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| 12 Mar 2021 | Why you should never tune your diesel engine | 00:07:05 | |
Here's a perfect example of why you should never employ engine tuners to fiddle with the ECU mapping on your shiny diesel off-road wanking chariot. Unless you enjoy providing endless entertainment to the likes of me... Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url | |||
| 22 Jul 2023 | Am I wrong about torque wrenches & hand position, again? (Part 2: The facts) | 00:19:05 | |
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| 03 Oct 2023 | Another lithium-ion battery fire proves we're not ready for EVs | 00:16:56 | |
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| 21 Apr 2023 | EV versus diesel ute: what's REALLY really greener? | 00:37:17 | |
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| 21 Mar 2020 | The truth: When your airbags don't deploy | 00:14:46 | |
Hundreds of people have apparently serious crashes in modern cars - and their life-saving airbags do not deploy. What gives? Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: | |||
| 26 Aug 2024 | Taxpayers give Ampol $100M to drop the ball on EV charging | 00:18:03 | |
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| 22 Oct 2020 | Epic Automotive Livestream Q&A - answering your questions live (episode 2) | 01:29:06 | |
Join me live on YouTube every Thursday evening at 8:30pm (Sydney time) where I answer your questions live for 1hr+. You bring the questions/comments (ask me anything) and I'll do my best to answer them. If that time's not convenient for you (wherever you re in the world) then the stream is replayable on my YouTube Channel, and the audio podcast is of course available here. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url | |||
| 02 Jul 2021 | Cylinder deactivation - how, why & should you own a car with this tech? | 00:27:40 | |
Cylinder deactivation takes multiple engine cylinders out of play at low loads (by closing the valves and turning the injectors off). It saves a small amount of fuel when cruising on the highway. But Mazda's cylinder deactivation tech on the 2.5 SKYACTIV gasoline engine was the subject of a major recall in the US (and here in Australia). So, is buying a CX-5, Mazda3 or Mazda6 with this engine a mistake in 2021 or 2022? GET 12% off OLIGHT torches after the sale: https://bit.ly/3pA9nYi Use the code AEJC for 12% off. Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54778969 Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoex... Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... | |||
| 13 Nov 2020 | How do car dealers get away with this in 2021? | 00:18:48 | |
How does the car industry get away with this, in 2021? Especially at the retail coalface. Up next: The ugly truth about the Ming Moll. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url Last week on my ‘Ask me anything’ livestream - 8:30pm Thursdays, Sydney time - at the risk of sounding like ‘Confession time at the urologist’, I had a problem with my stream. I just couldn’t squeeze it out, contiguously, at the end. I don’t know why. Flow became intermittent, and it was hard to follow. I felt like I had more in me, frankly, but I was compelled to end it early. Most dissatisfying. Right when I was explaining the whole Ming Moll phenomenon. So, let’s talk about that. Clear it all up. What are Ming Molls and why do I, at times, refer to them? OK - so ‘Ming’ (not the one from Flash Gordon) Ming was a form of automotive paint protection, in the olden days. Like, back when women were still throwing it at me. Occasionally. Ming was a classic upsell at a dealership. Like, you know the endurance event, right? The sales guy wearing you down … gun at your head, metaphorically. Sign here. Meet the sales manager - he’s closing you, trying to make you think he’s approving a deal the sales guy can’t approve - because it’s so good - but they’re really giggling behind their hands at you standing there, holding your ankles like that. And you’ve already been interviewed by the finance guy, who’s been trained in the Idi Amin method. Then you lose the circulation in your hands over the trade-in negotiation… ...and finally, there’s the hot chick (I’m generalising) in the tight blouse … the buttons - only just adequate, in the domain of load restraint. And her mission is: Look hot and sell you accessories. Generally ones you don’t need. Keyhole surgery - goin’ in through the wallet. Yessssss! In the trade, this important sales role is invariably referred to (at least in Australia) as ‘the Ming Moll’. I’m not making this up. Every senior executive in every carmaker in the country knows what/who a Ming Moll is. No context is required. Every dealer principal. Every sales manager at dealerships. Every car company wonk. Yeah - the Ming Moll. The Ming Moll’s objective is to look hot and suggestive, and thereby sell you shit you don’t need, at the dealership’s typically extortionate billion per cent mark-up. The tinting you can get at a third of the cost, from a dude in a van, with plumber’s crack, independently. The paint and fabric protection you don’t need. The rustproofing they still sell, despite the fact - fact - that new cars are galvanised and therefore do not rust. Anyway, it seems to me that the persistence of the Ming Moll in the face of societal reforms, is a gift, editorially. This standard operating practice of the industry deserves to have the piss taken out of it endlessly, in my view. And, superficially, they are somewhat pleasant to look at, which is of course why Ming Molls exist. Let me know what you think, in the comments below. Especially if you’re a chick. ESPECIALLY if you’re a Ming Moll. Are you pro Ming Moll, or opposed? Do try to keep it clean. | |||
| 29 Jul 2020 | Mitsubishi Motors to leave UK & Europe | 00:15:42 | |
Mitsubishi Motors has announced a 'desperation' business plan - which involves (in part) commencing to pull out of the UK and Europe, with immediate effect. Find out what this means for the brand in this report. | |||
| 05 Nov 2020 | Epic Automotive Livestream Q&A - answering your questions live (episode 4) | 01:02:52 | |
Join me live on YouTube every Thursday evening at 8:30pm (Sydney time) where I answer your questions live for 1hr+. You bring the questions/comments (ask me anything) and I'll do my best to answer them. If that time's not convenient for you (wherever you re in the world) then the stream is replayable on my YouTube Channel, and the audio podcast is of course available here. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url | |||
