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Term
pedal to the metal
It means the driver is pressing the gas pedal all the way down. In racing, that usually means they’re trying to go as fast as possible.
Term
pinned
“Pinned” means the driver is keeping the gas pedal basically fully down. It’s a way of saying they’re going flat-out.
Term
throttle down
It means easing off the gas. Drivers do it to slow down or to keep the car stable.
Car
Chevrolet Silverado
A Silverado ZR2 is a tougher, off-road version of the Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. Here they’re saying it won a competition category, which is a big deal because it’s a big truck that can still move fast on the track.
Car
F-150 Raptor
The Ford F-150 is a large pickup truck designed to carry loads and tow things. In the podcast, it’s being compared to other tough vehicles, so they’re likely talking about how well it performs for its type. It’s a popular choice because it can be set up for different uses, including driving off-road depending on the version.
Car
Ford Ranger Raptor
The Ford Ranger Raptor is a special off-road version of the Ranger pickup. In this discussion, it’s one of the trucks the Silverado ZR2 had to beat in the same category.
Car
Nissan Navarro D22 classic
This is a Nissan pickup truck called the Navara, specifically the D22 generation. People like it for 4WD because it’s built tough and is popular for off-road modifications.
Term
IFS
IFS means the front wheels are connected to the suspension in a way that lets each wheel move more independently. The point here is that bigger tires can cause fitment or handling issues with this suspension design.
Term
31s
“31s” means tires that are about 31 inches tall. Off-roaders use this shorthand because tire size affects how the vehicle fits, rides, and clears obstacles.
Term
braking CV
A CV (constant-velocity) joint is part of the drivetrain that lets power transfer smoothly while the suspension moves and the axle angles change. “Braking CV” suggests the CV joint was involved during braking under load, which can be a sign of wear or stress in off-road conditions.
Term
1FZ80
“1FZ80” is a shorthand for a Toyota Land Cruiser 80-series with the 1FZ engine. The host is basically saying the car’s limits showed up during the trip.
Part
straight-thopped front diff locker
A diff locker helps both wheels on the same axle pull at the same time. That’s useful when one wheel is slipping in mud, sand, or rocks.
Term
dual batteries
Dual batteries means there’s a second battery for accessories like camping electronics. It helps you run stuff without risking the main battery.
Term
Catch can
A catch can is a small container that traps oily vapors from the engine before they get into the intake. It helps keep the engine plumbing cleaner.
Brand
red arc
Redarc makes battery-charging gear for cars. Here it’s being used to manage charging for the extra (camping) battery.
Term
Safari Snorkel
A snorkel moves the air intake higher up. That helps the engine keep breathing when you’re driving through dust or shallow water.
Part
aluminium bull bar
A bull bar is a front protection bar that shields the vehicle’s grille and radiator area from impacts with animals, branches, and debris. An “aluminium” bull bar is typically chosen to reduce weight compared with steel while still providing protection.
Term
recovery points
Recovery points are strong anchor spots on the car for towing or winching. They’re where you safely attach straps or shackles.
Term
UHF
UHF is a type of two-way radio. Off-road groups use it to talk to each other when cell service isn’t available.
Part
ARB rear bar
An ARB rear bar is a stronger bumper for a 4WD. It helps protect the back of the vehicle when you’re driving on rough tracks and can be used with recovery gear.
Part
tie rods and drag link
Tie rods and the drag link are steering parts that connect the steering to the front wheels. If the suspension is changed, they may need upgrading so the wheels still point the right way.
Part
tough dog steering damper
A steering damper (here, a Tough Dog unit) reduces steering oscillation—wobble—over rough terrain. It helps keep the front wheels settled after bumps, improving control and driver confidence on corrugations and trails.
Term
2-inch Pedder's lift with torsion bars
A 2-inch lift raises the truck so it can clear rocks and ruts better. With torsion bars, the suspension height is changed by adjusting how the bars are loaded.
Part
Dolbenson's constant load
“Constant load” here means the setup is meant to keep the vehicle’s ride more consistent even when it’s carrying weight. Dolbenson’s refers to the brand or kit used for that load/ride behavior.
Term
longer range fuel tank
A longer-range fuel tank holds more fuel. That means you can drive farther before you need to stop for petrol, which is useful on remote trips.
Term
31 inch tyres
That means the tires are about 31 inches tall. Bigger tires can help a 4WD get over bumps and dig in better off-road, but the exact shape depends on the tire width and how it’s mounted.
Term
aftermarket bonnet
An aftermarket bonnet/hood is a non-factory replacement hood. Here it’s mentioned because the hosts are talking about vehicle parts and how different setups fit together.
Term
clamshell ones
Some roof tents open like a clamshell—two hinged parts that flip up. The point here is that this style is usually faster and simpler to set up than other designs.
Term
roof top tent
A roof top tent is a tent that sits on the roof of the car. Instead of pitching it on the ground, you open it up from the roof when you arrive to camp.
Concept
ultimate four-wheel drive back with the bang
They’re talking about the “best” kind of 4WD setup for real trips—something that can handle dirt roads and camping. It sounds like they mean a fun, capable build, not just a stock vehicle.
Car
single cab patrol
The Patrol is a big Nissan 4WD that’s known for handling rough roads. “Single cab” just means a simpler, ute-style setup with less passenger space.
Term
roll cage
A roll cage is a strong metal frame inside the car. It helps keep you safer if the vehicle tips over or crashes hard, because it adds protection around the cabin.
Term
all-time four-wheel drive
All-time four-wheel drive means the truck is sending power to all four wheels all the time. That can help with grip on dirt, sand, or wet roads because you’re not waiting for 4WD to engage.
Car
Toyota A90
The Toyota Supra is a sports car, meaning it’s built more for speed and driving feel than for off-roading. In the podcast context, it sounds like they’re talking about how it looks or how it feels in motion. It’s a different type of vehicle than trucks or 4x4s.
Concept
waving ones
It sounds like there’s a friendly 4x4 driver “wave” thing in the community. The sticker is basically a way to show you’re part of that group.
Car
Land Cruiser
The Toyota Land Cruiser is a tough 4-wheel-drive vehicle made to handle rough roads and long trips. Here, they’re talking about the “79,” which is a very rugged version of the Land Cruiser.
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Merchline, up and going. I know we're hammering on it out of the bit. There's even more to
come. Fresh new ideas. And I've just sent you the designs that we're
rolling out. You'll be able to see them on screen right now.
Oh, they're up around.
No, I'll be putting them up on screen right now. So get around it. Go check out the new
Merch. I think they're pretty cool. Good little drop there. And yeah, we're getting some hats.
Hats. Yeah, yeah. Some buckets.
Some protection.
Yeah, bit of sun protection. And patches are still being worked on.
Patches are all hands still coming.
Yeah, I just, I don't know.
Hard to get patches off.
Apparently it's hard to get patches, but I feel like they're real easy. And I feel like
there's a little bit of, there's something's going on.
Someone's kicking back, are they?
Yeah, yeah.
Patches. I do need one to add to the roof. I feel like of my car.
