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A FISTFUL OF KILOWATTS
LASSO THE FEISTY NEW LDV T60 MAX
What pick-up might our favourite spaghetti western hero Clint Eastwood drive ? According to LDV ' s marketers , it could well be the T60 Max , the kick-arse new jigger from China ' s biggest truck manufacturers . Their ad campaign , " There ' s a new ute in town " features the " Kilowatt trilogy ": " The Good , the Bad and the Kilowatts "; " A fistful of Kilowatts " and " For a few Kilowatts more ". In other words , the " man with no name " would ditch his trusty gee-gee for the bitumen-blistering power of the new T60
Max . And who could blame him ? As you may have guessed , the T60 Max is all about the kilowatts . It ' s got more of the lusty energy units than any other vehicle in the fourcylinder segment : a whopping 160 of them spewing from a 2.0-litre diesel .
So you can out-drag any self-respecting ute / horse / wagon at the traffic lights , but can this LDV cut it in the comfort and utility stakes ? A 10.25-inch infotainment touch screen takes care of phone , sound and directions , and a three-tonne braked towing capacity is just gagging for weekend warrior fun .
Then there ' s the price : $ 33,990 drive away , which will barely touch the sides of most tradies ' wallets . Add in a five-year / 130,000km warranty and it ' s a case of " Go ahead : make your day !"
SPECS : LDV T60 MAX
DONK : 2.0-LITRE TWIN-TURBO FOUR-CYLINDER DIESEL
GRUNT : 160KW ; 400NM
THIRST : 9.2L / 100KM
WALLET : FROM $ 33,990 DRIVE AWAY
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DUMB WAYS TO DIE
Metro Trains Melbourne Pty LTD ( Free ) You ’ ve seen the viral video : now play the game . It ’ s up to you to save the colourful little critters and get them all together at your train station . You ’ ll be carefully removing forks from toasters , swatting away wasps , flicking piranhas away from your private parts , saving self-taught pilots , keeping psycho killers at bay and above all learning to be safe around trains during 82 fun mini-games .
Fuel
TRADIES SHARE THEIR FAVOURITE FEEDS
SEA BAY RESTAURANT , SYDNEY , NSW Liam Kelly , labourer " If I ' m in the city I grab their dumplings ."
METRO COFFEE , BROADBEACH , QLD Leo Nguyen , plumber ' s assistant " Great coffee and their BLAT is tasty ."
MURPHYS , GEELONG WEST , VIC Rory Miles , sub-contractor " The chicken parmi and chips is good value ."
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