This is a question I am getting about once every two weeks now, and it's impossible to answer because there's a sliding scale of cost vs risk reduction. In all aspects of life we make a tradeoff between safety and convenience/cost -…
Finally, Formula 1 circuit designers and managers are starting to replace tame tarmac runoff areas with surfaces that don't need track limits measurements because if you put a wheel over the line, you're in trouble. Unless of course you are Fernando…
In late 2022 I attended the now-defunct Motorclassica show and lamented that it was essentially Cars and Coffee in a nice house with a more expensive than usual cars.
None of the cars displayed told their stories, no interesting factoids were divulged,…
The key to sand driving is tyre pressure, first and foremost. After that there's a whole range of techniques, but if your pressures aren't right, you're going nowhere.
Many people launch cars at Big Red, the largest dune in the…
Just had a reader ask about a post from VicRoads saying that it only takes 15cm of water to float a small car. That seemed wrong to them, so I investigated and found the claim is misleading.
The underlying message is about…
I've reviewed Yankum's Offset Ring and you can find the video at end of this post. Here I'm going to address clarifications and additions. Making a tech video is hard work and while I try and cover everything, sometimes I…
There are plenty of videos about the Simpson Desert. If you want all the information you could ever need on the topic, refer to Stefan's channel. If on the other hand you want to see what it's really like, then…
There is no perfect travel vehicle. Even if we take cost out of the picture entirely, you have a tradeoff between size/manouverability and interior space/comfort. For example, you can buy a Ram 3500 and tow a 4000kg caravan...super comfortable, but that's one…
You hear it all the time - "...and he had a snap of oversteer..." or a "...big snap of oversteer....", sometimes a "....BIIIIG snap of oversteer!" especially if you're watching the excellent Karun Chandok or one of Jolyon Palmer's brilliant dissections…
An email landed in my inbox this morning proclaiming drive.com.au as " Australia’s second-most-visited online automotive platform in February 2024."
That was interesting to me as I immediately wondered which the most popular "automotive platform" might be. Turns out, as per the…