Oh, you do. You do.
Got a little decent collection going on there now.
You do. And once we get the patches, everything will be fine.
So we're just going to get the patches. We'll get them.
Tire power, terrain tamer, of course. How about we just kick straight off with a terrain
tamer tip of the week?
Terrain tamer tip of the week.
Just get straight into that stuff.
Beautiful. So we are doing a little giveaway once a month with terrain tamer.
So they've actually came back to me today and said they're going to be giving us a
filter kit for the best tip of the month, which I think is elite.
Oh, so tip of the month gets...
Tip of the month gets a filter kit, which I think is...
And is this going to be an ongoing monthly thing?
It's going to be an ongoing monthly thing.
So shout out to terrain tamer for getting on board because they are elite.
Giveaways are fun.
Yeah, giveaways are always fun. So terrain tamer tip of the week from Brendan Birks.
He says, my tip of the week is that I've just started doing this because I'm so coastal at
the moment. Clean the chassis on the car when you clean the car.
So clean underneath the car, get real in there and clean the chassis every single time you
clean the car, especially if you do a bit of beach driving and stuff.
That salt can...
So don't forget the underbody of the vehicle.
Don't forget the underbody.
And especially, yeah, because there's little holes in your chassis that you can spray into.
Just make sure you clean and all that because, yeah, salt's...
Even inside that frame.
Inside the frame, everything.
Yeah, salt's not your friend.
So get around that.
A little bit awkward to get down there.
I've seen the guys that go to lengths on cleaning the underbody of their car.
They're always stealing it, basically, if they're not getting it professionally cleaned.
I don't think we can complain.
Like, we've got fairly big tyres, fairly big lifts on our cars.
It's not that hard for it to either of us to get on the meet there.
Down there to do it.
No, just lie down on your back, mate.
You're afraid of getting a bit dirty.
Are you scared?
Well, it's cold outside.
Oh, it's cold.
Did you show me next time you go to clean your car?
How do you do it?
No, I don't because it's cold.
Yeah, exactly right.
But I do it.
I think it's a great tip because...
I think it's a good tip.
Yeah, we do forget about that.
And you're right.
It is annoying to get to.
I think that's...
We don't forget about it.
I think it's just too annoying that we don't do it.
So maybe...
I personally always do it every time I'm cleaning the car.
I give it like a little bit, but I don't get...
I probably don't get down there enough to see what's going on.
I like spraying inside the chassis because you see all the dirt and all the mud.
Yeah, exactly.
And then you can see the water turn from like red or brown or whatever to clear.
And I like that.
You'd like that.
Yeah, right.
Kind of tickles me.
Good.
Okay.
Good tip of the week.
Good tip of the week.
So shout out to Brandon there.
We've got a couple more to go before we get to the end of this month,
before we get the filter kit, but we'll do a little vote.
I think you and I...
Cool.
On the best tip.
And we'll give it away that way.
Like it moving on to on the radar.
On the radar.
Wow, we're going through quick today, aren't we?
I don't want to take up too much of people's time.
All right, on the radar.
So I've just got one thing for us and we've touched on it before,
but Bunnings are making a push into the camping market again.
Last time we talked about this.
So they've pushed into the automotive market.
Yes, exactly.
So that was their take on to like super cheap auto, auto barn or those stores like that.
Now they're going for BCF and Anaconda.
They see it as a market that is worth more than $113 billion, the camping market.
So they really want to make a push into that.
Well, I think that's just the worth that they've got on a financial year for the
camping market, I would say.
Who knows?
But yeah, they're going to try and make a big push into the camping market.
I think Bunnings are seeing a real potential into the automotive and camping,
and especially with the popularity of four wheel drives recently.
Since COVID, I think they're seeing a real value of getting into that.
Is it like...
I think it'll be in store.
In store, tents, camping equipment, chairs, tables, cooking stuff, like all of that.
I know Bunnings have had a few of these items around for a little while,
but now they're just going to be making a bigger push in there.
So they actually really want to compete with BCF and Anaconda.
Probably not something that we'll see soon as in within the next few months,
but it'll probably be something that we'll see within the next few years.
Bunnings, yeah, really trying to take a push on BCF, Anaconda,
and those camping stores like that.
There you go.
But in saying that, I still think go camping, overlanding, and your stores like that,
your small stores with your people in there that are passionate about their camping and
forward driving and love to just help you rather than sell products.
They just want to help you find the right products for yourself.
I think those stores are always going to have a place.
I hope so.
Definitely go check those stores out because...
I hope so, yeah.
It's good to support your local businesses.
Yeah, I do feel like just popping into it,
even if you don't have anything on the agenda to purchase,
so there's nothing on a list or you're not actually after anything.
Just pop it in every now and then to see what's...
Just to see what's going on.
See what products in you, see what's happening.
If you know the people behind the counter, which a lot of these stores,
people probably do get to know the customers coming through the doors.
Have a chat, see what's going on.
But interesting that Bunnings, because it does,
Bunnings would make it, again,
affordable and convenient for everyone to go and enjoy.
Yeah, it'd be interesting to quality check on it when...
I can't imagine it would be bad quality.
I can't imagine it would be either, but just...
It'd be interesting to see where I fit in with the camping gear and equipment
and see where it fits in amongst BCF and Anaconda.
What do you reckon the main difference...
And on the mortgage...
What would you make you go to a BCF or an Anaconda over a local camping store?
Like, for example, a go camping overlanding?
Probably price over it, or club member prices and deals.
Sometimes they are hard to beat, and as are from go camping,
and overlanding spoke about that.
Even maybe through his work with C to summer at the time.
Memory spoke about it, because he's next door to a BCF, basically.
Literally in the same block.
So BCF would be great if they could send a few around to Azar every now and then
that need his expertise or something that they don't offer,
but likewise, sometimes he just has to send people across to BCF.
But yeah, the price is a big thing, and yeah, some of those member deals that you can get.
If you sign up to be a club member of those stores, there's some serious deals going on.
Some serious deals going on.
And obviously the size of the store, there's a lot on offer.
There's more than just, you know, they are one-stop shops, basically,
for all your camping and equipment gear and forward driving gear, to be honest.
So yeah, I like going to see Azar, because, you know, if I was buying a swag,
I'd ask him, what's the best at the moment, mate?
And that's what I did with the last one.
So yeah, it's preference.
But the price is a big point for a lot of people, especially this day and age.
Yeah, I don't think you get the same service either, though.
Obviously, going to Azar and go camping, overlanding, get a bit more.
Yeah, yeah, naturally.
There's some quality people at BCF and Anaconda that know what they're talking about.
Yeah, 100%.
And I mean, if fishing is something that you're into, then maybe you're leaning towards BCF,
because that's more focused on that.
If it's, like, the amount of clothes on offer at Anaconda.
Yeah, I know.
If you're after, like, clothing, there's a full range of stores like clothing in there,
yeah.
Adventure sort of clothing gear and all that sort of stuff.
Yeah, snow gear and everything.
Yeah, like you're in WA, it's like, where are you going?
