AutoExpert
By: John Cadogan
Language: en
Categories: Leisure, Automotive
AutoExpert is all about cars from Australian automotive expert, journalist and engineer John Cadogan
Episodes
Mothballing your car for an extended period? Do this.
Jan 10, 2026If you're not planning on driving your car for an extended period, here are the things you should consider doing to minimise the impact of it not being driven.
Duration: 00:39:24Hyundai Santa Fe & Tucson have been updated for 2026
Jan 10, 2026In this video: Full details of the 2026 updates to Hyundai Santa Fe & Hyundai Tucson in Australia
Duration: 00:15:40Kia Tasman: in-car interview with the local suspension development engineer
Jan 10, 2026In this video, I interview Graeme Gambold, the engineer in charge of the local ride and handling development programe for Kia Australia. Graeme took the base 'farm truck' and made it one of the most refined utes available.
Duration: 00:21:27Kia Tasman test drive - with Brett Davis from Driving Enthusiast
Jan 10, 2026So, Brett lobbed at my joint with the new Tasman. The least we could do was take it for a punt, and talk trash...
Duration: 01:00:36'Real world' fuel economy testing is a crock
Jan 09, 2026It makes the headlines, and some people do get worked up about it, but this recent epidemic of 'real world' fuel economy testing is actually about as useful as reading tealeaves, or goat's entrails.
Duration: 00:12:50Foton Tunland: Another $40k cheap Chinese ute...
Jan 09, 2026Just what the martket needs, right? Another $40k ute from a Chinese brand nobody knows nor trusts. Welcome to the brave new world of vehicle retailing.
Duration: 00:22:27Honda is doomed (in Australia)
Jan 09, 2026Honda has been a basket case since the global financial crisis, so the statute of limitations has run out on cutting them a break. They con't be getting the band back together, so an appointment with Dr Kevorkian is probably in order.
Duration: 00:20:07How to stop your thread-cutting taps from breaking
Jan 09, 2026Breaking a tap in a part can be a disaster - because they are very hard, and thus difficult to remove. There are a few simple reasons why taps break on DIYers, and if you sideline those, the whole process becomes a lot smoother, easier and stress-free.
Duration: 00:37:29How to stop your tools from rusting
Jan 08, 2026In this video I look at how to stop tools (and other components you probably cannot paint) from rusting.
Duration: 00:10:51Rust-preventing coatings & primers
Jan 08, 2026Need to paint parts and prevent rust? Watch this video.
Duration: 00:19:05How to remove rust from steel - easily and safely
Jan 08, 2026In this video I look at the easiest and safest rust removal strategies for DIYers and home handymen
Duration: 00:25:33JAC T9 ute: Not the best example of Chinese vehicle quality ever...
Jan 08, 2026On the plus side, it's cheap, but I don't know if I could be convinced to spend my own money on the JAC T9 ute from China
Duration: 00:53:13Kia Tasman ute gets (almost) five stars on safety
Jan 08, 2026Officially, Kia Tasman scores five stars on safety - but they wouldn't rate the top-spec two model variants: The X-Line and X-Pro - so if you buy one of them, all bets are off.
Find out why things are this way, absurdly enough, in this video.
Duration: 00:29:08What's the best car for an older driver?
Jan 08, 2026In this video I attempt to answer the question of what car suits ageing drivers best?
Duration: 00:09:24Toyota can't even stop the brakes squealing on the Prado 250
Jan 08, 2026Toyota 4x4s are a religion - functionally - in Australia. Criticising the brand is therefore tantamount to heresy at some campsites. But if Toyota is so perfect at building off-roaders, how come they just can't stop the new Prado's brakes from squealing?
Duration: 00:15:05Cheap Chery Tiggo 4: worth buying?
Jan 08, 2026Chery is not a new brand in Australia, but it is the first time the brand has been imported by a wholly-owned factory subsidiary. Therefore, is a cheap Chery a viable alternative to a late-model used Japanese equivalent?
Duration: 00:15:16Up on the hoist: Hyundai Inster
Jan 08, 2026The Hyundai Inster is one of the more interesting EVs available today, so I jammed it up in the air and had a look underneath in a kind of 'ghetto engineering' deep-dive to see what makes it tick.
