OUTBACK TRAVEL

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Originally Posted by Patrick M

Ok,
Thanks to everyone who responded to my question, what has been said is of great intrest to me.
However I am still left wondering.
How many of you that own a Discovery, Range Rover or Defender, built after 2010 and onwards would be brave enough to take it on a cross country expedition for a couple of weeks.
The route would be comprised of maybe, a couple of thousand klms on the blacktop, a thousand or so of bush tracks (heavy and low range would be required) then another thousand across country desert with numerous sand and limestone ridges to negotiate.
Regards:-
Patrick M

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Where are you planning on going Patrick and when exactly? If the dear Cook is healthy enough I wouldn't mind joining you unless it was just a rhetorical question. :)
AlanH.

I was one of the crew on the Madigan Line crossing in August that DieselLSE referred to you. The D4 went extremely well; reliable, capable and comfortable. A total of 6,600kms.
Yes, as others have said, my D4 is well maintained. In addition, I have replaced some parts based on predictive, time-based maintenance, rather than waiting for problematic symptoms to appear. I did not buy this vehicle because I was looking for a "low budget" approach to comfortable 4WD touring.
However, with regard to the budget, one item that has really remained with me from the trip, is how impressive the D4 fuel economy was on the desert leg. Just 16.5 L/100km with many, many sand dunes crossed. For an expedition laden D4, with 190 litres of fuel on board and enough water for a week, this is great economy.
Given a service and a thorough check over, I would happily load up the D4 and set off on an expedition tomorrow.
Once again, thank you to everyone on the Forum who has provided advice, both in real-time and also archival. Greatly appreciated.
Safe travels.
Jeffoir.

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Originally Posted by Jeffoir

I was one of the crew on the Madigan Line crossing in August that DieselLSE referred to you. The D4 went extremely well; reliable, capable and comfortable. A total of 6,600kms.
Yes, as others have said, my D4 is well maintained. In addition, I have replaced some parts based on predictive, time-based maintenance, rather than waiting for problematic symptoms to appear. I did not buy this vehicle because I was looking for a "low budget" approach to comfortable 4WD touring.
However, with regard to the budget, one item that has really remained with me from the trip, is how impressive the D4 fuel economy was on the desert leg. Just 16.5 L/100km with many, many sand dunes crossed. For an expedition laden D4, with 190 litres of fuel on board and enough water for a week, this is great economy.
Given a service and a thorough check over, I would happily load up the D4 and set off on an expedition tomorrow.
Once again, thank you to everyone on the Forum who has provided advice, both in real-time and also archival. Greatly appreciated.
Safe travels.
Jeffoir.

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Well written…

And key point you had… Maintenance not repair.

Huge difference [emoji41]

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Well written…

And key point you had… Maintenance not repair.

Huge difference [emoji41]

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Mine may be up for sale but it'll still get maintained as it has been since purchased new. That of course means decent servicing by an independent plus myself in between times and whatever is recommended on here. We're using it still as I don't like a vehicle to be left standing without those wheels turning for too long.
New batteries on constant charge with the C-Tek and a big job planned for the near future. If buyers don't want to pay a 'reasonable price' for a well maintained vehicle, it doesn't bother me and we'll keep it for as long as it takes, like we did the Puma when selling it.
I'm certainly not flogging it to the trade at their insulting prices just for them to tart it up and stick 20K on it...
AlanH.