CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Over the months, we’ve found Toyota’s smallest 4WD wagon flies the flag high in terms of off-road capability. The traction control is one of the best in the business, and…
Platters are for fruit. Trays are for utes. But what if you want a tray with all the fruit? CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE If gripping a welder brings on more shakes and shivers than…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE The unofficial unit of measure for ‘when I get around to it’ seems to be about two years. That’s how long the framed artwork sat in the spare room before…
Expert tips to get you started You’ve got a 4WD and love camping. Yes? If you don’t, you might be reading the wrong magazine. A lot of 4WDers bolt on a bike rack and take the bikes camping with the…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Unsealed 4X4 Garage – DIY Series You want to know a fact? Manual transmissions in 4WDs are becoming a thing of the past. Automatics offer so many advantages, both on-road…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Toyota Fortuner Update I never really pay attention to fuel consumption when I drive modern 4X4s, I must confess. That’s because I’ve owned a fair few TB42 petrol motors that…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE I could have died on the Canning… how to protect yourself from the Outback As I lie here in my bed recovering from a rather nasty ruptured appendix, my…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE DIY Deutsch Plug Have you ever seen anything over-engineered fail? It’s the rhetorical mantra a mate of mine preaches regularly to justify that extra nail, bolt or tube of glue…
Enough went wrong on this trip… so learn from my mistakes to avoid your own disasters. Len Beadell and his Gunbarrel Road Construction Crew opened up the desert, creating tracks meaningful for the atomic bomb and ballistic missile tests before…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE While we were busy installing shock absorbers and other neat off-road componentry in the Unsealed 4X4 Garage recently, we thought it was prime time to take a closer look at…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE On the recent (and far too short) Christmas break, I was invited away on a ‘boys’ trip’ with a bunch of old workmates. This was the perfect opportunity to…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE “A water rat caused $3,500 damage to my brand new 4X4 and nearly ruined our trip…” You won’t hear about this often; in fact most people I tell this story…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE 7 lessons you need to learn from my (expensive) mistake By now you might have seen me go on about my GQ Patrol. It’s been one of the biggest projects…
We take a closer look underneath the Fortuner to see what makes it tick as a 4X4 CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE We’ve racked up nearly 5,000 kilometres in the long-term Toyota Fortuner we have…
What happens to recovery gear when exposed to sun damage? CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE We visited the destruction lab to find out… It happened by accident, but got way out of control.…
