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Oct
06
Diary of a 4x4 Responder - Part Six - York Shine Night 2022

Diary of a 4x4 Responder - Part Six - York Shine Night 2022

Supporting Cancer Research UK at Shine Night York 2022, and two monthly meeting updates.
3 min read
Aug
21
View of Ingleborough, one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks.

Diary of a 4x4 Responder: Part Five - Dales Festival 2022

This week Yorkshire 4x4 Response were supporting Run For All and their Dales Festival 2022 - here’s how we got on!
5 min read
Aug
15
Yorkshire 4x4 Response vehicles at Harewood Gravity Games 2022

Diary of a 4x4 Responder: Part Four - Harewood Gravity Games 2022

Now that I am an active 4x4 responder, it’s time for my first event - Harewood Gravity Games 2022!
3 min read
Aug
05
Diary of a 4x4 Responder: Part Three - The Second Meeting

Diary of a 4x4 Responder: Part Three - The Second Meeting

The second meeting, where we covered some training modules and I got some kit!
2 min read
Aug
01
A Land Rover Defender vehicle with 4x4 Response livery - not mine!

Diary of a 4x4 Responder: Part Two - The First Meeting

Joining Yorkshire 4x4 Response and my first monthly meeting experience.
3 min read
Jul
29
4x4 Response UK banner showing examples of vehicles

Diary of a 4x4 Responder: Part One - What, Why and How?

Anyone with a 4x4 knows they'll use any excuse to go out in the snow just for fun - it'd be even better to be doing it for a good cause, right?
5 min read
Sep
20
Mk2 Panda 4x4 on the Gatescarth Pass, Lake District

Panda 4x4 vs Gatescarth Pass in the Lake District

Can a Panda 4x4 make it across the Gatescarth Pass, allegedly the most difficult green lane in the Lake District?
7 min read
Jun
13
SAAB 900 Steering Wheel Alignment

SAAB 900 Steering Wheel Alignment

Sometimes it’s the little things that go wrong on cars that get on your nerves the most. Take the steering wheel on my SAAB 900S for example...
3 min read
Jun
05
W123 Mercedes Front Brake Replacement

W123 Mercedes Front Brake Replacement

Here is how to change the brake discs, pads and calipers on a W123 Mercedes, highlighting some of the things that can go wrong and what to do about it when they inevitably do...
12 min read