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In this report: Unofficial pointers from a prosecutor in Redneckistan (which I think some people still refer to as ‘Queensland’).   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://...

An oxymoronically happy story … about dying on the road.   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MW...

Perhaps you are going to strap your young kid in the front seat of your ute. This is legal (in a single cab, as far as I know) - but is it safe?   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via P...

Join me live on YouTube every Thursday evening at 8:30pm (Sydney time) where I answer your questions live for 1hr+. You bring the questions/comments (ask me anything) and I'll do my best to answer them. If that time's not convenient for you (wherever you re in the world) then the stream is replayable on my YouTube Channel, and the audio podcast is of course available here. Save thousands on any ne...

In this report: You love the idea of a hybrid - but do you really need one?   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted...

In this report: How to get out of a (relatively minor) traffic fine (in Australia). I deal with interacting with the cops at the roadside, as well as getting legal advice, and maybe even making an application under Section 10 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999. (Section 10 essentially gives the court the power to record a conviction without penalty if the circumstances of the offence wa...

How can two engines have similar power & torque but hugely different fuel consumption? Are bigger (capacity) engines intrinsically thirstier? Details next.   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel,...

In this report: two reasons why Ford will fail in Australia Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNB...

Join me live on YouTube every Thursday evening at 8:30pm (Sydney time) where I answer your questions live for 1hr+.  You bring the questions/comments (ask me anything) and I'll do my best to answer them. If that time's not convenient for you (wherever you re in the world) then the stream is replayable on my YouTube Channel, and the audio podcast is of course available here. Save thousands on...

Ditching the soft SUV and going 100 per cent hardcore, with the fam. Getting gut there - beyond the range of public WiFi   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypa...

Best tyre pressures and operating guidelines for maximising mobility for people starting out with 4X4 driving - complete with the underlying beer garden physics of 'why' these recommendations matter.   If you don't have time for the full version:   Placard + 10% for highway and good dirt.  Placard -10-15% for poor gravel roads with tread fracture risk  25psi for general low-ran...

This video is my first-ever livestream on the channel - epic Q&A session driven mainly by tsunami of questions from you.  Thank you very much for joining me live in the chat!   More livestreams every Thursday night @ 8:30pm (Sydney time, 'Straya!)   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package:...

Talked about hard and soft shackles for 4WD recovery yesterday, and it struck me that I was probably doing humanity a disservice overall by not first establishing some general guidelines for recovery.   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this...

Leading Australian automotive website CarAdvice is to be boned - by its adoptive parents, Channel Nine. CarAdvice will go under the bus directly, but a phoenix will rise.    Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help sup...

Soft shackle versus hard (steel) shackle for 4x4 recovery operations: Which shackle do you use, and where to you use them to maximise safety and reliability? The definitive guide.   14.7 tonne Saber soft shackle from Sparesbox: http://bit.ly/14softshackle 17 tonne Saber soft shackle from Sparesbox: http://bit.ly/17softshackle 4.75 steel bow shackle from Sparesbox: http://bit.ly/bowshackle Sav...

In a parallel universe there’s a Defender designed by Land Rover but R&D-ed and sold by Toyota - and it is the perfect off-roader.   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: htt...

This new Mitsubishi 10-year warranty … let’s just say, if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, good thing we didn’t step in it. Worst new car warranty ever.    Complain to the ACCC: https://www.accc.gov.au/contact-us/contact-the-accc/make-an-enquiry Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: ht...

The truth about carbon deposits in modern engines. Details next.   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=...

How much is your silence worth? Could Mercedes-Benz buy yours for $500? Or would you leak evidence of their frankly grubby behaviour to someone such as me? In this report, let’s see what’s behind door number two.   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact ACCC complaint process: https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/complaints-problems/make-a-consumer-comp...

Critical automotive industry update, ‘Straya. October 2020. Year of the Weasel. Details next.   In this report:  Alfa Romeo updates Guilia for 2021  The plan to resurrect Wheels and Motor magazines New BT-50 pricing announced Hyundai i30 N DCT launch timing for Oz  Jaguar interiors made from landfill 500,000 Nissan Leafs roll off the line   Save thousands on any new car (A...

After a lengthy search, they have just appointed a fully qualified volleyball referee. I know that sounds like a joke - the pope and a volleyball referee crash into a bar, AND… - but unfortunately, it’s not.   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you lik...

Time for some long overdue uplifting, and constructively critical commentary from you. In other words, let us cross the border and enter the Nutbag City Limits - yessssssssss!   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help supp...

New D-MAX. New BT-50. So exciting - but (of course) fools rush in where angels fear to tread. So, here’s how you can save thousands on these newly-released vehicles.    Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact   AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/   Did you like this report? You can...

Pro tip: Let someone else be the lab rat in the mad experiment on car ownership risk. Details next.   Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?...