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  1. 3rd December 2008, 11:16 AM #21
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    Jimny, they're sweet, and if nothing else would be better on the fuel consumption...

    did all that yrs ago in a roofless leaf sprung suzi sierra, fun as!

    and if for some bizarre reason it does get bogged, they're light enough for any chick to lift out, haha
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  2. 4th December 2008, 08:54 AM #22
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    I hired a suzuki sierra on Strady years ago. It handled sand and inland tracks really well.
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  3. 5th January 2009, 08:41 AM #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by mns488 View Post
    Hi all,

    A couple of fraser island questions for the experienced as I have not been there.

    My sister and her boyrfriend are going to fraser and staying at the king fisher resort. They are determained to hire a fwd to look around the island while there rather than tours. The choices are Patrol or Jimny. In terms of price they are unexpectantly very similar apparently.

    1 What would be better on the island patrol or jimny? I would have thought the Jimny due to the weight advantage.

    2 What are the inland tracks like? Is there any other fwding problems for a Jimny on the island other than sand driving?

    Thanks in advance.

    Matt
    They went the patrol option.

    It ended up being a bit of a saga for them as they had no 4wd experience and burnt the clutch out of a 1 year old patrol in 1 day because they were driving in high range and unlocked hubs...

    Day 2 it was replaced with a 200 series crusier... and a few instructions about basic 4wding

    Didn't cost them anything except the incovienience as they took up the full insurance.

    Provided me with a lot of entertainment...
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  4. 5th January 2009, 09:06 AM #24
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    Most of the hire 4 x4 we saw on Fraser Island in JulY I would not touch them with the proverbial barge pole. Come across a 130 Defender hire vehicle which was better then most of the hire jap crap but it seemed to have suffered a major attack from the rust worms.

    The inland tracks are much more fun then the beach runs in my opinion especially things like Erics short cut which is not driven often.

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    Last edited by leeds; 5th January 2009 at 09:22 AM. Reason: Correcting track name
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