Ringers Western, I'm pretty sure in Anaconda.
Yeah, yeah.
So if you're like, Ringers Western's not...
Did they move?
They moved recently, right?
Like, that's what Salty was saying, they...
Oh, headquarters have shifted, maybe.
They've changed, they used to have that property up north.
Oh, potentially, he did mention something about that.
Was that on or off air?
I think that was on air.
Yeah, I'm not sure.
Hopefully, I'm not revealing anything there.
I don't think you would be, mate.
I've got another on the radar, if you wouldn't mind.
I don't know, by all means.
So, the Think Desert Race was conducted over the weekend,
just gone.
This is coming out.
Yeah, we're live on this weekly.
Yeah, this is coming out tomorrow.
So, yeah, Think Desert Race was on now before our start.
Sort of saddened news over the weekend.
There was a death in the race, a bike crash.
So, Matthew Bielefeld, so condolences to his family,
his loved ones and friends.
That is tragic news.
That's obviously these race days and race meets.
That is never, yeah, never nice when something like that happens.
So, our love goes out to Matthew's family and friends.
But there were some great stories.
I think David Walsh was the winner on the bikes.
Outright winner came out of retirement to win his sixth, I think it was.
Sixth.
Wow.
Think so, King of the Desert, basically they call him.
Trav Robinson, who I'm pretty sure is a West Australian.
Yeah.
One of his second, I reckon, in the outright cars.
So, he was in a big trophy truck.
Yeah, he's a WA boy.
WA, yeah.
So, that was cool.
He'd be like, I reckon he'd be in Unreal Chat, I don't know if this is his sort of thing.
But yeah, I watched some of his interviews across the weekend.
He seems like a real good fella.
I think he's retired now as well.
Yeah, that was his last one.
He's got to focus on family stuff and all that.
And his brother races, Beau, I'm pretty sure he's done this.
Yeah, do his kids race as well or getting into it?
I think I saw something where he's stepping away to let his boys come up
and start to think and all that kind of stuff.
Toby Price raced in Canaan in a buggy which was his first go.
So, he's won it a couple of times on a bike, a couple of times in the car,
like a trophy truck, outright winner in those.
But he raced in a Canaan which wasn't his on one day's notice, I'm pretty sure.
Oh, really?
One day's notice.
So, the driver of this Canaan pulled up the saw with a back called Toby,
and Toby jumped at the opportunity.
He did a gearbox on day one though, but finished first in the prologue,
which is basically to get your position on the start blocks.
And so, he finished first.
So, he jumped in and he did say he owns the exact same vehicle back at home.
But he won the prologue lap off like, they didn't know he was racing the day before.
And just won it.
Won the prologue lap.
So, he got himself pole position for the buggy starts,
and then did a gearbox or something day one.
So, they're like, I loved watching it.
It was a four-day event basically.
So, there's scrutineering on the Friday, prologues on the sat day,
race out to Fink or Aputula on the Sunday, and then back home to Ellis on the Monday.
And it just, it looks like an unbelievable weekend.
The amount, and what I'm touching on is the amount of camping and fun times that people
look like they're having along the track is, it's a bucket list item for mine.
Yeah, 100%.
And it is, it's, yeah, I don't like, at the moment, it's hard to speak so
excitingly about it, excitedly about it because of, unfortunately,
Matthew lost his life, which I think really saddens the weekend.
Yeah, it's not great.
It was the 50th year of Fink Desert Races.
So, it was a big celebration this year in that sense.
But I reckon there's, it's just a cool, like, I reckon it'd be a cool thing.
The desert would light up for a few days, packed out with people on the track.
Everywhere is basically a good spot to see these guys come through.
It's an extremely dangerous race.
So, it's very much a straight track.
There is, obviously, there are bends and curves and turns, but it's very straight.
So, a lot of the time, these boys, especially on, like, in all vehicles or in all vehicles,
they are basically just pinned the whole time.
Yeah.
And it's like, when you see it coming through at the close-up sort of vision, they are just
pedal to the metal or just throttle down, pinned, and they are going for it.
So, it's actually a very impressive, but yet dangerous race.
Scary stuff doing that.
Hold them and throttle back on a bike.
You've got to be pretty experienced to jump into these.
Like, they don't just let any old Tom Dick or Harry in.
It's sort of got to be, like, I think there's a few, I researched it,
because there's like, what's stopping anyone to sign up?
Because there's like 650 bikes off the start line or something like that.
But you do need to have, so there is a, like, you've got to register and you've got to basically,
like, first and best dress, so you've got to be on it.
But you need to have raced in either a certain number of races,
desert race styles or longer-form races before you actually get in it.
The one thing I want to finish on, so yes, we will go to that one year,
because I reckon even if this podcast is still going, I reckon just
line in the track or getting some interviews with some of the contestants
or just some of the people, can be a wicked weekend,
just even if we weren't doing anything like this, just to go to would be unbelievable.
But the one I want to finish on was a guy called, I think it's Corey Hammond,
is his name, who is quite a good rider, like, well-renowned.
Said there was a little bit of miscommunication somewhere on the way out to Fink,
so this is day one on the Sunday of the race out, with about two or three kilometers to go.
I think he's ran out of fuel, so he's miscommunication, whatever, it was the last stop.
I think he ran out of fuel for whatever reason, the bike has stopped running.
He's walked at the last two Ks, because if he didn't get to the finish line,
he doesn't get to start back up and go again the Sunday.
So to keep himself in the race, he's walked the bike through the desert sand,
like, it wouldn't be easy pushing a bike.
No, that's soft sand as well.
I've seen this video, he is a legend for doing that.
That is outrageous.
He walked the bike out.
I had a good attitude towards it.
Obviously he was flat, but he had a great attitude in the interviews post.
It sounds like there's a little bit of a mystery between the team,
and then he sort of cost himself a chance, because I reckon he could potentially even
might have won at last year or something like that.
But anyway, he wasn't to be this year, but a pretty cool story.
There's just vision of him just taking the shirt off, it's just him and the bike,
and he's just walking at two Ks down the tail.
Absolutely insane.
And then to get on the bike the next day.
Your forearms would be absolutely caning.
But to get on the bike the next day and ride the 200 and whatever Ks back,
and jumped himself back up the ranks a little bit too.
Like, he obviously, boy, he's got past him, but then he jumped back on,
and he's pegged it back a little bit, but he was too far behind.
It's just insane.
It's a cool bike at the best of times is difficult work,
especially in your boots and your full riding gear and stuff.
That's not easy.
But it is.
It's an awesome event.
I love that.
I'd love to go to one day, but obviously, yeah.
Saddened a little bit by the passing of Matthew.
So again, condolences to his friends and family.
And shout out to the Queens of the Desert.
Hannah Bentley and Madison Healy were the first women
who crossed the line for the cars and the bikes, respectively.
So Hannah for the cars and Madison for the bikes.
Madison on the bikes, what did she...
Outro watch, she was quite high up, I think.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But they were...
Yeah, they obviously did it last year as well.
Yeah.
Like, they reckon it just, Alice Springs just becomes the best place for a few days.
