Modern tyres are more puncture-resistant than ever, so many cars simply don't come with a spare tyre as carmakers claw back the space and weight, fighting to meet efficiency targets.
This is all well and good until you actually have a puncture,…
There has been some confusion over Land Rover's unusual, but not unheard of approach to GVM (Gross Vehicle Mass) for Australia. That's because there's different GVMs for different configurations. Today I checked with Land Rover, and they confirmed the GVMs for the…
Caravans are heavy, big, and slow compared to a car by itself. This brings them into conflict with another set of road users who are also drive heavy, big and slow vehicles...truck drivers. But there's significant differences between caravanners and truckies, who…
So you want to tow a heavy trailer? Generally, you're better off with a wagon than medium ute because the wagons typically have higher GCMs closer to max tow plus GVM, all-wheel-drive, and handle better...but which wagon?
In this video I analyse…
What's the LC300 like to tow with compared to the LC200? Well, I've towed 3000kg with both and so far, my view is the 300 is the better towcar. But it was only today I managed to get all the technical…
Wondering what the specification differences are between the models? Here's a complete run-down of the differences, direct from Toyota. Prices are exclusive of on-road costs.
UPDATE: Towing and payload analysis, LC300 vs L200 - now I have all the specs!
A common…
My latest webinar interview was with the owners of Saber Offroad, a small but increasingly well respected company focused on 4x4 recovery gear.
Over the 45m interview we discussed a number of topics and I learned a great deal, more than I…
Got trailer sway? Add more towball mass. Oh, still swaying? Well, add more!
Here's the problem with that advice. You can end up with a trailer that's got an 'ideal' towball mass, whatever that is, and yet it is fundamentally unstable. And…
So there you are, driving your car, cruising along a suburban street, minding your own business. Ahead is another car, a car with a yellow L plate on the back.
You approach a traffic light and it turns red, so the…
A reader watched my video on camping weights and asked this:
Hi Robert. Thanks for such a comprehensive breakdown. Hope you’ve got your thinking cap on and bevvy!
One thing I didn’t see was a clothing weight? What did you allocate each…