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SCENIC EATS: BASIC BREAKFAST PARFAIT
Not-so-fun fact: The inventor of cornflakes, Mr John Harvey Kellogg, created them with the resolute belief that eating bland foods would curb certain… ‘enthusiasms’ in pubescent teenagers. Despite that theory being thoroughly (and repeatedly) disproven around the world, somehow the…
ISSUE 041 – MID-SIZED WAGON OF THE YEAR
Jump in and check out our inaugural 4X4 Awards which we’re kicking off with the best mid-sized wagon of the year. We also tell you how you’re destroying your gearbox; decide whether premium diesel is actually worth it; look into…
ISSUE 040 – SNATCH STRAP COMPARISON REVISITED
This issue we get the band back together and set up another gig at the test lab to see if the industry has lifted their game in the snatch strap department; we take two $50K utes out for a spin…
Unsealed 4X4 Magazine Issues
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ISSUE 039 – DESTRUCTION TEST: SYNTHETIC ROPE VS WIRE CABLE
If you are looking for a new car, you can buy a new car from Land Rover Discovery, the Mercedes X-Class. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ISSUE
WHY MANUFACTURERS CAN NEVER KEEP UP WITH AUSTRALIA’S LOVE FOR BIG-CAPACITY DIESELS
And why 4WDers will probably always be left wanting… Quite often, Australian 4WDers and vehicle manufacturers don’t really see eye-to-eye. Sometimes what we want and what we get are pretty good; and other times, they’re not. It’s a tough job,…
OUTBACK SURVIVAL LEGEND
This bloke has trained with the SAS, lived through a helicopter crash in the desert, and walked away from being thrown overboard with a couple of sharks. He knows his stuff when it comes to surviving just about any mishap……
ISSUE 038 – SHACKLES TESTED TO DESTRUCTION
This issue we take a look at the best 4X4 parks from all over the country; keep you up to date with the future of 4WDs in Australia; show you how to get an auto conversion in your rig on…
THESE MODERN 4WD TECHNIQUES COULD SAVE YOUR BACON
Get some advanced winching skills that’ll see you out of just about any drama… CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE So you’ve got a shiny new winch bolted up to your bullbar, you’ve followed all of…
WATER CROSSINGS FOR DUMMIES
I came across a bloke a couple of years ago in the Victorian High Country. He was stopped in the middle of the Crooked River with the water up to his door handles… and looking nervous. After a brief chat…
THE GREAT SPEEDING SCAM
Over the last 20 years or so, we’ve been constantly bombarded with the mantra that speeding on our roads kills, and slow equals safe. What a giant crock; and frankly, road users are being scammed. The person travelling 20km/h under…
RECIPE: HIGH COUNTRY MEATBALLS
We’ve got a bit of a scoop for you here. In the upcoming tenth season of Pat Callinan’s 4X4 Adventures TV show, they’re going to be visiting the iconic Victorian High Country. As you can imagine, it’s pretty cold up…
ISSUE 037 – HOLDEN COLORADO VS FORD RANGER
This issue we take a look at the best 4X4 parks from all over the country; keep you up to date with the future of 4WDs in Australia; show you how to get an auto conversion in your rig on…
The 20 Essential Tools we won’t leave home without
Not to put too fine a point on it, but shit happens. Usually when you’re about as far as you can get from any place roadside assistance could hope to reach; and as Murphy’s Law would have it, probably out…
Winch Servicing: 101
A winch is one of those things that you just don’t think much about until you need it. If you’ve ever known the pain of getting stuck, thinking smugly to yourself: “Too easy – I’ve got a winch!” only to…
