I think it's always better to know if your car is going to catch fire before you hop in it to take your children as well as some loved ones down to the local Dan Murphy's for their Tour de Dan's!

Anyway, we're sure our 30-year old Beemer is not going to catch fire but we'd like to give you some warning on cars that might. Rocket Rod Sims, the petrol head's friend from the ACCC, tells me if you have a 2015 to 2021 Hyundai Tucson there is a risk of an engine compartment fire, even when the vehicle is turned off.

"This could increase the risk of an accident, serious injury or death to vehicle occupants, other road users and bystanders, and/or damage to property," Rod says. I'm not a safety freak but I'm not sure I would be following the advice that "you can continue to drive your vehicle" because RRS goes on to say: "However as an added precaution you may wish to park your Tucson away from structures, eg not in a garage."

Now I know you are probably thinking: "What other things on wheels put me at risk of death or worse?" Well, you're always close to the afterlife on a bike but RRS says some of the 2020-2021 Kawasakis "may cause in some cases the engine to stall, increasing the risk of injury or death to rider(s) and/or other road users".

What about the Audi Q7, SQ7 and RS6 vehicles made between July and September 2020 and the 2021 model? Not so good. "The operation of the side airbag, curtain airbag and/or belt tensioner, any delay resulting from a detached connector, increases the risk of injury and/or death to vehicle occupants."

Of course, our friends at Stellantis, a global leader in sustainable mobility, can't have any problems? Except for the 16,305 Jeep Grand Cherokee where a Kawasaki-type stall can cause an increased risk of an accident resulting in injury or death to vehicle occupants and/or other road users.

Talking of Rock & Roll and Stellantis, Jeep have pulled a sensational Super Bowl two-minute TV ad because its alleged star, Bruce Springsteen, was arrested in November for drunk driving in the Gateway National Recreation Area on the New Jersey coast. He deserves an award for driving a Jeep in any condition.

Talking of sucking up to friends with gratuitous publicity, WART member Garth Walden's GWR has been appointed official Radical sportscars dealer in eastern Australia. Radical was started by rosbifs Mick Hyde and Phil Abbott. A simple idea: let's wedge an over-powered superbike engine in the back of a featherweight race car, making it faster than a supercar but at a 10th the price and start our own race series for racing's most user-friendly vehicle.