Just a couple photos from Russia

[kav Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close kav]

Great stuff now I'm gonna have to drag out the maps to see where you were . Maybe a few of our 4wd DVD makers could take a few lessons

[Serg_49 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Serg_49]

Great stuff now I'm gonna have to drag out the maps to see where you were . Maybe a few of our 4wd DVD makers could take a few lessons

Unfortunately I have not been there. Did not have a chance, He called me, but I had to be on job. That is my friend's film - camera man, the asian-look man. But I know exactly where they were. I never managed to get there so far, there are couple hundreds kms which my Prado can not make ))))))

[kav Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close kav]

Baaaaaah , your prado would have made it , easy . All you need is a big winch , just like them . And yours is a Toyota , not a Nissan . Seriously ! Great footage and thank you and your friends , for sharing it with us . Hmmm I think some of this punctuation may be a little off , that may have something to do with my level of intoxication , or maybe education , or both . Cheers kav

[Mark from Brisbane Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark from Brisbane]

Great stuff and pleased to see that PP has " gone Global".....Serg assume you actually are Russian??? If so your English skills are very good (in a written sense).

Thanks again for sharing, living in sunny South East Queensland where the winter temps drop to an horrendous 8 degrees (on two days of the year) and average about 15-20 C for a normal winter day it's a real eye opener.

Cheers

[Serg_49 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Serg_49]

Great stuff and pleased to see that PP has " gone Global".....Serg assume you actually are Russian??? If so your English skills are very good (in a written sense).

Thanks again for sharing, living in sunny South East Queensland where the winter temps drop to an horrendous 8 degrees (on two days of the year) and average about 15-20 C for a normal winter day it's a real eye opener.

Cheers

Yes, I am actually Russian. Started to learn English in 2008 as joint international Oil and Gas company. Company language is English so I had to start speak this language )) And actually I am very happy with that. It opens the whole world )))) I found a lot of very interesting things here at PP. And it is just amazing to see how people deal with the same cars but in absolutely different climate zones. It is great to find the things you were dreaming about on the other side of the planet, to find how the people with absolutely different way of life, different lifestyle found the decission how to make their Prados better, how to "tune" it.

[Mark from Brisbane Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark from Brisbane]

Yes the challenges you face are almost totally different to what we face (although I imagine you have many similar terrains).

Down here there's lots of wide open spaces, so if you are a "remote area tourer" (such as me), it sometimes involves thousands of KM's of driving just to get to the start point.

In July-August this year I undertook the Canning Stock Route (in Western Australia), from Brisbane to the start point of Wiluna it was a 4850 Km drive, and from the end point of Halls Creek about 4500Kms back to Brisbane......all up I drove 10238 m's, and that just to do one 4WD track.

If you go to Trip Reports, and search Canning Stock Route, I did an extensive report (with photo's), also suggest you Google Canning Stock Route to see a little of the history, which is such an important part of the trip.

The CSR just about has it all (although def not snow), creek crossings, rocky tracks, rocky deserts, sand dunes, corrugations, and the added fun is you have to be almost self sufficient for 3 weeks (there's a fuel point about half way BUT you have to be able to get 1116 KM's to that point).

Reading your posts and viewing your photo's is really interesting as most of us would not have experienced winter 4WDing in any way (although a few do the Victorian High Country in our winter).

Thanks again for sharing

[Serg_49 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Serg_49]

The Spring is here ))

Decided to add a few photos.

The first one was done this winter after a small paint work on my Prado. I decided to refresh the paint a little bit after a couple hard years for my Prado in the bushes ))



On that photo you can see the man showeling his car. It is a small car parked at that place. It was completely covered with snow during the small snow storm. In the morning I tried to back up and park me car at that snow drift. Almost made it. But... I ran over that small car. Actually I parked my car on top of his ))))) Thanks to my insurance, they paid him ))



And the last few photos were maid a week go. I put in my summer tires and went for a small drive looking for a fresh wet dirt ))) I found it and had some fun )))

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

Serg always love your posts! Guess that is a variation on 'neighbour can you move your car, you've parked me in'. Hoping to see more shots this spring and summer.

Prado is looking good after it's birthday.

[juc33_prado Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close juc33_prado]

looks great dirty!

[glen_ep Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close glen_ep]

Oh man there you are searching for dirt, and here I am praying for a chance to drive on snow this winter

Love the photos and neighbour's car story. I'd like to do that to one of my neighbours........

[Torrie 72 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Torrie 72]

Great pics Serg! Looks like a lot of fun. I'd love to do some snow tracks like that! 90 is looking really good.
Cheers Ben.

[Serg_49 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Serg_49]

Love the photos and neighbour's car story. I'd like to do that to one of my neighbours........

You know what I found? It is very easy to do )))) Do not even think about it. Simply park on top and that is it Later you can always say "Whoops"

The only thing is do not forget to check if insurance company will pay for it

[Torrie 72 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Torrie 72]

Ha ha! That's great Serg. Love it. Champion.

Cheers Ben.

[Serg_49 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Serg_49]

So. I am done with Prado for now. I sold it in November last year. Broke 3 CVs, 2 front differentials and decided to change the car. It will be a solid axles car. Most likely that will be TLC Prado 78 equipped with 1KZ or Nissan Patrol with ZD30 and engine will be swapped with TD42T from Nissan Safari(Japanese Patrol) as soon as ZD30 will die(and it will die, they do not live too long in our environment if you use in off-road).
But that will be a little bit later, having some financial difficulties with changed currency exchange rates. For now bought MMC Delica D5 for me family. Top version. Nice and very comfortable van but not SUV )) Adding a photo of my Prado prior to sell and my new Delica.

[glen_ep Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close glen_ep]

Hey Serg,
Sorry to hear about your troubles. The Prado looked very good before you sold it - also very high!