Duration: 00:49:33Hyundai Inster scores 4 stars on safety - but it's hardly a death trap
Jan 07, 2026Our vehicle safety rating system is broken - and Inster's 4-star score basically proves it.
Duration: 00:25:06Hyundai Inster - a rare EV (because it's actually compact and useful)
Jan 07, 2026Hyundai Inster is useful, practical and fun to drive - unlike most EVs, which are generally oversized tanks and a massive drain on resources.
Duration: 00:23:09Dead starting battery? Here's the best way to test it.
Jan 07, 2026Durst make the best battery testers available - here in Australia.
Here's what makes them the best.
Duration: 00:39:54The Federal Government's fuel efficiency plan is just a stealth tax
Jan 07, 2026They call it the 'New Vehicle Efficiency Scheme' - but it's really just another tax on Australian car buyers.
Duration: 00:17:0510 things you'll hate about the GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV ute
Jan 07, 2026I recently spent a couple of weeks driving the Cannon Alpha Plug-in Hybrid Ute - here are the 10 things you'll hate about it
Duration: 00:31:5810 things you'll love about the GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV ute
Jan 07, 2026I recently drove the Cannon Alpha PHEV for a couple of weeks. Here are the 10 things you'll love about it.
Duration: 00:26:07GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid): How nasty is it?
Jan 07, 2026This could be my least cinematic video ever - but it is literally a deep-dive into one of the most interesting - and different - utes on the market. I jam the Cannon Alpha PHEV up on a hoist, and we take a look at what's really going on 'down there' - by analysing its engineering fundamentals.
Duration: 00:34:53Ford has released Ranger Super Duty price & specs: It's hard to imagine a more over-hyped off-roader
Jan 07, 2026Ford Ranger Super Duty is amazingly over-hyped - like, it's half a tonne heavier than a standard Ranger, and 30kW less powerful.
Duration: 00:33:06ACCC sues Aussie caravan manufacturer Jayco
Jan 07, 2026The caravan industry is the wild, wild west of consumer conduct, in my view - so it'll be interesting to see how this lawsuit plays out. When is an off-road van really not an off-road van?
Duration: 00:14:38BYD is prepared to pay you to rat-out its critics!
Jan 07, 2026BYD does pretend to be squeaky clean, but just beneath the veil, they hate criticism just as much as any other car company. They're even prepared to pay you - handsomely - to rat out any critics you discover. (It's the opposite of committing to free speech.)
Duration: 00:14:24BYD is running on Honda power now...
Jan 07, 2026BYD Australia has rocketed into the top 10 carmakers list (by sales) and has appointed a former Honda Australia executive to run the show.
Duration: 00:19:22EV fires sink massive car-carrying ship Morning Midas
Jan 07, 2026As we sprint headlong to net zero, it seems we're not getting the details right - a hypothesis this crisis on the high seas appears to support.
EVs pose specific fire risks, and regulators appear not to care or support appropriate countermeasures.
Duration: 00:25:38China is now unstoppable
Jan 06, 2026In this episode I interview John Kett,the COO of GWM in Australia. The company has been here 17 years, incredibly, and is comfortably in the top 10 carmakers by sales in Australia (just behind Mitsubishi). Three Chinese carmakers are in the top 10 at this stage (the other two are MG and BYD).
Duration: 00:55:35Net zero is a curse on ordinary Australians
Sep 17, 2025In this episode I take a look at why 'net zero' is pretty much a fantasy.
Duration: 00:22:23First drive: GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV (on Australian roads)
Sep 16, 2025In this video I answer the following viewer question on heavy towing:I'm trying to see through all the negativities that us Australians seem to pile on any product that comes out of China. I have to admit I'm finding myself joining the masses of flinging shit at everyone and everything these days. But I like the GWM Canon Alpha PHEV!!! And I'm not embarrassed to say I want one and I don't care what my mates say. My wife is crook, seriously. So we bought a brand new caravan, we can no longer camp in a tent together...