Have to do it, mate.
We have to go.
I'm kidding.
You know who was there?
Reagan.
Outback Off-Road Ent.
Oh, he would have been.
Oh, good on him.
He was there.
Good on him.
Shout out to Reagan.
Outback Off-Road Ent.
Go check him out on YouTube.
He's a great man.
He was there.
That was all I wanted to cover on the ride.
Craig Lowens as well.
Craig Lowens Rice.
Yes, he did.
Yes, he did in the production class.
Did it in a Silverado ZR2.
Super cheap auto.
Yeah, super cheap auto, yeah.
Which is pretty good because I think a couple years ago they tried and had some suspension issue.
So now they've come back and won it.
So he won that category.
Yeah, he won the category.
So that's the production class.
Yeah.
Which is pretty cool.
Yep, that is cool.
Lowensy.
But they were up against the Ford Ranger Raptor and the 76 series Land Cruiser.
Did a 76.
Say that the production class must be very young.
Yeah, it's different.
Yeah, but the Silverado took it out.
That's pretty cool.
Yeah, pretty sick.
Big car to be getting down that track fast.
Happy with on the radar?
Yes, mate.
Thank you.
Awesome, mate.
Well done.
Well done.
That was a good one.
Oh, thanks.
Yeah, I liked that.
You need to congratulate me.
I'll pump your tyres up a little bit, hey.
I wanted to bring back a new segment.
Yeah.
But before we get to that new segment,
I sent you a little video earlier and I saw this.
Someone sent this to me asking about your yo-yo skills.
Oh, did you send that to me?
So the Eagles have put a video on it and saved this to her.
No, sent this to you.
And I'll play the video now.
But it was International Yo-Yo Day, apparently, the other day.
And I got a few of these messages coming through.
Solesy actually sent it through to me as well.
You're very good with a yo-yo.
You're very good with a yo-yo, mate.
Where did that come from?
Wouldn't say I'm very good.
Look, it's funny because we're at the footy club
and they just had these yo-yos there
and they were filming everyone.
And I was like, oh, that's a muck around with yo-yos.
Like, just then I remembered that one.
Honestly, it looks so easy.
It probably looks a little more.
You had it like a string wrapped around your hand in a triangle,
then you had the yo-yo going through.
And I'm like a little pendulum.
I don't know how to explain this.
Yeah, like a pendulum for audio.
Did you never muck around with yo-yos?
I did, but I was never able to do any of that crap.
Like, when we did it, the boys my age are older,
which is not many of us at our footy club.
Yeah.
But it was only the older fellas that knew.
My age are older.
You're 28, mate.
29.
I know, but there aren't many older than me at the football club.
That's what I'm saying.
Sorry, sorry.
So not like, but because effectively when we were kids,
we didn't have, like when I was a younger kid,
like iPads and phones weren't exactly a thing,
especially like social media wasn't huge,
like it is now so accessible.
So like, I reckon playing with a yo-yo was just what probably
we did more than what a kid that age would do.
That is coming through the microphone, by the way.
Sorry.
No, no, that's gonna be.
No, she's not.
She's not.
I'm late hearing by you.
Yeah, but I was like,
yeah, so like yo-wee and I and Nick Nat and stuff.
Like, we could do it.
You remember how to do it,
but a lot of the other boys were struggling.
And I was like, maybe they just never had to use a yo-yo before.
Yeah.
Not that they ever had to use a yo-yo, but.
No, but like that's what you do.
Yeah.
At the end of the,
oh, when I was growing up,
they had like the circus come to Newman.
Oh, yeah.
And they had the baton stick things that you like juggled with.
And the, it's like a string on the end of two poles.
And then in the middle of it is like a,
like a yo-yo type thing.
And then you like, I don't know what you call it.
Do you know what it is?
Yeah, I don't.
I can't remember what that's called.
But then like you throw it up in the air.
Yeah.
Catch it again.
Catch it again.
Like, yeah, throw it around.
Did you ever do that?
No, I never did that.
No.
Yeah.
No, I was never in a circus.
Okay, fair enough.
But anyway, thanks for bringing that up, bud.
No, I just thought, I just, I was actually very curious to know where you,
where you learn all that stuff from.
Interesting.
You might have been in a circus.
I impressed it.
I impressed it.
I'm, I forgot.
You're impressed it.
People were impressed.
Put it that way.
People were impressed.
All right.
So the segment I want to bring back, mate, ultimate four wheel drive.
Yes.
We're bringing it back.
Good boy.
Yes.
Well, okay.
Thanks, mate.
Jesus.
We're going to bring it back.
We're going to bring it back.
Love it.
It's been by popular demand.
By popular demand.
We had an email a few weeks ago.
We have one.
Ask him about it.
And a couple Instagram DMs asking if they can send their car in.
And obviously you can send your car in.
Where do you send your car in?
www.thefourwheeldrivepodcast.com.au
Go onto that website.
You'll find the ultimate four wheel drive section up the top there.
And you'll be able to submit your four wheel drive in here.
So I've sent you the photos already.
I'll put the photos up on screen at the moment.
Do you want to read through it or do you want me to read through it?
I can read through it.
Yeah.
Go through it.
So this one's from Jack Poxton.
Jack.
Yeah.
I don't have the name there.
That's what I was looking for.
Jack Poxton.
So make a model.
He's got a Nissan Navarro D22 classic.
Yeah.
Good to have a Toyota.
Yeah.
Not a Toyota.
Spending budget.
Oh, pardon me.
Hang on a second.
Coke Zero going down nice, isn't it, mate?
Bit of a turn there.
So spending budget.
Car purchase was 11k.
Doesn't want to calculate how much was spent on mods.
Yeah, fair enough.
A lot of us are there.
Yeah, same boat.
Purpose weekend warrior.
Long range tourer and hardcore four by four.
So basically just going to do it all for Jack.
Is it Jackson?
Ah, Jack.
Poxton.
Doing it all for Jack.
Three things he loves.
Price for entry level car that can do a lot was great on fuel,
especially with the extended tank.
Took him everywhere he wanted to go.
They even kept up with the bigger, more notorious cars,
i.e. the 80 or Patrol.
Proving you don't need a huge or big car to get out there.
Three things he doesn't like.
Didn't know what I wanted when he started.
So the canopy and drawers were a bit restrictive.
Tray back with a full wing toolbox would be ideal for him.
A little bit tongue-tied today.
IFS has its limitations, especially with tyre size.
He's ran mostly 31s.
Back seat space was small and the doors made it more difficult
to be a usable area.
Back seats not really suitable for adults.
Same with, like, every youth ever.
Yeah, dual-capped youths.
Cannot get the back seats used.
It's just the thing.
Anything else we should know?
He's a good detail here.
This bus has taken me all over Tasmania on some of its hardest tracks
and made it, to name a few,
Williamette Creek, Climby's Ring River and Montzuma.
I think he's how you say that.
Jeep track, Geoffrey's track and many camps like Access Tracks
all over the state and a long range.
Tripped all the route and the Flinders range.
Yeah, nice.
