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yoyoreg

Joined: Mon Apr 18, 2016 9:02 pm
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 10:04 am

What should I know and/or do before driving from Sydney to Melbourne in the little Sierra? Will it be okay driving on highways for long hours? Just need some advice. Cheers.

atari4x4

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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:55 pm

meth, lot's of meth.

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bumstein

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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:25 pm

Haha!! Not so sure about the meth idea.

Service your car (or have it serviced), carry water. I take a tow strap and a couple of D shackles with me as cheap insurance. If you break down have someone tow you somewhere.

I did Adelaide to Perth in one no probs at all. 3000km in 3 days.

henno

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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:45 pm

Headphones or earplugs.

ozzycouch

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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:57 pm

henno wrote:

earplugs

Best thing ever on long drives in noisy cars.

laurie

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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:35 pm

bumstein wrote:

Service your car (or have it serviced), carry water. I take a tow strap and a couple of D shackles with me as cheap insurance. If you break down have someone tow you somewhere.

I did Adelaide to Perth in one no probs at all. 3000km in 3 days.

as above . just go for it . it just might surprise you . surprised me .

vet 180

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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 6:13 pm

atari4x4 wrote:

meth, lot's of meth.

Ha gold!

Just go for it she'll be right. Be prepared to sit on around 90-100kph. Have frequent stops.

Take water, lots. Check all belts etc, maybe carry a spare. I would also put in new leads plugs and keep the olds a spares.
I would take some RP7, spare top up oil and a set of tools.

yoyoreg

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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 11:42 pm

Thanks everyone for the input, much appreciated

bumstein

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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 12:30 am

So what's the verdict?

Marko_SJ

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Location: Darwin, NT
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 7:09 pm

henno wrote:

Headphones or earplugs.

If AZ had a "like" button it should have been hammered for this post.

If it were me I'd service the zook and make sure its got good wheel bearings in it.

One day I'll do a good trip in the sierra for the novelty of it.

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MrRocky

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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 9:07 am

+3
Yeah earplugs cut down fatigue in a zook

HarryHoudini

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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 9:12 am

Also wear a mouth guard to stop the teeth chattering.

alien

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Location: Perth
Vehicle: '92 Sierra, 1.6efi, SPOA, 31s.

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 9:32 am

+ Kidney belt

DMAC

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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 7:22 pm

Tailwind. Made a huge difference from Cooktown to Brissy.

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yoyoreg

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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 7:19 am

Haha cheers everyone, will be going ahead with it in the upcoming months as it got postponed.

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