Duration: 00:23:28SsangYong is dead
Sep 16, 2025After decades of life-support, South Korean shot-callers will strap Ssangyong ‘Straya into old sparky, on the morrow, whence it will be lit up, and then resurrected, kinda like Jesus, and henceforth be known as KGM AustraliaKGM Australia's first major achievement, tomorrow, will be to launch a glorious new slogan - where would we be without those? “Korean built to last.” With no punctuation, but hey.“Korean built to last.” Guaranteed to resonate so powerfully with all 12 or 13 Australians who buy one in coming months. Well done, solving the company’s major strategic issues as a top priority.In other news, there’...
Duration: 00:16:51Reacting to your best comments - May 2025
Sep 16, 2025In this video I respond to the best comments on the channel over the past month.
Duration: 00:44:29Hyundai's new ute will be a Silverado or Tasman clone
Sep 16, 2025Hyundai Australia says it's getting a ute - finally. The Hyundai ute options are: One: Hyundai’s Mighty Boy - the Tucson-based Santa Cruz, which is too small and would be outrageously overpriced here.Two: They could attempt to re-badge the Tasman. (This is gunna be their preferred option, surely, because it’s the only available ute in the same segment as Hilux, Ranger, et. al.)Just a few minor hurdles there: They’ll have to take the ‘smashed crab’ aesthetic out of the pointy end, and give Eugene Levy his eyebrows back on the profile ... probably do-able, so far.But th...
Duration: 00:27:54Don't make this number one heavy towing mistake
Sep 15, 2025Get a great deal on home solar (or add a quality battery to your existing setup): https://autoexpert.com.au/solarSave thousands on a new car: https://autoexpert.com.au/contactIn this video I answer the following viewer question on heavy towing:Forgive me if I've contacted you the wrong way about this, but I watched your YouTube vid on the Ford Ranger Super Duty and really appreciated your honest approach and obvious expertise. I thought the Super Duty was going to be the answer to my Towing Weight dreams, :) but that is the context of my question really...
Duration: 00:14:16Lithium-ion battery safety is mad science
Sep 15, 2025Chinese battery manufacturer, Sungrow, has never had a thermal runaway of an operationally deployed battery. I went to China to find out why.
Duration: 00:32:05RAM 1500 test drive with Adam Morris from ReDriven
Sep 15, 2025My mate Adam Morris from ReDriven - https://www.youtube.com/@ReDriven - is a self-confessed kei truck fan-boy. He gushes. (It's that dignified...) So, he recently got jammed into the 400kW RAM 1500 Limited for some reorientation therapy. I'm not sure it was entirely consensual, but hey...ReDriven's excellent kei truck review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFOUOFIda5QAnd the earlier S-Class takedown/reality check: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrU9fD7-m7Q Adam's co-conspirator, Jim, over at ReDriven is a fully qualified professional mechanic with years of experience - so you typically get two perspectives...
Duration: 00:26:19The truth about EV tyre replacement | Auto Expert John Cadogan
Sep 15, 2025This is a technical deep-dive with Toyo about EV tyre replacement
Duration: 00:37:02The truth about modern engine oil (and filters)
May 31, 2025This video is a technical deep-dive into modern engine oils and filters, aimed at the home car maintenance DIY-er.
Duration: 00:30:05RAM 1500 Laramie Sport review (with Driving Enthusiast's Brett Davis)
May 30, 2025My mate Brett from Driving Enthusiast - https://www.youtube.com/@drivingenthusiastaustralia - dropped by the Fat Cave today, and since we both recently tested the same RAM 1500 Laramie Sport, we went for a spin and rolled a GoPro while we talked about it. This car is one of the most under-rated utes in the market - it tows heavy, it accelerates fast, and it's abundantly luxurious, as well as packed with clever features. Predictably, lefty/greenie types hate it.Make sure you check out Brett's channel and give him a sub - he's doing good work over there...
Duration: 00:32:35Looming glut of used EV lemons
May 29, 2025Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contactGet a great deal on home solar (or add a quality battery to your existing setup): https://autoexpert.com.au/solarIn this video:Polestar has just started offering battery state of health certificates on select used Polestar 2s being resold in its dealer network. Companies don’t get up in the morning and randomly decide this kind of thing is a good idea. It has to be for a reason.According to them: "As part of the Polestar Pre-owned programme, in which select used cars re-enter the partner ne...
