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English, Cars and Motoring, 1 seasons, 654 episodes, 2 days 22 hours 3 minutes
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English, Cars and Motoring, 1 seasons, 654 episodes, 2 days 22 hours 3 minutes
ELECTRIC TRUCK FRAUD: Massive EV truck fire on freeway puts thousands at risk
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29/11/2023 • 17 minutes 24 seconds
Hyundai IONIQ 5 N: Fake combustion in an EV!
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28/11/2023 • 14 minutes 13 seconds
AdBlue: What is it, and why don't more diesels use it?
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27/11/2023 • 22 minutes 43 seconds
KILLER EVs: The deadly electric vehicle design flaw nobody talks about - until now
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22/11/2023 • 22 minutes 3 seconds
Home heavy lifting - with no crane
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21/11/2023 • 29 minutes 6 seconds
Dual-mass flywheels and driveline vibrations
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17/11/2023 • 19 minutes 31 seconds
Reacting to your recent EV feedback & criticism (S2 E10)
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16/11/2023 • 27 minutes 41 seconds
Why EV 'utopia' has become a living hell - for carmakers and EV owners
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15/11/2023 • 23 minutes 25 seconds
Polestar's worst idea yet? (It's magic...)
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14/11/2023 • 19 minutes 52 seconds
DIY steel fabrication basics: Welding, drilling, tapping
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13/11/2023 • 31 minutes 13 seconds
EV versus rooftop home solar: What's actually greener?
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11/11/2023 • 20 minutes 57 seconds
Kia EV9 electric 7-seat SUV: morbidly obese, and far from green
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09/11/2023 • 20 minutes 44 seconds
New diesel EVs for the Outback! (Australian innovation at its finest.)
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08/11/2023 • 30 minutes 56 seconds
Tesla EVs are just too expensive to own - says Hertz CEO
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31/10/2023 • 17 minutes 40 seconds
How to stick weld (at home) - my complete guide
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30/10/2023 • 56 minutes 22 seconds
GWM Tank 300 (Wrangler clone): Terrible towing; even worse brakes
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27/10/2023 • 23 minutes 55 seconds
Elon Musk 'near tears' as Cybertruck digs Tesla's 'own grave'
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26/10/2023 • 14 minutes 13 seconds
How to fix a stripped thread at home - like a pro!
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24/10/2023 • 27 minutes 42 seconds
Reacting to your Nissan e-Power feedback & criticism
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20/10/2023 • 30 minutes 56 seconds
Nissan e-Power hybrid: UK ads banned; Worst hybrid system here
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19/10/2023 • 14 minutes 42 seconds
Let's roast: Land Rover Defender plug-in hybrid EV!
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18/10/2023 • 23 minutes 34 seconds
Luton Airport car park fire: What the media is not saying
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13/10/2023 • 27 minutes 18 seconds
Science -Vs- your Lithium-ion & EV firefighting feedback
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11/10/2023 • 25 minutes 26 seconds
Apparently we're experimenting on truck drivers now...
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10/10/2023 • 24 minutes 8 seconds
Another lithium-ion battery fire proves we're not ready for EVs
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03/10/2023 • 16 minutes 56 seconds
Best EV firefighting technique yet! Stopping thermal runaway...
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30/09/2023 • 33 minutes 13 seconds
Cheap DIY welding table from scrap steel (under $200)
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29/09/2023 • 29 minutes 59 seconds
A giant Tesla battery caught fire ... and they just let it burn
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27/09/2023 • 32 minutes 30 seconds
5 more excellent ways to DIE while welding at home
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24/09/2023 • 23 minutes 38 seconds
Can a 4WD bullbar cause a $20k engine failure?
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22/09/2023 • 23 minutes 38 seconds
EV battery vapour explosions: Nobody will admit it's a problem
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22/09/2023 • 19 minutes 32 seconds
Get started welding at home (part 1): Equipment, protective gear & safety tips
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21/09/2023 • 17 minutes 44 seconds
4WD Tech: A sanity check on recovery points (aftermarket vs standard)
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19/09/2023 • 19 minutes 16 seconds
Is your new car actually spying on you? (The unpalatable truth.)
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17/09/2023 • 17 minutes 29 seconds
Hyundai N-car updates: new i20 & i30 N, plus outrageous IONIQ 5 N & Kona N
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16/09/2023 • 14 minutes 48 seconds
Sydney Airport EV fire: 1 battery just incinerated 5 parked cars
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14/09/2023 • 21 minutes 13 seconds
The Golden Age of Bullsh!t
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12/09/2023 • 24 minutes 52 seconds
CO2 is the most immediately dangerous gas in car exhaust. (Or is it?)
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11/09/2023 • 23 minutes 6 seconds
How 4x4 modifications can kill your factory warranty protection
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06/09/2023 • 18 minutes 38 seconds
Fremantle Hwy: Mercedes EV battery burns ONE MONTH later
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02/09/2023 • 17 minutes 44 seconds
RIP car dealers? Mercedes-Benz dealers lose $650 million lawsuit
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01/09/2023 • 9 minutes 50 seconds
Time to roast some A-grade pro-EV nuts
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31/08/2023 • 22 minutes 14 seconds
Jaguar builds giant EV mega-battery from 30 dead i-Pace EVs
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30/08/2023 • 14 minutes 29 seconds
EVs are a climate action fraud: Here's why.
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28/08/2023 • 23 minutes 30 seconds
Torque wrench: the real rules of engagement (extensions, support & universal joints)
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25/08/2023 • 21 minutes 44 seconds
Everything DIY mechanics don't understand about bolts
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23/08/2023 • 32 minutes 6 seconds
The ACCC weighs in on the great greenwashing 'zero emissions' lie!
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22/08/2023 • 17 minutes 28 seconds
Is a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) really ready for the Australian Outback?
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21/08/2023 • 24 minutes 32 seconds
Magnetic drill test: Vevor 1300W package - best home fabrication kit
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20/08/2023 • 19 minutes 30 seconds
BILL SHOCK: Staggering $176k Hyundai hydrogen fuel cell repair quote
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19/08/2023 • 9 minutes 24 seconds
LEAKED PHOTO: Proof from the burnt-out EV on Fremantle Hwy cargo ship
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17/08/2023 • 22 minutes 14 seconds
How to die while arc welding at home: the top 5 ways
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16/08/2023 • 23 minutes 9 seconds
The truth about EV battery recycling (it's an eco-nightmare)
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15/08/2023 • 18 minutes 45 seconds
Vevor ultrasonic cleaner test: The best way to clean mechanical parts.
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14/08/2023 • 10 minutes 18 seconds
Reacting to your EV versus ICE criticisms & feedback (contains nuts)
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13/08/2023 • 24 minutes 4 seconds
Will the rise of EVs kill the value of your next combustion car?
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12/08/2023 • 9 minutes 52 seconds
Killer cars that earned five stars (safety ratings 'fail')
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11/08/2023 • 19 minutes 7 seconds
Reacting to your EV battery fire criticisms & feedback (contains nuts)
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04/08/2023 • 25 minutes 5 seconds
The truth about EVs and fire risk in our cities
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03/08/2023 • 22 minutes 33 seconds
The dumbest thing caravanners always say
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01/08/2023 • 8 minutes 5 seconds
Runaway 500 EV meltdown on cargo ship: Proof our cities aren't ready for full EV deployment
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30/07/2023 • 16 minutes 53 seconds
Best affordable DIY metal fabrication chop saw tested (Vevor 355mm)
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29/07/2023 • 29 minutes 56 seconds
Out-of-control EV blaze (thermal runaway) threatens to sink yet another massive car-carrying ship
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26/07/2023 • 13 minutes 25 seconds
Don't make this mistake with your home shop air compressor
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26/07/2023 • 24 minutes 24 seconds
Torque wrench test! (Part 3: Proof that hand position REALLY matters.)
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23/07/2023 • 14 minutes 35 seconds
Am I wrong about torque wrenches & hand position, again? (Part 2: The facts)
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22/07/2023 • 19 minutes 5 seconds
The #1 thing DIY people don't understand about torque wrenches
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21/07/2023 • 22 minutes 42 seconds
How much does air-con (& other powered systems) affect your EV's range?
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20/07/2023 • 9 minutes 35 seconds
2024 Hyundai Santa Fe goes for 'Ugliest SUV' gold!
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20/07/2023 • 17 minutes 10 seconds
We're getting EV implementation wrong (and it's not about the EVs)
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11/07/2023 • 7 minutes 1 second
Jaguar goes all-in on 'feminism first'
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08/07/2023 • 11 minutes
MG4 Excite 51 EV: Q&A - responding to your questions & comments
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07/07/2023 • 20 minutes 47 seconds
Reacting to your comments, feedback & criticism (S2 E7)
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07/07/2023 • 42 minutes 34 seconds
BYD Dolphin: Why Australia's cheapest EV is terrible.
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30/06/2023 • 17 minutes 25 seconds
Don't buy an EXTENDED WARRANTY: Here's why they suck.
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29/06/2023 • 15 minutes 54 seconds
21St Century Slob Challenge: Why you should (partially) divorce your car
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28/06/2023 • 37 minutes 46 seconds
Beat the dealer! (How to get your car fixed free using consumer law.)
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26/06/2023 • 20 minutes 29 seconds
Subaru Crosstrek Vs MG HS: What's best?
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23/06/2023 • 16 minutes 17 seconds
Massive Tesla Semi production black hole - new data
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22/06/2023 • 10 minutes 20 seconds
MG4 Excite 51: Australia's new cheapest EV is under $140/wk!
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20/06/2023 • 33 minutes 23 seconds
AVOID the #1 MISTAKE new-car buyers make, up front
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19/06/2023 • 24 minutes 57 seconds
I went to court. I was guilty. I won. (How to beat a traffic fine.)
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13/06/2023 • 39 minutes 28 seconds
Your heavy tow test comments and feedback
Here's the audio from my previous report on the dodgy motoring media towing test >>
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02/06/2023 • 36 minutes 51 seconds
Worst heavy tow test ever: Why the motoring media gets it wrong
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01/06/2023 • 30 minutes 57 seconds
Car dealer diagnostic fees: Just another service department scam?
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26/05/2023 • 24 minutes 42 seconds
Tax Office announces $7800 in new car buying bonuses from July 1
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22/05/2023 • 10 minutes 25 seconds
Ex-Audi boss Rupert Stadler admits Dieselgate dirty deeds
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21/05/2023 • 10 minutes 27 seconds
Electric vehicle deployment is being badly botched - everywhere
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20/05/2023 • 26 minutes 28 seconds
Police car charged! (With aggravated stupidity...)
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19/05/2023 • 14 minutes 17 seconds
The most common car dealer service department rip-off, and how to beat it
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17/05/2023 • 22 minutes 37 seconds
How to drill steel without any special tools (dead easy solution)
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14/05/2023 • 20 minutes 7 seconds
Budget black hole: Why the $7.4M fuel efficiency standard should've been free
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10/05/2023 • 18 minutes 45 seconds
Why I hate weight distribution hitches (and why you should, too)
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01/05/2023 • 17 minutes 26 seconds
Another epic heavy towing failure (with twist and pike)
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29/04/2023 • 17 minutes 26 seconds
Reacting to your comments & criticism (Season 2 Episode 5)
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27/04/2023 • 34 minutes 42 seconds
The V6 turbo diesel Landcruiser 300 oil consumption problem
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26/04/2023 • 18 minutes 56 seconds
The ultimate guide to drill chucks: replacement, disassembly & rebuilding
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24/04/2023 • 39 minutes 25 seconds
I screwed up about EVs - big time
EXPLANATION & CORRECTION:
In the original report (yesterday: EV versus diesel ute: what's REALLY really greener? >>), I made a small mathematical error at 19 minutes in. This is my blatant correction on that, with a distinctly different outcome to the original result.
I value integrity, unlike politicians and CEO types, so make sure you watch the below video to get the full understanding to my original proposition that a big diesel V6 ute is less dirty than a big fat battery-power electric vehicle.
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21/04/2023 • 35 minutes 59 seconds
EV versus diesel ute: what's REALLY really greener?
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21/04/2023 • 37 minutes 17 seconds
The engine valve clearance adjustment 'problem'
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20/04/2023 • 24 minutes 34 seconds
Reacting to your comments & criticism (Season 2 Episode 4, April 2023)
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18/04/2023 • 49 minutes 59 seconds
How safe is Tesla's Autopilot?
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14/04/2023 • 24 minutes 20 seconds
Another Nissan customer support 'FAIL'
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12/04/2023 • 26 minutes 56 seconds
Major change to EV & PHEV tax cuts coming on June 30
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09/04/2023 • 7 minutes 56 seconds
True lies about bogus towing capacity claims (feat. Subaru Outback XT)
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06/04/2023 • 28 minutes 30 seconds
Toyota Loses Dodgy Diesel DPF Appeal (Compensation Update)
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03/04/2023 • 21 minutes 28 seconds
Reacting to your comments & criticism (Season 2 Episode 3, April 2023)
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03/04/2023 • 38 minutes 23 seconds
Fun with batteries: How not to burn your house down this weekend
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31/03/2023 • 34 minutes 6 seconds
The inconvenient truth about biofuel: it's just greenwashing bullshit
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29/03/2023 • 19 minutes 42 seconds
Anti-car Green politician joins Volkswagen Supervisory Board
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27/03/2023 • 16 minutes 10 seconds
Workshop review: Vevor BS-85 bandsaw is a better way to cut metal in your home shop
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25/03/2023 • 49 minutes 2 seconds
Subaru Hybrid: Top 6 reasons why you shouldn't buy one
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25/03/2023 • 22 minutes 23 seconds
True lies about green car sales in Australia
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20/03/2023 • 30 minutes 49 seconds
ROAD USER TAX: 7 reasons why the Victorian EV & PHEV driving distance tax is BULLSHIT
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17/03/2023 • 22 minutes 49 seconds
EV Fires: Why rescuers and the public are unprepared against the risks
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16/03/2023 • 16 minutes 58 seconds
EV owner fined $500 for stealing electricity in Polestar 2
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15/03/2023 • 15 minutes 36 seconds
Ford Everest wins world first "NOT A CAR" of the year award
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09/03/2023 • 29 minutes 44 seconds
Every EV & PHEV eligible for zero fringe benefits tax in Australia today
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08/03/2023 • 25 minutes 52 seconds
Novated Lease basics: The eco car LCT threshold explained in full
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06/03/2023 • 15 minutes 38 seconds
VW refuses to help police GPS track car during kidnapping...
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04/03/2023 • 18 minutes 25 seconds
EV Sanity Check: Is an electric vehicle really right for you?
You're ready to divorce yourself from internal combustion. Your heart’s set on an EV. So let's find out if living with one every day is going to be right for how you live...
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03/03/2023 • 22 minutes 42 seconds
4X4 BASICS: When to engage 4WD (and when not to engage 4WD)
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28/02/2023 • 20 minutes 52 seconds
The truth about the BYD Atto 3 EV rust problem
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28/02/2023 • 19 minutes 48 seconds
DIY 101: You need an anvil (even if you're not a blacksmith)
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25/02/2023 • 25 minutes 38 seconds
Re-chipping your new 4WD: Will your factory warranty survive?
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24/02/2023 • 22 minutes 37 seconds
Tool Talk: answering your bolting & DIY questions
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24/02/2023 • 48 minutes 38 seconds
New boss at Stellantis/Jeep Australia: Same brand train wreck
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23/02/2023 • 20 minutes 55 seconds
What you probably don't know about nuts & bolts (for DIY car mechanics)
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19/02/2023 • 46 minutes 11 seconds
Car reviews Vs carmaker advertising: How they really behave
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18/02/2023 • 25 minutes 46 seconds
Best way to charge your EV at home (for complete electric car novices)
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16/02/2023 • 29 minutes 2 seconds
Another Mercedes sunroof spontaneously explodes
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15/02/2023 • 24 minutes 41 seconds
Engine timing chain vs timing belt: What's better?
