Thread: Worth while?

Originally Posted by ted44

Hello.
From people who have prepared a vehicle for a big trip, do you wish you had done it any differently. By this I mean was it worth the time effort doing all the maintenance on a older truck to get it trip ready, or would you in hindsight buy a newer truck?
I know its a big Q but just trying to get a angle on what to do with mine, its a 1996 300Tdi in quite good condition, although its needs all the age related things doing on it to get it ready for a big trip around the Simpson next sept.
Cheers ted

Having recently done the Simpson in a (relatively) new defender (09 model, 90k on the clock), I'd say keep the old one and make sure she's in ship shape condition.

The only thing that (might) be better than a well fettled older rig (that you know well) would be a new one that's had any teething problems sorted out (i.e. one with around 20k the clock) - that's a lot of coin to spend for a marginal gain.

As per JC's advice above, under no circumstances skimp on suspension - it's false economy.