Duration: 00:18:09Ford Ranger Sport V6 test (with Brett Davis from Driving Enthusiast)
May 28, 2025My mate Brett from Driving Enthusiast - https://www.youtube.com/@drivingenthusiastaustralia - dropped by the Fat Cave with a Ranger Sport Loaner, so we went for a spin and rolled a GoPro while we talked about it. It's pretty impressive from a platform, dynamics, ergonomics and powertrain perspective. But it is quite expensive, and my reservations about Ford's product support and long-term reliability linger.Make sure you check out Brett's channel and give him a sub - he's doing good work over there.Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contactGet a great deal...
Duration: 00:20:28New car sales are starting to tank in 2025
May 27, 2025Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contactGet a great deal on home solar (or add a quality battery to your existing setup): https://autoexpert.com.au/solar
Motorway chaos exposes serious state security lapse
May 26, 2025Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contactGet a great deal on home solar (or add a quality battery to your existing setup): https://autoexpert.com.au/solarIN THIS VIDEOLast Friday morning, a truck operated by NJ Ashton Group inconveniently, and certainly unintentionally, sprayed 750 kilos of Satan’s fingernails, also known as ‘flock’, which is finely shredded steel fragments, all over a 30km stretch of the M1, which is the northern motorway out of Sydney. Flock has a variety of clever industro-fun uses - it goes into friction materials (like brake linings and clutches - things...
Duration: 00:27:14300kW GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV: Cheaper than Ranger Wildtrak or Kia Tasman
May 25, 2025In this episode: full breakdown on the newly released specs and pricing on the GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV. (The Chinese carmaker's new 300kW plug-in hybrid dual-cab ute.)
Duration: 00:30:19The truth about Chinese manufacturing in 2025
May 25, 2025Get a great deal on home solar (or add a quality battery to your existing setup): https://autoexpert.com.au/solarSave thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contactIn this video, I visited Risen's factory in China, and saw truly cutting-edge manufacturing technology on a scale you will not see in Australia. Risen is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of solar panels. It has roughly 15,000 employees, of which more than 1000 professional propellerheads work in R&D.The company holds over 740 proprietary patents. You can’t miss them, because you have to drive past them to v...
Duration: 00:19:05Kia Tasman is way too expensive, and far too ugly
Apr 24, 2025Pricing revealed and pre-orders open for one of my most anticipated new vehicles - Australia’s new ugliest ute - the Kia Tasman. Move over Ssangong Musso; there’s a new monument to dual-cab ugliness in town...Hilarious developments back at headquarters: The penny has dropped, finally, that it looks hideous. They're doing what they can. They’re defending the design, but at the same time also striving to make it seem less crap, at minimal cost - overseas and here.And the price: It’s out of control, dude. Top-spec Tasman is $12k more than top-spec Triton (its closest...
Duration: 00:34:07The Ford Ranger Super Duty - over-hyped and too expensive
Apr 24, 2025The Ford Ranger Super Duty is currently a fairy tale. Ford’s PR team - doing what it does best: Selectively representing the truth about the Ranger Super Duty to the most domesticated car reviewers on the planet.The ones too timid, or otherwise incentivised not to ask any hard questions. Perhaps they just don’t know what to ask. In any case, the official Ford-sanctioned reports so far are just a suck.Ranger Super Duty is going to be OK - too expensive, but OK. Meaning, not nearly as good at towing or load carrying as you’ve been l...
Duration: 00:46:18Self-destruct mode: How Subaru lost the plot
Apr 23, 2025Subaru used to be a great company in Australia, but unfortunately they've been sowing the seeds of their own downfall for well over a decade now ... and the harvest is imminent.
Increasing Toyota ownership of the company means more Toyota beancounters running the show, sucking the passion from the brand and removing - essentially - all the exciting variants from the range, especially in Australia.
Here I use one owner's interaction with them to illustrate this point, and lay out the broader reasons why this once great brand is over the hill.
Duration: 00:38:53Elecbrakes eb2 electric bracke controller review and road test
Apr 23, 2025This video isa a full review and road test of the Elecbrakes eb2 brake controller.
What makes the Elecbrakes eb2 so interesting and effective?
