Was that towing? I also live in South Australia(Barossa Valley area) and have just returned from a trip to Darwin. 12.76l/100kms towing a 2.5 ton caravan. 6750km total with about 700km not towing. Vehicle is a MY19 Dmax.

I live in Adelaide and have just returned from a trip to Darwin- 2016 DMAX- 10 days driving 6300 klms-fuel consumption 10 klm/litre.
Beware of Erldunda at 3.05 a litre!!!
What intrigues me is the number of  reasonable cars on the side of the road either broken down/accident damage or stolen dumped and burnt.
If one has a hit an animal and damaged beyond driving or even towing (no fun on a tow rope with no power steering or brakes)  how do you get by? Your mobile phone is useless so sat phone or Starlink?
Rely on others?
I can understand with accident damage and recovery costs and repair costs why so many cars are left.

OK, the big red car is home. Cleaned glass and cigarette butts out of every nook and cranny. And the sticky residue on every surface. Sorry, has to be said, smokers are filthy.

Have removed rear seats and washed. Will leave front seats until next weekend so the kids can play tomorrow. That said, I have to remove the centre console to get to the gear stick (auto) mechanism. It sticks in Park
 Apparently an easy fix.

Just wondering if anyone knows what it could be when the ignition is turned off but there is still something running and clicking. No fans on. Key out of ignition.


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One of my friends found mice in his car. They lived right in the car and carried all sorts of rubbish in it. He had to dismantle the car to destroy their nest.
Maybe you have mice too?

Not very surprising.
Car electronics are about as sophisticated as computers in the 70’s and 80’s.
I worked in IT security for a long time after being a motor mechanic.
The CAN Bus has no protection and getting added user function is more important.
Like I want to start my car and have it warm or remote open doors or wind down windows from any part of the world.

I don't know anything about electronics. But I have a question: why not just protect the CAN bus?

They misspelt Baldivis :-) Not Baldavis. This is a southern suburb of Perth. Everyone worries about the wildlife on the roads when you hit the big northwest, and yet, our worst places are down in the southwest. Massive mobs of greys getting fat and breeding. I live surrounded by national park at the north end of the midwest, and our biggest risk area is right in town, big mobs of greys, coming in to feed on lawns and the oval.

Wow, it's like you live in a zoo