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14/02/2023 • 31 minutes 2 seconds
Caravan vs semi trailer truck: The 'ghetto physics' of towing
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13/02/2023 • 19 minutes 50 seconds
4 years in prison for overloaded caravan driver: You have been warned.
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11/02/2023 • 24 minutes 30 seconds
Jeep attempts to gag vehicle reviewers (epic 'fail')
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08/02/2023 • 27 minutes 16 seconds
Vehicle and caravan corrosion: oxidation vs galvanic vs electrolysis
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31/01/2023 • 24 minutes 42 seconds
The truth about bullbars & 4WD safety: Bogans won't like this...
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31/01/2023 • 25 minutes 27 seconds
How 4WD accessories destroy your warranty in the real world
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30/01/2023 • 24 minutes 28 seconds
Reacting to your recent comments & criticism (Season 2 Episode 2)
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28/01/2023 • 34 minutes 32 seconds
Engine overheating, 4X4 and heavy towing: How hot is too hot?
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27/01/2023 • 33 minutes 49 seconds
Hyundai, Kia, fires, class actions and recalls: What you need to know
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24/01/2023 • 41 minutes 50 seconds
Worst carmakers named and shamed (plus, why they suck)
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20/01/2023 • 53 minutes 53 seconds
How to choose the right medium SUV in 2023 (the complete guide)
If you're in the market for a new car today, there's a good chance a medium SUV is in your future. But there are so many models in this ultra-popular segment, it's extremely difficult to choose between them and it's almost impossible for you to try every single option. So here's how you find the shortlist that won't leave you making a $50,000 mistake...
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15/01/2023 • 50 minutes 46 seconds
Best 4x4 for retirement caravan towing and outback adventuring
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12/01/2023 • 18 minutes 58 seconds
Should you buy a base-model 'poverty' ute?
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11/01/2023 • 14 minutes 1 second
Family survives 250ft horror plunge down California cliff in Tesla Model Y. But is it a miracle?
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10/01/2023 • 25 minutes 59 seconds
Best 4x4 dual-cab ute for heavyweight tradie towing
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09/01/2023 • 10 minutes 40 seconds
Tesla just dropped its EV prices. Here's why...
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08/01/2023 • 13 minutes 8 seconds
Carmakers that REALLY FAILED in 2022
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07/01/2023 • 31 minutes 48 seconds
The truth about fire risk: Hydrogen fuel cells and battery EVs
Perhaps you are one of these people who's formed the view or maybe your gut is telling you that a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle is little more than a bomb on wheels, or that a battery electric vehicle is a Towering Inferno waiting to happen. If you want to hang on to that view, I strongly advise you to click away now...
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03/01/2023 • 23 minutes 56 seconds
Reacting to your recent comments & feedback (Season 2 Episode 1)
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02/01/2023 • 28 minutes 8 seconds
Volkswagen's ZERO STAR EV safety rating disgrace
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28/12/2022 • 26 minutes 23 seconds
Machine disassembly: My top 10 tips plus two vital operating principles
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27/12/2022 • 47 minutes 6 seconds
What the Swiss electric vehicle driving ban means for Australia
Coming up, a salient warning to the rest of the world, courtesy of those crazy Swiss busily demonstrating to the remainder of ambient humanity exactly the pitfalls of failing to get an integrated EV strategy up and running.
Also, responding to feedback about the motoring media's insatiable appetite for carmaker appeasement and their failing at basic transparency with the audience...
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15/12/2022 • 26 minutes 27 seconds
2023 Volkswagen Amarok: clone car of the year?
The world's largest automotive criminal conspiracy (Volkswagen) recently flew all the usual domesticated so-called journalist car reviewers all the way to South Africa so they can reiterate Amarok PR talking points orbiting the fake Ford Ranger clone.
Millions of dollars were spent on this undertaking, globally. Therefore it must be time for an evil bastard to state the obvious... You're welcome.
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14/12/2022 • 26 minutes 35 seconds
These are the best car/shed/roadside work lights ever!
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12/12/2022 • 18 minutes 25 seconds
Tesla Semi: Was I wrong? (Responding to you.)
Many of you in the audience were exceedingly keen, I note, to kick me in the slats in the comments section yesterday concerning my position on that ridiculous Tesla Semi shitbox truck.
Have I decided to repent and apologise, fall on my sword and accept the Messiah - Electric Jesus - into my life? Well, I did address some of your more entertaining comments, whatever that's worth...
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09/12/2022 • 28 minutes 42 seconds
Tesla Semi truck might be the worst big rig ever...
The internet has been very excited by another stupendous game-changing achievement by the Techno king of Tesla himself, Elon Musk, who re-launched the Semi truck in Nevada recently, with some pretty bold claims. Frankly, as far as I can see, many of his claims just literally don't add up...
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08/12/2022 • 22 minutes 35 seconds
Is this the perfect home DIY car hoist?
In a fairly small garage workshop, it is dead easy to fantasise about a super space-efficient, single post hoist like the King Lift from Hero Hoists. This non-sponsored report is going to show you the engineering brilliance of this very well designed and manufactured equipment so you can dream, and possibly even start thinking of how to justify the expenditure. This is a bridge that only you can cross.
Otherwise, a quality trolley jack, some jack stands and maybe a couple of ramps are going to be your primary way to expand the envelope on the home front.
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06/12/2022 • 16 minutes 46 seconds
Volkswagen kicks another epic 'own goal', plus other car brand PR fails
In this report we're going to deal with Volkswagen first, because that company is the gift that just keeps on giving. Then we'll have a laugh at some of the funniest company branding fails, including the big automotive PR stuff-up of recent times... Can you guess which brand it is and what they did?
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06/12/2022 • 18 minutes 6 seconds
4WD Tech: Can a throttle controller cure turbo lag?
Australia's extreme beard stroking and 4WD modification porn problem means we need this report, a technical deep-dive into the operation of modern turbocharged diesel engines in order to prevent self-inflicted injuries to your wallet and your pride-and-joy wanking tractor. Let's talk about this before it gets out of hand...
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04/12/2022 • 25 minutes 44 seconds
Electric vehicles just got thousands cheaper for ordinary Australians. YE$$$$$$
If you've been sitting on the fence because the cost of EV ownership has been a barrier to acquisition due to your ordinary salary, new legislation which passed recently will mean you could be in the zone to finally afford that electric vehicle you've wanted for so long.
I'm going to show you exactly the recipe for Australia's cheapest electric car omelette...
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01/12/2022 • 20 minutes 58 seconds
Modifying a new Ford Ranger (or virtually any other new 4X4)
That new Ford Ranger 2023 diesel V6, which you're already planning the mods for, lying wide awake at 3am planning tweaks and tinkering with - we've all been there. But there is a right way and a wrong way to do this. Guess which of those ways we're going to discuss next...
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30/11/2022 • 24 minutes 43 seconds
Mercedes holds performance hostage behind paywall/subscription model
Mercedes-Benz will soon, metaphorically at least, snatch the performance of your new car off the street in broad daylight to be held for ransom - behind a paywall subscription model. You'd better find US$1200 in non-sequential notes and await further instructions. Oh, and don't think about calling the FBI. This is a hostage negotiation.
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29/11/2022 • 23 minutes 28 seconds
Reacting to your recent comments (Season 1 Episode 5)
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27/11/2022 • 31 minutes 58 seconds
2023 Nissan Pathfinder: 'Don't buy' recommendation
2023 Nissan Pathfinder 7 seat SUV has just been launched. Nissan Australia claims this one is the resurrection of its 'capable' breeder bus to redeem itself after the dog-like deficiencies of its predecessor. Sadly, the press is in full-on Nissan appeasement mode hoping their reviews do their small bit to keep those rivers of advertising revenue flooding in.
If you're shopping for a full-size family SUV and you're ready to drop the big bucks, I'd suggest press pause on the Pathfinder and just have a think about the issues I'm gonna raise here...
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25/11/2022 • 38 minutes
Engine knock, pinging, pinking & detonation: Need to know
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24/11/2022 • 19 minutes 54 seconds
Reacting to your recent comments (Season 1 Episode 4)
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20/11/2022 • 30 minutes 15 seconds
Caravan from Hell: How an owner got a full refund, eventually...
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20/11/2022 • 17 minutes 18 seconds
What to do if your new car is a lemon
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18/11/2022 • 20 minutes 12 seconds
Should your next car be electric? Is it all over for internal combustion?
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15/11/2022 • 18 minutes 34 seconds
Land Rover launches limited-edition 'pro-Russia' watch
BREAKING NEWS: Brand new limited edition Land Rover Defender watch (that's right) is from Russia with love, apparently, and in a sense is therefore the anatomy of a ridiculous hilarious scientifically-illiterate marketing own-goal. But hey, 'what's Russia ever done wrong?' Right, Land Rover?
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15/11/2022 • 13 minutes 33 seconds
EVs & climate change deception. We're trashing the benefit.
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12/11/2022 • 40 minutes 37 seconds
Navara, Prado, Triton & Pajero Sport to lose ANCAP safety ratings
Australia-Kiwi new car safety ratings agency ANCAP has just had a makeover of its website. Riveting stuff. Hilariously though, they've just become - unwittingly perhaps - the architects of the next great safety related new car buying disaster and we really need to talk about that...
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08/11/2022 • 20 minutes 29 seconds
4WD recovery: How dangerous is drag chain?
The beer garden physics, need-to-know briefing on off-road specific high-tensile drag chain: if you use this in four-wheel drive recovery is it likely to fracture and recoil and kill someone.
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08/11/2022 • 38 minutes 45 seconds
The plan for 1 million EVs by 2027 is bullshit: Here's why...
Dear Electric Vehicle Council, the real world's lawyer just called apparently reality is filing for divorce. How else do you contextualize this thought-bubble about getting one million EVs on Australian roads by 2027? Here's why such a claim is unfeasible bullshit...
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05/11/2022 • 20 minutes 7 seconds
You versus rust: How to win.
In today's report we're going to turn this filthy, rusty engineering abomination into this fine collection of borderline erotic rust-free - some would say gorgeous - reclaimed parts. The best thing of all dude: nobody has to work up a sweat, it only takes about 15 minutes worth of actual work and it's so cheap it might as well be free...
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05/11/2022 • 16 minutes 17 seconds
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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04/11/2022 • 11 minutes 52 seconds
Toyota is rationing smart keys now: King of Mediocrity strikes again
Toyota has decided to hand over just one smart key to each of its customers now on 14 different models but hey, it's not their fault. Thank God for the pandemic which has become the Swiss Army knife of corporate incompetence justifying excuses...
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03/11/2022 • 17 minutes 6 seconds
Why I still would 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.
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02/11/2022 • 16 minutes 50 seconds
Car crashes: The ghetto physics of life & death
In this report, the secret beer garden physics of airbag and silly things that people do around them - it's a request from somebody just like you; may not be a real secret.
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02/11/2022 • 21 minutes 50 seconds
National greenwashing champions: the tyre industry
A tyre company going out on a limb doing its bit to "save the planet". Are we not all just going a little too far pretending to be Paragons of environmental virtue, no matter how filthy the underlying industry is in which we operate.
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28/10/2022 • 25 minutes 44 seconds
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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28/10/2022 • 18 minutes 37 seconds
New car road test 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, isn't there?
They suck. And I bet you haven't figured out why...
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26/10/2022 • 26 minutes 29 seconds
Why is the diesel price sky-high? Facts vs conspiracy: Refining, supply, demand, crude, petrol and more
What the hell is going on with the price of diesel, I hear you yell. Prices have jumped, ascending without end. While petrol is slowly trending back to its usual cruising altitude. Is it some horrible conspiracy by Big Oil in the government or are there actual facts and economic influences where this makes complete sense?
Let's talk about that now...
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25/10/2022 • 17 minutes 41 seconds
No spare tyre? Why is nobody talking about this?
As much as I hate space saver spare tyres - and I do hate them - there is one worse alternative which is growing through the new car market, as we speak. This is what happens with the rise in carmakers offering no spare tyre at all.
I used to think that was just a problem for people who went outside the city, but I hadn't experience a couple of weeks ago which has changed my thinking...
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24/10/2022 • 12 minutes 41 seconds
Responding to your recent feedback and comments
Here's what you had to say in the comments section of some of my recent reports, covering Nissan e-Power and diesel-electric locomotives, towing and 4WD recovery, and some community action regarding Albury/Wodonga Subaru servicing... Even a random phone call from the AutoExpert masked-up car-hunting crusader.
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23/10/2022 • 28 minutes 42 seconds
Is buying a Mitsubishi Triton/L200 a mistake? (Q&A)
If you're considering a ute, or possibly even a 4WD wagon, for your next off-road adventure, your next dependable workhorse or simply as an all-round multi-purpose family and load-hauling tool, let's assess why the Mitsubishi Triton is a good idea, and not such a good idea...
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22/10/2022 • 26 minutes 47 seconds
Will Toyota Hilux ever get LandCruiser's V6 twin turbo diesel engine?
How much longer exactly can Hilux maintain its position as the top selling passenger vehicle in Australia? Sales that top the charts today are reflective of orders that were taken 6 to 12 months ago and since then, Toyota has 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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20/10/2022 • 20 minutes 38 seconds
Nissan X-Trail e-POWER: How this petrol-powered EV's claims don't add up
It seems Nissan might be misleading you about its e-power hybrid system. Perhaps it's time for the consumer 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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18/10/2022 • 11 minutes 58 seconds
Should you pay for diagnosis when your car breaks down, under warranty?
Your car starts making noises and you're forced to take it to the dealership where you're potentially going to be asked to pay a fee to diagnose the problem. Where do you stand under Australian Consumer Law and who should really stump up this cost? Well, it depends, of course...
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18/10/2022 • 12 minutes 44 seconds
2023 IONIQ 5 EV announced: bigger battery/more range
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is about to be revealed in three exciting new variants as the updated electric vehicle also becomes suddenly available to purchase. But you'll have to be one of the lucky bunch that gets in early. So, what's coming on the new model and why do you one want? Let's have a look-see...
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16/10/2022 • 1 hour 13 minutes 20 seconds
X-Trail e-POWER e-4ORCE: Nissan's most ridiculous hybrid ever (and why)
Nissan Australia has pulled the covers off its new but overdone-in-the-name-department hybrid SUV. That's right, the new X-Trail will come as a hybrid, courtesy of a tiny little battery. Let's talk about what it's going to offer and see if you should even bother...
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14/10/2022 • 1 hour 11 minutes
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 AutoExpert rebuttal...
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13/10/2022 • 29 minutes 24 seconds
Jack Stands: How safe are they really? Their weakest link revealed.
How strong exactly are jack stands and do you need to worry? It's all inspired by a question from you. Short answer, yeah they're pretty strong, but yeah, you do need to worry, however not for the reason you might think.
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11/10/2022 • 23 minutes 30 seconds
Reacting to your recent comments: Here's what you had to say...
Responding to you in the form of your recent critical feedback, informed commentary and your - let's call it - candid criticism. Why? Because I love my audience, you in that hetero/platonic wholly above-the-belt way. In other words, yeah, it was a pretty fricken slow news day...
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11/10/2022 • 31 minutes 40 seconds
What's the best family SUV? Mitsubishi Outlander VS Sorento, Kluger, CX-9, Santa Fe and more
If you're in the market for a five-seat SUV with occasional-use third row, or you need a seven-seater with frequent row-three access, here's a brief rundown on how the contenders compare with the Mitsubishi Outlander, the budget three-row option for growing families...
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09/10/2022 • 14 minutes 17 seconds
Nissan Patrol defective 'peeling paint from hell' problem
Let's go 100 percent consumer advocacy and talk about defective paint. If you pay the big bucks, you buy a new car, it's under warranty - and the paint degrades on basically every panel, and then you get the solid gold platinum label run around from the dealer. What do you do? Is a full refund on the cards?
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08/10/2022 • 14 minutes 51 seconds
Can you power your house with your EV (electric vehicle)?
