The money pit – Nissan Patrol Y62
Over last year my Nissan Patrol Y62 became a money pit. I was somewhat surprised and disappointed with the car quality build and expenses. It has only 72,000 miles (~…
Tires (tyres) care in the desert conditions
In hot environment (Middle East, some parts of Australia, Central Asia, etc.) tires are loosing their elasticity and getting hard. There are two risk driving on hard tires (tyres): In…
Western righteousness in corporations
When I first started working in a western company, I was surprised with the people’s reaction that when one of the western privileged hit a pedestrian while driving. In the…
Nissan Patrol Desert winter treatments
After washing 5.1m long and 2m wide (16 ft long and 6 ft wide) car weekly for over two years I started thinking how to minimize the efforts and time,…
Improving Nissan Patrol (Y62) suspension
Every country with bad roads has its own reasons. In Kuwait those are hot weather, increased demand due to expanding population among other issues. During 2021 I had to replace…
Cost of owning Nissan Patrol over the years and Nissan CEO’s response
From this article you will have first hand information on how much does Nissan Patrol ownership cost in the Middle east. Information is incomplete, as when I approached Nissan, they…
Good bye Clevo Prostar (Sager) and welcome Quiet PC Leviathan Z4 ATX Gaming PC
Back in 2005 sitting in South Korea and copying some data from my Asus laptop my hard drive gave up without giving any notice. I had no data of any…
Applying car ceramic coating in the desert – Gtechniq Crystal Serum and EXO v4
This is a historical description, as the coating was applied in December 2022. I have previously tried and install following coatings: Meguiar’s Hybrid Paint Coating – my first one. Declared…
Car rubber care (treatment and nourishment) in the desert
I friend recently came over to visit driving Mercedes CLS400 AMG. The model is 2015 and with only 80,000 km (50,000 miles) since 2015 drives nicely despite of numerous pot…
Nissan Patrol rubber care in the desert
When I tried to make my Nissan Patrol wheels alignment after purchasing “Michelin Latitude Tour HP” tires, it was not possible. I was told that front side lower arm assembly…