Marriage & Cars: How not to buy a car with your heart
Buying a car is a lot like choosing someone to marry – both are long-term commitments. And as in marriage, our emotions when buying a car can cause us to make some bad decisions if we’re not careful....
View ArticleWhy the new RAV4 is brilliant
It’s not the best compact SUV out there. It truly isn’t – and a group test we recently published, written by the guys at Autocar UK, concurs – and they didn’t even really test the vehicles for...
View ArticleJeep’s Grand Cherokee: Driving impressions
Jeeps manic makeover By Sean Nurse There is no denying the importance of the Grand Cherokee for Jeep. Since its inception in 1992 Jeep has sold over 5 million of them worldwide. It is often hailed as...
View ArticleWomen of Africa: honouring rural women
Travel photographer Louis Kleynhans photographed the women of rural Africa for the United Nations, and explains the trials these strong individuals go through from a young age here. Below are just a...
View ArticleKoala bears, Maori toyi-toyi & the US of A
By Danie Botha I’ve been struggling to decide on what to moan about this month. The morning school run presented me with an early favourite: parents who drive with their kids standing on the front...
View ArticleWayne Jacobs: Nightmare in Kgalagadi
What was supposed to be a pleasant trip to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park over Easter for Wayne Jacobs and a friend turned out to be a nightmare experience. He feels the park and its administration...
View ArticleJannie Herbst: Practicing English in Hanoi
Vietnam was not exactly a most travelled to destination in the 1990s. Despite its French colonial lure and tree-lined boulevards, the country was still “off the radar” for South Africans, which is...
View ArticleGlyn Demmer: Simplifying 4×4 lingo
The motor industry and journalists who write about it use “in house” terminology, some of which the man in the street struggles to comprehend, says Glyn. He feels the language should be demystified....
View ArticleGG van Rooyen: The Tyranny of the Parking Bay
Late in 2014, Chinese stunt driver Han Yue set a record for the tightest parallel parking job ever recorded. Driving a Mini Cooper, he placed his vehicle a mere 8cm (3,14 inches) from the two cars...
View ArticleDefensive Driving – Your Best Defence Against A Loadshedding Gridlock
As if the crisis of bad manners on our roads wasn’t enough, now the energy crisis has thrown loadshedding and non-functioning robots into that mix and created a situation which is downright dangerous....
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