Is it the right time to replace your combustion car with an EV and maybe even run your house using the big fat battery in the EV overnight?
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08/10/2022 • 15 minutes 18 seconds
Polestar 2 EV loses Space race - but does anyone care?
Australia's fakest automotive brand, Polestar, is all cheer this week after recently announcing that its new flagship fake dealership will open this summer, deep in the rectum of a shopping mall in Melbourne. Here's why you probably couldn't care less...
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07/10/2022 • 20 minutes 41 seconds
New Hyundai IONIQ 6 EV fails basic 'energy efficiency' test
If you're thinking of buying the new Hyundai IONIQ 6 electric vehicle in the next couple of years, you're going to hear plenty of grandiose claims about it, especially from the most recent press release. Here's why your prospective new EV won't be all it's cracked-up to be...
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05/10/2022 • 19 minutes 38 seconds
How to choose the right new car in 2023 (full details)
How do you choose the right new car, whether you're in the market for small car, cheap car, nasty car, luxury car, big fat four-wheel drive, ute - whatever?
How do you sort through a market with 60 different brands, 300-ish different models on sale, with 20 or 15 options in all the popular segments? How do you find that Goldilocks new car for you?
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04/10/2022 • 32 minutes 33 seconds
Will diesel fuel be banned in Australia?
Should you 'invest' in a new big heavy diesel 4x4 for example given the regulatory focus on the environment and the fact that they might just whip the rug out from under the sale of diesel anytime? What's going to happen to the value of your vehicle if they do that?
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04/10/2022 • 15 minutes 12 seconds
Reverse-engineering the LDV eT60: Australia's first electric ute
Who would've thought LDV would be the first car company to field an electric ute in Australia. This is exactly the position we find ourselves in, so in this report let's reverse engineer exactly what LDV has revealed about the country's first electric ute, the eT60 - the better for you to understand exactly what it offers...
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03/10/2022 • 33 minutes 52 seconds
Straight talk about chassis extensions for your 4X4 ute
Four-wheel drive utes and chassis extensions: you put $6000-$10,000 on the table, they get the angle grinder and just cut-and-shut the chassis to stretch your ute. Where exactly does this sit in the theatre of good and bad ideas? Is it the best thing since sliced bread or is it a ticket on the highway to hell?
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02/10/2022 • 13 minutes 10 seconds
How long should your tyres really last?
Your tires are an investment of several hundred to several thousand dollars (if you own a performance car). So how long should they last out there turning and churning on the road and what do you do if they wear out "early"?
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02/10/2022 • 8 minutes 32 seconds
Electric vehicle prices are set to soar - here's why
That EV you're lusting after in the manner of some insufferable self-righteous green nut, well it's not going to get cheaper anytime soon. As for production just ramping up to meet demand any time in the foreseeable future - good luck with that. Don't hold your breath waiting for the cheap, fully-stocked electric vehicle revolution, because a whole bunch of insiders in the mining industry are in the position to offer some sobering facts...
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01/10/2022 • 13 minutes 39 seconds
Nissan Patrol 'Warrior' project gets official green light
Nissan and Premcar are having another Warrior baby and you're invited to the blue singlet baby shower. Here's what Nissan Australia had to say, apparently using the English language, to tell you all about the aging, V8-engined special edition 4WD wagon. Hold onto your vocabulary - we're going in!
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30/09/2022 • 10 minutes 56 seconds
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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28/09/2022 • 10 minutes 38 seconds
Isuzu 'Don't Buy' Part 2: Responding to your feedback & comments
Today's report: a mad experiment in dialogue with you, regarding your considered feedback and comments resulting from Saturday's report about Daryl, who owns a 2016 Isuzu D-Max which had a diesel injector pump fail to the tune of $5000 - and Isuzu Australia has declined to offer him any assistance getting it back on the road...
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26/09/2022 • 26 minutes 46 seconds
4WD high-range and low-range: Should you use it or lose it?
If you own a four-wheel drive, how often should you actually engage four-wheel drive or low range in the transfer case, down there? Is it necessary to keep the whole system in good working order or waste of time?
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25/09/2022 • 10 minutes
Isuzu D-MAX & MU-X: DON'T BUY in 2023
Exactly why I do not recommend you buy an Isuzu D-Max or an MU-X. It's got very little to do with the vehicles themselves, and everything to do with the calibre of the parent organization which, in my estimation, is very likely to throw you under the bus if you present to them with a legitimate problem which they can weasel out of.
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24/09/2022 • 17 minutes 18 seconds
Can crashed cars be repaired without re-fitting the airbags?
This just in from the Department of Problems that Don't Exist. What if you buy a used car and it's been repaired and some dodgy backyard mechanic hasn't replaced an airbag that's been deployed...?
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23/09/2022 • 12 minutes
Should you buy a 2023 BYD Atto 3 electric car in Australia?
It's finally time to canvas the proposition of buying a new BYD ATTO 3 electric SUV and then stuffing the cargo space full of your gear and a generator with endless Jerry cans of petrol in order to hit the road and visit Dingo Piss Creek. Should you buy one...?
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23/09/2022 • 20 minutes 50 seconds
DO NOT buy an EV (electric vehicle) without considering this!
If you buy an electric car today and it does not have V2L functionality (vehicle-to-load), which means you can plug in and withdraw 240 volts alternating current household grade electricity just like out of the power point at home, then you are making one of the most dud financial decisions you could possibly make with an electric car.
In this video I'm going to show you exactly why and how much this functionality can save you.
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22/09/2022 • 10 minutes 27 seconds
Is Subaru's 'new' turbo 2.4 engine really good enough?
Subaru Outback 2.4 Turbo, the new XT model, is finally here after two long years. After what has got to be the longest gestation in Australian automotive history, the burning question is whether it's good enough. And is it any better than the old 3.6R?
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21/09/2022 • 14 minutes 33 seconds
Sorry, Mercedes - Here's why your eVito electric courier van sucks
Ford Australia will be celebrating the launch of Mercedes-Benz’s new, wholly underdone excuse for an electric van - the eVito. Here’s why it simply won’t do the job…
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20/09/2022 • 15 minutes 56 seconds
The truth about fitting an aftermarket auto transmission oil cooler
Is it a good idea for you to fit an aftermarket automatic transmission oil cooler to your fine four-wheel drive wanking chariot? Out there, on the road, towing your shitbox caravan all the way to Dingo Piss Creek - should it be an air-type or water-type cooler? Details next...
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19/09/2022 • 21 minutes 50 seconds
Toyota will increase prices up to $3800. Existing orders not protected.
If you've got a 300 Series LandCruiser, a Kluger, RAV4, Corolla or a Hilux on order, bad news. Prices will rise, unceremoniously in some cases, by up to three thousand dollars, and if you're in the queue, the chances are you're not going to be price-protected. Here's the detail...
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19/09/2022 • 10 minutes 4 seconds
Could you out-engineer a professional car designer?
This is what happens when scientifically illiterate people have brilliant ideas and demand I answer their misguided questions on engineering and automotive design. It's more evidence, perhaps, that in 2023, access to the keyboard should be means tested. There's a good idea...
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18/09/2022 • 15 minutes 30 seconds
2023 MG ZS EV: Australia's most practical electric car?
MG has Just whipped something of a miracle out of its growing utility belt: Australia's most affordable EV just got incrementally better everywhere and they've actually got a couple of thousand of these things available to buy now-ish. No endless queue over the horizon, plus they even wound back the pricing from what they predicted back in March...
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17/09/2022 • 20 minutes 13 seconds
Could we ever make enough synthetic fuel to get by?
Here's why a synthetic fuel industry to meet humankind's insatiable thirst for energy is a much, much bigger problem than most people could possibly conceive. These are the numbers and facts behind our carbon-capturing energy dilemma...
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16/09/2022 • 24 minutes 57 seconds
Fake leather? BMW pledges "fully vegan" plant-based interiors from 2023
The best automotive news release ever, from BMW, shows that our species has done what it was put on Earth to do; we've finally achieved peak wank. Here's why vegan leather is not only a minority appeasing exercise, it also won't fix the problems it purports to solve...
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15/09/2022 • 19 minutes 30 seconds
Dealers say Mazda has stopped selling the 2.0-litre atmo engine
For reasons known only to itself, Mazda Australia has decided to stop selling the 2-liter atmo engine - the stalwart of the base model CX-5 and Mazda3 (and also the CX-30, I think). This is, of course, quite the let down if you've had one on order and you've been waiting patiently for several months now. Here's what happened...
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14/09/2022 • 8 minutes 37 seconds
Nissan Navara: Leaf springs vs coils, and which utes have which springs?
The Nissan Navara is known in the ute world for having coil springs in a leaf-spring market, where heavy loads in the tray and brazen towing escapades are the common practice. But did you know Navara also has leaf springs? Let's talk about which has which, and which suspension set-up is right for you...
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12/09/2022 • 8 minutes 26 seconds
Greenpeace ranks Toyota world #1 anti-environmental carmaker
I received recently an email from Greenpeace that paints a very different picture of Toyota than the picture which Toyota paints about itself...
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11/09/2022 • 11 minutes 25 seconds
Reverse-engineering Ford's E-Transit Custom electric van for Australia
Ford has cranked up the marketing machine in celebration of the upcoming deployment of the electric Transit Custom van - the so-called E-Transit.
In this report I'm going to decompile and reverse engineer the data from Ford Australia, so that you can start considering whether or not the E-Transit Custom might be the right tradie or general work vehicle for you...
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11/09/2022 • 18 minutes 7 seconds
Bluetti EB3A portable power station review
The baby Bluetti EB3A is, essentially, a lithium-ion phosphate battery pack with built-in inverter, integrated AC charger, and solar charge controller. What that means is you can suck electricity out in just about any flavour that you could conceivably need in practice out there, in the bush.
You get pure sine wave 240 volts AC, you get USB-A, high powered USB-C, 12 volts DC, and if that's not enough, there's even an integrated inductive charge pad on top for your phone. So, it's ridiculously portable and amazingly good value and if you need to sustain your digital nomad office in a ute or a van, if you need to take it for the weekend with you in your four-wheel drive; you want to carry it into a tent, you want to carry it onto a boat...
This baby will do all of that - without breaking the bank.
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10/09/2022 • 18 minutes 45 seconds
Mercedes fined $12.5M over misleading statements (official judgement)
My very good friends at Mercedes-Benz Australia have just been handed a chunky financial penalty by the Federal Court of Australia, so chunky you can carve it, too. Of course, by 'chunky' I actually mean 12.5 million dollars. How good is the justice system on certain days.
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09/09/2022 • 12 minutes
Water in fuel at 500km: Can I refuse the car or get a refund?
This new Kia Carnival owner got a warning light on the dash - and they found water in the fuel, with just 500km on the clock. Can he reject the car and get his money back?
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09/09/2022 • 10 minutes 13 seconds
How to prevent water contaminating oil on low mileage cars
How often should you change the oil in your internal combustion car? Water staying in the oil, down there, is a problem you really want to avoid. Here's how you do it and ensure the longevity of your Old Faithful.
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08/09/2022 • 8 minutes
e-Scooter vs electric car (Mearth GTS Max review)
What if I told you there's an EV that you could buy today for well under $3000 which could cut your total vehicular emissions by 25 per cent, could pay for itself in less than eight months, plus you don't have to give up the car you already own? Does that sound good? Let's talk about that...
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07/09/2022 • 25 minutes 39 seconds
Electric Utes: The BIG problem with EV pick-up trucks
If you are sitting there on the couch dreaming about an excursion to Dingo Piss Creek in a battery electric ute, the facts are about to destroy this fantasy that lots of people have and communicate with me incessantly. Battery technology and electric utes have some harsh realities it's time to confront...
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05/09/2022 • 26 minutes 4 seconds
PM Anthony Albanese doesn't seem to grasp the problem with EV utes
It's time somebody set the Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese straight on the issue of battery electric utes, because not only can you not buy one here, let alone in the foreseeable future, there's another glaring EV ute problem nobody in the media or government understands...
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05/09/2022 • 20 minutes 3 seconds
Heavy towing 'ghetto physics' deep-dive (responding to your comments)
Responding to your 'interesting' feedback in relation to the physics of towing with airbags report >> from yesterday. Because sometimes you just can't have your automotive cake and eat it too - because the facts always win, regardless of whether you choose to believe them or not.
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03/09/2022 • 31 minutes 14 seconds
Should you fit airbag suspension for towing?
Airbags and towing: is this a match made in heaven or is it just opening the door to incipient disaster? Let's talk about why you can't always pimp your ride with the mythical GVM upgrade cheat code known in the 4WD community as (air)bags...
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02/09/2022 • 7 minutes 2 seconds
Does the dealer have to offer a loan car when my car is in for repairs?
If your car suffers a major mechanical failure and it's stuck at the dealership for a protracted period of time, is the dealer obligated to offer you a loan car for the duration? Let's talk about that...
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02/09/2022 • 21 minutes 18 seconds
Taxpayers like you just bought 50 public EV chargers for $900,000
You, the great Australian taxpayer - the ultimate golden goose perhaps - you just handed a company you've never heard of, called Intellihub, nearly 900 000. Why? So that it can install 50 electric vehicle charger boxes on light poles, mainly in affluent Sydney.
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01/09/2022 • 15 minutes 4 seconds
Car dealer ambush tactics (and how to beat them)
How to avoid the tricks and traps designed to ensnare you and extract as much of your money as possible when trying to buy your next new car. It's time we had the talk for those of you who want to do-it-yourself on the showroom floor. If you'd rather avoid this fight... Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >>
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01/09/2022 • 10 minutes 26 seconds
Ford Ranger: EGR cooler failures
Here's the truth about mid-line Ford Ranger five-cylinder diesel engines blowing up out there, on the road, to Dingo Piss Creek. Is it going to happen to you and can you prevent it happening? Let's talk about that...
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31/08/2022 • 8 minutes
How to avoid hitting kangaroos in the Outback
Kamikaze kangaroos are out there, en route to Ding Piss Creek, waiting for you. It's part of Australian culture, and yet this is exactly how that rodent from our coat of arms comports itself. So how do you stop yourself from hitting one?
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30/08/2022 • 10 minutes 21 seconds
The truth about ute & 4WD payloads (most people don't know this)
Single cab utes and their alleged one-tonne payload capacity: How accurate is that really?
Also when your leather seats start to scuff after only three years of infrequent driving, how do you approach the dealer and carmaker about getting it fixed?
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29/08/2022 • 13 minutes 8 seconds
Understanding catastrophic brake failure: Who's really to blame?
Like a responsible automotive citizen, you take your car to the dealer who says it needs a break bleed, and you agree in the name of safety. You pick up the car and the brakes fail, putting you in a multi-car crash. You've now got paperwork, the cops: how do you pick up the pieces from that? What do you do?
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26/08/2022 • 12 minutes 28 seconds
Adapting to a dual-clutch transmission (DCT, DSG)
If you've been driving a manual or normal auto transmission for the past three decades and suddenly you shift over into a DCT - a dual clutch transmission - it's a pretty different scenario. It functions differently. So what sort of adaptation do you need to make?
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26/08/2022 • 15 minutes 8 seconds
Should you buy a cheap Chinese ute in 2022?
It's been so long since a car company put me on their blacklist. Let us discuss the issue of whether or not you should buy a Chinese-manufactured ute in Australia in the latter stages of 2022 or even in 2023. Are they a bargain begging to be had, or are they a trap waiting for you to step on the X?
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25/08/2022 • 20 minutes 30 seconds
Is the 2WD Mitsubishi Pajero Sport dangerous in the wet?
When it comes to towing and dynamic stability, should you get all-wheel drive as the safest option, or is a cheaper two-wheel drive wagon going to be suitable? Let’s break that down…
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24/08/2022 • 9 minutes 2 seconds
Leaf spring reset: Can you fix a sagging spring?