| 06 Apr 2023 | True lies about bogus towing capacity claims (feat. Subaru Outback XT) | 00:28:30 | |
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| 30 Mar 2022 | Q&A: Should you left-foot brake, why modern cars all look the same | 00:15:07 | |
Responding deeply and emotionally to you. Let us talk about left foot braking and why you're a dill if you don't do it. Plus, why all new cars effectively look the same these days... On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton 3 Winter kit: Link here >> Obulb: Link here >> Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 16 Sep 2023 | Hyundai N-car updates: new i20 & i30 N, plus outrageous IONIQ 5 N & Kona N | 00:14:48 | |
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| 11 Oct 2022 | Jack Stands: How safe are they really? Their weakest link revealed. | 00:23:30 | |
How strong exactly are jack stands and do you need to worry? It's all inspired by a question from you. Short answer, yeah they're pretty strong, but yeah, you do need to worry, however not for the reason you might think. OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 29 Oct 2021 | Honda's epic price-fixing tantrum | 00:23:48 | |
Honda’s price-fixing tantrum in Tullamarine has reached fever pitch. Honda Australia has hit back at Worst Price Promise critics, including me, presumably. A full-on corporate tantrum is the perfect end to a post-lockdown week... Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) https://bit.ly/3zF5hCQ12% off: Use code AEJC Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54778969 AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoex... Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... | |||
| 08 Nov 2023 | New diesel EVs for the Outback! (Australian innovation at its finest.) | 00:30:56 | |
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| 27 Feb 2025 | New emissions laws will kill Ford Everest and Isuzu MU-X 2WD | 00:14:32 | |
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| 09 Oct 2024 | The Government has a 'Friends of EVs' program now... | 00:23:33 | |
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| 12 Nov 2022 | EVs & climate change deception. We're trashing the benefit. | 00:40:37 | |
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| 25 Feb 2022 | How to solve a Ford Ranger handling problem (Q&A triple play) | 00:13:34 | |
Three questions from you answered, an update on Subaru CVT reliability, plus how a used Ford Ranger can turn on you at a moment's notice - and how you should deal with such a problem. On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> The brilliant F*&king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton 3 Winter kit: Link here >> Obulb: Link here >> Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 22 Oct 2024 | Worst PHEV design ever: Jeep Wrangler and Grand Cherokee 4xe | 00:22:25 | |
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| 14 Dec 2020 | Inside a holiday towing disaster ... and how you can prevent one | 00:13:53 | |
It’s never good when your trailer overtakes your vehicle. As I understand it, death was narrowly averted. So, on the cusp of this holiday season, I want to make sure this does not happen to you. OLIGHT FLASH SALE & DISCOUNT OFFER
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| 08 Jan 2024 | Tesla Cybertruck: a crash test death trap | 00:18:34 | |
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| 14 Aug 2020 | August 2020 new car buyer's market update | 00:17:47 | |
Stock shortages are a plague imposed upon the market right now - thanks very much, COVID-19. Discounts are still out there, just don't expect to take delivery of that car of your dreams next week. There are currently extended delivery timeframes on many of my popular and recommended new models. | |||
| 01 Nov 2019 | Australian corporate watchdog sues Mazda for "unconscionable conduct" | 00:19:56 | |
In breaking news: the ACCC just woke up. Amazing. Plus, they’ve invited Mazda to a public ankle-grabbing contest. Act now, because front row seats to this one are certain to sell out fast. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url The ACCC has decided to sue Mazda Australia Dickheads Proprietry Limited for alleged breaches of consumer law and behaving like unprincipled cocks generally in relation to customer support. Apparently the ACCC has assembled a conga line of disgruntled customers - I think they call them ‘witnesses’ now - stretching over the horizon, back to 2013, and the watchdog says Mazda Dickheads could not fix the problems, fobbed them off to case managers who were completely ineffective, lied about the severity of faults, and told the affected owners they were not entitled to refunds - which is such bullshit, but pretty typical for the Shitsvillian car industry. “We allege that Mazda repeatedly refused to provide a refund or a replacement at no cost to the consumers and pressured them to accept lesser offers which were made by Mazda only after multiple failures of the vehicles and repeated attempted repairs.” - Rod Sims This is the one that does my head in: The ACCC says in cases of protracted problems, instead of offering a refund or a free replacement vehicle, which is what the law demands, Mazda customers were offered less money than their cars were actually worth as a buyback - and then, Mazda arseholes put owners under extreme pressure to accept their bullshit offers, by claiming the offers were short-term and final. The mafia does business this way. | |||
| 03 Nov 2022 | Toyota is rationing smart keys now: King of Mediocrity strikes again | 00:17:06 | |
Toyota has decided to hand over just one smart key to each of its customers now on 14 different models but hey, it's not their fault. Thank God for the pandemic which has become the Swiss Army knife of corporate incompetence justifying excuses... OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 03 Oct 2024 | Nissan Leaf burns in garage - thanks to dodgy DIY charging setup | 00:24:09 | |
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| 19 May 2023 | Police car charged! (With aggravated stupidity...) | 00:14:17 | |
