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Let's get it over with if you drive one of these you can say with absolute confidence ... mine's bigger and more powerful than yours.

Disagree?

Well in that case bring it on cos no one messes with you if you drive one of these ... an F Truck is a kids toy compared to this.

The Ford launch of a limited edition XR6 Cab Chassis at the 2006 Melbourne Motor Show drew some serious interest from Ford followers.

Small business operators, tradies and Ford ute lovers will snap up one of the 300 quick smart.

With a customised tray/body to suit their business and other goodies, it makes you wonder why only 300?

So the ute looks a bit sick.

• Paint lost it colour.
• Things looking bit jaded.
• The shine gone due to your lack of care cos you were just too busy.

2006 will see some changes to the Ute Muster.

Some you will see some you may experience. 

Most ute owners in Australia have heard of Alan Nixon - AKA UteMan - as a result of his four best-selling Beaut Utes series of books.

He has, we think, about 18 books published and we hear there are more in production. He is a full-time writer and photographer and probably the only bloke we know of that gets paid to travel the country looking at utes, talking to ute-owners and writing about them in all sorts of places.

Alan has just announced he's found a track not yet traveled and is gearing up to see where it takes him.

If you drive a X6 or a X8 then take care and don't for goodness sake do a tyre.

Sources tell me there are less than a hand full of X vehicle tyres, specific to them, available Australia wide.

Don't say you haven't been told.

This is one cool idea developed by the Finnish group called Iqua who have developed the Snake to connect to the mobile network via a Bluetooth headrest handsfree unit.

Anyone who has ever been hit by another vehicle who then fled the scene knows how frustrating hit-and-run accidents can be.

Unless you have a witnessor some good forensic evidence, most of these crimes are never resolved and your bank account or insurance rating is depleted.

Keep watching for this new tool

Toyota have always been known to be the toughest of the tough and they have used this in their promotions and advertising.

The Top Gear episode also proved this.

This story though takes things a bit further, and really is a testament to the quality they put into the Toyotas of past.

The BBC's programme "Top Gear" set out to test how tough the Toyota Hilux is.

A battle of Hilux against the English town of Bristol...

But I won't tell you too much of it now, you just have to see it with your own eyes!