Leaf springs sagging over time - that's less than ideal. But what exactly can you do about it? Should you tackle this at home in your own FatCave or do you opt for a more conservative approach? Here's how you might go down either side of this fork in the road...
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23/08/2022 • 12 minutes 20 seconds
Should you buy an MG in Australia in 2022?
MG has leapt from virtual obscurity to a full-on top 10 car maker on the Australian new car sales hit parade; it's currently sitting there at number seven ahead of Isuzu, Subaru and Nissan. Is it therefore time for you to put mg on your new car shopping list...?
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18/08/2022 • 14 minutes 42 seconds
PHEV: The truth about buying a plug-in hybrid EV. Is it worth the money?
If you're thinking about buying a plug-in hybrid EV a so-called 'PHEV', whether this is a good idea or not depends mainly on you and exactly why you are motivated to buy it. In this report we're going to look at the objectively good reasons and the objectively bad one for buy a plug-in hybrid.
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16/08/2022 • 19 minutes 17 seconds
4X4 Ute Engineering: Fact Vs Fiction
CarExpert you've done it again - this time, misinforming you about fundamental 4WD ute engineering. Here's why motoring media gets it wrong so frequently when trying to talk to you, the audience, about technical vehicle-related subjects and why it matters.
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15/08/2022 • 18 minutes 42 seconds
Don't buy new tyres without understanding this critical code
If you're in the market for new tyres anytime over the next 12 to 18 months, here's something you need to know - but probably haven't considered - before paying for one of the most fundamental safety aspects on your car.
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15/08/2022 • 15 minutes 55 seconds
Academics say industry CO2 plan will stifle EV uptake (and they're right)
Leading Australian brainiacs with actual qualifications and credibility appear to have gone all 'Iron' Mike Tyson in the general direction of my personal hero organisation, the grubby carmaker lobby group known as the FCAI.
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12/08/2022 • 19 minutes 46 seconds
Toyota buys back bZ4X EV - because the wheels fall off!
Toyota has shot itself in the foot - again - over the ridiculously named bZ4, the company's first electric vehicle and SUV jointly developed with Subaru. Incidentally possibly the most bland EV in the world today if you don't count the Nissan Leaf, the bz4x is pooping its trousers, impressively, all over town - and Toyota just can't fix it.
In fact, they've just offered to buy them all back.
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11/08/2022 • 10 minutes 18 seconds
Mitsubishi breaks the law - by obeying the law: Supreme Court verdict
What do you do if you're a carmaker and complying with one law means you're going to be breaking another completely different law? This is not an abstract concept; it just happened. So welcome to the wacky world of automotive catch 22.
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10/08/2022 • 11 minutes 44 seconds
Ford just killed the Focus ST & Fiesta ST hot hatches
Both remaining hot hatches in Ford Australia's vehicle inventory have been taken out to pasture. Here's what happened, why it happened - and what happens next for the one-trick Blue Oval pony...
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07/08/2022 • 13 minutes 8 seconds
Car industry launches absurd 'decarb' climate plan for reducing emissions
Leading Australian lobby group, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, has solved the thorny problem of climate change and all it took was a buzzword generator and a one-page downloadable PDF.
If only it was as easy to reduce emissions as the way the new car industry thinks they can magic up actual results just by waving their magic wand.
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02/08/2022 • 16 minutes 19 seconds
Is internal combustion dead? (It depends whether you respect the facts.)
The only problem with lobby groups and corporate interests agreeing to unite on the transition to an EV fleet is the facts don’t. Internal combustion is only dead if you ignore the truth…
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01/08/2022 • 23 minutes 27 seconds
Angry car owners take Toyota on over peeling paint defects
Toyota: still spending a fortune marketing this myth about its unrivalled quality; still seemingly dropping the ball on car making fundamentals such as painting cars. In addition to struggling, apparently, with doing the right thing by owners afterwards. Is it really that hard?
Welcome to 2022, the year in which the truth about Toyota manages to do the whole cat-out-of-the-bag trick.
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24/07/2022 • 14 minutes 31 seconds
Isuzu D-MAX & MU-X Class Action: Structural Cracks and Dodgy DPF Investigations
The lawyer sharks have started circling Isuzu Ute Australia in their Brisbane HQ, despite winning Drive's Thought Bubble Car of the Year 2022.
As it turns out, D-Max's reputation for truck-like endurance and otherwise herculean prowess out on the road to Dingo Piss Creek could soon be little more than ashes thanks to allegedly unresolved consumer complaints regarding structural cracks and DPF exhaust systems failing.
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21/07/2022 • 13 minutes 3 seconds
DIY WHEEL CHOCKS - off-grid with the Bluetti AC200MAX
Let's turn two useless pieces of scrap plywood into a set of four wheel chocks that are going to last you for years - and you can use them for roadside repairs and general jacking duties around your own FatCave.
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21/07/2022 • 27 minutes 59 seconds
The truth about BMW's subscription model for heated seats and more
Imagine having to subscribe to activate features in your prestige German automobile. BMW in the UK thought it would be a great idea - but the public disagreed. So, exactly how big of a deal is this and does it mark the future of the car industry? Let's see...
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17/07/2022 • 21 minutes 22 seconds
10 RANDOM NUTS (responding to your recent critical 'feedback')
10 random nuts selected, as per usual, from the bottom of society's barrel also known as the YouTube comments feed. An even worse proposition, perhaps for Australian democracy more broadly, is that all these individuals walk among us.
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14/07/2022 • 28 minutes 39 seconds
The truth about 2023 Nissan Qashqai e-Power series hybrid in Australia
Nissan Australia just flew Australia's allegedly elite automotive journalists (press release recyclers) all the way up to Sweden (probably in business-class, eating fine food and drinking nice wine), with all of the major press kit talking points for the soon-to-launch Qashqai e-Power hybrid. Living the rockstar life.
What a pity they generally failed to list the vehicle's fairly freaking obvious shortcomings and forgot to ask any hard questions.
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11/07/2022 • 29 minutes 15 seconds
Hyundai will increase prices up to $2000 - including existing orders
Hyundai just quietly jacked up the costs a whole bunch of patiently waiting customers will have to pay for one of their brand new cars.
Owing to the global shortage of corporate compassion for ordinary people, none was offered in this instance - seemingly. What can we do?
I'd suggest it would be impolite not to return the favour would it not? I am after all, renowned for my politeness...
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07/07/2022 • 16 minutes 9 seconds
One critical question most car buyers don't ask at the dealership in 2022
Here's the one question new car buyers just aren't asking in 2022 but you certainly should be if you're in the market for a new car today...
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06/07/2022 • 15 minutes 2 seconds
Toyota suspends LandCruiser 300 orders - indefinitely
Toyota, the 84-year-old industry-leading multinational car maker with almost 400,000 employees and 800 billion bucks in assets - the king of mediocrity - it just froze LandCruiser 300 orders back in Japan because: chronic incompetence...
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05/07/2022 • 14 minutes 13 seconds
How the fake news around cars and climate really works
Here's exactly how the so-called motoring press bakes the automotive news bullshit cake...
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29/06/2022 • 28 minutes 9 seconds
We just found 112 brand new cars you can buy before June 30 EOFY
Need a new car by June 30, for EOFY? We just located 112 brand new cars available right now. Enquire here: https://bit.ly/3OBb2Z7
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24/06/2022 • 7 minutes 9 seconds
The truth about your car and greenhouse emissions (It's a sideshow)
Right, that’s it! I’ve had quite enough of our cars being demonised. Cars are a small fraction of the CO2 problem, and yet they cop 90 per cent of the climate criticism. You want to fight this? Here are the facts…
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23/06/2022 • 24 minutes 21 seconds
Toyota appeals Federal Court ruling as registration opens for dodgy DPF compensation
If you're sick of being screwed over at the hands of your local Toyota dealership, courtesy of those misleading deceptive bastards at Toyota, in respect of the dodgy DPF installation in your Hilux, Fortuna or Prado - rejoice.
It's payback day. This time, as Toyota's chickens come home to roost, you get to stick one back into them. Oh, what a feeling.
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20/06/2022 • 18 minutes 12 seconds
What size battery & inverter do you need, off-road or off-grid?
How big a battery do you actually need to go off-grid and get power? If you're camping, boating, caravanning, or building a dirty big shed in the middle of the back paddock, Bluetti power stations might be what you need.
Need to run a refrigerator or lights, an air-con, you need to cook and/or run a bunch of power tools? What exactly do you need to know to get this right? Let's face it, you'd want to get it right, because it's a hell of an expensive mistake...
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13/06/2022 • 38 minutes 33 seconds
Hyundai Palisade facelift shoots for five stars in August. But did ANCAP waste taxpayer funding?
It's time for consumers like you to see exactly what a taxpayer-funded self-serving smear actually looks like in practice.
Insofar as I can tell, you - the taxpayer - just paid about three-quarters of a million dollars for the latest 4-star Hyundai Palisade crash test which wrongly demotes this 8-seat SUV using new criteria. But the reason why will make your blood boil...
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07/06/2022 • 16 minutes 36 seconds
ROLL PLAY: Jeep Wrangler flips over in official IIHS crash test - again
The deathtrap commonly known as Jeep Wrangler has won five stars for consistency in failing to remain on all four wheels in second-round crash testing in the USA - in a test no other vehicle has ever failed to spectacularly. Here's the happened and what it means for you...
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06/06/2022 • 18 minutes 37 seconds
ANCAP botches Hyundai Palisade four-star safety rating: Here's why...
Australasia's taxpayer funded crash testing so-called authority, ANCAP, has managed to augment reality once again, this time on the four-year-old Hyundai Palisade full-size SUV, which went on sale here two years ago - but was tested using 2022 criteria.
Here's how another safety rating has been botched in the name of keeping you alive...
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04/06/2022 • 26 minutes
Why I won't recommend the 2023 Nissan Pathfinder to you
Nissan Australia is saying all the right things about the allegedly 'all-new' Pathfinder large SUV. But that couldn't be further from the truth. Here's what the rest of the motoring media won't tell consumers like you...
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02/06/2022 • 22 minutes 35 seconds
The truth about "fossil-free" steel for cars: It's a pipedream
It's time to call bullshit on the transport industry's claims about so-called 'green' hydrogen in steel production and vehicle manufacturing...
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01/06/2022 • 22 minutes 5 seconds
4 best ways to save thousands on a new car - even in 2022
Let's talk about how to save thousands on a new car despite the current hell-on-Earth of supply constraints and component shortages. Four actionable techniques for you that will minimize the financial pain of new car acquisition - even today.
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23/05/2022 • 24 minutes 36 seconds
Tesla Cybertruck: Dead? Plus more car industry news
Seems Tesla has finally acknowledged the inevitable truth about its intelligence-testing Cybertruck, the promised but undelivered electric ute everybody fell for. Plus: Mercedes-Benz issues a contradictory safety recall and Ford gets constipated with Ranger deliveries.
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21/05/2022 • 14 minutes 59 seconds
FAT CHAT! Podcast with independent journalist Michael West & war crimes whistleblower David McBride
David McBride and Michael West talk with me about the level of bullshit in Australia right now: legal immunity of government, the silencing of war crimes, the biggest transfer of wealth from poor to rich, the degradation of trust in institutions, the lies being told by politicians and the eroding credibility of the media in its implicit role failing to hold power to account.
On the eve of the federal election, this matters.
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20/05/2022 • 53 minutes 9 seconds
The worst thing about owning an electric vehicle today, in Australia
The worst aspects of owning an electric vehicle is not being an insufferable EV enthusiast, waiting for the thing to charge after handling the tangled cables, the immeasurable emissions wrapped up in the manufacturing of a two-tonne battery-powered machine - nor is it the stupid run-flats or tyre goop that replace a proper spare tyre. It's not even the fact carmakers insist on hiding every fricken function behind a big, distracting LCD touchscreen.
The worst part of actually owning an EV is far more basic than that...
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16/05/2022 • 29 minutes 32 seconds
Don't Buy Nissan in 2022: Plus More Shitbox News
The apparently 'new' range of Nissans for 2022 are a sign that things are going downhill for the Japanese brand. Here's why you should be cautious before paying the big bucks. Plus: new Range Rover Sport and Alfa Romeo news.
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11/05/2022 • 20 minutes 56 seconds
TOILET TIME: New car sales update, 2022
New car sales in Australia are pretty grim. Or is it? Seemingly, it is, according to official Australian car industry rhetoric, at least looking at the results for April in isolation. Essentially, the car industry still paying the price for kneeing computer chip manufacturers so firmly in the nuts on price, then failing to see the pandemic trainwreck approaching, a couple of years ago.
Also, China is on the rise.
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10/05/2022 • 16 minutes 35 seconds
Choke's on you, Toyota. 2022 Smog Kings of Mediocrity crowned.
Toyota and its close brand associates have been caught-out allegedly cheating on emissions, mainly because they weren't paying attention, it seems to what happened with Volkswagen just a few years ago. Get ready for the mighty planet-saving hero to fall spectacularly from grace.
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04/05/2022 • 16 minutes 46 seconds
The worst thing about owning a modern car
The worst thing about owning a modern, new vehicle is not the third-rate infotainment systems manufacturers inflict upon us, it's not all the computers, it's not even the badly engineered electronic nanny state safety systems, nor is it the insufferable virtuous who think that their EV is from God.
The worst thing about owning a modern car is...
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30/04/2022 • 15 minutes 57 seconds
GET JACKED Part 1: Everything you need to lift your jacking game
Let's get jacked together. You know what I mean. Here are the basic tools and investments you need to make toward your own garage if changing tyres, inspecting and working on your own vehicle is on your horizon. Plus, some important best practice tips so you come out alive.
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29/04/2022 • 18 minutes 18 seconds
CRITICAL TOWING: Load levelling hitches (weight distribution hitches) and why they're not a solution
The beer garden physics deep dive into the humble weight distribution hitch. Some say it is the universal panacea when the problem is a real man's 4X4 dragging its arse all the way to Dingo Piss Creek with a dirty big caravan in tow. Whereas some might suggest: worst idea ever. The truth is somewhere in the middle and it kind of depends on you...
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27/04/2022 • 16 minutes 1 second
Lemon List 2022: Worst car brands to AVOID at all costs
The Australian car market currently has 49 different brands competing for your cold hard cash. But if you find yourself parked outside one of the following 20 dealerships, ready to buy one, my strong advice would be: run, dude. Run away and don't look back.
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24/04/2022 • 22 minutes 53 seconds
Bad car of the year (2022)
Wheels magazine keeps shooting itself right in the gearknob. Every year they do this, label a car the best on-sale but either fail to understand their own Car of the Year criteria, or seemingly miss the whole point of the very vehicle they award. Lucky for you, the consumer, I'm here to give you the sobering facts.
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21/04/2022 • 24 minutes 34 seconds
BUSTED: Breaking down car industry CO2 & climate claims
The Australian car industry has tried to quietly elevate itself from a mere grubby and anti-consumer lobby group to spectacularly misleading with data and the facts on climate action - in my view. They still think it's okay to preach about emissions, but sell enormous, heavy, CO2-belchers...
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12/04/2022 • 20 minutes 46 seconds
Ultimate portable power solution? New Bluetti AC200MAX - full test!
BLUETTI will be discounting the AC200MAX ($400 off) at 11am Tuesday 12 April 2022. First 200 units only. Links below:
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11/04/2022 • 22 minutes 46 seconds
EV Utopia: Apparently the Greens have a 'plan' for Electric Vehicles
It must be election time. A politician has had a six billion dollar brainstorm and got the network news stations together, calls it a policy. Problem is it's preposterously unworkable and almost anyone can see that but it's about EVs, so the media sucks it all up and regurgitates it because electric cars are, clearly, mankind's salvation.
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09/04/2022 • 12 minutes 55 seconds
Toyota Australia's $2 billion problem: Those Dodgy DPFs.
Toyota Australia - King of Mediocrity, leader of the market, and most boring carmaker in the world - is looking down the barrel of a potential $2 billion class action in the Federal Court. It's all due to the disgraceful design deficiency with a little dishonesty on the side, involving those diesel particulate filters...