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| 30 Dec 2020 | Tesla fan boys destroyed: Part 3 - about this allegedly superior tech | 00:07:34 | |
Tesla fan-boys routinely claim these cars are superior, technically. Vastly so. Unfortunately, the facts don’t concur. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url A Model S P100D - the Tesla flagship - weighs 2241 kilos, has an EPA range of 507 kilometres and uses a 100kWh battery. These are called facts. We can all agree on them. A Hyundai Kona Electric weighs 1685 kilos, has a 64kWh battery and offers an EPA range of 415 kilometres. Also, facts. So, when you do physics - like, just above basic high school physics - you might ask yourself: ‘What does a technological advantage actually look like?’ Because there really should be some numbers that shine like a beacon, illuminating just how smart and advantageous a Tesla is, because of its alleged incredible technical edge, right? Otherwise it’s all just empty rhetoric. If something exists ontologically, you can measure it, right? So this alleged superior tech should manifest in a measurable way, by virtue of its objective performance. Devices with superior tech typically do more with less. A more efficient refrigerator consumes less electricity and yet still keeps the champagne equally cold. We can measure this kind of thing with epistemological objectivity. (I’m imagining every Tesla fan boy in the universe scratching his head, at this point. Like, what’s that? It’s how science rolls, dudes - with epistemological objectivity. Look it up. Watch the John Searle tech talk at Google HQ, on artificial intelligence.) I’d suggest that a deep, fundamental Tesla technological advantage would be demonstrated if the Tesla flagship, for example, used substantially fewer watt-hours of electrical energy to transport a tonne of mass over a given range measured against a laboratory controlled test standard. If it did, we could prove its superiority, objectively. All we’d need are those three previously quoted data points, about which there is no dispute that I know of. We’d just need to calculate watt-hours stored in the battery, per tonne of vehicle, per kilometre of range. And if you ‘interesting’ fan-boys are right, Tesla should shine like a beacon of technical superiority. And the claim of superiority to which fan-boys adhere would thus be impervious to dispute. Get a calculator and crunch the numbers for yourself: Model S P100D: uses 88 watt-hours to take one tonne, one kilometre. Hyundai Kona Electric: 86 watt-hours per tonne, per kilometre. Conclusion: Pretty similar technology. But the Hyundai Kona is slightly ahead on energy efficiency fundamentals. The numbers do not lie. They’re called ‘facts’ and you Electric Jesus fan boys are not required to like this result. However you feel about the numbers, they remain facts. And they say Tesla lacks a measurable technical edge. So, three parts down - one to go. Internal combustion: not dead, and not dying any time soon. Hate away in the comments, but save your best work for tomorrow, because you Tesla nut-jobs are really going to hate Part Four. | |||
| 04 Oct 2022 | Will diesel fuel be banned in Australia? | 00:15:12 | |
Should you 'invest' in a new big heavy diesel 4x4 for example given the regulatory focus on the environment and the fact that they might just whip the rug out from under the sale of diesel anytime? What's going to happen to the value of your vehicle if they do that? OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 18 Apr 2024 | Hyundai Staria: Overstocked delivery van pricing slashed | 00:11:30 | |
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| 03 Feb 2022 | New CEO; same train wreck: The lingering death of Wheels | 00:21:32 | |
Another nail in the coffin for Wheels media this week the brand prepares to throw you in the audience even further under the bus, potentially, thanks to the installation of a new ringmaster. How long can this automotive advertising ship stay afloat? On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton 3 Winter kit: Link here >> Obulb: Link here >> Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 14 Sep 2020 | 2021 Kia Sorento review & buyer's guide | 00:43:48 | |
After driving the 2021 Kia Sorento for a week now, I have a question for you: How do the premium German brands differentiate themselves, into the next decade? Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url If you are an actual car-buyer … someone with cash and the need for seven seats, the new Sorento is good. Not perfect, but really good. Certainly far better than the notion you might have in your head when someone says ‘flagship Kia’. If you last looked at Kia in about 2010 (or even earlier) it’s time for you to re-calibrate. In this report I’m going to lay out exactly what I like about the new Sorento - and there is a lot to like about this vehicle. But there are imperfections too, and some things it does poorly - right at the end of this report I’ll address those shortcomings. This review is independent. Everything I say here is my honest personal opinion about the vehicle, and the company selling it. This is the fourth generation Sorento - and all-new platform, updated diesel, all new transmission for the diesel, new interior and exterior, new infotainment OS, etc. The diesel is a 2.2-litre turbo - an evolution of the predecessor. It’s got an aluminium block now, which shaves almost 20 kilos off the bathroom scales, and delivers hybrid-like fuel economy - 6.1 litres per 100km on the official combined cycle test, and 5.3 on the highway. You really should consider the diesel, but if you’re a ‘petrol-only’ kind of dude or dudette, there’s a V6 petrol in the range as well. If you’re an average sort of driver looking for a versatile SUV with five seats and a large cargo bay, or seven seats and modest cargo capacity, then Sorento V6 is a definite starter. The diesel is definitely better - it’s smoother and more composed thanks in part to the all-wheel-drive powertrain, and also because the diesel just makes more mid- and low-rpm power. It’s also a lot more fuel efficient, but more expensive. Sorento diesel AWD is compatible with dirt roads and easy fire trails and driving of that nature - but if you throw properly difficult terrain its way, you’ll probably break something. It’s just not designed for that. All-wheel drive is a real plus for family camping. Like, if it rains overnight and the dirt road you