In a parallel universe there’s a Defender designed by Land Rover but R&D-ed and sold by Toyota - and it is the perfect off-roader. 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 The new ...
Oct 09, 2020•20 min
This new Mitsubishi 10-year warranty … let’s just say, if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, good thing we didn’t step in it. Worst new car warranty ever. Complain to the ACCC: https://www.accc.gov.au/contact-us/contact-the-accc/make-an-enquiry 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...
Oct 08, 2020•13 min
The truth about carbon deposits in modern engines. Details next. 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 With direct injection, a fuel injector sits inside the combustion chamber. It ...
Oct 07, 2020•9 min
How much is your silence worth? Could Mercedes-Benz buy yours for $500? Or would you leak evidence of their frankly grubby behaviour to someone such as me? In this report, let’s see what’s behind door number two. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact ACCC complaint process: https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/complaints-problems/make-a-consumer-complaint AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/autoexpert/ Did you l...
Oct 06, 2020•15 min
Critical automotive industry update, ‘Straya. October 2020. Year of the Weasel. Details next. In this report: Alfa Romeo updates Guilia for 2021 The plan to resurrect Wheels and Motor magazines New BT-50 pricing announced Hyundai i30 N DCT launch timing for Oz Jaguar interiors made from landfill 500,000 Nissan Leafs roll off the line Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact AutoExpert discount roadside assistance package: https://247roadservices.com.au/au...
Oct 05, 2020•22 min
After a lengthy search, they have just appointed a fully qualified volleyball referee. I know that sounds like a joke - the pope and a volleyball referee crash into a bar, AND… - but unfortunately, it’s not. 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...
Oct 02, 2020•17 min
Time for some long overdue uplifting, and constructively critical commentary from you. In other words, let us cross the border and enter the Nutbag City Limits - yessssssssss! 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...
Sep 30, 2020•12 min
New D-MAX. New BT-50. So exciting - but (of course) fools rush in where angels fear to tread. So, here’s how you can save thousands on these newly-released vehicles. 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=DSL9A3...
Sep 30, 2020•11 min
Pro tip: Let someone else be the lab rat in the mad experiment on car ownership risk. Details next. 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 Jeep Shitsville says it’s redressing its fo...
Sep 28, 2020•17 min
This is my first look at the new Hyundai Tucson, due to go on sale late in the first half of 2021. It's a pre-production model, for visual display only. 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&s...
Sep 27, 2020•19 min
Are you stuck in a dead-end job, on lockdown, during COVID-19? I just found the perfect automotive industry job for you. And me. It’s perfect. 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 ...
Sep 25, 2020•16 min
Why is the car industry so emphatically, notoriously crap at customer care? These things are expensive. In a sane universe, you’d expect this industry to be better at looking after you. 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&hos...
Sep 22, 2020•20 min
How to cut new car depreciation in half. (Dead easy.) Three easy tips in this report are all it takes. 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 You buy a new car. It depreciates. It’s ...
Sep 20, 2020•28 min
Are you thinking of buying a big, fat, seven-seat SUV for the family? Maybe saving a few thousand bucks and going for the ‘poverty’ powertrain? These front-drive SUVs - if you tick this box, I fear you might discover the vehicle is just hard to live with, over time. 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,...
Sep 19, 2020•18 min
Mitsubishi Motors, ‘Straya wants to give you a 10-year, 200,000km warranty on your future new triple-diamond-badged whatever - but there’s a catch, and you might not like it. 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_...
Sep 18, 2020•10 min
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 I mentioned this in my full Sorento buyer’s guide and review, Monday. Kia quietly touted a 2500-kilo tow capacity for this vehicle, as early as...
Sep 16, 2020•21 min
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...
Sep 14, 2020•44 min
The albatross around Volkswagen’s neck, which we know and love as ‘Dieselgate’, is certainly not flying away any time soon. The latest uplifting development there is in this report. 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/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_...
Sep 12, 2020•15 min
You probably saw Daimler’s claims this week about introducing Level Three autonomy by way of robot S Class. Let’s talk about that. 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 Level Three ...
Sep 05, 2020•18 min
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 ...
Aug 26, 2020•27 min
It’s suddenly quite a bad year for Goodyear. After a recent blowout, the company lost control, and swerved catastrophically left. Its grip on reality seemed lost. Thank God Donald Trump stepped in, like an omnipotent orange-haired airbag, and saved the day. This is what happens when companies forget what they do and decide instead to enter the brave new world of social justice posturing...
Aug 22, 2020•14 min
A Tesla Model S has gone 100 per cent ‘bad valet’ in Queensland. I’m John Cadogan from AutoExpert.com.au, and I get new cars cheap for buyers here in ‘Straya. https://autoexpert.com.au/contact Some would say Tesla is (at least in part) a religion. Therefore, this report is tantamount to ‘heresy’. I do apologise (almost) for what I am about to say, and beg forgiveness from Pope Elon the First and (of course) Electric Jesus. (And isn’t it funny how they’ve never been seen in the same room together...
Aug 20, 2020•14 min
Increased efficiency means more manufacturers are moving from four cylinders to three in their smallest, most fuel-efficient cars. Is the time right for you to switch from four to three cylinders and what a re the relative merits and weaknesses of each engine type?
Aug 17, 2020•24 min
How much energy is 'wasted' producing the liquid fuels? (With all due respect to the universal application of the second law of thermodynamics). This podcast answers a question from you.
Aug 15, 2020•13 min
A question from you: Two different Toyotas with the same engine, but the manufacturer demands two different service intervals. How on earth is that consistent, rational or justifiable?
Aug 15, 2020•6 min
Modern cars just don't rust - and yet, despite recent consumer protection intervention, some companies still attempt to sell electronic corrosion protection devices. Sexed up with pseudo-science, they sound quite compelling (provided you never paid attention at school). Find out about the latest rust preventative 'miracle': the OBDOI, or Onboard Diagnostic Oxidation Interface... Time to wake up, ACCC.
Aug 14, 2020•15 min
Kia Stinger headlamp high beams ... sending signals into space (seemingly). The big question is: Why?
Aug 14, 2020•9 min
The local car manufacturing industry is long dead, yet the taxes designed to protect it remain. Government exists at the intersection of incompetence and greed...
Aug 14, 2020•12 min
Not everyone agreed with my assessment of responsibility in the previous episode. In this one I lay out the reasoning, using one of the more rational disagreements for counterpoints. Decide for yourself who is right.
Aug 14, 2020•19 min
Is it fair to expect owners to foot the bill for an inherent design defect? This particular owner followed all the charging instructions, and lost 75 per cent of the car's cruising range over the first seven years of LEAF ownership - and now Nissan thinks it's a bargain expecting him to pay $5k for the repair.
Aug 14, 2020•14 min