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08/04/2022 • 16 minutes 33 seconds
Mercedes-Benz gets roasted by Senator Deb O'Neill over dubious evidence
Poor old Mercedes-Benz, always the sad story. The carmaker could probably be seen hobbling out of parliament house recently, after a ferocious reaming by senator Deb O'Neill. Here's what happened...
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05/04/2022 • 23 minutes 3 seconds
Wheel nuts: Ultimate 'ghetto engineering' DIY deep-dive
A dude just like you is having a serious problem with his nuts. Here's everything you need to understand when it comes to doing-up and undoing your wheel nuts, the rules, the mistakes and how they work.
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04/04/2022 • 1 hour 46 seconds
Honda Pumps Up 2022 HR-V Price: Sales Continue to Plummet
Honda Australia has bravely announced driveaway fixed pricing for the 2022 HR-V which, due to their recent range evisceration, is the new entry-level Honda. It's the cheapest one you can buy.
The barrier to ownership for HR-V has thus risen a staggering 27 percent between 2020 and today. And simultaneously, Honda sales have tanked fallen off a cliff. Go figure.
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01/04/2022 • 17 minutes 38 seconds
Q&A: Should you left-foot brake, why modern cars all look the same
Responding deeply and emotionally to you. Let us talk about left foot braking and why you're a dill if you don't do it. Plus, why all new cars effectively look the same these days...
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30/03/2022 • 15 minutes 7 seconds
Car industry declares war on climate change: fails due to an even weightier issue
In breaking news, the Australian car industry wants you to think it's on the front line of the battle against climate change. It's fixing bayonets and protecting the planet for your children, only nauseating. And misleading...
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30/03/2022 • 20 minutes 40 seconds
Car Industry News: New Ranger Specs revealed, plus 10 nutty stories carmakers published in March 2022
Here are the top 10 wacky, funny and weird things the car industry did and talked about in March 2022. Here's what you might have missed...
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25/03/2022 • 19 minutes 25 seconds
Q&A: Mitsubishi Super Select II transmission and important EV test drive registration safety and compliance check
Responding to your recent comments and criticism, regarding Mitsubishi's clever 4WD transmission, a potential safety compliance mistake that could affect that electric vehicle you test drive. And of course, a dose of nuts at the end...
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23/03/2022 • 17 minutes 5 seconds
Polestar: The truth about depreciation and sneaky finance offers
Polestar, Volvo's not quite wholly Swedish Chinese electric car offering is, seemingly, terrified of how enthusiastically the future Australian car market might eviscerate your resale value, should you buy one. Here's how the finance trap was laid...
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21/03/2022 • 14 minutes 47 seconds
Responding to your EV battery thermal runaway comments and criticism
Reacting to your awesome interesting and uplifting comments, however misguided or misinformed, in my recent report on Volkswagen's alleged indirect sinking, recently, of the Felicity Ace cargo ship, full of exotic cars. Here's what you had to say...
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11/03/2022 • 25 minutes 30 seconds
Mercedes sales plummet to 10-year low after eliminating dealer network
Mercedes-Benz sales have fallen to their lowest level in a decade, down under, following the company’s crazy-brave switch to the price-fixing agency model. It's not their fault, of course... according to them.
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10/03/2022 • 14 minutes 45 seconds
Felicity Ace & EV Battery Thermal Runaway: The potential disaster hidden in every electric car
Volkswagen has (probably) outdone itself again, raising the bar for battery design deficiency in the electric Porsche Taycan: a defect which exists in many other EVs, incidentally. Here's the truth about what probably really happened on the Felicity Ace cargo shop...
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07/03/2022 • 23 minutes 20 seconds
Mitsubishi Pajero Sport 4X4 - Best value family adventure wagon?
The Mitsubishi Pajero Sport Exceed: Is it the sweet spot for family adventuring all-terrain driving? A little bit of towing and also getting you and the kids to the school and the shops; this is probably going to be the bulk of its duty.
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05/03/2022 • 22 minutes 8 seconds
Subaru CVT Transmission Failure Update: Full Owner Refund
Remember that pensioner from last week whose 2016 Subaru Outback CVT went poopy out on the highway? The dealer in Coffs Harbour quoted him $11,000 to replace the transmission. Good news has happened...
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02/03/2022 • 24 minutes
Performance cars are officially a 'no towing' zone (Part 2)
We spoke last week about affordable performance cars, which have never been better or gone harder than they do now, for the right price. But they've lost the ability to offer the best of both worlds. The findings are in: here's why...
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01/03/2022 • 12 minutes 16 seconds
The truth about new car price increases, with a contract already signed
You've been waiting endlessly for months and months for the car of your dreams, then the dealer rings you on the day before delivery, to tell you it's going to be $3000 extra, "take it or leave it." What do you do?
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01/03/2022 • 12 minutes 26 seconds
Jeep: A History Lesson. Plus: 2022 Grand Cherokee problems
Jeep Australia cancels some existing (unbuilt orders) and imposes 10% price hike on customers who've been waiting months. Jeep USA orders urgent 'stop sale order on 2022 Grand Cherokee because they just die.
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28/02/2022 • 15 minutes 36 seconds
Why panoramic glass sunroofs sometimes spontaneously shatter
The real and inevitably scientific reason why those big fat panoramic glass sunroofs in cars go bang from time to time…
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27/02/2022 • 15 minutes 42 seconds
How to solve a Ford Ranger handling problem (Q&A triple play)
Three questions from you answered, an update on Subaru CVT reliability, plus how a used Ford Ranger can turn on you at a moment's notice - and how you should deal with such a problem.
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25/02/2022 • 13 minutes 34 seconds
Performance cars are becoming a 'no tow' zone (Part 1)
Let's talk affordable performance cars, because they've never been better, never gone harder or been more affordable. Yet they have all lost the sought-after ability to hook up your aging box trailer and head to Bunnings or the tip. Here's why...
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25/02/2022 • 16 minutes 57 seconds
Ultimate caravan buyer's checklist (free download)
The ultimate consumer caravan buyers checklist for all the outback adventurers seeking to drop their money on an acoustically transparent aluminium toilet-kitchen-bedroom on wheels. The checklist is free too, and it's the protective due diligence you need if you've never done this before.
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24/02/2022 • 17 minutes 8 seconds
Another Exploding Sunroof, on a Merc: What You Need to Know
Panoramic sunroofs exploding as you just drive along. What are you going to do if that happens when you finally get your car to the dealership and they say "that's your problem"? Let's prepare you for that...
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24/02/2022 • 23 minutes 21 seconds
Choosing the right vehicle for heavy towing in 2022
So many Australians this year will find their next new heaving towing vehicle entirely the wrong way. Here's how to start out on the right track...
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22/02/2022 • 20 minutes 58 seconds
Does Subaru have a serious CVT reliability problem?
A 2016 Subaru Outback CVT has a failure out on the highway, which becomes an $11,000 problem, suddenly. However, I'd suggest that's not how consumer law works. This is how relationships with brands get destroyed in the service department...
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21/02/2022 • 23 minutes 25 seconds
Buying a new car in 2022: You Vs the computer chip shortage
Let us discuss the pesky semiconductor shortage which is set to continue throughout 2022 - just what we all wanted I'm sure. So, what should you do if the car maker de-specs the car you have just ordered...
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14/02/2022 • 19 minutes 6 seconds
Hyundai issues hilarious 'dash upside-down' vehicle safety recall
Hyundai R&D might have a little egg on its face after issuing a hilarious safety recall with the National Institute of Highway Traffic Safety for an LCD software glitch which you certainly wouldn't want happening on a passenger plane...
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08/02/2022 • 9 minutes 12 seconds
New CEO; same train wreck: The lingering death of Wheels
Another nail in the coffin for Wheels media this week the brand prepares to throw you in the audience even further under the bus, potentially, thanks to the installation of a new ringmaster. How long can this automotive advertising ship stay afloat?
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03/02/2022 • 21 minutes 32 seconds
How to deal with a continuously defective Volkswagen Amarok
Volkswagen ownership hell, part 1765: Here's a dude whose Amarok has had 10 replacement A/C compressors in 11 years!!! When is 'enough' enough?
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01/02/2022 • 19 minutes 29 seconds
RUMOUR MILL: Australia's 'almost' automotive news update, January 30, 2022
In this report: Stock shortages appear to be tightening for Mazda and Toyota, and a whistleblower/insider chimes in on the recent Polestar 'chip fat' PR stunt.
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30/01/2022 • 14 minutes 9 seconds
Hyundai hydrogen upgrade highlights the real problem with climate action
Big business like carmakers, governments and corporates all struggle being green. Sounding green is dead easy, but accountants don’t get it…
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28/01/2022 • 22 minutes 29 seconds
Greenwashing is the new black for the car industry
In this report: It's a lot easier sounding green than it is actually being green. Here's how the car industry does it, and how basic scientific literacy can help you spot it.
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26/01/2022 • 21 minutes 58 seconds
Making sense of Australia in 2022, with special guest Michael West in the Fat Cave
Australia’s leading independent investigative journalist Michael West talks to me unscripted and honestly about the Australia we find ourselves in…
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24/01/2022 • 1 hour 20 minutes 21 seconds
About Polestar 2 crossing the Nullabor, running on chip fat power
This week's malignant green washing goes to Australia's newest and most irrelevant electric car brand, Polestar (AKA electric Volvo) and this one really is export grade. Here's the latest publicity stunt which tries to spin the inconvenient CO2 facts.
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19/01/2022 • 22 minutes 42 seconds
Hyundai i20 N review, track thrash & buyer's guide
The new Hyundai i20 N is the baby performance car in the range, so it's not quite as quick on the limit as an i30 N, but hey, $10K cheaper by the time you get it on the road. It's less of a computer game, and more of a pure mechanical driving experience. Let's see if I can't break it...
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17/01/2022 • 28 minutes
How to avoid blowing yourself up around your car
Countermeasures for 10 ways people commonly blow themselves up, and wake up in the burns unit. Here’s how to not become a fireball...
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13/01/2022 • 38 minutes 5 seconds
Omicron, Australia and the incompetence of leadership and the mainstream media
Our country has turned to shit thanks to a gross failure of leadership. Here's why...
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12/01/2022 • 23 minutes 44 seconds
SsangYong Musso 2022: The problem with towing 3500kg
Ssanyong versus the truth: Towing three and a half tons with a new SsanYong Musso. Spoiler alert: it's an unacceptably bad idea. Here's why...
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10/01/2022 • 20 minutes 3 seconds
Do fuel trucks stir up sediment in underground service station tanks?
When a fuel tanker is refuelling a service station's underground tanks, does it actually stir up water and sediment? Should you steer clear of that filling station forecourt to avoid sucking all of that contaminants into your engine? Let's talk about that...
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09/01/2022 • 14 minutes 47 seconds
Honda's alleged new momentum is bullshit
Reality and Honda Australia have finally parted ways, officially. Here's what happens when the facts don't matter in corporate communications and marketing...
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07/01/2022 • 11 minutes 2 seconds
Everything wrong with Mazda in a single press release
If you're in the market for a new car, there's a good chance you're considering a Mazda CX-5 mid-size SUV, or something similar. Here's how Mazda's most recent 'update' to the model has been depicted to you, the consumer. Sadly, they've been highly efficient achievement at being out of touch...
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07/01/2022 • 17 minutes 30 seconds
How to use a ladder safely (PSA)
You versus gravity. How to have fun in your very own fat cave without becoming a sideshow in your local hospital's currently overworked emergency department. This report is a PSA.
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04/01/2022 • 28 minutes 8 seconds
Everything wrong with the car industry in 2021: The anti-awards ceremony
In case you missed it, here's a flashback to all the fun and antics the Australian car industry got up to during 2021. Remember this list when you consider buying a new car in 2022.
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01/01/2022 • 27 minutes 51 seconds
BMW 420i review: Should you buy the base model? Plus: Fat Cave upgrade!
Coming up the BMW 420i: I'm going to try my hardest to save you about 10 or 15 grand on the entry-level BMW sedan if you're in the market for a luxury new car. Plus a critical fat cave upgrade.
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31/12/2021 • 35 minutes 58 seconds
Why 'Zero Emissions Vehicle' will be the great auto industry lie of 2022
It's pretty hard to imagine a more insidious bullshit buzzword in 2021 than 'Zero Emissions'. This catchphrase rolls off the tongues of every politician, marketing and public relations employee, and every so-called journalist. The problem is scientific illiteracy. Here's why zero emissions is a lie...
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28/12/2021 • 17 minutes 27 seconds
Why is Tesla selling 2021 cars with 2017 batteries?
Did Electric Jesus (Elon Musk) just admit that Tesla batteries were just as imperfect as every other carmaker, losing range over time?
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23/12/2021 • 22 minutes 17 seconds
Measuring cargo volume: Hyundai Staria Load VS Toyota Hiace van comparison
How do they actually measure cargo volumes? The boot space, the ute tray, the volume in the van. Are manufacturer claims trustworthy?
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18/12/2021 • 14 minutes 5 seconds
Hyundai Staria LOAD van review: Buy this or a Toyota Hiace?
Here's everything you need to know about Hyundai's new workhorse, and how it compares to the Toyota Hiace, so you can make the informed choice about your business's next new van...
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17/12/2021 • 24 minutes 47 seconds
The national Adblue shortage and crisis explained using facts
The so-called AdBlue crisis has been blown out of proportion by the mainstream media and the politicians in charge haven't got a clue how to solve it. Here's the trucking truth behind the AdBlue shortage...
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15/12/2021 • 18 minutes 15 seconds
Toyota launches ultra-dodgy 'subscribe to start your car' payment model
Toyota, the king of mediocrity, has just announced it wants to make you pay twice for remote engine start, which it says requires a subscription in the US. Despite having sold consumers on having full-time permanent access, critically, Toyota also never informed anyone these strings were attached...
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13/12/2021 • 21 minutes 43 seconds
LPG gas bottles for BBQ-burning bogans (& 'beer garden' physicists)
If you own a BBQ or you're a blue-singlet bogan with a ute and camping gear, you probably have an LPG bottle sitting under your deck or in the tray, possibly even on the roof rack. Here's the beer garden physics and ghetto engineering of LPG in a can...
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12/12/2021 • 23 minutes 37 seconds
Mitsubishi Pajero Sport & towing a heavy caravan: What's the limit?
Let us use a disciplined rational approach to selecting the right new vehicle for your next heavy towing assignment before heading off for the Christmas holidays.
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10/12/2021 • 18 minutes 54 seconds
What is the Atkinson Cycle, and how does it work?
"Atkinson Cycle" might sound very technical, but you need to know the nuts and bolts of how it works in a modern engine because your next new car could very likely use this fuel efficiency hack. Time for some beer garden physics...
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08/12/2021 • 11 minutes 21 seconds
Ford botches new Ranger public release (at least they're consistent)
Ford Australia's marketing department has done it again, this time with the new hero Ranger ute, in 2022. Here's how they got it wrong, again...
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06/12/2021 • 10 minutes 58 seconds
Mitsubishi faces class action over fuel economy deception claims
Mitsubishi Australia finds itself in something of a bind, inconveniently, they've broken the law simply by complying with a different but equally non-negotiable law and now they're looking down the barrel of a multi-million dollar class action.
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05/12/2021 • 13 minutes 27 seconds
Mazda found guilty of misleading & deceptive conduct in Federal Court
This is what happens when a carmaker bends its customers over and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (the regulator) wakes up. Senior executive teeth are almost guaranteed to be gnashing in the Mazda Australia boardroom about this, despite being entirely self-inflicted. Details next...
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04/12/2021 • 16 minutes 59 seconds
Honda Australia's Epic Price Fail: Over $47K for new 2022 Civic
How divorced from reality can a car company actually get? Honda Australia is trying it on with the new 2022, which will launch next week. It's the same size, same weight, offers no real innovation and is only slightly less ugly than the previous incarnation. With only one model in the range, it now costs 20 per cent more...
