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Tuesday, 21 November 2006

After the success of the first winch day in April of this year Duncan Munro (Pukerau 4WD) and Stu Glen (Kiwi Overland) held a second day in October. Again supported by Richard Brooks, Auckland 4x4...

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Fidel Castro's Land Rover

Tuesday, 31 October 2006

For many years there have been stories floating about that Cubas President, Fidel Castro, is a proud Land Rover owner. Now Im not going to stand up here and try to tell you Fidel Castro is a good...

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Freshmap GPS

Tuesday, 31 October 2006

We reviewed Freshmap in our March issue and were impressed by it, as a product. The team at Freshmap have now come up with an optional, additional product that gives you a set of 1:50,000 topo maps...

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Holden Captiva

Tuesday, 31 October 2006

After launching the first locally built 4WD in Australia; Adventra, Holden has followed up with the Captiva. It uses a 169kW, 3.2 litre version of the same Alloytech V6 and a 5-speed automatic but in...

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Snatch Blocks and Their Appropriate Use

Saturday, 30 September 2006

A recent incident, reportedly involving a synthetic rope and a snatch block, prompted me to do some research and gather some information from experts on the subject of the proper use of snatch blocks...

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New Triton Here

Saturday, 30 September 2006

The new and very different looking Triton has arrived. As we went to press we had yet to drive it but secured the official launch information. Like many we had seen early examples of Triton on...

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Birth of the Terralux

Saturday, 30 September 2006

Hyundai certainly can build a tough vehicle, as was shown in the destruction of the NZ4WD Terracan Tales project vehicle (see February 2006), but we didnt realise how tough until quite recently.

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Classic Truck

Thursday, 31 August 2006

It was the 40-series from 1960s that made the Toyota Land Cruiser famous, but it was the BJ and 25 series, in the 1950s, that made it all happen.

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Woodhill Readers trip

Thursday, 31 August 2006

As one of the few destinations for 4WDing close to Auckland, the Woodhill readers trips have proved to be very popular and so it was again this year.

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Corvette powered LPG Landcruiser LPG Conversion

Tuesday, 22 August 2006

With the ever increasing price of petrol (and diesel) those of us that drive vehicles deemed to be ‘environmentally unfriendly gas guzzlers’ start looking for alternatives as large wads of cash...

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Retracing the wheel tracks

Monday, 31 July 2006

The Deadwood Safari, one of the oldest 4WD rallies in the country, was started by a group of enthusiasts from the Wellington area in 1971.

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Hyundai Santa Fe

Monday, 31 July 2006

It really must be getting more difficult to design a great petrol 4WD engine in the face of the increasingly stringent clean-air regulations and the rapidl

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Not just for Cockys

Monday, 31 July 2006

Whilst farmers are the obvious target market for the National Fieldays, the event has a much wider

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Sneaking a Peek - Ford Escape preview

Friday, 30 June 2006

Ford launched the revitalised Escape on June 15, but we were able to get an early look at the upgraded soft-roader fresh off the boat. We had the chance to take it for a drive and get some first...

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KidCare Foundation

Friday, 30 June 2006

The four wheeling community is very good at fundraising for communities and charities and the KidCare Foundation Woodhill day, as assisted by the Manukau 4WD Club was no exception.

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Dubai Desert Dash

Tuesday, 27 June 2006

Negotiating steep razor back sand dunes and dodging four wheel drives of every description that travel in all directions through the harsh desert environment - Dubais annual overnight fun run is a...

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Tanks for the memories

Thursday, 22 June 2006

Something we’d all like to do is to drive a tank off-road. We narrowly missed out on the chance to drive the NZ Army’s Scorpion. Now that’s actually a light reconnaissance vehicle, rather than a tank...

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Pouto Readers Trip

Thursday, 22 June 2006

This was the second time a NZ4WD Readers’ Trip had included Pouto Point and the historic Pouto lighthouse, at the entrance of the Kaipara Harbour. The task of actually getting there from Pouto Point...

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Do you know the way with Santa Fe?

Thursday, 22 June 2006

It’s an unusual situation for a vehicle to be released to the general public before the media gets a look in, but such was the case with the new 2006 model Hyundai Santa Fe.

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Time out in Tararua

Tuesday, 02 May 2006

February 2004 may seem a while ago, but the devastating floods that destroyed so much of the southern Tararua District two years ago are still a nightmare memory to local farmers.

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