The world’s most high profile bullshitting billionaire genius, Electric Jesus, sent Tesla shares into a six per cent tailspin when he recently unveiled a stainless steel joke without a punchline, at the Plug-in Scientology cult facility in Freemont, California. 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=DS...
Nov 23, 2019•9 min
If your car has a problem and you're not getting it resolved at the dealership, here are the essential steps you must take. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact Did this report help you? You can help support the channel, and keep consumers better protected, via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url...
Nov 21, 2019•16 min
If you’re about to spit out a child and deliver just what humanity needs - a higher population count - yessssss! - buying an SUV is seen (by many) as the price of admission to Club Breeder. Keep watching, though, because this report will save you $5-$10k. 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=DSL9A3MW...
Nov 19, 2019•14 min
Dealer delivery fee: Just look up at the clock on the wall in the dealership: It’s bullshit o’clock, again. 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 Let us bust some entrenched car dealer and car industry bullshit: My Local mini dealership in Brisbane is asking $3990 dealer d...
Nov 19, 2019•7 min
Hybrid technology follow-up - some of you disagree with me on their underlying energy management voodoo. And that’s totally OK 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 While I agree that a small diesel is best on the highway, I'd still say hybrids are better than standard pet...
Nov 19, 2019•14 min
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=DSL9A3MWEMNB...
Nov 16, 2019•14 min
Should you buy a hybrid? This obviously depends on you - what you want and how you drive - and this report is inspired by common questions from people like you. 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 Toyota and to a lesser degree Hyundai have really inspi...
Nov 15, 2019•14 min
Supercar-shaped Corvette headed to Shitsville in 2020. Yesssssss! It'll cost about $170,000. Jesus. Same car in Retardistan: $60 grand US (which is about $90k ‘Strayan). So: Who’s gouging who? 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 This report is inspired by a dude named Ch...
Nov 11, 2019•16 min
Nissan and Mazda - dead from the neck up, sadly. Kinda like a cockroach minus its head. 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 Five or six weeks ago, I fired a broadside into Nissan when the company - through its local dealer - sought to dodge what I viewed as its consumer ...
Nov 10, 2019•13 min
BMW says: Stop driving our cars. Right now. Literally: Put down the keys and walk to the nearest taxi, and we’ll pick up the tab. 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 Here’s some confronting news for you, if you own an ageing 3 Series BMW: In an unprece...
Nov 09, 2019•11 min
In this episode I took my new YouTube live-streaming setup out of the blocks for the first time - properly out of the blocks, and decided to do a whole half-hour segment entirely ad-lib, answering your questions. 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...
Nov 08, 2019•34 min
This episode was an opportunity to test-drive my new live-streaming 3-camera video studio and also get inside the head of the kinds of issues that do new-car buyers' heads in... 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...
Nov 07, 2019•21 min
Vlog-style report today - it's not every day you have to pick up a $350k luxury saloon, and deal with people who seem hell-bent on shooting themselves in the foot in the service department. 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 "Regrettably, my 2015 Captiva has a (potentia...
Nov 05, 2019•23 min
Should you still buy a new Mazda in light of the ACCC’s unconscionable conduct consumer law court case? 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 Lot of response to Friday’s report on the ACCC’s festive Mazda-reaming legal preparations. "Weren’t you recommending Mazda over oth...
Nov 03, 2019•11 min
Triton's a quiet achiever with decent performance and a proven track record of good reliability and support - unlike most other utes in the market Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact 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 Full review on my blog: https://autoexpert.com.au/posts/mitsubishi-triton-review-buyers-guide The current model Mi...
Nov 02, 2019•28 min
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 Di...
Nov 01, 2019•20 min
If you’re thinking about buying a Kia Seltos - here’s everything you need to know. You can help support the podcast, securely via PayPal : As usual, Kia conscripted its on-call dynamics wizard to do his mad, Jedi voodoo and turn the conventional vomit-spec South Korean suspension into what is actually an outstanding platform to drive on our preposterously crap ‘Strayan roads. The drive program on the launch was on mainly these B and C roads around Noosa, and I’d have to say the body control and ...
Oct 20, 2019•27 min
You can help support the podcast, securely via PayPal : Or paste this code into your browser du jour: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url Today's question: "New cars have a build date and a compliance plate. If a car has an August 2019 build date and the same year for compliance, how can it be a 2020 Model? My daughter is buying a car and it is supposed to be a 2020 model but both plates are showing 2019. Your help please." - Dary...
Oct 13, 2019•20 min
Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal The 2.0 biturbo engine has to work a lot harder per unit capacity, and when you look at its power delivery, it’s fair to say that it’s delivering only slightly more power than the 3.2 up to 3000rpm (where the 3.2 peaks, at 147kW). The 2.0 revs 25 per cent higher and delivers another 10kW when it gets there (157kW at 3750rpm), which is a significant increase, but not earth-shattering. It’s seven per cent more power. S...
