Puma 4000km round trip from Sydney

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Originally Posted by greenhornet

Hi Mate
The rear mud flap did fall off with the corrugations between Mungo and Menindee, and ripped out a small part of the aluminium guard, but that was a small thing. Also if anyone has not removed their engine lift, after 3 years mine started to rub on a hose that it had not previously, so get in and do it before your next trip!
Mostly sat on 100km. The Mrs is half way along with baby number 1 so we took the whole trip nice and easy. :) Photos of mud flap and lifer engine lift below.
Cheers
Gav

You're holding that mudflap like it's a trophy ... which, of course, it is! A character building Land Rover trophy:cool:.

Great thread. I've had my MY12 D90 for a month now and only done 1,200 kms, 450k of which were the drive home from picking it up. Now that I know it could survive a trip, I'll get to planning one!:D

(Actually, it'll be my support vehicle for the Australasian Safari, so will do a few thousand km in a week towing a decent size trailer with lots of gear. Unfortunately it won't be me driving - I'll be attached to a handlebar going much faster!).

BTW, just a note on my fuel economy. The first tank of diesel was gulped down at 11.5l/100km, the second tank was drank at 10.7l/100km and the current third tank is looking better again. The engine is obviously bedding in nicely.