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02/12/2021 • 15 minutes 9 seconds
2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross PHEV full review & eco assessment
If you're on the cusp of spending the big bucks on a plug-in hybrid, the new Eclipse Cross PHEV is a $15,000 premium over the combustion-only version, so here's exactly what you need to know before making the choice.
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02/12/2021 • 22 minutes 14 seconds
How safe are electric cars in a crash?
Electric cars and crash testing: How safe are electric vehicles and how would anyone actually know? Many people buying an EV today believe they're inherently safe, but the facts on this issue are somewhat outdated.
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30/11/2021 • 25 minutes 25 seconds
Ultimate auto-darkening welding helmet DIY modification
If you're going to get started in welding, or even if you're getting reacquainted after many long years, or if you're something a Jedi Master controlling light with your mind, here's a neat little hack you can make to your welding helmet that literally turns night into day. Check it out...
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29/11/2021 • 20 minutes 20 seconds
2022 Kia Sportage Powertrains Explained: Which one is right for you?
Following from my previous review of the 2022 Kia Sportage, it's time to talk about which engine and transmission is going to best suit you if you're in the market for a new mid-size SUV. Here's how you can choose the right powertrain for your driving...
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26/11/2021 • 22 minutes 57 seconds
2022 Kia Sportage Review and Buyer's Guide: Everything I Love and Hate
Here are the top 10 things I love and hate about Kia’s first good-looking mid-size SUV in years. If you’re in the market, this review is the one you need to watch…
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25/11/2021 • 26 minutes 31 seconds
The $5000-$10,000 car insurance trap and how you can fix it
This public service announcement could stop you getting face to face with a cash shortfall which you cannot jump over, should your car get unfortunately written off in a crash.
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23/11/2021 • 10 minutes 13 seconds
Aerodynamics and towing your caravan (need to know)
Yet another Australian caravanner is attempting to modify their big, heavy toilet-on-wheel in order to cure a problem so enormous they fail to see the error of their ways. Here's why your DIY caravan accessory won't solve your aerodynamic drag problem...
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22/11/2021 • 15 minutes
Mega Q&A, including: 'Is it really necessary to warm up a modern car?'
Here are my responses to a wave of questions from you regarding my recent reports on batteries, solar panels, metalwork, new car shortages, electric vehicles and portable powerstations...
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21/11/2021 • 39 minutes 42 seconds
New Car Shortage: Top 6 tips for effective car-buying in 2022
Insiders say 2023 will likely be the recovery year for supply. So here’s my top six tips for buying a new car effectively in 2022.
In this report: State of play for the new car market, based on expert, insider observations, and six core strategies, which are actionable by you, today, to smooth this process out, Plus, there’s a new dealership scam to avoid as well, right at the end.
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18/11/2021 • 21 minutes 3 seconds
DIY skills: Choosing the right abrasives for grinding and sanding
In this report: Aluminium oxide versus zirconia versus ceramic versus silicon carbide: Which abrasive is right for your application, and how can you tell them apart?
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17/11/2021 • 16 minutes 54 seconds
Net-zero integrity: Scott Morrison's absurd, unworkable EV policy scam
Scotty From Marketing woke up the other day and proposed 1.7 million electric vehicles on the road here in Australia, by 2030. Just like that.
As outright misrepresentations of reality go, this is up there with anti-vaxxers, flat-Earthers and moon landing deniers.
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15/11/2021 • 19 minutes 37 seconds
Solar cell deep-dive: How they work, what holds them back, & EVs with rooftop panels
Understanding exactly how solar cells work, the fundamental efficiency limits, and why electric vehicles don’t get rooftop panels… Get ready for some beer garden physics...
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14/11/2021 • 34 minutes 54 seconds
Volkswagen loses battle over $125M fine in High Court
The world's most inhuman and anti-environmental carmaker, Volkswagen, has just emerged from the High Court of Australia with its trousers around its ankles, and a $125 million bill in its hand, again. 2021 hasn't been such a bad year after all...
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13/11/2021 • 13 minutes 50 seconds
Understanding batteries: Watt-hours Vs Amp-hours, power, energy and more
Batteries are everywhere today and their technical specifications are a comprehension nightmare for most consumers. Here’s how you can understand the power age you live in…
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12/11/2021 • 42 minutes
Why are most petrol V6 engines so terrible?
The most common V6 petrol engines are terrible. Toyota Kluger, Hyundai Santa Fe & Kia Sorento, I'm looking at you. But why are they bad?
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08/11/2021 • 17 minutes 55 seconds
Best in-car/4WD portable battery power bank? Bluetti AC200P review
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07/11/2021 • 21 minutes 50 seconds
Honda's epic price-fixing tantrum
Honda’s price-fixing tantrum in Tullamarine has reached fever pitch. Honda Australia has hit back at Worst Price Promise critics, including me, presumably. A full-on corporate tantrum is the perfect end to a post-lockdown week...
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29/10/2021 • 23 minutes 48 seconds
Top 10 critical mistakes most new car buyers will make in 2022
Buying a new car is a big deal for most people, and it's very hard to get honest, good quality, independent advice. Most automotive media is dependent on advertising and won't give you the truth.
Here are the biggest car buying mistakes I hear people about to make, or who already have. I'll tell you how to do it the right way...
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28/10/2021 • 31 minutes 12 seconds
Should I buy a hybrid car or SUV in 2022 and beyond?
Here are the top 10 things you need to know about buying a hybrid in 2022, and in particular, a Toyota hybrid. But the information here pertains to the entire hybrid market generally.
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27/10/2021 • 27 minutes 44 seconds
Dealers sue Mercedes-Benz for $650 Million in Goodwill Destruction Damages
Eight out of 10 Mercedes-Benz dealers in Australia have fired back at Mercedes Australia and the Stuttgart headquarters, saying the fixed price agency model is an ethical violation of their contract to negotiate with consumers when selling vehicles. This could change the industry by setting a new legal precedent for retailers.
Here's the next chapter in this hilariously ironic saga...
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21/10/2021 • 16 minutes 2 seconds
Honda sales implode under new 'agency' retail sales model
Honda Australia boned many of its dealers in July this year, and now it seems the public is boning them. Three months in, Honda sales have tanked to the worst level since records began.
This mad commercial experiment is exactly how a carmaker can shoot itself in the foot with you, the consumer...
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19/10/2021 • 13 minutes 12 seconds
Mercedes-Benz Discounts are Dead: Price Negotiating Terminated from 2022
BMW and Audi will be celebrating as Mercedes-Benz Australia vows to remove your ability to negotiate a better price on that dream three-pointed star you've always wanted.
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18/10/2021 • 18 minutes 43 seconds
Ford offers Everest BaseCamp owners $2k in compensation - or possible refund
The Ford Everest Basecamp has officially been subjected to a compensation or possible refund program, once you sign the paperwork and promise never to bother Ford Australia about it ever again. If you bought one based on the marketing promises of that roof rack, here's what you need to know...
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15/10/2021 • 19 minutes 58 seconds
Toyota LandCruiser 300: Indefinite production delays nobody wants to talk about
Toyota Australia still cannot tell you when, or even if, you can finally have that new 300 Series LandCruiser which has been getting you excited in your trousers.
You know who you are. Here's what's happening right now with LC300 orders, dealers and head office in the midst of a production fiasco.
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14/10/2021 • 16 minutes 46 seconds
FAKE NEWS: How the automotive (and other) media betrayed the public trust
Here's how the mainstream media has turned car reviews and public trust in journalism into a joke, and why AutoExpert has become, seemingly, the only place where consumers can access the truth when shopping for their next new car...
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06/10/2021 • 26 minutes 51 seconds
How to get out of buying a new car after signing the contract
If you've signed the contract on a new car, paid a deposit, and realised you need to back out of the deal, here's how you can dodge that bullet...
This video is an answer to the following viewer's question: "Unbeknown to me, my daughter signed a 'Contract for the Purchase of a New Vehicle', (a Suzuki Vitara Turbo), and has paid $250 deposit with a further $750 to be paid if contract rescinded. Suzuki has approved finance (3.99% fixed rate for 7 years). Cost of car, including window tinting, 12 mths rego, floor mats and extended warranty $36,340. Given that a contract has been signed, I'm assuming that it would be too late to use your service now?" - Robyn
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05/10/2021 • 17 minutes 7 seconds
New car lemon: This one free hack could protect you
If you're in Australia and you buy any new car in the forseeable future, and you don't do this one simple thing to protect yourself, you're a goose - however unwittingly.
Do not make this mistake when shopping for your next new car...
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03/10/2021 • 14 minutes 16 seconds
DON'T BUY WARNING: The truth about owning an LDV in Australia
The jury is basically in on whether buying the ultra-cheap LDV brand here in Australia, all thanks to a Queensland consumer court ruling.
Here's what happened...
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30/09/2021 • 16 minutes 54 seconds
How to repair a roadside puncture (best method for a car tyre)
How do you repair a punctured tyre at the side of the road? It's dead easy and essential for getting you and your family out of trouble and mobile again - quickly. I'll show you how by deliberately punching a hole in my own tyre and demonstrating. The things I do for you...
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26/09/2021 • 20 minutes 40 seconds
EV recharging explained: Everything practical you need to know
Electric cars and recharging, kilowatt-hours, amps, batteries and plugging into the lifestyle of filling up with electrons. Leaving the fossil fuel era behind never looked so good, right? But how ready are you for doing it every day? Let's get your ready to go EV...
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25/09/2021 • 24 minutes 38 seconds
Hyundai IONIQ 5 EV - full launch, price & specification details
The good news is that after 8-12 months of deafening silence, IONIQ 5 orders will finally open to VIPs on October 12, and to the general public on the 13th. A $2000 deposit is required, and orders will be taken online only.
Delivery is slated for late this year, possibly early next, because as you know everything automotive is up in the air right now.
I got a couple of hours to climb all over a pre-production IONIQ 5, between lockdowns, and it is pretty exciting to see the rapid product evolution in the metal. This is a ground-up EV with none of the fundamental engineering compromises inherent in jamming an electric powertrain inside an established combustion platform.
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21/09/2021 • 20 minutes 27 seconds
4WD dual-cab utes and the 'bent chassis' problem: THE TRUTH
If you think loading up your ute to its maximum payload, hitching a trailer and hitting the bush tracks is going to keep your chassis running straight and true, think again.
Here's what happens when your ute chassis goes ping, courtesy of a great question from a dude named Geoff.
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19/09/2021 • 21 minutes 22 seconds
4x4 suspension lift: Good idea or bad idea?
The truth about lifting your four-wheel drive. Owning a 4X4 ute or wagon doesn't get any more Australian than pumping up the testosterone factor by giving your vehicle's suspension the big vertical jacking.
Let's talk about why it's both a good idea and a very bad one...
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16/09/2021 • 25 minutes 45 seconds
You vs Dealer: How to get a problem car fixed
Yesterday I did 'why warranty doesn't matter' and many of you asked me exactly how to advocate for a fair go at the dealership, if your car is defective and you're not getting the support you need (or the support you think you need).
This report is the roadmap to achieving that - or at least how I think you should play it.
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14/09/2021 • 36 minutes 42 seconds
New car warranty doesn't matter. (Only customer support does...)
Why warranty doesn't matter in 2021 and beyond. I'll tell you why and explain how customer support is the paramount buying criteria when it comes to aftersales service.
There's a very good reason I name and shame the brands that treat consumers like rubbish, and why I celebrate those brands which do the right thing by you.
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13/09/2021 • 22 minutes 31 seconds
Hyundai Staria vs Kia Carnival: What's the best people mover in 2021?
Which of these breeder busses is the best? If you need big load space, multiple child restraints and walk-in access for the extended family, these are the two best vehicles for that purpose - and they beat seven-seat SUVs hands-down.
Let's discuss why they're the best tool for the job, starting with you...
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11/09/2021 • 28 minutes 43 seconds
Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series delays extend to 4 years: Japanese report.
Pre-orders for the upcoming Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series have surpassed 21,500 units, but Toyota plans to build only 5000 LandCruisers annually - that's four years of production.
And that means, if you order a popular model, like the GR or Sahara, you could pay a deposit today, and not get your LandCruiser until 2024 or 2025...
Details emerged from BestCarWeb in Japan recently - full details here, but you'll need to run Google Translate. And even then, it's only loosely in English.
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10/09/2021 • 13 minutes 18 seconds
Should you buy a Chinese MG in Australia in 2021?
These upstart Chinese challengers, bringing it to the Japanese and the South Koreans - the price is right - but that’s hardly everything. I get variations on this question all the time, so let's see how they stack up to the established mainstream brands...
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07/09/2021 • 18 minutes 20 seconds
How much power does it really take to tow?
How much engine power does it actually take to just drive down the road? And then, how much additional power do you require to tow your mighty caravan into the wild blue yonder? Let's crunch some numbers.
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03/09/2021 • 24 minutes 11 seconds
LOCKDOWN LIFE: Making friends with heavy metalwork. (Ghetto engineering PhD fundamentals.)
Here's the first of many reports exploring the depths of metalwork on the path to giving you your official doctorate in ghetto engineering, for the welders, boilermakers, backyard machinists and frustrated tinkerers among you.
First, let's talk about the tools you'll need to do the job properly, without breaking into the kids' inheritance.
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02/09/2021 • 52 minutes 45 seconds
The advanced guide to using high tensile bolts properly
This is the ultimate deep-dive tech talk about using high tensile bolts, threads and nuts - perfect for anybody studying, or working in industry, automotive, parts, fabrication or just all-round nerds looking to learn during lockdown.
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31/08/2021 • 43 minutes 50 seconds
DON'T BUY: Volkswagen Amarok V6 W-Series
My very good friends at Volkswagen have teamed up with Australia’s premier antique bumper bar factory in beautiful, scenic Clayton, and they’ve made their outdated death-trap dual-cab even faster.
As a discerning automotive consumer, one of the most valuable skills you should develop is to listen hard for what carmakers do not say in the brochure.
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27/08/2021 • 17 minutes 42 seconds
When should you modify your vehicle?
This episode is an attempt to answer a series of questions from Gary Sheppard, about modifying a 4WD vehicle including wagons and utes. He's waiting for his Mitsubishi Triton to arrive and meanwhile, he's watching far too much 4X4 modification porn which is all over YouTube.
Here's how you sharpen your mind to deal with that influx of advertising, influence and pressure to spend your money...
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25/08/2021 • 33 minutes 35 seconds
The applied physics of high tensile bolted joints and assembly in cars
Responding to comments in my recent "Cracked!" report on poor installation of a towbar on a Ford Ranger and the consequences of hitching up a trailer. This is the full-fat university class on bolts and washers, and putting them together on a car.
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24/08/2021 • 30 minutes 36 seconds
CRACKED! Hi-tensile bolts Vs chassis Vs dealer incompetence
What happens when an incompetent dealership service department and appalling customer service combine on a Ford Ranger's towbar after three years of ownership? You get a consumer left high and dry by Ford Australia, the dealer and unable to tow a trailer for their business.
Here's what happened...
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23/08/2021 • 20 minutes 32 seconds
COVID-19 Delta: The pandemic of high-level dishonesty in NSW (Part 2)
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20/08/2021 • 23 minutes 22 seconds
COVID-19 Delta: The pandemic of high-level dishonesty in NSW (Part 1)
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19/08/2021 • 31 minutes 33 seconds
The Applied Physics of Heavy Towing
This report is aimed at you if you are towing a heavy trailer (boat, caravan, etc., or you're contemplating getting started doing that.
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17/08/2021 • 49 minutes 37 seconds
When can I use '4H' in my new 4X4?
Using 4H to increase stability and traction. What are the consequences if you get this wrong?
Specifically, a viewer asked if it's OK to use 4H on wet main roads, or unsealed roads. Essentially, I don't think it is, because it will increase driveline wear, and in extreme situations it might break something expensive, and also leave you stranded.