Oct 12, 2019•21 min
Here are six of the best contemporary Tesla ‘own goals’: ONE Currently trending on Google: the term ‘Tesla Summon fail’. Unfortunately, the internet is filling up with inconvenient videos following Smart Summon going horribly awry. Just search ‘Tesla Summon fail’ on YouTube and be amazed. Teslas running themselves into the garage, Teslas smacking themselves into some other car, or just acting flat-out retarded because the system cannot cope with the complexities of reality. To Electric Jesus I w...
Oct 08, 2019•21 min
You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal >> Or Paste this link in your browser: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url ‘Holden posts lowest monthly sales since 1948.’ Kinda says it all, really. Just 2863 sales in September - lowest result in 71 years. And that’s after Detroit disinterred and re-animated Dave Buttner - it was all very ‘Frankenstein’. Incidentally, February, April and July this year were also record ...
Oct 06, 2019•16 min
You can help support the podcast, securely via PayPal >> Or just paste this link text in your browser: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url On the first of October I brought you Phillip Carlson, a Canberra-based engineer, who bought a shitbox Leaf in 2012. Today he says it’s down to just 40 kilometres per charge, or 25 in winter with the heater on. So it’s little more than heavily depreciated roadside furniture at that point....
Oct 05, 2019•17 min
Phillip Carlson bought a Nissan Leaf in August 2012, which cost about $53,500. It’s seven years old today, and it’s worth maybe $12,000 - if you can find someone dumb enough to buy it. Let’s let him tell the story. “I bought an electric car from Nissan with 5 years warranty on the battery. They claimed 175km range. From new I only ever got 120km. Now I can BARELY get 35-40km during winter or even 25km if I use the heater. The warranty says the battery is bad if it drops to 8 out of 12 bars, whic...
Oct 01, 2019•13 min•Season 1Ep. 2
There’s a lot of Jeep apologists. Dozens of people suggested this was just a ‘rogue dealer’. Keep watching because I’ve got the smoking gun on that - it’s not a rogue dealer. It’s an entrenched rip-off strategy with Jeep. Smoking gun coming up: the evidence - shocking. This suggestion that $47,500 is just a rogue dealer, and Fiat Chrysler head office had no knowledge of such abhorrent practices: What a load of shit, in my view. Here’s the smoking gun. Two years ago, a guy named Michael e-mailed ...
Sep 28, 2019•17 min
o, the Lawrences buy a 2013 Grand Cherokee shitbox - used - from a shitbag Jeep Dealer - and they buy is a couple of years old, in 2015. Henceforth, they get it serviced on time - every time - from the shitbag dealer, who bends them over in the time-honoured tradition of inflated pricing for that. Because they can. So, this is all sounding like a really nice story - hardly worthy of my time - until one day recently when the Lawrence’s seven-slot shitheap takes its first big, steaming dump in tra...
Sep 25, 2019•13 min
If you own a Nissan Pathfinder R52 - please accept my sympathy. Nobody deserves that. But in ‘get even’ news, class action specialists, Bannister Law are considering taking Knee-sun out behind the woodshed over the appalling CVT transmission in the Pathfinder, which in my view, should be retrospectively renamed the ‘Shat’. Some names: they just fit like a latex glove, don’t they? Bonus points for being the past participle of the verb - you don’t see that very often in car names. According to the...
Sep 21, 2019•15 min
Three of Caradvice’s biggest cocks just got up and walked out. And they’re not coming back. The cocks in question, who made like Moses after the 10 plagues - even though that - guaranteed - never happened - were the so-called “founding team” at Caradvice: Alborz Fallah, Tony Crawford and (quote-unquote) “media personality” Paul Maric. So this is kind of interesting. Caradvice’s three biggest cocks become contemporaneously erect, and fly the coop in formation, yesterday. As symbolic ‘fuck yous’ g...
Sep 19, 2019•18 min
You can help support this podcast, securely via PayPal Or just paste this text into your browser: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url My heart was as heavy as a field of butterflies in spring when the news lobbed on Monday that high-level [LOOK LEFT] cocks in Wolfsburg had signed off on allowing their inconsequential Arse-tra-alien subordinates to bend and stretch their way to a class-action settlement in the time-honoured game of...
Sep 19, 2019•14 min
Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal : Or paste this link in your browser: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url Toyota - the world’s leading manufacturer of boring vehicles - is succumbing to its own bullshit in a scary parallel. Cue George Orwell, because the company no longer even calls those who buy its cars ‘customers’: “Our guests know that Toyota will look after them and the overwhel...
Sep 12, 2019•19 min
The Lexus RX, and in particular the RX 350 I spent a week in, is the vehicle I'll always think of as 'the other Kluger'. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing… 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&...
Jul 08, 2019•20 min
