An email landed in my inbox this morning proclaiming drive.com.au as " Australia’s second-most-visited online automotive platform in February 2024."
That was interesting to me as I immediately wondered which the most popular "automotive platform" might be. Turns out, as per the…
There is no 'best' travel vehicle, and not even a 'best' campervan. It's all a question of the tradeoffs you want to make.
The diagram below is to scale and shows a Hilux, two Hiaces, a Sprinter and Fuso…
We've always been taught that doubling a winch line back to the vehicle is a 2:1 mechanical advantage (MA), so if the force required to move the car is 1000kg then the winch need only generate 500kg. Similarly, for a 3:1…
I'm reading up on the New Vehicle Emissions Standard and it's hard going because, as usual, we have two conflicting points of view.
One side says your ute will be $6000 more expensive and it's a no to NVES. The other says…
A recent discussion came up on my Facebook page about the merits of a bow wave during water crossings, so I thought I'd re-examine what to me seemed a self-evident truth because it is always, always, good to take another look at…
Yes, I have seen the failed snow recovery video - lots of people have sent it to me, thank you all as I don't always get to everything of note so I don't mind the resends. We should all be grateful…
Jeep's first-ever BEV, or Battery Electric Vehicle will be on sale in Australia from Q4 2024. That's BEV, not just EV, as Jeep have had a hybrid Wrangler for some years now. A BEV has one power source and that's the…
INEOS just emailed to say the Quartermaster Cab Chassis is being launched. They say it has a "class-leading combination of off-road capability and load-carry versatility, coupled with comfort, safety, refinement, and features of today's driver standards." The Quartermaster is essentially the…
NEVER DRIVE AND WINCH! LET THE WINCH DO ALL THE WORK! I'm sure you've heard that before. Some manufacturers actually deactivate the winch unless the car is in neutral, or restrict its use to certain modes e.g. not in…
Ever wondered how cavemen learned?
It was by watching someone do something and then replicating that action. That's the way humans have always learned, how skills were handed down from generation to generation.
The watch-learn mechanism in your brain is also exactly…