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Mate of mine just came back from crossing the Simpson Desert in his X-Trail. Got it over big red after a couple of goes. It does look rather second hand now.
Last time I visited Fraser there was this clown with a Ford Territory. Every time we saw him he was being recovered. I reckon he spent the whole time bogged somewhere.
My old man had a GT Forrester. A little twitchy on the throttle when trying to idle over some rough terrain but that Sooby could get itself into lots places other softers couldn't. Only let down by ground clearance issues and probably keeping your license in the first place with the detuned WRX motor in it. It was not uncommon to be driving along a twisty bit of country road, look down at the speedo and discover you are doing 140ks!
Driving ability probably helps in most of these situations. After all outback Australia was pioneered by Mk1 Landrovers, Austin Champs and Chevy Blitz trucks. These old clangers were state of the art then. They were driven with guts and things like traction control and hill descent were science fiction.
Last time I visited Fraser there was this clown with a Ford Territory. Every time we saw him he was being recovered. I reckon he spent the whole time bogged somewhere.
My old man had a GT Forrester. A little twitchy on the throttle when trying to idle over some rough terrain but that Sooby could get itself into lots places other softers couldn't. Only let down by ground clearance issues and probably keeping your license in the first place with the detuned WRX motor in it. It was not uncommon to be driving along a twisty bit of country road, look down at the speedo and discover you are doing 140ks!
Driving ability probably helps in most of these situations. After all outback Australia was pioneered by Mk1 Landrovers, Austin Champs and Chevy Blitz trucks. These old clangers were state of the art then. They were driven with guts and things like traction control and hill descent were science fiction.
Snaga
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