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Should your next car be electric? Is it all over for internal combustion?
Should your next car be electric? Is it all over for internal combustion?

Doubtless you've heard all of the uninformed or misleading hype about electric vehicles. Could you be walking into a financial trap buying a combustion car? Let's talk about future-proofing your next new vehicle purchase…

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John Cadogan15 November 2022ev, eco car, consumer, fuel, car buying Comment
Land Rover launches limited-edition 'pro-Russia' watch
Land Rover launches limited-edition 'pro-Russia' watch

Brand new limited edition Land Rover Defender watch is kinda from Russia with love, apparently, and in a sense is therefore the anatomy of a ridiculous hilarious scientifically-illiterate marketing own-goal…

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John Cadogan15 November 2022land roverComment
EVs and climate change deception. We're trashing the benefit
EVs and climate change deception. We're trashing the benefit

If you think buying an EV is going to save you money and the planet, then you've been properly tricked by extremely well-funded vested interests both here in Australia and overseas. They want to keep exploiting hydrocarbon resources while you look the other way…

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John Cadogan12 November 2022eco car, ev, emissionsComment
DEATH TRAP UTES? Navara, Prado, Triton and Pajero Sport to lose ANCAP safety ratings
DEATH TRAP UTES? Navara, Prado, Triton and Pajero Sport to lose ANCAP safety ratings

Safety ratings agency ANCAP has just had a website makeover. But, unwittingly perhaps, they may have created the next safety related new car buying disaster which you need to know about...

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John Cadogan8 November 2022safety, ute Comments
How dangerous is drag chain for 4WD recovery?
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?

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John Cadogan8 November 20224wd, safety, towing Comments
The plan for 1 million EVs by 2027 is bullshit: Here's why...
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...

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John Cadogan8 November 2022ev, eco car Comments
The truth about octane rating: Should you run high octane fuel?
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?

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John Cadogan4 November 2022fuel Comment
Toyota is rationing smart keys now: King of Mediocrity strikes again
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...

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John Cadogan3 November 2022toyota, toyota rav4, toyota landcruiser Comments
Why you should not buy a Volkswagen - especially an Amarok
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…

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John Cadogan3 November 2022consumer, warranty, dealer Comment
Car crashes: The ghetto physics of life and death
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…

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John Cadogan2 November 2022safetyComment
Should Hyundai Australia be investigated for defective vehicles?
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…

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John Cadogan31 October 2022Comment
Is Ford Ranger Raptor worse at towing than a Wildtrak?
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…

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John Cadogan30 October 2022ute, towingComment
STEERING LOCKED: When people say 'steering failure', what's really happening?
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?

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John Cadogan29 October 2022safety, consumer Comments
Is my car's tailshaft running out of phase? Why Ford Ranger is shakin' all over...
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...

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John Cadogan28 October 2022transmission, tech, ute, 4WD Comment
National greenwashing champions: the tyre industry
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…

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John Cadogan28 October 2022eco car, tyres, emissions Comment
New car road test review videos suck: Here's why...
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...

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John Cadogan27 October 2022consumer Comments
No spare tyre? What happens when carmakers take away spare tyres
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…

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John Cadogan24 October 2022safety, consumer Comments
Responding to your recent feedback and comments
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…

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John Cadogan23 October 2022 Comments
Will Toyota Hilux ever get LandCruiser's V6 twin turbo diesel engine?
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?

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John Cadogan20 October 2022toyota, ute, 4WDComment
Nissan X-Trail e-POWER: How this petrol-powered EV's claims don't add up
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…

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