Knowing the car's limitations,
I definitely only pushed it hard a few times,
including braking CV once,
but it was more than often telling my mate's petty 1FZ80
from home in the track.
Not only was this car an affordable entry level
to get into and start camping from,
but for the whole five years I've owned it,
I've loved it showing up,
or at least keeping up with the big cars.
I love that it can do that.
Unfortunately, I sold it when I moved to Canada
for a working holiday.
Keen to build another 4B and get back out there
while learning from all my mistakes
and taking tips from Ronnie's Vids
on storage options and weight saving.
So he's out of the list of mods here as well.
3-inch Redback Turbo, back exhaust, stainless steel,
straight-thopped front diff locker.
Upgraded in the cooler.
Catch can, dual batteries,
so he's got on the red arc,
Safari Snorkel,
the aluminium bull bar is the Nissan stock one,
but he's wrapped decoder that so it looks nice.
Winch, recovery points,
rated LED lights, Sony Stereo, UHF.
Fair bit going on.
So much going on here.
Fair bit going on.
Roof rack, fiberglass canopy,
tight twin drawers with the fridge slide,
rear bar, ARB rear bar.
Upgraded upper control arms,
tie rods and drag link,
tough dog steering damper.
2-inch Pedder's lift with torsion bars.
Dolbenson's constant load,
600 kilos at least, he's gone heavy.
And a longer range fuel tank.
Well, he's got the canopy in the rooftop.
But I tell you what,
and he does say love the podium boys,
the work is awesome.
Now anytime I listen to it,
let it ride by Southern Roo Band,
this gets me itchy to get back out there.
Mate, Southern Roo Band doing big things recently.
They're going on tour.
Love the Southern Roo Band.
Nice, now this car,
for all that Jack has listed there,
this car,
and I don't mean any disrespect by this,
he's kept this looking very simple
and he's been quite effective and efficient,
I'm assuming with these mods
and where he's put it and what he's done to it.
He's chosen really wisely.
It's neat, but it doesn't look over at all.
Like when you list that mods,
if you hadn't seen this car yet,
you would think this thing
is going to look like an absolute tank.
Like it's had a lot of work done to it.
And it has had a lot of work done to it.
Absolutely, it's had a lot.
But it looks clean, it looks simple,
doesn't look too hectic.
How's that mud that he's been through there?
He has just coated himself.
31 inch tyres,
they look a little bit slim on there, don't they?
They do look a little slim.
But it still looks...
But it doesn't look bad, bad at all.
I think a degree of respect has to go up
for where he's taken this thing.
Like Tazzy is probably one of the harder places to wheel.
Yeah.
Now I see he hasn't gone too over with the extreme stuff,
but he's doing Climby's track and all that sort of thing.
I'm pretty sure that is fairly extreme.
Yeah.
Yeah, the nav can handle it.
The nav can handle it.
Nav can handle it.
Um, but I like it.
It proves that like you don't need a 79 series
or a massive V8 patrol or something
to get out there and go do stuff.
Like he's taking Navarra, take you...
What was Ronan harping on about earlier?
Cluga.
Yeah, he's Cluga, take that out there.
I think this is a wicked setup.
That's cool.
I love it.
I'd love to see the interior of it,
how the drawers are set up in the back with the canopy
and what space he's got going on in the back there
because that is a tight dual cab.
Yeah.
Like that's a...
Yeah, that's a small space back there.
That's from an aftermarket bonnet, is it?
Like as in...
Nah, they have the D22s on top of it.
Yeah, come with that.
The roof top tent, those roof top tents can be so annoying.
Why?
Just the fold out of them.
You get some space in the back up.
They're not as easy or as straightforward
as the clamshell ones.
Yeah.
But I don't think that...
Not a bad thing.
Nah, nah.
Not at all.
Yeah, just don't know how much weight that the Navara would be at
or that canopy would be able to carry,
like the weight of your tent on...
How much is your tent weight?
About 85 kilos.
Yeah, I wonder if it could hold it.
It's a pretty heavy roof top tent.
Yeah, that is heavy.
Yours is big.
Mine's heavy.
Yours is thick.
Yeah, thank you.
So is your roof top tent.
Thanks, mate.
Now, this is...
I like this ultimate four-wheel drive back with the bang
and I like this Navara, $11,000 entry-level car.
Really like that it's a Navara.
We can't comment about that.
This is sort of the range that I'm thinking about,
the potty carbine.
What did you send me the other day that was a...
Single cab...
Oh, the single cab patrol.
Patrol?
Yeah.
10 grand.
It looked good.
10 grand, mate.
Oh, I know.
And then we just...
We just build it up a little bit.
Doesn't need a heap, just a little bit.
Doesn't need a...
Can you imagine...
Wait a minute, we could fang around in that thing.
I'm telling you, I'm all onto it.
We could go hard in that thing.
I am...
I think we need to put a roll cage in it.
Well, I'm not.
Well...
Just with your driving, mate.
Well, I don't know if I want a roll cage in it.
If I want to spend my money,
I don't know if I want to spend it on a roll cage.
I took your ranger out and you almost rolled it.
So I'm just saying we might need a roll cage.
Yeah, but a patrol's going to handle a little bit different
in that ranger.
Yeah, probably a little bit better.
A little bit nicer.
Thanks to Jack, ultimate four-wheel drive.
Not all the time.
Not all the time.
As in, sorry, no hit.
This is an all-the-time...
Oh, this is an all-time four-wheel drive.
We won't be covering four-wheel drive all the time,
but nice to be back with ultimate four-wheel drive.
Correct.
All right.
Just to finish before we go to around the fire pit,
I've got a few questions for you
and we'll do a little bit of a question-and-answer type thing.
Okay.
Just going on between you and me.
So first one.
Would you support a change to the country highway speeds
from 110 kph to 150?
Tough one.
You know what?
I probably wouldn't.
I probably wouldn't.
I just...
I probably wouldn't because...
Hmm.
Like if...
On Australian country highways,
a lot of the traffic that you're dealing with,
every third vehicle would be a truck.
If you're far enough away or not even a road train,
but like a lot of...
Yeah, even an hour out of Perth, there's a lot of trucks
and there's not a lot of space on our roads.
No highways, especially in Western Australia,
are that major where there's any more than one lane, each way.
No.
So I don't think I would because I just think it gets extremely dangerous
when you've got cars racing up at 150.
I'm only comfortably sitting on 110 anyway.
Like I don't really want to push my Land Cruiser up
any further than that.
Like it just doesn't sit there very well.
Then you've got a truck to a 90.
Like I just...
I feel like that is asking for trouble to a degree.
Different in Germany when the lanes of the highway are five long.
I know NT have got 130.
Is it in some places?
They might.
I'm not sure on that one.
So be interested to see how that works.
I think there's too many...
Yeah, I just think because not everyone can go near that speed.
I don't know.
I just feel like it wouldn't work that well.
Yeah.
I think the Northern Territory used to have open speed limits
on their outback highways.
But I don't think they have that anymore.
So 130 might be.
Yeah.
I don't have anything like if there's no one around and like...