Here in Australia you need an electric brake controller to tow any trailer over two tonnes. The conventional approach involves hard-wiring a controller to every vehicle tasked with towing such a trailer. That gets kind of expensive. Especially if you’ve got one trailer - a boat, caravan, camper trailer, horse float, excavator, diesel generator, whatever, and multiple vehicles, potentially, that tow it.You could be up for several hard-wired brake co...
Duration: 00:18:44Battery recycling plant explodes - twice. Major HAZMAT disaster.
Apr 22, 2025A battery recycling facility near Glasgow in Scotland has just blown up - for the second time in 12 months. Toxic, carcinogenic chemicals including hydrofluoric acid, hydrogen cyanide, heavy metal compounds including cobalt oxide, manganese oxide and nickel oxide, plus phosphorous oxyfluoride, formaldehyde and acrolein rained down over nearby houses, and the plume of contamination widens.Regulators and politicians at all levels are very disappointed. Lots of hand-wringing there. The company that owns the facility, Fenix, wants you to know it takes safety very seriously indeed. And of course the Easter bunny - he might be real.In other news...
Duration: 00:21:48Porsche Taycan EV explosion claims 2 lives in car park
Apr 22, 2025Two firefighters have died, one is seriously injured, and another thirteen were injured less seriously, when a Porsche Taycan electric sports car crashed and exploded around 4pm on Wednesday, in an underground car park in Madrid.
In other news, despite mounting evidence of the danger, there’s still no plan to mitigate the risk posed by EVs among us. If you think there’s any kind of risk management plan in place here in ‘Straya, I’ll be auctioning off the Harbour Bridge this weekend. This is your opportunity to score an historic piece of an internationally recognis...
Duration: 00:13:55Peter Dutton to repeal CO2 penalties on new cars if we elect him - allegedly
Apr 22, 2025Chrome-domed Pierre Potato-Trump making news , claiming by way of leak to The ‘Strayan newspaper … that the PM, Mr Albo-sneezy, has it wrong on new vehicle CO2 policy, which is apparently set to drive new car prices sky high without a good, old-fashioned Coalition watering-down.
Elmer Fudd giveth; and Spuman taketh away. Thus restoring harmony to the universe, which he was put here to do, obviously.
So, if you can believe anything in the ‘Strayan, Mr Potato-Trump, will retain Labor’s New Vehicle Efficiency scheme, but without the fines for carmakers which overstep mandated...
Duration: 00:20:45Chinese PHEV - under $50K! (Jaecoo J7 SHS) | Auto Expert John Cadogan
Mar 31, 2025The new Jaecoo J7 SHS plug-in hybrid is under $50k, drive-away - and it's fully loaded.
For comparison:
Kia SPortage hybrid GT-Line: $60k...* Equivalent-spec Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (Exceed Tourer): $80k.The advent of Chinese automotive brands in Australia will invert the established market, and it's going to be a bloodbath.Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contactGet a great deal on home solar (or add a quality battery to your existing setup): https://autoexpert.com.au/solar
Duration: 00:37:21Federal Election: a perfect storm for new car buyers | Auto Expert John Cadogan
Mar 31, 2025If you plan on buying a new car in coming months, it’s a perfect storm, right now. All the ducks are in a row. The market is commercially crap, dealers are ready to roll. Established brands are getting bent over by the upstart Chinese brands, money is tight. And now there’s an election in five weeks (on May 3). There really hasn’t been a better time in years to stride purposefully into a dealership and negotiate as hard as you can. Show no mercy.Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contactGet a great...
Duration: 00:18:13GWM is about to go 'Boss Level' on ride & handling in Australia | Auto Expert John Cadogan
Mar 30, 2025Chinese car brand GWM just installed a dude named Rob Trubiani as their head of engineering. He's the guy who spent 15 years making Holden's ride and handling so damn excellent. Oh, and he set the lap record for a commercial vehicle at the Nurburgring, in a VF SS-V Redline Commodore Ute. So there's that. His mission is A) fix the ride & handling, and B) fix the intrusive, ineffective ADAS. GWM is on a roll. This cannot possibly end badly.
Check out Brett Davis's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@drivingenthusiastaustraliaSave thousands on any new...