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13/08/2021 • 16 minutes 48 seconds
The heavyweight problem with Ford Everest Basecamp
Ford Everest Basecamp has a problem: Ford cannot get the roof rack load right. The manual says '100kg' but the vehicle is fitted with a Rhino Rack and Sunseeker Awning, and Rhino says you need to reduce the payload by 33% if you go off road.
Pro Tip: On Rhino-world, 'off-road' means 'unsealed'. So, if you drive on a dirt road, you can only carry 37 kilos of stuff - once you crunch the numbers.
Small problem: Ford's depiction of the vehicle clearly shows it carrying a load substantially higher than that. Well done... Of course, the Everest Basecamp owner's manual makes no mention of any of these standard-accessory-generated limitations.
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12/08/2021 • 15 minutes 48 seconds
What's the best 4X4 dual cab ute for families and towing in 2021
Today's 'unplugged' video is an attempt to get to the bottom of the best 4X4 dual cab ute for towing and families.
I'm answering this question: "Hi mate, loved reading though all your articles. I'm currently looking to get out of my VW Transporter and into a ute. Work has changed and more towing looks to be in my future, as for the need for more than two seats with extra people on the way. Not looking for anything to really go off-road with, I have a 2002 Prado that I go offroad and up the beach with. Realistically looking for a ute with good towing capacity, safety features and a couple interior niceties. Any help would be grand!" - Mark Edmonds
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10/08/2021 • 17 minutes 50 seconds
The top 5 lessons you need to know about new-car shortages in 2021
How do you tell a story about cars that don’t exist, and may never? And what do you expect if you just put down a deposit on one? Here are the top five lessons I’ve learned from working through the biggest new car market inversion I’ve ever witnessed.
Buying a car today is just not the same beast it was two years ago, when the dynamics were flipped, and oversupply flooded the market, making it a buyer's paradise. Here's what you need to know.
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09/08/2021 • 12 minutes 37 seconds
2022 Isuzu MU-X Official Pricing Rip-Off: Full Details.
Isuzu Ute is intelligence testing its customers by seeing if you will pay full price for their mid-spec LS-U MU-X 4WD 'SUV', based on the D-Max ute. If you buy one, you fail the test.
This is how the cake of corporate fiasco gets baked. It's either unprincipled or incompetent conduct. I am struggling to identify a more forgivable explanation.
I detailed the price ramp-up in my previous report (and it has come to pass), listen here: https://anchor.fm/autoexpert/episodes/2022-Isuzu-MU-X-Will-the-9k-price-rise-stop-you-from-buying-e15173q
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07/08/2021 • 22 minutes 8 seconds
2022 Hyundai Staria People Mover: Full Pricing, Specs and Details
The all-new Hyundai Staria could be the best people mover in the market (according to Hyundai), so take that, Kia Carnival and Honda Odyssey.
In this livestream with Q&A, I'll deep-dive into the product and give you exclusive access to a leaked, confidential dealer bulletin that's not meant to be in the public domain. Plus, I take your questions on Staria and everything else.
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06/08/2021 • 1 hour 27 minutes 58 seconds
Toyota Landcruiser 300 GR Sport & Sahara ZX flagships: Pricing & Specs
Toyota has just confirmed pricing and basic specs on two new flagship Landcruiser 300 models - the Landcruiser Sahara ZX & GR Sport.
But if you had any plans to drive them away with any substantial change left over from about $150k, you'll probably be disappointed.
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05/08/2021 • 17 minutes 12 seconds
Ford Ranger clone: 2023 Volkswagen Amarok versus VW public relations
Volkswagen senior executives claim the new 2023 Amarok will be 100 per cent a Volkswagen, despite being co-developed by Ford, being built by Ford in a Ford factory, despite rolling on the Ford Ranger platform, and also (most probably) running the Ford Ranger powertrains...
So, apart from those pesky details - the 2023 Amarok is definitely not a hastily-re-badged Ranger.
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03/08/2021 • 17 minutes 17 seconds
What has Nissan done to the Mitsubishi Triton? The unholy alliance with Navara
The next Mitsubishi Triton (called the L200 in other markets) will look like a Triton, but it will be a Nissan Navara under the skin.
The Navarafication of Triton is a disaster for Mitsubishi (and Triton aficionados - of which I am one) and in fact the Tritonification of Navara is a far superior concept with nothing but upside for Navara (not to mention Triton) - but never underestimate the gross stupidity of large organisations.
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02/08/2021 • 19 minutes 49 seconds
What kills your clutch, and how to avoid it
If you are waiting at red lights with your foot on the clutch, poised to take off, with first gear selected, you are almost certainly shortening the life of your clutch - and maybe also blowing your engine.
Two reasons for this. One is really good, and the other is even better.
(Warning - this report contains actual physics, and basic metallurgy...)
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01/08/2021 • 29 minutes 36 seconds
Premium fuel Vs 91 RON (Vs sulphur content): You need to get this right!
It's 91 RON petrol versus your engine - and the questionable ‘advice’ you might get from the dude in your service department. (Advice: probably the wrong word for something with such a distinctive smell.)
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30/07/2021 • 20 minutes 57 seconds
Will Kia Kill the Stinger in 2022?
SPECULATION: Kia looks almost certain to kill the Stinger at the end of 2022 - this has not been confirmed officially, but plenty of corroborating evidence exists to support the 'balance of probability' conclusion that the death of the Stinger will occur significantly earlier than the 2024 end date generally accepted as the long-term end of the Stinger's lifecycle.
So, if you've always wanted one, now is the time to act.
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29/07/2021 • 13 minutes 19 seconds
How lockdown kills your car's cold-cranking battery - and how to fix it
As Sydney enters another month of lockdown, let's talk about what that means for the battery in your car. Here's exactly what you can do to avoid the dead battery pandemic.
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28/07/2021 • 14 minutes 33 seconds
Hyundai's XCIENT Adventure: Overtaking Tesla in a Hydrogen Truck!
Hyundai will deploy 30 EXCIENT fuel cell trucks in California, by 2023, ahead of the Tesla Semi, which is invariably delayed. This is a clean air pilot programme supported by the California Air Resources Board and the California Energy Commission.
Deployment of Hyundai EXCIENT fuel cell trucks in California comes off the back of the initial deployment of 46 EXCIENT trucks deployed in Switzerland, which is just the first wave of 1600 EXCIENT trucks in total to be deployed to Europe by 2025.
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27/07/2021 • 13 minutes 59 seconds
2022 Isuzu MU-X: Will the $9k price rise stop you from buying?
Isuzu is roughly three days out from launching the MY22 MU-X, but prices seem certain to rise by an incredible $9000.
In this report, we'll discuss that, plus the key competitors, the relative merits of seven seat SUVs like this, which are derived from the utes in the same stables, and a major mistake I see SUV buyers make when they formulate a shortlist (and how you can avoid making it).
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26/07/2021 • 20 minutes 17 seconds
Australian road trip basics: Should you carry spare fuel?
It is 2696km by road from Adelaide to Perth in Australia (via the Nullabor Plain). That's if you go the 'quick' way.
It's up to 190km between fuel stops, in some very remote country.
Here, in this Q&A report, one loyal viewer asks me if it's a good idea to carry spare fuel for the trip. Pro tip: it's really not, but there are some other important factors that you should consider if you want to get there with minimal drama.
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25/07/2021 • 26 minutes 48 seconds
Towing 3500kg with your 4WD ute: Worst idea ever
Ute manufacturers tell you that towing 3500kg is possible - desirable, even. But in reality, towing 3500kg with your ute is a dangerous joke, and many people who attempt this are driving illegally.
It's also fundamentally stupid from a safety perspective - so there's that.
In this report, I lay out the beer garden physics of heavy towing stupidity - in response to a question from you.
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23/07/2021 • 30 minutes 25 seconds
The Fake Auto Parts Pandemic?
Toyota’s 'other' PR agency - the Federal Chamber of Automotive industries - recently teamed up, ineffectively, with the Australian Border, to curtail a mostly imaginary fake auto parts pandemic. A counterfeit car parts crime spree. And it’s not exactly working, which I recently proved, with a scientific test.
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19/07/2021 • 19 minutes 56 seconds
Don't buy a new Honda in 2021 or 2022: Here's why...
Honda Australia is the proverbial cockroach that has lost its head, wandering around aimlessly bumping into things. If you're looking to buy a Honda in the next two years, I strongly urge against it. The brand has officially crushed the consumer's ability to negotiate a better deal.
Here's what that means for you...
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09/07/2021 • 18 minutes 10 seconds
Cylinder deactivation - how, why & should you own a car with this tech?
Cylinder deactivation takes multiple engine cylinders out of play at low loads (by closing the valves and turning the injectors off). It saves a small amount of fuel when cruising on the highway. But Mazda's cylinder deactivation tech on the 2.5 SKYACTIV gasoline engine was the subject of a major recall in the US (and here in Australia).
So, is buying a CX-5, Mazda3 or Mazda6 with this engine a mistake in 2021 or 2022?
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02/07/2021 • 27 minutes 40 seconds
How to run in a modern engine (even on a performance car)
If you're about to drop the big bucks and take ownership of a brand new car, here's a simple breakdown of how to run-in the engine, free of the myth and uninformed opinions formulated from the dark ages of automotive technology (the 1970s).
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27/06/2021 • 14 minutes 9 seconds
Toyota LandCruiser 300 diesel V6: Is the hot vee a lemon?
The new Landcruiser 300 V6 diesel engine will feature a so-called 'hot vee' - where the exhaust is in the vee between the cylinder banks, and the inlets are to the sides.
And this does have some technical benefits, like minimising lag and maximising efficiency. Merc, BMW and Audi have adopted some hot vee engines.
But they are prone to heat-related problems, like excessive oil consumption, and premature valve seal failures. Toyota has had a litany of technical problems in recent years, concerning the deployment of far simpler tech (like the 2.8 diesel DPF failure fiasco).
Do you slam $100k (or more) on the table and roll that dice, or watch from the sidelines while others roll it for themselves?
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27/06/2021 • 22 minutes 36 seconds
Toyota LandCruiser 300: Why the media is so wrong about this vehicle
The motoring media is currently rather busy gushing over the new Toyota LandCruiser 300, desperate to keep the brand happy as an advertiser. But that means if you're a consumer, doing research and trying to decide if you will buy one, you are not getting the full story...
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25/06/2021 • 14 minutes 54 seconds
What is a roll moment? (Vehicle dynamics basics.)
Roll moments, roll centres, inertial loads, mass centres, roll axes - let’s step into the Ghetto Engineering lecture theatre. Please, take your seats, buckle in...
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21/06/2021 • 32 minutes 6 seconds
Politician versus YouTuber: The attempt to silence FriendlyJordies
This one is not about cars - but this is an important video with far-reaching implications in the public interest.
The FriendlyJordies YouTube channel is under attack - bizarrely - by the NSW deputy premier, John Barilaro.
If you think we have a 'free speech' society, you need to watch this.
Here's what happens if you say what you really think in this country. All I want to know is: Who's next?
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21/06/2021 • 13 minutes 23 seconds
Another Fiat Chrysler spare parts fiasco: what to do about it
An un-edited and unsolicited e-mail from an owner of a typical Chrysler 300C landed in my inbox.
$2000 for a water pump, on a Chrysler 300 with 40,000km on the clock - and no offer of assistance. (And they wonder why the brand is in trouble.) Here's what happened...
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19/06/2021 • 22 minutes 3 seconds
What's the best SUV for big families? No, it's not an SUV...
If you've got 3 kids and you just found out you're having twins ... transportation nightmare, right? What's the best SUV for that?
The somewhat confronting answer for many is simple: No SUV will be as good as a Kia Carnival at this.
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17/06/2021 • 14 minutes 52 seconds
Everything wrong with the mighty Toyota Landcruiser 300
Toyota has had 14 long years to get the upcoming 300 Series right. But once again, they've cemented its position as the King of automotive mediocrity.
Toyota is drip-feeding information to whip up ongoing interest, and the media, thanks to bad advertising incentives and a short attention span, is just lapping it up. Nobody is calling Toyota out on their average effort with new LandCruiser, such is the appeal of that steady-flowing advertising revenue stream.
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16/06/2021 • 20 minutes 28 seconds
2022 Kia Cerato livestream review Q&A
The new Kia Cerato is about to land in showrooms. So, if you're considering that popular SUV because everybody else is, you should consider saving thousands by getting the so-called small car, which in many instances, has more space.
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11/06/2021 • 1 hour 10 minutes 10 seconds
Vehicle dynamics and suspension tech deep-dive
This is the definitive vehicle dynamics deep-dive with industry expert Graeme Gambold.
Graeme is a mechanical engineer with a 30-year pedigree in dynamics development, as well as being a competitive rally driver. He's the chief engineer at the Southern Hemisphere Proving Ground, in addition to running Kia's local suspension development in Australia.
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05/06/2021 • 42 minutes 39 seconds
The great EV rip-off: Australia confirmed as world's worst environmental joke
Politician versus environment: Victoria's unjust EV tax has passed through the upper house. (They're calling it a 'road user charge' because 'tax' is such a dirty word.) We are the only country in the world doing this - and it's because we lead the developed world in disgraceful environmental conduct.
In this report we meet one of the men who supported this bill - whose support was critical to getting it passed.
To be fair, he issued a press release championing what a top job he'd done here. How this was an excellent result. I just thought it was beyond due for a reality check on this insanity.
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02/06/2021 • 18 minutes 2 seconds
Politician Vs your car: How your personal mobility is under attack
The NSW Planning Minister is officially on the record telling us all how bad personal cars are. How they enslave us, make us unhealthy and sedentary, and how EVs are more efficient, but they are not the answer.
No - I'm not joking. 12th Century, here we come, again, apparently.
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27/05/2021 • 20 minutes 48 seconds
In-car advertising. It's just around the corner. Welcome to Hell.
Ford has just filed a patent in the USA that will use cameras to beam roadside billboards into your car's infotainment display - together with special offers and calls to action. Welcome to automotive Hell.
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26/05/2021 • 10 minutes 46 seconds
How long does fuel last in your car before it goes bad?
Fuel ‘going bad’. Spoiling in the tank. Thanks to COVID, lockdown and consequential driving inactivity.
Oxidation, evaporation, sedimentation, instability, phase separation... been getting this question a lot, through COVID. Lots of cars sitting around, not doing much driving. And certainly fuel - petrol and diesel - both change chemically over time.
But is this really something you need to worry about?
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25/05/2021 • 20 minutes 41 seconds
Ford Australia Fails Road Safety Survey Credibility Test
Where does Ford Australia find the time? Honestly, this is some of the company’s finest external communications work to date.
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21/05/2021 • 19 minutes 59 seconds
Top 26 questions on Hydrogen Fuel Cell vehicles (FCEVs) answered
This report: The deep-dive into your comments & questions on hydrogen, Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs) and related issues, stemming from the recent Hyundai Nexo long distance driving world record.
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18/05/2021 • 32 minutes 5 seconds
Hyundai Nexo hydrogen car steals distance driving record from the French
A hydrogen fuel cell powered Hyundai Nexo has set a new long distance driving record. From civilisation (or its rough equivalent in ‘Straya) all the way to the outback.
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14/05/2021 • 17 minutes 44 seconds
2021 Ford Mustang Mach 1: ultimate 'missing features' specification botch
Ford can’t even get the basic specs on a limited edition 2021 Mustang Mach 1 right. Pretty embarrassing, considering that’s their job...
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12/05/2021 • 10 minutes 16 seconds
JobKeeper scheme fails the taxpayer & delivers more auto industry welfare
Several automotive companies in Australia swallowed millions in JobKeeper corporate welfare in 2020, despite returning multi-million-dollar profits in the same year. More taxpayer-funded welfare for the automotive industry, and a major regulatory failure by the Morrison Government.
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11/05/2021 • 21 minutes 13 seconds
The truth about EVs, long-distance driving & regional recharging
If you own an electric vehicle (or you're thinking about buying one) here's how it's going to play out for long-distance driving in Australia.
