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Jolly Good Fellow
Land Rover’s 65th birthday celebration. Before taking a job at SA4x4, I spent eight years working as a fitter & turner. In the early days of my apprenticeship, many of the precision tools I used... Read more
Off the radar
Exploring south east Namibia. Namibia is known for attractions like Sossusvlei, Etosha and the Fish River Canyon, but none of these iconic draw cards are located in the south-east of the country. Read more
SNAKES ALIVE!
Stiletto Snake. Of the 169 species and subspecies of snakes in Southern Africa, only about 10 percent are considered deadly; but a number of less-venomous snakes are capable of very serious bites th... Read more
Fully Furnished
I drive an ’07 Hilux DC. After years of deliberation, I still couldn’t decide how best to kit out my Hilux. The problem was that every arrangement had its pros and cons, but I was stuck on the most ba... Read more
HARD CONTACT
DIY: How to clean a corroded battery Original text and images supplied by Dremel. Edited by SA4x4 magazine. Read more
Less is more
New models: Land Rover Discovery XS. Many old-school off-roaders consider contemporary SUVs to be too expensive, too complicated, and too heavy. Too everything, in fact. Whatever your views on the s... Read more
Learning to fly
Another Dimension. From a technical perspective, capturing birds in flight is probably the hardest genre of wildlife photography. Not only is your subject able to move in an extra dimension (vertica... Read more
The Big Kahuna
The Iveco Daily 4x4 was launched a few years ago in foreign markets, but, owing to SA’s poor-quality diesel, this versatile truck never made it to our shores. Read more
Legions of thrills (no spills)
Reader report: Lauberville dune experience, Namibia. In April ’06, I received a call about a spot that had opened up on a Westcoast4x4 tour to Saddle Hill, north of Lüderitz. Someone had cancelled, an... Read more
7-seater for the 1 percenters
New model: Mercedes-Benz GL-Class. Luxury 7-seater SUVs are comparatively few in number. Rarer yet are 7-seaters that accommodate adults comfortably in their third row. Read more
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92 Nissan Sani 3.0 …
Mimi Boshoff of Emerald Hill, Port Elizabeth is the proud owner of this ’92 Nissan Sani 3.0 V6. Mimi is a passionate 4x4er and jumped at the chance to go and play with her Sani after some ra...
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07 Fortuner 3.0 D-4…
Red drum, silver lorry? Leon Smith and his family hail from Kempton Park, Gauteng. In 2010 they toured Namibia for three weeks; while there, they came across the famous rooi drom on their wa...
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Attempt at a Land(y…
What you’re seeing here is an attempt at a Land(y) speed record. That’s right, Justin Bean snapped this shot of his sister Stacey driving his Defender Td5 110 DC to possible fame and glory o...
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Coasting to Kunene
EXPLORING NAMIBIA’S SKELETON COAST The Kunene River mouth is one of the most inaccessible places on earth. Guarded by a deadly coastline and a merciless desert, this most north-we...
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A Date with Destiny
Another dusty day in Africa came to an end, and we spent the night at Kalambo waterfalls in northern Zambia before following a rough dirt road to the remote little border post at K...
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Birds, Bats and Bog…
EXPLORING NORTH-WESTERN ZAMBIA There aren’t too many places in the world where you can come face-to-face with 10 million bats and 430 species of bird, all within 400 square kilome...
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Off-road test: VW A…
GREAT EXPECTATIONS Volkswagen’s new Amarok is stirring the double-cab pot, re-writing the sector’s value propositions while introducing technology never seen before in a bakkie. But has this...
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Off-road test: GWM …
NOBLE STEED While many folk still regard Chinese vehicles as a compromise, manufacturers like GWM are making great strides in improving their products. Grant Spolander test drives the new G...
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Off-road test: Jeep…
GRANDULAR FEVER As a Jeep fan and himself a proud owner of an ’00 XJ Cherokee, Grant Spolander eagerly climbs behind the wheel of the all-new Grand Cherokee, a vehicle that’s now equipped w...
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Serendipity Eco Tra…
Trail driving’s not for everyone. Some folk love the idea of steep descents, axle-twisters and muddy play pits, but many feel it’s a pointless pastime and an unnecessary risk to their vehicl...
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Maliba Lodge 4X4 Tr…
The young lad perched on the stone wall looks a perfect picture as our 4x4 purrs past.He doesn’t move, so we stop. I hop out and take a snap, and within minutes I’m surrounded by dozens of t...
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Matroosberg 4X4 Tra…
My brother Paul climbs gingerly out of our Defender; it’s cold up here and we’ve reached the turnaround point – the lookout point just below Conical Peak. Straight away he bends down to grab...
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Eco Understood
Eco Understood I’d never quite understood the concept of ‘eco trail’, as most trails involve off-roading in environmentally-sensitive areas. So ‘eco trail’ seemed like a bit of an oxymo...
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Trail Review: Nosso…
It doesn’t happen very often, but sometimes, just sometimes, an unplanned trip can be the most unforgettable. Our recent June / July Kgalagadi trip is a case in point. We’d left our plans to...
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Thangami 4X4 Trail
The first cold front of winter has arrived in KZN, and as I take the N2 away from Durban’s warm coast I can feel it. It is defi nitely here. During our fi rst leg stretch at Gingindlovu, the...
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Kungwini Trail Revi…
I love obstacle courses – they get your adrenalin pumping, determine your 4x4’s abilities and put your driving skills to the test. But let’s face it, 90 percent of courses are hideously ugly...
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Sandveld splendour
Trail Review: Klein Tafelberg 4X4 It’s difficult to believe that some 4x4 owners in the Western Cape haven’t yet discovered the Klein Tafelberg 4x4 trail, especially when you consider t...
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Voorhoede 4WD Trail
I’m already yearning for winter, despite the fact that summer’s only just begun. Ordinarily, I find Western Cape winters to be too dark, too cold and too darn wet, but next year I have some...
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