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Maintenance & Reliability
CHEAT’S VANILLA SLICE
The best camping dessert in the desert Crisp, sweet, cool, tangy and creamy – who can resist the family favourite Vanilla Slice? This camp ready version can be whipped up completely from pantry items. Just imagine – you’re a…
FOUR-WHEEL DRIVER IDENTIFICATION
So you read all the 4WD magazines, frequent the lifestyle shows, and stay up-to-date with the latest advances in vehicle technology. You could spot an 80 Series ’Cruiser from a mile away, and can name almost all the fourbys on…
BREAKER ONE NINE COPY
Project Rusty gets a sweet UHF radio from GME. Here’s how you can install one at home yourself! CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE On a recent trip to Cape York, the importance of good communication…
CAN YOU PISS INTO AN ADBLUE TANK?
We find out… plus everything else you should know. Diesels are great. They’re torquey and efficient, and are pushing out some serious grunt these days. They’re also pretty well-behaved these days. But they have a dark side: Their exhaust…
THE REVOLUTION IS COMING
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the future of 4X4s in this country. With the recent announcement that no new internal combustion engine-powered vehicle will be on sale in the UK from 2040, and the continued advancements in battery…
FRESH FISH ON THE FLY
According to my sources, last summer was face-meltingly hot in Australia and power outages were ruining ice-cream parties everywhere. And the reprieve from the heat came in the form of incessant rain. Here in northern Colorado, where the 4X4s are…
WOMEN LIKE MEN WHO DRIVE BLACK UTES
And they prefer utes over sports cars… After a couple of days in a black Isuzu D-Max running errands around town, Evan told us he was getting noticeably more attention from the fairer sex. Well, that’s interesting, we thought.…
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…
TORQIT PEDALTORQ PLUS
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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
WHOLESALE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS NOMAD VALVE BODY UPGRADE
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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,…
