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Offline Steve_PD

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Re: Now Cruising around...
« Reply #20 on: 13 May 2013, 09:53 »
well I made it, 1371km's round trip, 14 hours of driving and incident free :tongue:

and it used both tanks....

Things to buy:
seat covers
rubber mats
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wind deflectors

On the list but not for some time...
All Terrain tyres
2" lift kit
snorkel
dual batterys
hard spare tyre cover
fridge

and then am set for some proper adventures :cool:
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Offline bobbarley

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Re: Now Cruising around...
« Reply #21 on: 13 May 2013, 10:09 »
It's like a small house on wheels  :grin:

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Re: Now Cruising around...
« Reply #22 on: 13 May 2013, 19:02 »
piccies with the trailer or it didnt happen  :whistle:

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Re: Now Cruising around...
« Reply #23 on: 16 May 2013, 12:36 »
No pics as I was too busy navigating the Perth traffic :sick: and then the 7 hour drive home.

And now am on site for 8 days so its parked in the works car park get home for 1 day and am flying up to Port Hedland for a week. At least a tank of fuel is going to last me a month :grin:
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Re: Now Cruising around...
« Reply #24 on: 16 May 2013, 13:42 »
So the trailer thing didn't happen then.

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Re: Now Cruising around...
« Reply #25 on: 16 May 2013, 14:28 »
Trailer did, i wouldn't have got it all in the back of the cruiser. Lets just say my reversing got better over the trip... :lipsrsealed: oh and taking up 4 car parking spaces in the hotel :grin:
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Re: Now Cruising around...
« Reply #26 on: 16 May 2013, 19:28 »
 :laugh:

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Re: Now Cruising around...
« Reply #27 on: 16 May 2013, 22:09 »
how come you didnt go for a diesel with those sort of distances?

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Re: Now Cruising around...
« Reply #28 on: 16 May 2013, 22:43 »
It looks urm....big!!  :grin:

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Re: Now Cruising around...
« Reply #29 on: 16 May 2013, 22:59 »
how come you didnt go for a diesel with those sort of distances?

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