It's just then it's too hard to sort of say, well, you know,
then it's kind of everyone's opinion versus another.
But like if there's no one around, I'd have no issue.
But how are you going to sort of judge that there's no one around ever?
Like you can't put that in a place where there's never anyone around
because all of a sudden they might be.
You know what I mean?
I don't know.
Yeah, yeah, definitely.
That makes no sense probably.
But I just think for a majority of the roads, I think it would be risky.
Like imagine going up to Newman, it'd be great to do 150k as you get there
a lot quicker.
But the amount of heavy vehicles that you're passing all the time,
like it just becomes really risky.
Both car, if both travellers are doing 150 at each other,
one pulls out.
Like I think it's risky.
I agree.
Do you agree with my gut feel is like absolutely fuck no.
If it was four lanes wide each highway.
Yeah, sure.
It's not.
And even on the freeway here, if we change the freeway speeds in the city from 100 to 150.
On our main freeway in Perth towards the northern suburbs.
Yeah, it gets to 110.
But it's two lanes.
Yeah, it is.
Like we don't like there's five lanes down near the city and then it's sort of just
like it doesn't stay wide open for very long.
I don't think it's a good idea.
No, because is there people pushing?
I don't know if there's people pushing.
It's just a question.
It is a good topic.
Just a good question.
Yeah, well, it's just, yeah.
I just saw, I saw, I saw it somewhere.
Would it change if you, if it was 120?
So say the, say the Great Northern Highway going to Newman that was changed to 120.
120 I'd be a little bit more okay with.
The 150 feels way too high.
You're putting yourself and others at way too much of a risk to even,
I wouldn't even be thinking about going 150.
Like, because I like the German.
Life can jump out kangaroos everywhere up there.
Like it's just not worth, it's not worth the risk, especially you, you swerve.
You know, you, you lose concentration.
You fall asleep.
You do anything like 150 Ks an hour.
That's certain death for either yourself or whoever.
So 120 changes.
I think even 120 might be, well, I could be swayed for 120.
Definitely could be swayed for 120.
I think a lot of people are doing 120 anyway when you're out there on those roads, but
speak for yourself.
Excuse you.
I said a lot of people.
I didn't say me, but 150 is a bit fast.
But we're not in Germany.
Waldo Barnes over there.
Yeah, exactly.
They're open, aren't they?
Yeah, they're open, which is, I mean, fine.
But they have roads are kind of a bit more made for that.
Our roads up here are a bit thinner.
Like you don't have as much runoff on the edge.
It's, yeah, it's probably not the best.
Yeah.
No, no, I'm a, how would you feel about 120?
Uh, 120.
Yeah, probably a little, yeah.
Potentially okay.
Just, I just don't know how much.
Yeah.
Like, can you trust people to just do it?
Because it affects, I'll say it.
Like when we're overtaking a lot of the time and needing to move out into the
oncoming lane, I think a lot of the time people will do,
I don't think you're meant to speed past the actual speed limit to do that.
But a lot of people do to get around and get,
and, and potentially that is safer anyway.
But if the, the, goes up to 120, the speed limit,
then how fast are people going to actually overtake on,
because in almost Australian roads, you're doing it all the time,
because you will get stuck behind a slower truck or a slower caravan
or a slower car, whatever it is.
You're guaranteed if you go on bush to,
Yeah, to be stuck.
To probably either deal with being a bit slower,
or when the opportunity arises and it's safe to do so,
you overtake the vehicle that you're stuck behind.
You're guaranteed to do it.
Traveling an hour and a half out of Perth almost.
Yeah.
It'll happen.
Okay.
All right.
I'm happy with that.
What about, let's go to the next one.
Should P plateers be allowed to tow a camper trailer?
No.
I'm going to go with no, that's a safe answer.
Yeah.
Okay.
Reasoning behind that?
Just inexperience.
Inexperienced.
Yeah.
Okay.
So do you think they should do like the only way to get experiences to do it?
So what would be a solution to that?
Tests.
No, I don't think you need to test it.
Okay.
I just, I figure like,
people that think they can, people that don't know how to tow won't tow.
You know what I mean?
No, I disagree.
I disagree because you can see a lot of people out there towing who don't know how to tow
and they're towing.
I was hoping you'd just be like, yeah, that's good.
It's a good point.
I don't really know where to take it.
No, I just, I don't really think we need to test it.
Yeah.
I don't know what the answer is, but I don't think we need to test it.
Like hopefully there's someone there that can help you with being able to tow.
Yeah.
Okay.
And don't be afraid.
I'd say to put your hand up and be like, I've not towed.
Can you please help me?
I need to figure this out.
Okay.
I don't know though.
I don't, I just don't, I don't want to test for that.
No, I don't think you should.
I don't want my towing lost.
I don't know if testing should be there, but maybe, maybe it should be.
Maybe it should be.
I disagree.
You disagree?
Just for the sake of disagreeing?
Maybe, maybe then people I just can tow.
Changing your answer.
Can learners tow?
I don't know.
I don't know if learners can tow.
That's probably the time to learn.
When you're learning.
Or what if you don't have anyone in the driver's seat that knows how to tow?
It's, it's crazy.
You've always said that learning, you know, when you're on your learners is the best time to learn.
And I've always loved that about you, mate.
Learners are allowed to tow.
Oh, they are.
Okay.
So no, you don't, don't need to then.
Oh, so just, you just need to learn when you're learning.
Effectively, yes.
And I like that.
I like that.
Recommended to find someone that knows how to and is potentially experienced.
Yep.
In towing.
To help you.
These are hard, man.
Sorry, mate.
I didn't say they were going to be easy questions.
Come in here for a bit of fun.
Not this.
Are you not having fun?
Not now.
Come on, man.
Here's another one.
Should, should you have to reapply for your license at, at certain age limits?
Say you're 60.
Oh, 40.
Every, every like five, 10 years.
Should you have to redo your license?
No.
No.
What about if you're seven or 80?
I think towards, yeah.
To some of our older listeners, I think just to make sure that you're still,
still firing on all cylinders.
Which I think, I think they all are.
What you're saying here, mate.
Well, just to make sure, like an eye test and stuff like that is probably at the bare minimum,
I would have thought.
I don't know what the age is.
I'd say by 80, potentially you'd, you should be.
But I think there might be some, you know.
Some stuff like that.
There are some things in place that, yeah, you do need to go in and do that at certain
times or in, in certain situations.
But I don't know if it's a, I don't know if we should actually put an age limit on it.
But by 80, maybe just have a think how you're feeling.
Yeah.
Okay.
I don't know.
That's not, sorry.
Sorry to the, to those people that, yeah.
Oh, we might have an 83 year old listening on.
Yeah.
Fuck off, boys.
I'm all good.
I bet a new man not can tow.
Well, better there is.
Well, if there is, hit us up and we'll test it out.
Dago's going to go head to head against you.
Toe off.
We're going to have a toe off.
Should national parks open more tracks to four-wheel drives rather than closing them off?
Yes.
Good.
It is tough.
And I don't know why I'm saying yes.