drove in on turns to mush, you stand a far better chance of fronting up for work Monday morning, with AWD. If that’s you, buy the diesel. There are four specification grades. Starting at the bottom is the ‘S’, then the ‘Sport’, ‘Sport+’ and (topping out the range) the GT-Line. And there’s an $18,000 gap between the V6 front drive ‘S’ poverty pack at about $47k drive-away, and the range topping diesel AWD GT-Line at about $65k. So, how do you make sense of that? I’d suggest it’s like this: Bottom of the range is there to appeal to beancounters - specifically the kind of beancounters who buy vehicles by the dozen for corporate fleets. They strip out almost everything they can to get the price low. If you’re buying for yourself, on a tight budget, take one step up because Sport is a lot better than S - and it’s only $3000 more. Sport+ is the smart choice on value - it’s a $4500 step up. You get a proximity key with pushbutton start, power tailgate for juggling the groceries, leather, remote start, heated seats and USBs in the back. GT-Line is the works burger - also diesel only - and it’s going to cost you about $6500 more than Sport+. It’s got everything - premium instrument cluster, blind view monitor, you can park it remotely, you get a 360 camera, and premium sound. This stuff is all nice, but can you live without it in Sport+? Yeah. Absolutely. | |||
| 12 May 2021 | 2021 Ford Mustang Mach 1: ultimate 'missing features' specification botch | 00:10:16 | |
Ford can’t even get the basic specs on a limited edition 2021 Mustang Mach 1 right. Pretty embarrassing, considering that’s their job... Help support my independent reporting on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54778969 Podcast (audio-only version, for listening in the car, etc.): https://anchor.fm/autoexpert Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoex... Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... | |||
| 19 Sep 2024 | Ford's plan to stalk you with AI-generated in-car advertising | 00:11:24 | |
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| 09 Oct 2022 | What's the best family SUV? Mitsubishi Outlander VS Sorento, Kluger, CX-9, Santa Fe and more | 00:14:17 | |
If you're in the market for a five-seat SUV with occasional-use third row, or you need a seven-seater with frequent row-three access, here's a brief rundown on how the contenders compare with the Mitsubishi Outlander, the budget three-row option for growing families... OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 31 Dec 2023 | Hyperloop One collapses into fiscal black hole | 00:14:48 | |
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| 15 Dec 2023 | Fuel sticker fiasco: High Court sees it Mitsubishi's way | 00:19:13 | |
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| 23 Jun 2022 | The truth about your car and greenhouse emissions (It's a sideshow) | 00:24:21 | |
Right, that’s it! I’ve had quite enough of our cars being demonised. Cars are a small fraction of the CO2 problem, and yet they cop 90 per cent of the climate criticism. You want to fight this? Here are the facts… On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton 3 Winter kit: Link here >> Obulb: Link here >> Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 16 Nov 2019 | Should you buy a 6th Generation Nissan Patrol in 2020? | 00:13:39 | |
Nissan has done the absolute minimum to refresh the 2020 Patrol. (But they have managed to go all-out botching the English language and applied science. So that’s nice.) And yet, the new Patrol might still be actually worth buying - full details next. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url Patrol is like kinda Joan Rivers - ongoing exterior upgrades, but same old bones. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. They’ve been quite durable. And so also with the Patrol. It’s pretty tough too. This time around, all you get is: new lights, new bumpers and some bolt-on safety tech. Ugliness has gone up at least one order of magnitude - almost to elite LX 570 visual abomination levels. Especially the Ti-L. It’s bean beaten with the ugly stick, and left for dead. Well done there. No fundamental changes, however - same powertrain, same body. Significant price-hike. Nissan Shitsville is simply milking Patrol for all it’s worth before phasing the old girl out, basically. They’ve also changed the wheels - but they’re still 18s; just a different design - and added all the borderline-annoying safety features that the car industry is yet to think through properly. Like auto emergency braking, lane-keeping assistance, rear cross-traffic alert and blind-spot monitoring. About the only worthwhile inclusion there is adaptive cruise control on the low-spec Patrol Ti. (Previous Ti-L already had that.) But brace for impact on the price, because it has ramped up again, for the third time in two years. Let’s look at the economics, though, because that’s actually still pretty strong. Top-spec Toyota Landcruiser Sahara diesel is a more or less direct competitor that costs $133,000, drive-away, and the latest Patrol Ti-L is $103,000. Diesel Landcruisers offer more range on a full tank, and diesel is safer for refuelling at the roadside from portable containers, if you’re a proper outback adventurer beating the desert into submission, or something. The diesel is also better for towing, obviously, with more peak torque, but the Patrol has more peak power, so it’s better for highway overtaking. And this ‘dusting’ issue does hang, like a cloud, over the Landcruiser. Based on the official fuel tests, Landcruiser drinks 9.5 L/100km combined cycle, while the Patrol is 14.4. The $30,000 price difference and the consumption difference are interesting: Out there, in the future, there’s a point on the odometer where the Patrol buyer and the Landcruiser buyer reach fuel and capital cost equivalence. The Patrol starts out cheaper and then the higher cost of fuel kicks in, while the Cruiser starts out expensive, but, kay-for-kay, you pay less for fuel. Have a guess how far you have to drive for those costs to become coincident? It’s about 400,000 kays. So, ballpark estimate, for the first 10 laps of the planet, the Patrol buyer remains in front on price. This is a powerful incentive to prefer the Patrol, I must say. When you run the numbers. | |||
| 15 Nov 2021 | Net-zero integrity: Scott Morrison's absurd, unworkable EV policy scam | 00:19:37 | |
