...at the Mudgee Small Farm Field Day.

The face of the Patrol copped a bit of surgery today.

I don’t know who you are or were, what the circumstances were, what your excuse was or what ever you were thinking...

Australia is getting the new Jimny. Quarter 1 2019. 1.5 litre engine producing 75 kW @6000 130 Nm @4000 and weighs roughly 1100 kg. Manual gearbox and part time 4x4.

The refreshing of a low mileage 16 year old Nissan Patrol ute is continuing. And today was a big day...

Got chatting with one of the neighbours today. He mentioned his son’s 1991 Subaru Brumby (AKA Scat) was on the market. I don’t need more utes.

Seat covers are something that gets fitted to every vehicle I’ve ever had anything to do with. Whether to protect the pristine factory upholstery from my filthy habits or to protect my nether regions from some seriously utilitarian, blazing hot and cracked vinyl seating (looking at you, Lada). Doesn’t matter...they…

Hey O&E...what do we know about winches?

Next Jimny has broken cover...this one is believed to be the kei version with a 660 cc engine and a narrow track. Export versions will have wider track, body extensions and bigger 1.2 and 1.0 turbo engines.

... because that’s how you really should wagon. Thank you Peugeot and now could you please send it to Australia...

Today at the Fuel Station...the latest incremental reason why our next vehicle may be solar powered.

Jimny! And it’s rather well equipped...

Suzuki Carry. AKA the Noddy Truck.

Today’s Down in the Field was special. Three Lada Niva’s. And what I think is a Willys 4x4 ute...

This is a Ford Ranger. The Oz version. This is not a Ford Ranger Raptor. But we can now have it, in the last quarter of this year, with the Raptor driveline (2 litre biturbo diesel engine and 10 speed automatic). And the Everest wagonised version will get it too...even in a RWD only format!!

Sitting quietly behind a chain wire fence in a random Australian country town I found this poor sad Ferr...[ahem]...Fiero! And I wonder how the hell a Pontiac Fiero ever managed do end up dying in a field in rural Australia...

The average age of a motor vehicle in Australia is 9.8 years. The average age of a motor vehicle involved in a fatal accident last year was 13.1 years. Back in 2015, the average age was 12.5 years.

...thankfully. This fire went through back in early February...