I do think that I heard a good point.
I reckon it was on the Attiside with Tony, GME Tony.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Good podcast.
And I reckon he was chatting to the MDC, the camper trailer dudes, camper van company,
market director campers.
They, they had a good point.
I think it was them.
I ran like the more that you close off, the more that you're going to funnel more traffic
into other areas that, and then so like going to wear down those areas more and more.
Potentially we, yes, regain some natural vegetation or wildlife come back into those
areas that maybe they've blocked off or whatever the reasons are behind it.
The environmental damage is less in those areas that they have blocked off or taken away,
but you are, you're funneling them into somewhere else.
But I don't think people are going to stop doing it effectively.
Um, I think that stopped for other reasons around like the fuel prices and stuff like that,
even though they're coming down a little bit now too.
But yeah, I think keeping them open, but we've just, that's then our responsibility.
And maybe that maybe parks and wildlife and they've lost trust like those departments.
But I, I think if we keep them open, then we, we don't get funneled into one area over another
potentially.
Thank you.
Oh gee whiz.
What's going on here?
No, just Ronan, Ronan dropping off a little envelope for me.
Okay.
It's all right.
Is that a terrain timer tip of the week or something?
It's not a terrain timer tip of the week.
But I will hand this over to you.
And it goes with my next question.
Should you legally be required to wave at other forward drives when you're out back?
Yes.
Open that up for me.
Oh, talk to me, baby.
Oh, yes.
No way.
Yes.
Yes.
Run us through what you've got there, Matt, because we are a podcast.
Are these, are these those ones that we spoke about?
Yes, it is.
Did you buy these?
I didn't buy them.
No, they were sent in.
We get sent in.
How good is that?
Yep.
From Norway, Matt, from Norway.
Matt, that is unbelievable.
So these are from Magna Evernud over in Norway.
He's sent us in these, um, a bunch of stickers, actually.
So there's a few of them.
And these are unbelievable.
These are so cool.
They need to be like quality.
These are quality.
So this is what Doug is holding up at the moment is a sticker with a
big attention sign on the top of it.
And it's got a minimum distance of 30 to 40 meters with two cars,
two cars heading towards each other.
And it's got the correct thing to do when you're heading towards another car and that's wave.
And it's got the incorrect or the wrong thing to do, which is not wave.
So these are waving stickers.
That is grouse.
And that is so cool.
And it says the Norse Land Rover Club.
Correct.
And it says ownership of any Land Rover vehicle requires drivers to observe mandatory saluting
policy.
Wave and smile to all meeting Land Rovers.
Use your right hand for a well visible salutation while maintaining a broad smile
in the general direction of the meeting vehicle.
For further instructions, read any well-established Land Rover magazine or
Have to check with Magna if this is okay, just because I want to be a part of this.
Yeah.
To put it somewhere inside my Land Cruiser.
The 79.
I know it's not a Land Rover.
Or maybe I can't.
Maybe I'm not allowed to do that.
It's a Land Rover.
I know.
But we do have a few of them.
How many have we got in there?
We have.
We've got so three more.
Three of these.
So they're just the Land Rover Club ones.
But there are 45 of the waving ones.
And I think what we'll do, we might give away a few of them.
To Land Rover people.
To Land Rover people.
If you own a Land Rover and you want one of these stickers.
You know what it'd be elite.
Hit us up.
Tell us why you deserve this sticker more than anyone else who owns a Land Rover.
And you could win this and a four-wheel drive podcast shirt or jumper.
This, it should go to, so Land Rover people should let us know.
She wants a Jeff.
Take another place.
Seriously, seriously.
Yeah, I know that.
Definitely send one out to Jeff.
So there's four on offer.
Okay.
There's four on offer.
There's three on offer.
Well, he doesn't need one.
He'd wave.
He doesn't need one.
But he might want one.
He might want that one.
He might want that one.
But I think it almost, we're not going to do this because it's just way too much work.
Go.
If you wave at another Land Rover and you're driving a Land Rover and they do not wave back,
you take down their number plate, you follow them home to where they live.
We will then come down with you the following day, place one of these on their Land Rover,
on their windscreen, in fact, right in front of their eyes.
And that is how we get this thing up and going.
Don't, don't follow Land Rovers home.
No, call us before you do.
Well, as you might follow them and then call us and then we'll figure out how to get this in.
But no, I'm joking.
But that, it's a great lesson.
I actually think it's a really good idea.
But no, we'll give them to Land Rovers.
Send your Land Rovers in.
Yeah, send your Land Rovers in.
I like that.
I think we'll get some of these.
And be honest with this.
Are you a waiver or are you not?
Yeah, are you a waiver?
Because it's okay if you're not.
We're, we're, we're now bringing this attention to the wave.
Yeah, to the wave and it'll, it'll grow now.
Yeah.
So we're not saying you're doing anything wrong by not waving.
It's like we, we do, we understand that not everyone's a waiver.
Like, you know what, I'm going to get these.
I'm going to get our own one designed.
It's going to be a four-wheel drive podcast one.
And I'm going to print them on some shirts.
Believe me when I say it, mate.
It's hard enough to get a patch up and go on for you, so.
They're going to be on some shirts by next week.
Probably.
By next week.
They're going to be on some shirts.
We're, we're real good with shirts.
Very fast with shirts.
That's elite.
Well done.
Thank you, Magnum.
So thank you, Magnum.
And we'll move to around the fire pit now.
Oh, okay.
First one here from Troy Lang.
He says, come on, Dogo.
Where was the plug for the potty on roaming Brian?
Yeah.
And I saw this.
I saw this and it was disappointing.
Sorry.
Didn't plug it.
I should have plugged it.
Did talk to Tom Cole though.
Didn't think about plugging the podcast, if I'm honest.
Obviously didn't cross your mind at all.
I have spoken to, so I was at a, a luncheon in Melbourne
with some other players, AFL players and Toyota.
It was a Toyota, obviously AFL sponsored by Toyota.
And roaming Brian did a version of roaming Brian,
Brian Taylor did a version of roaming Brian around the tables.
And so I got the chat.
I just bought the Land Cruiser.
This is last year.
So I got to chat about the 79 on roaming Brian.
Oh, great.
Didn't also didn't plug the podcast in.
I thought it was going to be the office.
I thought it was going to be a great story if you plug in it.
Bad story.
I thought the office would have been coming in
thick and fast from Toyota, but they probably,
so while he's already bought one, what does he need us for?
Well, I shot my hand and said, thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I said, thanks for buying one.
No worries.
I bought your most expensive car.
No worries at all.
I'm going to be spending a lot more on it as well.
All right.
This one from Paul Gert.
Yep.
And this is, I love this.
I love this message.
When he sent this through on Instagram, made my day.
Paul Gert says, been on the Cape for the last few weeks
and have seen Ronnie and the team out and about.
They are a six out of 10 for the wave.
Six out of 10 for the wave.
The Explore Life guys are an eight out of 10.
Purely as there's so many of them
and they're just a bunch of excited blokes in their 70s.
Yep.
Love that.