Scotty From Marketing woke up the other day and proposed 1.7 million electric vehicles on the road here in Australia, by 2030. Just like that. As outright misrepresentations of reality go, this is up there with anti-vaxxers, flat-Earthers and moon landing deniers. Bluetti AC200P: https://amzn.to/3bLXhpd Bluetti website: https://bit.ly/3n62heK My Bluetti AC200P review: https://youtu.be/IKYzv-sANCY Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) https://bit.ly/3zF5hCQ12% off: Use code AEJC Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54778969 AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoex... Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... | |||
| 21 Jun 2021 | What is a roll moment? (Vehicle dynamics basics.) | 00:32:06 | |
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| 20 Dec 2023 | Massive EV cement truck fire: official 'explanation' versus the facts | 00:26:03 | |
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| 14 Dec 2024 | BYD Shark 6 plug-in hybrid ute Q&A | 00:25:56 | |
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| 07 Oct 2022 | Polestar 2 EV loses Space race - but does anyone care? | 00:20:41 | |
Australia's fakest automotive brand, Polestar, is all cheer this week after recently announcing that its new flagship fake dealership will open this summer, deep in the rectum of a shopping mall in Melbourne. Here's why you probably couldn't care less... OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 18 Sep 2022 | Could you out-engineer a professional car designer? | 00:15:30 | |
This is what happens when scientifically illiterate people have brilliant ideas and demand I answer their misguided questions on engineering and automotive design. It's more evidence, perhaps, that in 2023, access to the keyboard should be means tested. There's a good idea... OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 27 Nov 2022 | Reacting to your recent comments (Season 1 Episode 5) | 00:31:58 | |
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| 04 Jun 2022 | ANCAP botches Hyundai Palisade four-star safety rating: Here's why... | 00:26:00 | |
Australasia's taxpayer funded crash testing so-called authority, ANCAP, has managed to augment reality once again, this time on the four-year-old Hyundai Palisade full-size SUV, which went on sale here two years ago - but was tested using 2022 criteria. Here's how another safety rating has been botched in the name of keeping you alive... On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton 3 Winter kit: Link here >> Obulb: Link here >> Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 29 Nov 2020 | EV -Vs- ICE: What really handles better? | 00:43:30 | |
That EV you just bought? That EV you maybe just test-drove because you’re thinking of buying one? It handled awesome, right? Chances are - it doesn't/didn’t. Not 'awesome' - but relax ... it’s not all bad.
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| 16 Dec 2023 | Zero-star deathtraps: Why selling unsafe cars is legal | 00:13:20 | |
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| 16 Oct 2024 | The new $56M stealth seatbelt camera scam | 00:26:40 | |
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| 14 Aug 2020 | Have you trashed your car's 'free' roadside assistance? | 00:08:44 | |
A lot of 'free' roadside assistance policies are leveraged against getting your car serviced by the authorised dealer. Find out how servicing affects roadside assistance, warranty and support. | |||
| 23 May 2020 | Automotive BS Academy Award winners (this month) | 00:20:17 | |
Honda, Jeep and Nissan win bronze, silver and gold, respectively, in the May 2020 Bullshit Olympics. Thankfully, not even a zombie pandemic can put a dent in humanity's significant resilience to bullshit. Autoexpert discount roadside assistance (Australia-only): https://247roadservices.com.au/autoex... Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=ERSJ6t2Vu2Xckrq370DlnWHQ4jZ-gV5RPAbzm_-qoVhE90nEHeEUy5UgqnwiJULxmhjiEG&country.x=AU&locale.x=AU | |||
| 01 Jan 2022 | Everything wrong with the car industry in 2021: The anti-awards ceremony | 00:27:51 | |
In case you missed it, here's a flashback to all the fun and antics the Australian car industry got up to during 2021. Remember this list when you consider buying a new car in 2022. OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton 3 Winter kit: Link here >> Obulb: Link here >> Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 30 Mar 2022 | Car industry declares war on climate change: fails due to an even weightier issue | 00:20:40 | |
In breaking news, the Australian car industry wants you to think it's on the front line of the battle against climate change. It's fixing bayonets and protecting the planet for your children, only nauseating. And misleading... On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton 3 Winter kit: Link here >> Obulb: Link here >> Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 01 Mar 2022 | The truth about new car price increases, with a contract already signed | 00:12:26 | |
You've been waiting endlessly for months and months for the car of your dreams, then the dealer rings you on the day before delivery, to tell you it's going to be $3000 extra, "take it or leave it." What do you do? On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton 3 Winter kit: Link here >> Obulb: Link here >> Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 14 Nov 2024 | Nobody understands adjustable wrenches (Crescent wrenches) | 00:20:28 | |
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| 07 Aug 2021 | 2022 Isuzu MU-X Official Pricing Rip-Off: Full Details. | 00:22:08 | |
Isuzu Ute is intelligence testing its customers by seeing if you will pay full price for their mid-spec LS-U MU-X 4WD 'SUV', based on the D-Max ute. If you buy one, you fail the test. This is how the cake of corporate fiasco gets baked. It's either unprincipled or incompetent conduct. I am struggling to identify a more forgivable explanation. I detailed the price ramp-up in my previous report (and it has come to pass), listen here: https://anchor.fm/autoexpert/episodes/2022-Isuzu-MU-X-Will-the-9k-price-rise-stop-you-from-buying-e15173q AUTOEXPERT OLIGHT DISCOUNT (These are awesome.) https://bit.ly/3pA9nYi 12% off code: AEJC (exclusive of sale periods) Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54778969 Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoex... Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... | |||
