At OnCourse we teach a failed hill climb recovery technique that requires the driver to do a “key start” (this only relates to manual / stick shift vehicles). Over the years of instruction this technique is the only one we have confidence in. For instance, whilst doing training in DRC we had to use a route that included a very severe climb.
Keeping 4wds Simple for Harsh Environments
Electronically Challenged During my apprentice days, I came across the KISS principle. You found out what this meant as soon as you tried to offer up a complicated solution to a problem and met with the answer, “K(eep) I(t) S(imple) S(tupid)!”
About Buying a 2nd Hand 4wd Import in Uganda
Buying a second hand vehicle (in Uganda) can be a bit of a gamble at the best of times, but throw in vagaries of this environment and you could have better luck taking the money to the Kampala Casino — and that’s saying something! Having been round the second hand and Japanese import depots over […]


