Thread: OUTBACK TRAVEL

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.

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.

Well written…

And key point you had… Maintenance not repair.

Huge difference