How dangerous is drag chain for 4WD recovery?
The beer garden physics you need to know about off-road, high-tensile drag chain. If you use this in four-wheel drive recovery, is it likely to break, recoil and kill someone?
The plan for 1 million EVs by 2027 is bullshit: Here's why...
Dear Electric Vehicle Council, the real world is filing for divorce. How else do you explain this? Here's why getting one million EVs on Australian roads by 2027 is unfeasible bullshit...
The truth about octane rating: Should you run high octane fuel?
Multiple choice question, without warning: hotter, colder, slower, faster - which one of those is true about how the fuel burns if you tip high octane fuel into your car?
Toyota is rationing smart keys now: King of Mediocrity strikes again
Toyota is now giving just one smart key to each of its customers, on 14 different models. But hey, it's not their fault. Thank God for the pandemic, which has become the #1 corporate incompetence justifying excuse...
Why you should not buy a Volkswagen - especially an Amarok
Volkswagen once again doing exactly what it does best which would be throwing people just like you - its customers - under the bus. Avoid VW at all costs…
Car crashes: The ghetto physics of life and death
The secret beer garden physics of crashes, airbag deployment and the bad driving habits that people like you do every day that could kill you during a crash. Here’s why you need to sit up straight…
Should Hyundai Australia be investigated for defective vehicles?
When a bunch of angry customers feel they’re not being heard, what other recourse do they have over claims of defective vehicles? Should a formal high-stakes investigation ensue? Let’s see about that…
Is Ford Ranger Raptor worse at towing than a Wildtrak?
Just because you buy the wildest, toughest Ford Ranger, is it better than the slightly less exciting Wildtrak, when it comes to towing? Let’s figure that out now…
STEERING LOCKED: When people say 'steering failure', what's really happening?
What happens when you're driving along and suddenly the steering wheel locks on you, seemingly, making it too difficult to manoeuvre? How do you respond and what exactly is the cause? It could happen to anyone, right?
Is my car's tailshaft running out of phase? Why Ford Ranger is shakin' all over...
That tailshaft on your car: Is it operating in phase or out of phase? How would you know? Let us drill down into the beer garden engineering of that now...
National greenwashing champions: the tyre industry
A tyre company altruistically doing its bit to "save the planet". But you’ll be shocked to learn exactly how filthy the underlying industry actually is. The big tyre corporations won’t like this…
New car road test review videos suck: Here's why...
If you are in the market for a new car, doubtless you are watching road tests incessantly. But there's only one problem with those road tests. They suck. Bet you haven't figured out why...
No spare tyre? What happens when carmakers take away spare tyres
As hateful as space saver spare tyres are, there is a worse alternative which is becoming common in the new car market. This is what happens when cheapskate carmakers stop offering a spare tyre at all…
Responding to your recent feedback and comments
Here's what you had to say about recent reports, from Nissan e-Power and diesel-electric locomotives to 4WD recovery and community help regarding Albury/Wodonga Subaru servicing. Plus an unexpected call from the masked-up AutoExpert car-hunting crusader…
Will Toyota Hilux ever get LandCruiser's V6 twin turbo diesel engine?
Toyota has recently pulled the Rogue and the Rugged X from the range on its website. Can Toyota get its act together to deliver a Land Cruiser engine V6 Hilux anytime soon, or is it actually game over for Hilux on top?
Nissan X-Trail e-POWER: How this petrol-powered EV's claims don't add up
It seems Nissan isn’t quite sure how its e-Power hybrid system actually works. Perhaps it's time for the regulator to start acting on false marketing promises made by carmakers so that consumers like you don’t fall for it. See what you think…
Should you pay for diagnosis when your car breaks down, under warranty?
If your car starts making noises and you're forced to take it to the dealership, where do you stand under Australian Consumer Law if asked to pay a fee to diagnose the problem? Is this fair, and should you pay?
Nissan X-Trail e-POWER e-4ORCE: Why it's their most ridiculous hybrid ever
Nissan Australia has pulled the covers off its new but poorly-named hybrid SUV. New X-Trail will come as a hybrid, courtesy of a tiny battery. Let's talk about what it's going to offer and see if you should even bother...
Inside the latest Toyota electric vehicle tantrum
Toyota just went so far off the reservation at a recent press event when asked about the brand's lacklustre attempts to produce an EV. Here's the epic tantrum and the fact-based rebuttal...
GET JACKED Part 2: How safe are jack stands really? Their weakest link revealed
How strong exactly are jack stands and do you need to worry? Short answer: Yeah, they're pretty strong, but yeah, you do need to worry. However, not for the reason you might think…