[Vash]

Curious, especially of the Sierra variety!
How far have you driven in consecutive days in the little zook?

Im thinking of doing some big trips like simpson desert, tassie from sydney, cape york, with my girlfriend in the Sierra but im worried we'll get burned out from lack of comfort.

Cheers

[5ierra]

I know Tanshi has done the sape in a SWB. But with 2 people it may be a little too crampped...

[watermouse]

In a Jimny, 3700km in 13days, Up the birdsville down the strzelecki (via Walkers Crossing) round trip to Adelaide. 2500km of continuous dirt road.
Interspersed with a couple of 2 or 3 day camps to break the driving monotony. Awesome trip, just the wife and I.

Simpson is on the cards for next year.

[tanshi]

Longest trip in a day was a fair chunk. we came right from the top of cape york to Brisbane in three days. My sierra is very comfortable on and off road so i had no issues. in a stocker. or one not well set up it might be a different story.

Two people should be no issues.

[MrRocky]

done a couple of 800km stints from perth to down norseman way
and that was in a ute with not much seat adjustment and a 1ltr 4spd
it wasnt too bad, wasnt too good either. A bit more interesting terrain may have made it a bit more bearable, rather than flat red dirt for 600kms of the 800kms.
I think 4-500kms a day is about the limit if you are travelling consectively

[Chop]

I went from Moana south of Adelaide across to Walpole in west oz in my old sierra.
Trip
http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... c&start=30

[CairnsZook]

Cairns to Tassie - no worries

Cairns to Airlie Beach.
Airlie Beach to Brisbane, GF joined me there.
Brisbane to Gold Coast.
Gold Coast to Sydney, GF flew home from there.
Sydney to Melbourne.
Spirit of Tassie across the Strait, then down to Hobart.

Biggest day was day 2, about 12 hours worth. It seriously sucked.
I was loaded right up, 235's on stock gearing, shitty Queensland roads, soft top flapping away...

If you take the missus, just plan plenty of stops so she doesn't get bored.

[tanshi]

50 GB of music helps, !!!! turn it up and zone out

[zooktastic]

went from penrith to kempsey and back once with a flogged out g13a underpowering the zook, with 31s my foot was hard against the floor the whole trip. never do that again

[Moag]

In me trusty old Holden Drover soft top dodgy ply and fibreglass roof and sloping back with a double swag tired to it.
Bairnsdale to Joolabinna bushcamp www.jowalbinna.com.au/ in about 9 days
I think.
Jowalbinna is on the Maytown track north east of Laura Qld. the return trip after finishing a seasons work there was a bit shorter by a couple of days GF at the time needed to get back to see family.

Longest and fastest, with one on board was Bairnsdale to Mareeba a couple of years latter.
Did it In two and a half days, through took the shortest way this time - over Ht Hotham through early season blizzard with windows zipped up, through Albany/Wodonga up through the guts of NSW (read F#$hing bumpy).
Lost the keyway in the timing cog, just short of Cardwell which threw the timing way out so the last part of the trip was slow as.
Little engines don't like being pushed hard for long hours and it is hard going on the passengers (neck injuries, chipped teeth and girls need a good sports bra). So pack like your hiking and take your time.

Other long trips in the yellow drover were Mareeba to Kununurra via Lawn Hill (northern way),
Kununurra to Exmoth and return was the last long trip before i gave her away to a mate

Newish Zuk now has wind up windows and AC, total lux, so must be getting soft in my old age. It only has done one long road trip so far of about 12,000km KNX WA to BRNS Vic and return (through the middle) in 6 weeks.

Love road trips in Zuks
Give the truckies plenty of space and they all start waving to yu or let you into their slip stream for a bit of a tow
Beware teh caravan drivers - their out to kill yu

[Moag]

Found a pick of me old luv and joy travelling.

[smiffkid]

i have done 2000km in 2 days in the jimny, never had a problem that was when it was a stocker,
now with the stratos seats and new suspension id be happy to do a long trip

[jonno_racing]

superduki did 7500 i think in a sierra, with a supercharged g13bb and 31's MAD boy he is

im about to do 2000km a long way from home!

[TZAR]

Mate of mine did bris to broome via darwin returning broome to alice springs to brisbane.

Took a month and he sold it afetrwards and refused to ever set foot in a sierra again.............

[Richo]

Perth to Broome towing a trailer 5500k round trip.
Perth to Port Hedland on another trip 4000k's on that one both in my Coily when it was a soft top so not the most pleasant experience!
Richo

[dm90]

i did 1600 km, perth to paraburdoo, 2 days.

also 3500 km, perth to quobba for xmas, quobba back to perth, then perth to bremer bay, for new years, then back to perth. 8 days, but a lot of those days were rolling around drunk

that was in my jimny, i plan on getting a GV and driving to brisbane, along the coast.

[laurie]

1.3 sierra. hardtop. stock gears. 215/75's.
medium size load. 7700k in 8 days.
no problem.

[SierraDan]

I think I did 20-30kms on the weekend
I need to hurry up on my zook so I can get out there!!

[neofitou]

[zuk85]

we did 5500km in our jimny packed to the shitta.

Went from Sunshine Coast to Jindabyne to play in snow for 2 days, then over to Nsw south coast and through into Eastern Vic then on into Mornington and caught barge over to Geelong. Then followed great ocean road into Aouth Australia up through Mt Gambier into Adelaide to visit family. then out through Mildura and Hay into Dubbo. Up to Gooniwindi and back to the sunycoast. It took us 16 days with 3 days in adelaide

now we going 1700km to cairns to live :D

[Moph]

93 tintop Sierra with stock engine:

2700km Adelaide to Perth with trailer in 35 hours (5 hour snooze in a rest bay at the border).

4100km Perth -> Exmouth -> Perth with trailer in 8 days (holiday) ... last two days did about 800km/day.

I modified my stock driver's seat to sit more upright. Also have AC and decent stereo with iPod input. Comfy as =)

[alien]

haha all these high figures =) my zuk drove from perth to bunbury, then to sydney and back, just not with me in it (previous owner).

Longest i've done in mine is margaret river and back, so lucky to scratch 800km round trip hahaha