The winner for the Outback wave and a late scoop.
Have a guess.
TJ and Mack.
Oh.
Mega wave.
He's up there with the Hoos who are falling and dropping.
Out the windows from their three cars.
10 out of 10.
Nice.
TJ, I've heard really good things about...
Yeah, TJ and Mack.
Especially, yeah.
I don't know who was telling me the other day.
Oh, no, Salty was telling us about Mack.
Yes.
Oh, no.
Corey was telling us about Mack, yeah.
Reagan's is just the biggest roster of all time.
Yeah.
Which is unbelievable.
It fits perfectly.
10 out of 10.
Paul Gert.
Good intel.
Out the windows from their cars.
They were waving.
Hanging out the windows waving.
Said, saw the Shedlife boys today on the PDR.
So there'll be plenty of Cape York content coming up from the YouTubers
and it's coming weeks.
The place to be.
And I love this.
If you see a content creator out and about
and you wave at them and they don't wave at you
or they do wave at you, just give us a rating.
So Ronny, you're the boys.
6 out of 10.
We're going to have to tell him about this.
You're going to have to bring this up with him.
Stickers.
Those stickers.
Oh.
Sorry, they didn't call him.
I'll call him now.
Right now.
Peppermint.
Should we?
Jeez.
I'm going to call him.
You're going to try?
Yeah, I'll give him.
He won't answer.
There's no way he answers.
Where is he?
Ronny.
6 out of 10.
Ronny.
It wouldn't have been Ronny.
But it wouldn't have been Rafa either.
I reckon Ronny might have been distracted.
Must mean John.
We'll give him a call.
We'll see.
I don't think he's...
Put John on one of the bus.
He's not going to answer.
Come on.
Ronny.
Ronny.
Ronny.
How are you?
Good, mate.
No, not good.
Well, we're not good.
We're not good.
You're live on the podcast at the moment, mate.
We're just recording.
We've been a little bit disappointed, mate.
Something's coming across our desk.
Yeah.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
We've had a review
of you and the boys from Cape York on your wave.
You've been given a 6 out of 10 for the wave.
I'm probably...
I'm not that surprised.
Oh.
Ronny.
You haven't been listening to us, Ronny.
We've got to listen, man.
Sorry, man.
I still love you guys.
Oh, mate.
You're live to us, mate.
Congrats on the game, Dago.
Oh, thanks, mate.
There you go.
Thank you.
How are you, mate?
Yeah, good.
Good.
How was the trip?
Mate, it was awesome.
It was awesome.
I think because I had such low expectations.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, we were only calling to tell you
that some guy had given you a 6 out of 10.
Paul was his name on the wave.
So we've been carrying on for about the wave
for the last 20 minutes.
We were like, let's call him.
Didn't expect you to answer, so...
Nice to chat, mate, but we do want to cover...
Yeah.
Well, obviously, we'll catch up in the next couple of weeks
and go over it a bit more.
But yeah, we just wanted to...
Mate, you need to be better with the wave
in the next few days.
6 out of 10 is...
You can up that number, mate.
You can up that number.
Can I have a bit more detail on the wave
or the style of the wave?
Honestly, he's not said...
Yeah, he's not said, mate.
But you guys were a 6 out of 10,
and he said that TJ and Mack, the Shedlife boys,
were a 10 out of 10 basically hanging out the windows
to wave to him.
So it could be style.
It could be the number of waves the convoy gave.
We're also not sure what Paul was driving.
So you may have waves to everyone else but Paul.
But we'll deep dive, mate.
We'll deep dive.
We'll deep dive.
Yeah, well, we don't have to consider bottom of this one.
This is a serious investigation.
And we thought the same thing, Ronnie.
We thought the same thing.
So we thought we'd get on the front foot and call you.
We actually spoke about,
just literally three minutes before we called you,
tracking down people who don't wave
and placing stickers on their cars.
Yeah, look, podcast is in fine form with you out of here, mate.
You've called the right person for not waving.
No, that's what, mate.
We said that's okay.
There's always room for improvement.
Yeah, there is.
And, Ronnie, we've got a sticker for you, mate.
We've got a sticker for you.
Might help you get to an eight or a nine out of 10.
Is it because it's a sticker on hand on my winter ones?
Yeah, it's a fake hand.
Yeah, that might take you to a 10, I reckon.
Oh, mate.
All right.
Good to chat to you, Ronnie.
We'll let you get back to your day.
And hopefully, we'll finish this podcast soon
and wrap up the wave.
Yeah, all good, mate.
Give us a buzz after.
Absolutely, mate.
All right, see you, Ronnie.
See you, lads.
See ya.
Love that from the big man to pick up and then to...
Pick up and then get braided.
And then get braided immediately.
Disappointing, mate.
Can't run.
Look, six out of 10 is a pass mark.
Yeah, last month from Charles Hague,
do I need a proper four-wheel drive to do a road trip around WA,
planning to do a trip from Esperance up to Xmouth
when I come across later this year
and not planning on doing any hardcore four-wheel driving?
Just want to get to most of the main spots along the way.
Do not need a four-wheel drive.
Super is the answer.
Do not need a four-wheel drive.
No.
No.
You might not be able to get to some of the beaches
without having an all-wheel drive, four-wheel drive vehicle,
but you'll be fine to see everything
that you kind of need to see when you come to WA.
You'll just miss a few of the hidden spots.
You just go to the touristy ones.
Just not going off the beaten track, too.
But definitely do not need a four-wheel drive
to come visit WA and explore.
And that probably goes for lots of places in Australia.
East coast as well.
You're just probably not tackling the big high country, are you?
No.
But yeah, in WA, absolutely.
Do not need a four-wheel drive.
Just get on the main roads and start going.
You'll be fine.
That's it.
All right.
That's it, mate.
That's around the fire pit.
That is it.
Just remember to WAVE.
Go get some merch.
Do remember to WAVE.
I'm going to be doing merch for the WAVE
either next week or the week after.
We had a good couple of WAVES on the trip.
Mate, we had some great WAVES.
Yeah, the other week.
We've had some WAVES around, Perth, as well.
Every time we get on the GoPro in the car,
we get some WAVES.
Yeah, we do.
Yeah, which is nice.
It's good to see.
So we'll keep talking about it.
Keep telling your friends to WAVE.
That's it.
And that's it.
That's all it is.
Do we just WAVE goodbye now?
Hey.
Yeah.
Bye.
Four-wheel drive, podcast, power, tire, power.
Shout out to ROTAM.
I'm not sure why.
It's so good.
It's just so good.
There you go.
That's it.
About this episode
Patches and Terrain Tamer giveaways kick things off, then the hosts get practical about 4WD care—especially cleaning the chassis/underbody to prevent salt corrosion, and even flushing mud from inside the chassis by watching the water run clear. The conversation widens to desert racing updates (including a fatality) and a production-class win in a Silverado ZR2. “Ultimate 4WD” spotlights a Nissan Navara D22 classic build, while “wave rating” banter lands Ronny Dahl at 6/10 and ties it back to sticker etiquette.
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