Admit it: you’re a fully fledged hardcore off-roading beard-stroker. That’s okay, as is acknowledging your impulse control problem when it comes to abusing your 4WD’s transmission. Here’s how things break…down there.
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Carmakers and their product marketing teams, along with their army of in-house lawyers, are very good at sounding like they mean one thing when they’re actually omitting something else entirely. Here it is in relation to ‘genuine’ bullbars…
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Heresy is telling you the truth about bullbars and vehicle safety. If you're a stubby and blue singlet-wearing bogan boomer in thongs and a croc-toothed Akubra, you're probably not gonna like this facts-based report…
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The secret life of three kinds of corrosion eating away at your precious car, 4WD, caravan and exactly what can you do about it in your own FatCave…
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Let’s talk about the lack of integrity in dealership service departments: how they try to brush you off and deny you a legitimate consumer law or warranty claim simply because it's convenient and there's more money in it for them…
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A full-day unlimited-lap thrash test, wet and dry, in the new pre-production prototype Hyundai i20 N. Is it as much fun as i30 N? Can you live with it, day to day? Let's find out…
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This report is squarely for you, if you are considering buying a BMW 420i, or any other luxury five-seat sedan in Australia. Here’s what you should know..
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Has your extensive on-road heavy-towing temperature testing revealed your 4WD is overheating and can’t handle the hard work? Lets diagnose your ute’s imminent heatstroke symptoms and sort facts from false alarms…
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Recent allegations about Hyundai and Kia vehicle recalls, potential fire risk and a dirty big class action are probably scaring you. To make sense of everything, here are the facts, while trying to avoid contempt of court…
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Let’s expose the most reprehensible carmaker brands selling vehicles to you in Australia - and why they’re such corporate cocks. This matters if you’re about to buy a new car in 2023…
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If you’re in that terrible position with $100K you need to dispose of in a hurry, perhaps a comfortable, fast Beemer will improve your reputation…
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A family that crashed off a cliff’s edge in California - and survived - has been hailed a miracle, thanks to their Tesla. But did divine intervention really save four lives, or something far more human?
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If you’re one of thousands itching to finally get yourself a proper battery EV, or a multi-role plug-in hybrid, 2023 will deliver. Here’s the definitive cheat sheet on everything you need to know: the models, their application and the info for getting the best deal possible…
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Does Tesla’s miraculous price drop make it a hero in the electric vehicle fanboy community? Almost certainly. Did the media swallowed it? Clearly. Here’s the truth about this desperate new-year cost cutting exercise…
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Venue is the new kid on the small SUV block. A budget option for a modern, safe and entertaining first car for the kids. So, do you bother taking a test drive or drive past? Let’s unpack that…
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Who needs a happy new year? Let’s scold the 10 worst performing car brands of 2022 and remind ourselves why good brands fall. Carmakers that tanked in 2022: bring on the hate mail…
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If you think a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle is just a bomb on wheels - a mini Hindenburg on the M1 - or that a battery electric vehicle is a Towering Inferno waiting to happen: here’s why you’re wrong…
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Let’s turn you into a machinery teardown Jedi, the better for those of you with a garage or workshop to repair appliances and equipment efficiently and cost effectively - while keeping all your hair…
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A salient warning to the rest of the world, courtesy of the crazy Swiss busily demonstrating to ambient humanity the pitfalls of poor EV strategy...
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Volkswagen recently flew all the usual domesticated so-called motoring journalist car reviewers all the way to South Africa to reiterate Amarok PR talking points. Must be time for an evil bastard to speak truth orbiting the fake Ford Ranger clone…
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