Robert Pepper, Author at L2SFBC

How to keep your travel car’s weight within limits

Overloading recreational vehicles is becoming more and more of a problem...here's how to keep legal and safe. The Australian people are getting steadily heavier over time, and so too are our camping vehicles to the point where their weight exceeds various limits…

4X4 Blog by Robert Pepper 7 December 2020

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Meet your local 4X4 owner

Bush-bashers, compensation machines..offroad touring 4X4 owners have heard it all. MANY PEOPLE don't like 4X4s. Too big, too heavy, too...everything and they fall back on tired old insults which have no basis in reality. Like most prejuidices, this attitude is borne of…

4X4 Blog by Robert Pepper 28 October 2020

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What my readers would do: As Land Rover Managing Director

Jaguar Land Rover just changed its boss to Thierry Bollore, which prompted me to wonder what my readers would do if they were slotted into the top job. Now bear in mind my readers are all car and 4X4 enthusiasts, so they…

4X4 Blog EVs Random Uncategorised by Robert Pepper 21 October 2020

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Why modern 4x4s break the laws of robotics

The modern vehicle is an amazing feat of engineering, and an even more amazing feat of electronic and computing design. There are sensors everywhere, for everything – wheel speeds, steering wheel angles, all over the engine, even monitors to detect how dark…

4X4 Blog EVs Fast Cars Random by Robert Pepper 18 October 2020

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The future of automotive fun

There are, broadly, three classes of offroader. These are the driver, the builder, and the tourer. The driver enjoys the challenge of manouvering the vehicle across difficult terrain. The builder enjoys the challenge of creating a vehicle that can handle the terrain.…

4X4 Blog by Robert Pepper 27 September 2020

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That’s NOT triple locked!

Don't confuse centre and cross-axle lockers! There has been a recent trend to refer to vehicles such as the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen as triple locked, and it's wrong to do so, even though it's right. In 4X4 terms, a locker always refers to…

4X4 Blog by Robert Pepper 22 September 2020

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European Snow and Australian Sand

Experience in one of type driving is a mixed blessing when you come to try something else. Sometimes the skills carry over, sometimes they need to be unlearned. And other times two terrains which appear to have lots in common do not. …

4X4 Blog by Robert Pepper 20 September 2020

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Dirty on dirty

So you own a 4WD and you use it offroad. Often it’ll get dirty in the course of those trips, but when it does, take a few moments clean it. There is no point driving around for days or even weeks with…

Blog EVs Fast Cars by Robert Pepper 17 September 2020

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Will another hundred be enough?

Years ago a computer monitor used to be 12 inches across, and 15 was considered large. Having such a behemoth on your desk was a clear sign that you were terrifically important to the company and had done something special to have…

4X4 Blog by Robert Pepper 15 September 2020

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Pride and Prejudice – Hummer H3 Review

Hummer says it’s like nothing else. They mean the vehicle, but that also goes for the emotions. Reprint of a roadtest from 2009! The pictures show a car, but it’s not a car, it’s an emotion grenade. Mentioning you’re driving this car…