Duration: 00:19:37BYD's 1 megawatt charger: EV charging solved? | Auto Expert John Cadogan
Mar 30, 2025BYD just announced 1MW (one million watts, 1000 kilowatts) of recharging capability. The inferences are: It's as fast as refilling on gasoline/petrol, and EV charging problems are now solved. Survey says: Still slower, and recharging is just as problematic as ever.Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contactGet a great deal on home solar (or add a quality battery to your existing setup): https://autoexpert.com.au/solar
Duration: 00:15:29BYD Shark 6 test drive + first impressions (production-spec)
Mar 21, 2025My mate Brett from Driving Enthusiast - https://www.youtube.com/@drivingenthusiastaustralia - dropped by the Fat Cave with a BYD Shark 6 loaner earlier today, so we went for a spin and rolled a GoPro while we talked about it. It's a huge - and hugely impressive - new ute. The performance is staggering, the interior is gorgeous, the tray is huge, and it makes a real statement on the road ... but it does have one significant problem, which could (seemingly) have been so easily fixed.
Duration: 00:20:34Car dealers are doing EV oil changes now. No, I'm not kidding...
Mar 21, 2025A woman named Jane recently dropped her battery-electric MG ZS EV into a dealer. They serviced it. The total cost of the 48-month service was over $900, including $165 for the oil change. That's just for the oil - God knows what they charged her for the labour to change it. No - I'm not kidding.
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Duration: 00:16:06DCS accuses YouTuber of 'cyberbully attack'
Mar 20, 2025Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contactGet a great deal on home solar - or add a backup battery to your existing system: https://autoexpert.com.au/solarIn this video episode, it has come to light that - several months before hitting YouTuber Stephan Fischer with a defamation lawsuit (which was recently dismissed) DCS appealed to the Australian Federal Government for protection against alleged "cyberbullying" by a single YouTuber (presumably Mr Fischer).
Duration: 00:24:12Heathrow Airport tunnel fire: Was it really an EV?
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Ford Ranger vs Cannon Alpha vs Shark 6: plug-in hybrid 4WD utes compared
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Duration: 00:41:15Ranger plug-in hybrid: too expensive and beaten by China!
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Kia Tasman ute is doomed: beautiful, expensive new ad misses the point!
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New Deepal EV's engineering calibration disaster
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New emissions laws will kill Ford Everest and Isuzu MU-X 2WD
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How to weld like a pro - in your home workshop
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Cybertruck Snowflakes Vs "Hate Crimes"
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EV plans dumped ... because people don't want electric cars!
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Tesla backlash: Bought BEFORE Elon went crazy?
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Car Expert's Paul Maric invades the Fat Cave!
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Vevor 1500kg chain lever hoist ('come along') review and field test
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Safe Storage? 3000 batteries just destroyed a warehouse in Melbourne
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Duration: 00:16:032025 Toyota LandCruiser Prado 250 is terrible!
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World's biggest battery fire at Moss Landing, California is a 'net zero' disgrace
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How to stop your towball coming loose
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Heavy towing: Track tests versus real world GCM performance
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Duration: 00:22:44I'm so sorry ... that you're towing a caravan
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BYD Shark 6 PHEV ute: Is it really rubbish at towing?
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BYD Shark 6 PHEV ute: about that drag race (deep dive)
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BYD Shark 6 plug-in hybrid ute Q&A
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About that fake 100k EV sales 'record'
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Top 10 reasons the new Jaguar Type 00 EV is objectively terrible
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Ford Ranger PHEV ute: Overtaken by China
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Volvo XC90 T6 oil consumption Vs failure to service on time
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ANCAP is playing games now - with your life and your money
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Toyota 4X4 quality and support basically sucks now
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Duration: 00:26:55Jaguar boss backs re-brand; says we're "vile, intolerant haters"
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Drill steel like butter! (Vevor magnetic drill performance test.)
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Adjustable wrenches: Was I wrong?
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XPeng X2: Australia's 1st flying car? It's pie in the sky
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Nobody understands adjustable wrenches (Crescent wrenches)
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Get home solar or buy an EV - which is better?
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Kia Tasman ute is too gutless to succeed
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Kia Tasman : World's ugliest ute!
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Tesla just slashed $3000 off the Model 3 & Model Y
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