| 05 Jun 2024 | BYD Shark: Oz-first PHEV dual-cab ute. (Potential Ranger killer?) | 00:17:42 | |
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| 13 Feb 2025 | Car Expert's Paul Maric invades the Fat Cave! | 00:37:38 | |
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| 10 May 2023 | Budget black hole: Why the $7.4M fuel efficiency standard should've been free | 00:18:45 | |
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| 04 Feb 2024 | New Polestar 4: Why it's a pointless, overweight EV | 00:27:03 | |
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| 14 Apr 2024 | Latest Kia Tasman ute 'news' fail | 00:18:53 | |
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| 20 Nov 2020 | Epic Livestream Q&A podcast #6 - ask me anything | 00:44:00 | |
Join me live on YouTube every Thursday evening at 8:30pm (Sydney time) where I answer your questions live for 1hr+. You bring the questions/comments (ask me anything) and I'll do my best to answer them. If that time's not convenient for you (wherever you are in the world) then the stream is viewable on my YouTube Channel, and the audio podcast is of course available here. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url | |||
| 24 Mar 2021 | The truth about 4X4 dual-cab utes, modifications & remote adventuring | 00:12:31 | |
That 4X4 ute you’re thinking of ‘building’ for that big adventure? Yeah, sorry to say but 80 per cent of your plans in that respect are probably really dumb ideas… Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url Here’s the thing with these utes: Hiluxes, Rangers, BTs, Navaras, Tritons, D-MAXes, even Amarok: They’re light-duty vehicles. Like, keep saying this to yourself: “Light duty.” If you’re thinking of your ute as a truck, wake up. I strongly suggest you go look at a real truck. They’re not the same thing. Not even close. Bolting all this stuff up, in, on, and around these vehicles, and adding the 4-5 people and all those provisions, and otherwise maxxing out the 1100kg payload - and then flogging you prized possession over (quote) ‘medium to advanced 4WD tracks’ for (quote) ’10-15’ years is at best quite a bad plan when your stated, overarching priority is (quote) ‘reliability’. In fact, that sound you hear is reality pounding on the door, demanding to assist you with recalibrating your frankly batshit plan. If you let ‘reality’ in, it would explain calmly that your light-duty 4X4 dual-cab pickup is about to get caught in the crossfire, because severity of operation is the enemy of reliability. And you want both, apparently. Reliability is compromised when operational severity is increased. These sorts of vehicles, frankly, are not designed to be beaten endlessly at the limits of conflicting capabilities. (Limit of off-road ability + limit of payload capacity = a great way to break something expensive and/or end up parked on the roof. This happens all the time. People often think it’s a great idea to tow something really heavy as well. It’s not. So if you are going to do this adventuring, I’d recommend figuring out a way to do it at well under the maximum payload capacity, or carry the maximum payload if you must, but don’t also do heavy-duty 4WD work at the same time. Or buy an actual truck, like an Iveco Turbo 4X4, which is kinda designed to do both things at the same time (and when you’re checking out the Iverco, have a look at how different the fundamental engineering of a vehicle such as that actually is…) That Iveco is not a ‘light duty’ vehicle. Alternatively, you could put 500kg in the ute, which is really just the family and some essentials, and maybe tow a trailer not more than 2000kg. (Like 400kg tare and with a payload of 1600kg - two axles, braked, roller-rocker suspension… It does not have to be the fanciest off-road trailer money can buy - just a decent trailer, for touring.) Lots of people turn their utes into the showcase of 4X4s - which is a great recipe to overload them (or on-limit load them) and thus engineer out any latent reliability the vehicle(s) possess. If you max out the payload and then max out the severity of the usage, everything will break sooner, and it’ll be a pig to drive. This is heresy, of course, to the ears of ARB or TJM. They want to sell you one of everything. But you don’t have to say ‘yes’. | |||
| 12 Jan 2024 | London e-bus blaze proves electric buses are a joke | 00:20:36 | |
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| 22 Dec 2020 | Reacting to your towing disaster feedback & commentary | 00:27:55 | |
This episode: airing (and responding to) your representative feedback on trailer sway and heavy towing and general heavy hauling highway mayhem. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact OLIGHT FLASHLIGHT DISCOUNT OFFER
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| 22 Nov 2023 | KILLER EVs: The deadly electric vehicle design flaw nobody talks about - until now | 00:22:03 | |
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| 30 Sep 2021 | DON'T BUY WARNING: The truth about owning an LDV in Australia | 00:16:54 | |
The jury is basically in on whether buying the ultra-cheap LDV brand here in Australia, all thanks to a Queensland consumer court ruling. Here's what happened... OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) https://bit.ly/3zF5hCQ12% off: Use code AEJC Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54778969 Podcast (audio-only version, for listening in the car, etc.): https://anchor.fm/autoexpert Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoex... Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... | |||
| 26 Aug 2020 | Living with Hyundai Kona Electric EV (& ritual suicide) | 00:27:27 | |
If you're thinking about buying an electric car, listen to this report. Is there a rational case for spending the big bucks on a Hyundai Kona Electric? I lived with one for three months to find out - and I'm the country's least-evangelical EV reviewer. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url | |||
| 13 Oct 2022 | Inside the latest Toyota electric vehicle tantrum | 00:29:24 | |
Toyota just went so far off the reservation at a recent press event when asked about the brand's lacklustre attempts to produce an EV. Here's the epic tantrum and the AutoExpert rebuttal... OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 20 Jul 2023 | 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe goes for 'Ugliest SUV' gold! | 00:17:10 | |
