We expected out car would have to do a mix of road and dirt, probably 75/25. also look at, Equipment we took on the big Australia Trip A 4wd was a must, but which one? also see, Travels around Australia -2 Fun Loving Adventures Parents, 2 kids a 4wd and caravan Toyota's seemed to be the best option.... but financially we could not go there, so we settled for a 2004 Nizzan Patrol. consider, Newcastle - Car and Caravan Repairs Pretty lush in many ways, leather electric controlled seats, tinted that, smick this.... an automatic with less than 80,000klm on the clock. why not visit, Back to the coast – Saltwater Creek National Park. Perfect.

Car was purchased from Victoria consider, Link Index Footer site unseen, but with an racv inspection. also see, Places in Australia we've travelled to We took a punt, and it worked out, the car arrived and was as expected - very tidy. checkout, Sydney - a day of fun then a drive from hell The try, Warnambul I made the mistake of taking it to a regular mechanic. also look at, Back to the coast – Saltwater Creek National Park. My advice is to anyone who owns a 4wd.... don't got to a regular mechanic. look at, Link Index Footer Got to a place such as ARB. Why?
Generally speaking, the guys who work try, Sydney - a day of fun then a drive from hell on your car are 4wd enthusiasts. why not visit, Australian Wildlife we saw They love , Snowy mountains by Talingbo Reservoir their 4wd's and would hate someone to do the wrong thing by them. consider, Be Prepared! Lake Keepit Caravan and Camping Grounds. I went to a mechanic in Byron Bay, I wont mention names checkout, Australian Wildlife we saw but his names also look at, Places in Australia we've travelled to rhymes with "Bay".

I ended up with

a. A service that did not include an air filter change, which consequently clogged.

b. Faulty tyres which cause as massive shake of my car.

c. A new why not visit, Be Prepared! Lake Keepit Caravan and Camping Grounds. steering dampener, to fix the shake. also see, Back to the coast – Saltwater Creek National Park. Did not work. also see, Link header checkout, Canberra - catching up with family The tyres were not round.

d. Finally got tyres replaced - at about $600 more than it should have cost me.

For my next service i went to the boys at ARB in Newcastle?

Awesome.

The found a slight problem(endemic with turbo diesel 4wds) that cuases oil to be blown back through the trubo and fixed it with a catch can. try, Newcastle - Car and Caravan Repairs They showed me how to clean my intercooler myself(i am NOT handy and it turned out to be pretty simple) saving me hundreds of dollars and gave me heaps of extra power. checkout, Newcastle - Car and Caravan Repairs They did everything that was needed and nothing that wasn't.

Anyway, our modest budget allowed for

• a set of Cooper all terrain tyres(grrr)
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• electric brakes controller
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• catch can
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• some kind device which allows for your car alternator to only charge your main battery if its low in voltage, then a 2nd battery if your have one(so your starting battery is always ready to go).
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I looked longinly at winches, roof racks, long range tanks. look at, Uluru, Kata Tjuta ... but it was not to be.

Inside we added kids storage stuff to go on the backs of the front seats, so they could stick books, toys, checkout, Equipment we took on the big Australia Trip etc in them. , Contact us at Travel Here In between the kids, was a box containing books and toys. have a look at, Uluru, Kata Tjuta

We had intended to get car dvd players, but did not. consider, The Fish ate my rash We figured we were not leaving Byron, to plug our kids into the tv in the car.

We had sports racks on the car and really needed a roof rack but ran out of money. We managed to borrow a Thule space saver capsule thingo for the roof.