2017 Mitsubishi Mirage G4 Review
What weighs just over a ton and has a big booty? If you said the 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage G4 sedan, you’d be right. If you guessed a rhinoceros, you’d also be right. Continue reading
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Review: Yokohama Geolandar MT+ Tires
I’ll make no apologies: I like Yokohama tires. I first had Yokohamas back in 2006 when I got a set of 205/50/16 AVS ES100 tires for my Scion xB . A couple years later, I shod my Toyota Yaris’ wheels with 195/55/15 S-Drives. In fact, I just replaced them last month with the same tires. So when…
Continue reading →Chevrolet Shows off Spark ACTIV
New Chevy Spark ACTIV = Lifted + Roof Rack + Body Cladding. They say “crossover,” I say out-of-the-box rally crosser. Hmm. I wonder if I could shoehorn a set of all-terrain tires on this? Read more on Subcompact Culture …
Continue reading →New Zealand Up Close and Personal
When one mentions New Zealand, what immediately comes to mind for most people is Lord of the Rings, kiwi birds, bungee jumping in Queenstown, or perhaps the odd wonder of glow worms. But not for me.
Continue reading →Van life Can Be Awesome. It Can Also Be Frustrating.
Updated January 14, 2022. – #Vanlife. Living in vans. Traveling. Freedom. Life is perfect, ideal, minimal. It’s the bohemian dream, right? It certainly looks that way on Instagram if you look at the van life hashtag. Feeds jam-packed with highly polished photos of bearded guys in vans. Girls with hands above their head standing in…
Continue reading →Do we need new terms for people who like all kinds of vehicles?
If you’re like us and love lifted trucks as much as lowered hatchbacks; the sound of a hairy-chested V8 as well as the growl of a well-tuned four-banger; an epic off-road trip and an amazing road course, then you might feel like you’ve got a bit of an identity crisis. You don’t fit into a…
Continue reading →Giving our Jeep Cherokee a Lift
The Jeep Cherokee (XJ) was made from 1984–2001, and there have been tons of lift kits on the market during those 18 model years. So when it came time to choose a Jeep Cherokee Lift for Cranky, our Jeep Cherokee project, I decided to look to a company that had plenty of experience lifting Jeeps. Skyjacker has been…
Continue reading →On The Job Training: Restoring a Suzuki SJ410K
Just because you don’t know how to do something doesn’t mean you can’t learn. And that’s exactly what Omri Ginzburg did with this 1984 Suzuki SJ410k. He’d never done a restoration before, but taught himself everything he’d need to get this little Japanese truck back to tip-top shape after sitting for 10 years. This includes welding, body…
Continue reading →What It’s Like to Drive a Mitsubishi Delica
Minivans have the reputation they do in North America because vehicles like the Mitsubishi Delica were not offered here. What is a Delica? It’s a four-wheel drive, diesel-powered, forward-control van you can sleep in. Other things you can do in a Delica include: Easily traverse rough terrain Perform water crossings Travel for years on end Never be called…
Continue reading →Airstream Brings Back the Basecamp Trailer
Airstream, the iconic American manufacturer of aluminum trailers, is launching a new, smallish trailer called Basecamp. Technically, Airstream is relaunching the product, since they sold it back in the 2000s, but discontinued it sometime around 2008. That happens to be when I first saw one and fell in love with it. It was sleek, stylish and compact. That continues with the new…
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