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$3000 Rod Rebuild
Thursday, 23 October 2008
When Guyon Humm of Ashburton decided to get “something different” for his 4WDing, he little thought it would end up being so much work – or that there’d be such a beautiful end result.
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Tank Girl
Tuesday, 07 October 2008
Jennifer Bethell and her husband travelled extensively while living in the UK, returning two years ago to settle in Tauranga, NZ. While in the UK Jennifer worked for four years for the University of...
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Bain will reign
Tuesday, 07 October 2008
For the first time in the history of off-road racing in New Zealand, a production-class 4WD has taken the outright North Island title. Hamilton’s Maurice Bain, a 20 plus year veteran of the sport...
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Ayers Rock 'N Roll
Tuesday, 07 October 2008
The rhythmic, tortured pulsing of a didgeridoo met us as we clambered to the lookout point for our first glimpse of Ayers Rock, glowing golden in the late evening rays.
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Aline in the sand
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Our review of camping trailers and caravans suitable for 4WD explorations begins with the Cruiseliner – part of the A’Liner series of campers from A’Van – and we soon learned that this camper does...
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Hilux gets more brute - Part 2
Thursday, 21 August 2008
If not once but perhaps a few hundred times most 4WD enthusiasts have had a very similar dream. No, I’m not referring to the Swedish Bikini Team coming over to wash the ute, although that would be...
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Land Rover Discovery TDV6 HSE
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Looking back through previous issues, it seems the Land Rover Discovery 3 slipped through our test fingers. Whether it was a changeover of importer or editor nobody can remember. But we decided to...
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MITSUBISHI - TRITON - 3.2 GLS Double Cab WELLSIDE
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Although the Mitsi Triton has been with us for some time now, there’s been a glaring hole in the lineup – and that’s an automatic diesel!
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Jeep Woodhill 4WD Park
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
After several months hard work New Zealand’s latest 4WD and exciting park officially opened at the end of June.
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Car Cube Tested
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
We wrote about the Car Cube two months ago, and promised a test of this useful new product.
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Fieldays Hits 40
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Fieldays has been and gone, and the 40th anniversary event at Mystery Creek in Hamilton saw a total of 131,629 visitors pass through the gates.
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Mitchell's a 4WD Star
Monday, 23 June 2008
Mitchell Seymour is a young man with a great 4WD future ahead of him, being the NZ4WDA Young Person of the Year (see also page 63) as was well as the youngest person to be invited to compete in the...
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Hummer To The High Country
Monday, 23 June 2008
Off-road motorcycle rides in New Zealand’s wild south had whetted my appetite to visit more of this fascinating region. But solo off-road travel can be difficult down there - not least because of...
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Lake it or Not
Monday, 23 June 2008
Not only is the Rotorua region renowned for its bubbling hot mud and steaming geysers – not to mention, in places, an all-pervading stink of “bad eggs” – but it’s surrounded by a plethora of lakes,...
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Readers in the Forest
Monday, 26 May 2008
Anzac weekend 2008 was the perfect weekend for a group of keen 4WD drivers to challenge themselves and their vehicles in the Whirinaki forest near Minginui, 90 km south-east of Rotorua. 
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Humm.. Let's see now
Monday, 26 May 2008
Do you know the original M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle - HMMWV or Humvee as it became known, given all those letters to remember – the military vehicle which spawned the Hummer...
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Adventures on Wellington's South Coast
Monday, 26 May 2008
One of the biggest frustrations for many 4WD owners, especially in the larger cities, is not having anywhere to go off-road.
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Woodhill open to 4WD again
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
The famous Woodhill Forest, northwest of Auckland, will soon be open to 4WD enthusiasts.
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Akatarawa Forest Tag along
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
The Wellington Family 4x4 Club is a small club with a big dream. Last year when I went with them on their first Child Cancer Foundation Tag-Along fundraiser (a highly successful event with about 35...
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New Ground Anchor
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
There’s a new ground anchor on offer. It’s small and light and has potential. Miles Moffat of Christchurch has been perfecting the design and now has a website http://www.lan-cor.com/ for it...
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An Adventure in a Hummer H3
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
We did like: • The excellent fit and finish from the South African built H3. Nothing looked tacky nor did anything break off during our off-road launch drive programme. For an American product this...
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A Nice Waikato Ramble
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
You probably haven’t heard of Naike. It’s a small farming community located on Highway 22 between Tuakau and Raglan –on a line between Huntly and the coast, definitely a blink or you will miss it...
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Bigger Better Forester
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
The new Subaru Forester is bigger, more spacious, and a tad more economical. Most importantly, though, it’s finally got decent ground clearance and also comes with traction control to help its off-...
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Perils of the Diesel Bug
Thursday, 21 February 2008
Many diesel vehicle owners don’t realise that a micro organism can grow inside the fuel tank, feeding on the diesel fuel itself, especially if the vehicle isn’t used a lot – as often happens with old...
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4WD's rule in Detroit
Thursday, 21 February 2008
The Detroit Motor Show in January is fast becoming one of the top launch pads for new vehicles and concepts – the latter usually destined for production in toned-down form from those shown – and once...
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