Thread: A QLD 110 in Europe

Fabulous trip and pics...and with useful info. Thanks so much for sharing. These are, hopefully, the memories that keep us warm and smiling when youth and options have deserted us.
We spent a year on the road some years back travelling in our 4B but had to sell all we owned at the time and throw in our jobs to make it happen...all things a price.
Excellent!

A fantastic wright up and truly stunning pictures. Thanks for sharing your experiences up's and down's.


Had you done a big trip like that before or was that a first time....

Originally Posted by jc109

Hey Knodes85, where did you find (or how did you make) those reflective window shades. They look like a very tidy solution. I've previously just cut up window shades bought from Supercheap.

Check these guys from Germany - small manufacturer located in Hamburg. They come up with magnetic window shades, really happy with it and reasonable prices...

[edit] @all: sorry guys, just stumbled upon this forum. My name is Stephen, I'm from Munich, Germany. Last year we also spent a few weeks in Morocco with our Defender and I thougth I might recommend these window shades... ;-)

Cheers Stephen. Very neat solution. The cost is high though even before shipping. I've ordered the local version for roughly the same in AUD as those cost in Euros. And I suspect SolarScreens may be better suited to our conditions. Those look damn nice though, so, good plug that'll no doubt be of use to some of our European members.

Originally Posted by noyakfat

I think the pic of the defender is actually with the 693's. Anyway, who gives a rats? They sound like good tyres

Since new, I've been running Hankook Dynapro MT's in 265/75R16 (due to a very very good clearance price at my local tyre place.) They have just turned over 29,000 km and they are wearing extremely well. I've been very very happy with them.

When I wear them out, I'm keen to go back to 235/85R16, and have been wondering what kind of AT with which to shoe the horse. So far, I've been leaning towards the new Goodrich AT KO2, but the Bridgestones are also sparking my interest, particularly the 661.

To be honest, based on their performance so far, I'd be happy to run the Dynapro MT's again, but thought it would be more justified to go back to the AT's, given than my Deefer is my daily drive and carries me about 150 km per week to and from work.

I run the generally unladen beast with 35 psi all round and I do a 5 tyre rotation every 5,000 km. Wear has been very even and mild.

I guess I'll have to wait and see what happens when it's time for new shoes.

Cheers

Hankook also do an AT which seems well priced, but I have no experience of how it actually goes.

Originally Posted by jc109

Cheers knodes85.

I think I can handle to gaudiness for those benefits. I've shot a note off to SolarScreens requesting a quote, but I did so for their Touring Kit only, ie aft of the front seats. Although I won't be needing the front seats any time soon I might instead go the whole hog and be done with it.

Once again, super jealous of your adventure. Probably a good thing your website is so data hungry else my productivity at work would be through the floor.

How do you recover mentally from coming down to Earth after something like that? My brother recently walked the Camino. He's been back almost two months and is still coming to terms with normality. According to others who've done the same a couple of months of the blues is the norm. I don't know how I'd ever readjust to life back at home after what you guys have done together.

The only coping mechanism I've devised is to go on more holidays, some of which I've just returned from (hence the radio silence on here). It reduces the depression - which is real.