new’ Pathfinder is due in Australia this winter, promising to be less of a lemon than the current one, dating back to 2013. I strongly suggest buying something else…
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A lot of people think they need an SUV, when a people mover is perfect. But then there’s this bloke, expecting kid #4 - clearly they found the secret to surviving a pandemic…
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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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Car companies love talking up how much local testing and tuning they perform on our cracked, corrugated broken-arse roads. But is it all just marketing bullshit, or is there truth in it?
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Cobalt catalyst moron misrepresentation meltdown. EV zealots get the basics wrong in the comments. Warning: This report may contain traces of nuts.
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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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Okay, I was wrong about aluminium and recycling. I hate that - but thank you for pointing it out. I do appreciate it. In this report, let’s set the record straight…
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Grey Nomads wanting to haul a three-tonne caravan across our wide, brown land need to choose a chariot. But first, you need to know how much everything is allowed to weigh. Here’s how to do that…
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Is your car insurance policy at risk if the wrong speed-rated tyres are fitted to your SUV? This is how you decipher the kooky tyre speed-rating code and stop short of voiding your insurance policy…
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