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| 31 Mar 2025 | Chinese PHEV - under $50K! (Jaecoo J7 SHS) | Auto Expert John Cadogan | 00:37:21 | |
The new Jaecoo J7 SHS plug-in hybrid is under $50k, drive-away - and it's fully loaded. For comparison:
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| 03 Feb 2021 | Scott Morrison, the car industry and the ‘zero emissions’ lie | 00:16:34 | |
A prime ministerial populist thought bubble has declared the Australian automotive sector is ‘on track’ for zero emissions by 2050… Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url | |||
| 23 Sep 2024 | CO2, and charging you EV at home: You're not going to like it | 00:18:16 | |
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| 14 Aug 2023 | Vevor ultrasonic cleaner test: The best way to clean mechanical parts. | 00:10:18 | |
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| 24 Oct 2023 | How to fix a stripped thread at home - like a pro! | 00:27:42 | |
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| 29 Nov 2022 | Mercedes holds performance hostage behind paywall/subscription model | 00:23:28 | |
Mercedes-Benz will soon, metaphorically at least, snatch the performance of your new car off the street in broad daylight to be held for ransom - behind a paywall subscription model. You'd better find US$1200 in non-sequential notes and await further instructions. Oh, and don't think about calling the FBI. This is a hostage negotiation. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact Get reliable 240-volt power off-grid @ Bluetti portable power: https://www.bluettipower.com.au/?ref=8xzu1i8qk8 OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54778969 | |||
| 30 Nov 2021 | How safe are electric cars in a crash? | 00:25:25 | |
Electric cars and crash testing: How safe are electric vehicles and how would anyone actually know? Many people buying an EV today believe they're inherently safe, but the facts on this issue are somewhat outdated. Bluetti AC200P on Amazon: Link here >> OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 28 Jun 2020 | 2020 best mainstream new cars - market update for intending buyers | 00:13:00 | |
I just wanted to make you aware of some upcoming imminent developments in some of my recommended new vehicles. That’s next. I’m John Cadogan from AutoExpert.com.au … and I get new cars cheap for buyers here in ‘Straya. You can enquire here >> for that. AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ * Kia Sorento update: https://autoexpert.com.au/posts/2021-kia-sorento-details-leaked-dealer * 4x4 ute developments: https://autoexpert.com.au/posts/2020-ute-market-buyers-guide * New BT-50: https://autoexpert.com.au/posts/2021-mazda-bt-50-is-it-really-worth-buying * Lewis Hamilton's incredible race with a statue: https://autoexpert.com.au/posts/lewis-hamilton-loses-a-race-with-reality Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url I’ve worked quite hard to be the country’s most hated automotive journalist … and also the most biased new car reviewer on the planet. In this era of equality I remain so emphatically prejudiced against cars that are shit, and which you should not buy, and against carmakers who seem to think there’s no obligation to look after you if you have a genuine problem. I am a bastard like that. People view bias like it’s a bad thing. Au contraire, I say. Anyhoo - there’s movement at the station, etc., in respect of some of my most recommended cars. So I guess you need to stay informed, the better to decide whether to sit on your suitcase full of Shitsvillian micro-pesos, or strike while the iron is - kinda - warm in respect of a strong runout deal on the outgoing model. | |||
| 07 Jan 2022 | Honda's alleged new momentum is bullshit | 00:11:02 | |
Reality and Honda Australia have finally parted ways, officially. Here's what happens when the facts don't matter in corporate communications and marketing... On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton 3 Winter kit: Link here >> Obulb: Link here >> Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 30 Mar 2021 | 2021 Kia Carnival (Sedona) review - everything you'll love & hate | 00:27:40 | |
After two weeks test-driving the 2021 Kia Carnival (AKA Sedona) - the V6 petrol and the diesel - here’s everything I loved, and everything I hated about this vehicle. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url My fortnight in Kia Carnival was split equally between the V6 petrol Platinum and the 2.2 turbodiesel Platinum. Kia supplied both vehicles - in the same way evaluation vehicles are typically supplied to other media outlets for reviews like these. My default position on Carnival is: I always try to detest Carnival, overall, because it’s a people mover, and I always fail. I end up loving it. Especially the diesel (we’ll get to that). I look forward to driving a Carnival, and I hate giving it back. Despite my sincere efforts to the contrary. In the context of what this vehicle purports to be, it’s a very faithful execution indeed. Carnival’s not perfect - no car is - so the purpose for bringing you the hate, as as well as the love, is A) hate balances out love, and B) it alerts you to the things you might not ultimately like about the vehicle, which might matter more to you than they do to me. This is, of course, important to know - before you spend the big bucks. Carnival is objectively better than an SUV in so many important ways - like accommodation, access, luggage space, versatility and convenience. And, frankly I think a lot of people who buy a typical seven-seat SUV would actually be better off in a Carnival. There’s a lot more to love than to hate about this vehicle, and none of the ‘hate’ items would be a deal-breaker for me. It’s like any relationship - you embrace the things you love and learn to live with the things you hate. This goes for every relationship from that with your lovely wife to your job and even your smartphone. So, don’t get me wrong here - I love the new Carnival, and I recommend it to you without reservation. I even tried hating it, and I failed. It’s just not perfect, and going into this, spending the big bucks while operating under the delusion that you’re finally procuring the perfect car is just paving the road to heartbreak. No car is perfect. No relationship - with a car or otherwise - is perfect. | |||