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08/05/2021 • 16 minutes 16 seconds
Why Victoria's EV subsidies are such an insult
The Victorian government has cooked up a sneaky Appeasement Burger on EVs - apparently there’s going to be subsidies now. And taxes. Which is of course intelligence-insulting and absurd. And don’t the lobby groups just love it?
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06/05/2021 • 17 minutes 54 seconds
Prepare now for End of Financial Year (EOFY) new car sales 2021
If you're in the market for a new car right now, and if you're looking at end of financial year deals - you need to here this advice right now.
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05/05/2021 • 1 hour 6 minutes 14 seconds
2021 Hyundai i20 N hot hatch: full, unlimited-lap track thrash test
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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02/05/2021 • 22 minutes 40 seconds
BMW M3 Competition review & buyer's guide: Ultimate sedan supercar
There are faster performance cars, and more expensive performance cars, and certainly more overtly ridiculous performance cars - but every time I drive an M3, I fall madly in love with it. This car is my kryptonite. It renders me powerless.
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22/04/2021 • 20 minutes 2 seconds
These two simple hacks will make your engine last longer
Modern cars clog up on the inlet side - the inlets clog up, commonly. Not every car, but some. This is a symptom - not a disease. Simply cleaning the inlet doesn’t cure the underlying problem.
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15/04/2021 • 10 minutes 34 seconds
The mad science of galvanising, and how it protects your car
Modern cars are galvanized, which explains the huge reduction in automotive rust over the past 30 years. Modern cars still rust, but they rust a lot slower than older cars, which were not galvanized.
They don’t rust because of the cathodic protection. Rust is chemically impossible. (There might be the smallest amount of inconsequential surface corrosion, in places, like near scratches, but it won’t grow. It can’t.)
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14/04/2021 • 34 minutes 43 seconds
VW loses Federal $125 million Dieselgate fine appeal
In today’s hilarious twist, Volkswagen has lost its appeal against a record $125 million Australian fine for lying to the public in respect of its hyper-polluting diesels. It emerged from court once again with its reputation in tatters.
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14/04/2021 • 10 minutes 54 seconds
How to get out of any new car deal with minimal financial pain
If you want to get out of a new car purchasing deal, here's how.
People want to get out of this situation for all kinds of reasons - because they got stitched up too early at the dealership and committed to the wrong car, because they get offered a better deal, lose their jobs, reconsider their options, etc.
In this situation the dealer often makes it very hard to back out. Here's how to work around all that.
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13/04/2021 • 10 minutes 15 seconds
New car stock shortages: Discounting? What should you do?
Let’s say you’re in the market for a new car, and you’ve heard about all those stock shortages at new car dealership. What should you do? Can you still get a discount?
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The car industry is ruing the day it screwed all those computer chip
10/04/2021 • 13 minutes 16 seconds
BMW 330e plug-in hybrid - the definitive review & buyer's guide
If a full battery EV is too scary (or impractical) for you, and internal combustion is too philosophically filthy, then maybe the BMW 330 e plug-in hybrid can bridge the gap.
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This car is interesting, because it will function as
08/04/2021 • 46 minutes 9 seconds
2021 Subaru Outback stop delivery safety recall - full details
Full details: Subaru formal recall for the 2021 Outback & ‘stop delivery’ order information for pending owners.
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Subaru will recall 1982 new Outbacks currently in traffic because the autonomous emergency braking system might activate
30/03/2021 • 13 minutes 45 seconds
2021 Kia Carnival (Sedona) review - everything you'll love & hate
After two weeks test-driving the 2021 Kia Carnival (AKA Sedona) - the V6 petrol and the diesel - here’s everything I loved, and everything I hated about this vehicle.
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My fortnight in Kia Carnival was split equally between the V6 p
30/03/2021 • 27 minutes 40 seconds
Mercedes green lights new EQA EV for Australia (plus nuts!)
Mercedes-Benz green-lights the new all-electric EQA EV for Australia.
Hilariously, after all of Volkswagen’s recent poorly considered protestation concerning its inability to sell EVs here, thanks to our backward regulatory environment, Mercedes-Benz only just now says it’s rather looking forward to the new EQA coming here later this year.
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25/03/2021 • 18 minutes 26 seconds
Volkswagen versus Australia on emissions and EVs
Volkswagen says it probably can't sell EVs and other fuel efficient/zero emissions vehicles in Australia because our emissions regulations are wrong. That's not, like, totally ironic at all, is it?
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"First world markets – where t
24/03/2021 • 13 minutes 39 seconds
The truth about 4X4 dual-cab utes, modifications & remote adventuring
That 4X4 ute you’re thinking of ‘building’ for that big adventure? Yeah, sorry to say but 80 per cent of your plans in that respect are probably really dumb ideas…
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Here’s the thing with these utes: Hiluxes, Rangers, BTs, Navaras
24/03/2021 • 12 minutes 31 seconds
NEWS ALERT: Subaru issues urgent 'Stop Delivery' order on new Outback
Subaru Australia has just placed a ‘stop delivery’ order on all new model Subaru Outbacks. The ‘stop delivery’ mandate was issued late yesterday.
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Dealers are still selling the new Subaru Outback - meaning signing people up - and this in
23/03/2021 • 5 minutes 36 seconds
Best tyre pressures for extended life, boosted safety & maximum grip
Running your tyres at the correct pressure is guaranteed to extend their life. That’s an $800 investment (or more) for most people. Plus it makes a huge difference to your safety in an emergency. The only problem is: What’s the Goldilocks pressure for your car?
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23/03/2021 • 20 minutes 12 seconds
2021 Kia Carnival (Sedona) review: Better than an SUV, for most people
This report is a full review and buyer's guide for the new 2021 Kia Carnival (which is called a Sedona in North America). To prove a point on versatility, I jammed a full-sized refrigerator in the back and moved it to the new Fat Cave.
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19/03/2021 • 21 minutes 24 seconds
Elon Musk crowns himself 'techno-king' of Tesla. Seriously?
Elon Musk has just crowned himself "Technoking of Tesla". Seriously. He did. I could not make this up.
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lon Musk, the 'real world's' Tony Stark, has a brand new title, officially filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, in th
16/03/2021 • 12 minutes 4 seconds
Yet another Jeep spare parts & repair price disaster
Do you remember, a year ago, when the boss of Jeep Australia boldly told us all he was revising parts prices, in the spirit (I’m paraphrasing) of being less extortionate? I don’t think this worked out all that well.
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Time flies, doesn’t
16/03/2021 • 11 minutes
4WD Snorkels and increasing engine airflow (your Q&A - contains nut)
In this report, I answer the following question:
“I was sitting around the campfire just next to Dingo Piss Creek talking to a guy about his LS powered GU Patrol. He explained that it was making around 200kw at the wheels on a dyno, but mentioned that he had to replace the regular 'Safari' style snorkel with a custom 4" stainless steel snorkel so that he could gain more air flow to make those numbers.
“How is that possible if snorkels don't increase air flow? PS my 4WD is fitted with a snorkel, and besides that fact that I've done Cape York, Arnhem Land and the Victorian High Country in it, it makes me feel really tough when I pull up to the Woolies carpark to pick up my supply of toilet paper, YEEEEESSSSSSS” - Sam
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15/03/2021 • 10 minutes 23 seconds
MOTOR announces Performance Car of the Year 2021. Nobody cared.
If a MOTOR Performance Car of the Year 2021 falls in a forest, and nobody watches … did it actually happen?
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Five renowned geniuses nobody’s ever heard of, statistically - the creme de la creme of ‘Strayan motoring journalism - r
13/03/2021 • 13 minutes 25 seconds
Why you should never tune your diesel engine
Here's a perfect example of why you should never employ engine tuners to fiddle with the ECU mapping on your shiny diesel off-road wanking chariot. Unless you enjoy providing endless entertainment to the likes of me...
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12/03/2021 • 7 minutes 5 seconds
Why caravanning is the perfect Australian passtime
As if you need any more reasons to buy an enormous off-road wanking tractor upon which to hitch your biggest, heaviest aluminium deluxe suppository with adjacent kitchenette and cramped prison-esque shower. Then I was sent an email...
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12/03/2021 • 3 minutes 46 seconds
Answering your electric vehicle questions (after 10,000km in a Kona EV)
The deep-dive into your questions about the Kona Electric and EV ownership generally in Australia. After 10,000km in the Hyundai Kona Electric, let’s have a civilised conversation…
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08/03/2021 • 26 minutes 11 seconds
The truth about Mitsubishi Express and its zero-star safety rating
Doubtless you’ve seen the mainstream media headlines. Zero stars - sounds pretty dire, right? But this is really just another ANCAP botch. The Mitsubishi Express is fine - for a van. In the context of contemporary vans you can buy, it’s neither excellent nor terrible. I’d call it about average.
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04/03/2021 • 26 minutes 45 seconds
Rhino 4X4 roof rack: Why I didn't buy one
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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03/03/2021 • 17 minutes 48 seconds
Everything wrong with Wheels Car of the Year 2021 (Mazda CX-30)
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 kick your audience under the bus...
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Wheels magazine awarded Mazda CX-30 the 2021 COTY
02/03/2021 • 15 minutes 4 seconds
Hyundai begins world’s most expensive electric vehicle recall (US$900M)
If recalling EVs were an Olympic sport, the Hyundai Kona Electric just went for gold. In the worst possible way.
Hyundai is recalling 82,000 EVs globally to replace the LG Chem battery packs inside because there’s a potential fire risk. Oops a daisy. It’s kind of a bad look for the world’s fifth-largest carmaker - especially as the company pivots heavily towards EVs with brand Ioniq.
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27/02/2021 • 9 minutes 43 seconds
4X4 Snorkels: Ultimate Buyer's Guide (you probably don't need one)
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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24/02/2021 • 23 minutes 11 seconds
JD Power Vehicle Dependability: Winners and Losers
JD Power - that perpetual thorn in the side of miscreant carmakers releases its 2021 Vehicle Dependability Study. In related news, Elon Musk prepares the presidential suite of the Hyatt in hell for JD Power...
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22/02/2021 • 13 minutes 22 seconds
The most common off-road driving mistake (and how to avoid it)
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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22/02/2021 • 13 minutes 13 seconds
New Nissan Pathfinder: Why I wouldn't bother buying one
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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18/02/2021 • 13 minutes 34 seconds
Hyundai Tucson recall, 2021: Fire risk and how the media blew it
On February 4, Hyundai Australia recalled 93,572 Tucsons because there’s a potentially defective circuit board in the anti-lock brake system - in the engine bay - which could cause an electrical fire, but not an explosion, because: Physics.
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16/02/2021 • 18 minutes 2 seconds
Dual clutch transmissions, towing & heavy-duty uphill reversing
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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15/02/2021 • 14 minutes 30 seconds
Cobalt Blues: Mythbusting your comments about cobalt in EV batteries and fuel
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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Recently I reported on what I’d learned after driving 9000 kilometres in the Kona Elec
11/02/2021 • 19 minutes 15 seconds
2021 Hyundai Santa Fe dual clutch transmission extreme endurance test
Extreme 2021 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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In this report I thrash Hyundai's new 8sp DCT in the diesel 2021 San
09/02/2021 • 29 minutes 26 seconds
I was wrong about recycled aluminium
I was absolutely wrong about recycling aluminium in my last report on zero emissions and the car industry. I did claim in that report that recycling aluminium (as opposed to manufacturing it from bauxite, the ore) doesn’t really save you that much CO2/energy. That was categorically wrong.
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“At present, the global average of CO2 emissions for both virgin and recycled alum
05/02/2021 • 13 minutes 16 seconds
Scott Morrison, the car industry and the ‘zero emissions’ lie
A prime ministerial populist thought bubble has declared the Australian automotive sector is ‘on track’ for zero emissions by 2050…
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03/02/2021 • 16 minutes 34 seconds
12 things I've learned after driving an electric car 9000km
I’ve clocked 9000kms in the Hyundai Kona Electric, despite a pandemic and wearing pyjamas 24/7. Here’s what I’ve learned about using an EV as primary transport…
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03/02/2021 • 31 minutes 20 seconds
How new car supply got smashed by a global computer chip supply shortage
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28/01/2021 • 15 minutes 53 seconds
Kia Stonic 2021 full review & buyer's guide
Let’s get a few things straight, OK? A Kia Stonic is a Kia Rio - only with added roof rails, infinitesimally more luggage space, and 43 millimetres of additional ground clearance. And different hair and makeup. This will cost you $5500 extra, roughly.
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We’ve seen this kind of cloning before, with crossovers and cars: Stonic is Rio just like Subaru XV is Impreza hatch. Of course, som
26/01/2021 • 42 minutes 49 seconds
Tesla under fire from Feds after failing to recall almost 160,000 cars with defective screens
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has taken the view that those absurdly gigantic and distracting central touchscreens on almost 160,000 Teslas are defective - mainly because they randomly just go blank after about five years of ordinary driving.
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Yet another example of Genius Elon’s amazingly cutting-edge technology. The defect this time causes the reversing cam
17/01/2021 • 10 minutes 9 seconds
Fiat Chrysler merges with PSA Group: Stellantis is born
Fiat Chrysler has merged with PSA Group and the new entity will be called Stellantis. Stellantis will become the fourth largest carmaker on Earth, behind Toyota, Volkswagen and Hyundai - but it will be a challenge for Stellantis to survive because it has no sales in China (world's largest car market) as well as massive over-production capacity and commitments with the French Government not to close factories or reduce head count.
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17/01/2021 • 11 minutes 24 seconds
BMW M430i (4 Series Coupe) review & buyer's guide
If you’re in that terrible position - you’ve got a hundred grand in used, unmarked, non-sequential bills, and you need to dispose of it hurriedly … perhaps the BMW 430i could help you out with that.
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The grille could be a confidence trick, right? Like, the Emperor’s New Grille. Perhaps it’s a mass psychology experiment, designed to test the limits of human attraction. An
12/01/2021 • 28 minutes 26 seconds
2021 Hyundai Palisade: full review for real buyers in Australia
Hyundai Palisade - you can see it from space. But, two weeks in - I’m still struggling to figure it out. I’m deeply conflicted here, in the domain of love and hate.
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Top 10 things I love
LOVE:
If you’ve got up to eight people to convey from A to B, and you also need luggage space, Palisade is a beast.
Palisade has a
05/01/2021 • 39 minutes 47 seconds
Tesla fan boys destroyed: Part 4 - why internal combustion will dominate
Internal combustion, dudes: It’s going to underpin transportation for decades to come. If you think internal combustion is dead, it’s time to get on the plane, leave Fantasy Island, and return to the real world.
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Many fan-boys use that term ‘Legacy carmakers’. (To describe the manufacturers of internal combustion vehicles.) Legacy: Like EVs have won the battle. And the d
01/01/2021 • 15 minutes 32 seconds
Tesla fan boys destroyed: Part 3 - about this allegedly superior tech
Tesla fan-boys routinely claim these cars are superior, technically. Vastly so. Unfortunately, the facts don’t concur.
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A Model S P100D - the Tesla flagship - weighs 2241 kilos, has an EPA range of 507 kilometres and uses a 100kWh battery. These are called facts. We can all agree on them.
A Hyundai Kona Electric weighs 1685 kilos, has a 64kWh battery
30/12/2020 • 7 minutes 34 seconds
Tesla fan boys destroyed: Part 2 - Tesla cars are abjectly unprofitable
Ahh yes, Tesla makes a profit. Technically. Five quarters in a row, now. I said they sold their cars at a loss, which they do. Back in July Tesla hit the milestone of four quarters of consecutive profit, which allowed it to join the S&P 500. But Tesla cannot post a profit from the sales of its cars. If Tesla just made money selling cars, Tesla would be routinely losing money.
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29/12/2020 • 10 minutes 10 seconds
Tesla fan-boys destroyed: Part 1 - Low Battery Day
Part one of my response