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9 Recovery mistakes you need to stop making
With a bit of know-how, it's easy to prevent things from going wrong with 4X4 recoveries. Here's a list of mistakes you need to stop making!
Sinking my Patrol was the best thing that could have happened to it
Fight or flight. It’s one of those inbuilt instinctive responses. You’ve either got it, or you don’t. Kind of like when you roll your ’86 MQ Patrol into an old abandoned clay quarry full of water. Are you going to…
How to sh!t in the woods … why aren’t people learning?
Your mother would be mortified to know you still require toilet training. Sadly, this issue doesn’t seem to be getting better or going away. This is why we have updated this story, and are sadly posting it again. We know…
How to buy a car and not get burned.
If you’ve been looking on with envy at everyone out in their new 4WDs enjoying our Aussie bush, you may be ready to join them and buy a new or used car. Bill Tsouvalas, Managing Director at Savvy, has some…
Lift kit? Make sure you get your driveline angles right
Raising your 4×4’s ride height can affect suspension geometry as well as driveline angles. This Defender scores a double cardan front propshaft to eliminate unwanted driveline vibrations. Following on from our recent story titled LONG TRAVEL SUSPENSION… MUCH MORE THAN…
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…
7 Different Routes to the Big Red Bash
Because getting there and back is part of the adventure. The Big Red Bash is just a few short weeks away. The beers are being shipped in, some of the biggest names in Australian music are finalising their song lists,…