| 02 Jan 2023 | Reacting to your recent comments & feedback (Season 2 Episode 1) | 00:28:08 | |
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| 15 Mar 2021 | 4WD Snorkels and increasing engine airflow (your Q&A - contains nut) | 00:10:23 | |
In this report, I answer the following question: “How is that possible if snorkels don't increase air flow? PS my 4WD is fitted with a snorkel, and besides that fact that I've done Cape York, Arnhem Land and the Victorian High Country in it, it makes me feel really tough when I pull up to the Woolies carpark to pick up my supply of toilet paper, YEEEEESSSSSSS” - Sam Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url | |||
| 24 Jun 2024 | Reacting to your nutbag comments (June 2024) | 00:29:18 | |
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| 11 Sep 2024 | The 4 million EV fantasy | 00:20:43 | |
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| 26 Nov 2020 | Olight Warrior: Best flashlights for personal security around your car | 00:19:42 | |
Olight Warrior X Pro and Olight Warrior Mini flashlight review: From the point of view of enhancing your personal security in, and around your car. IMPORTANT:
Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TVDIFuifozU I’d suggest personal security when you are in and around your car is important, and you should be considering it. Number-one item on the ‘must have’ agenda there: a super-bright LED flashlight. (Bear in mind I’m not a lawyer. None of this report is legal advice.) This is the Olight Warrior Mini - my new, all-time favourite flashlight for everyday carry. It’s brilliant. (Yes - pun intended.) Olight is huge in military and law-enforcement, especially in the USA. I didn’t even know they had an outpost here in ‘Straya. But they reached out to me, and here we are, reviewing the Warrior Mini, and it’s big brother - the Warrior X Pro. Importantly, Olight has no influence over this report. But why should you even carry a flashlight? (Especially if you’ve survived this long without one.) I mean, here in ‘Straya bad men tend not to ride over the hill, one evening and put everyone to the sword, inconveniently. To which I would retort: When did Noah build the Ark? Before the rain, dude. Plus, this is not not all about defence and violence - it’s about support in a range of foreseeable situations, out there. Such as, say you can break down somewhere remote, middle of the night. Try changing a tyre by Braille. You’d kill for a flashlight. Checking fuses. Seeing where all that water is leaking from. Or when you just dropped that screw, those keys … whatever, in the dark. I know you can do some of this with a phone. But perhaps you drive around a bend, middle of the night, out in the boonies. There’s a crash. It’s a bad one. You’re the first responder. People are hurt. 20,000 serious injuries on Australian roads annually. This could easily happen to you. If it does, you need to park your car to stop someone else crashing into you. You’re going to need a flashlight to assess the victims and help. Find your first aid kit, which I hope you are carrying. Gotta build the Ark before the rain. Alternatively, you might just park one day in a nice, seemingly safe spot. Lots of people around. Broad daylight. You go off and … help cure cancer. Feed the homeless. When you come back, it’s dark. You’re alone. Or, maybe, not alone, in the worst possible way. It’s not the same environment as before. Like, it’s just not. You are particularly vulnerable to attack getting into and out of your car, alone. And between the car and your home if you park on the street. | |||
| 24 Jan 2022 | Making sense of Australia in 2022, with special guest Michael West in the Fat Cave | 01:20:21 | |
Australia’s leading independent investigative journalist Michael West talks to me unscripted and honestly about the Australia we find ourselves in… More channels for Mike: https://www.michaelwest.com.au/ https://www.patreon.com/TheWestReport https://twitter.com/MichaelWestBiz https://www.instagram.com/michaelwest... On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Baton 3 Winter kit: Link here >> Obulb: Link here >> Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 27 Dec 2022 | Machine disassembly: My top 10 tips plus two vital operating principles | 00:47:06 | |
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| 26 Aug 2022 | Adapting to a dual-clutch transmission (DCT, DSG) | 00:15:08 | |
If you've been driving a manual or normal auto transmission for the past three decades and suddenly you shift over into a DCT - a dual clutch transmission - it's a pretty different scenario. It functions differently. So what sort of adaptation do you need to make? OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 18 Aug 2022 | Should you buy an MG in Australia in 2022? | 00:14:42 | |
MG has leapt from virtual obscurity to a full-on top 10 car maker on the Australian new car sales hit parade; it's currently sitting there at number seven ahead of Isuzu, Subaru and Nissan. Is it therefore time for you to put mg on your new car shopping list...? OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC On Bullshit by Harry G Frankfurt >> F*#king Apostrophes textbook: https://amzn.to/3IpskpA Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 05 Dec 2021 | Mitsubishi faces class action over fuel economy deception claims | 00:13:27 | |
Mitsubishi Australia finds itself in something of a bind, inconveniently, they've broken the law simply by complying with a different but equally non-negotiable law and now they're looking down the barrel of a multi-million dollar class action. OLIGHT DISCOUNT! (These are awesome.) Get 12% off here >> Use code AEJC Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only) by contacting me via AutoExpert.com.au here >> Help support my independent reporting, securely, via Patreon here >> AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package (with no joining fees) here >> Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal here >> | |||
| 31 Jan 2023 | The truth about bullbars & 4WD safety: Bogans won't like this... | 00:25:27 | |
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| 11 Dec 2023 | The crash test that doesn't save lives | 00:33:26 | |
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