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Radiator guard,wheel carrier and cargo barrier for Australia
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TrackMuncher
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 16
 
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Hi Gary,
Slightly off this topic but I'm interested in your Simpson experience. Which route did you take and what sort of mileage did you get en route? How much fuel did you carry?
Scott
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Desert Traveller
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Location: South East Queensland
Posts: 235
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Hi Gary,
Which Simpson track did you take? What was your fuel consumption in the desert? I am planning a double crossing (QAA, French, WAA going west and rig road and K1 back to the Warburton) in July and would like to cut back on the amount of fuel I need to carry.
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06 TDV6 SE with Extras
VW Eos TDI
Previously 01 TD5 and 94 TDI
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| Mon Jun 18 2007 12:35pm |
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simon_arch1
Joined: 10 Apr 2006
Location: Melbourne Australia
Posts: 421
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All - a quick ad - I have 1 radiator guard left in stock. Immediate delivery - $695 ex Melbourne.
cheers,
Simon
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D3 - Buckingham Blue, SE, TDV6, 06 model;
Underbody armour, Mickey Thompson ATZ 275/65-18; rear wheel carrier from 4x4intelligence.com; iPOD aux connection! GME 3200 UHF - aerial mounted on wheel carrier  ; LR roof rails/cross bars; rated cargo barrier, Safari Snorkel; aux battery;
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| Mon Jul 02 2007 7:50am |
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garryc
Joined: 08 May 2007
Location: Adelaide Hills
Posts: 81
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Desert Traveller wrote:Hi Gary,
Which Simpson track did you take? What was your fuel consumption in the desert? I am planning a double crossing (QAA, French, WAA going west and rig road and K1 back to the Warburton) in July and would like to cut back on the amount of fuel I need to carry.
Sorry about the delay in replying, been to Sydney and Brisbane for a month. We did the Rig road trip. I had 3 jerries of fuel and 3 of water with fridge etc. From Oodnadatta to Birdsville I averaged 14.1ltr/100km, the Td5 on the trip 14.2.
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S White, TdV6, air suspension, 110ltr Long Range tank, Kaymar wheel carrier, aux. battery, adjustable cargo barrier, LR snorkel(waterproofed), reversing and front camera, Cooper tyres and tyre sensors, Codan NGT. VKS-737 Sierra2367
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| Thu Jul 26 2007 7:49am |
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Desert Traveller
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Location: South East Queensland
Posts: 235
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Just got back yesterday, 5000 kms in 10 days. The D3 was fully loaded, 2 frigs, 1 spare wheel on top and 2 jerry cans. Used 21.5 l/100 kms from Birdsville to Mt Dare (QAA, French, WAA) and 15.8 l/100 kms from Mt Dare to Mungarannie via the Rig, K1 and Warburton. We were moving hard.
My only problem was with the soft suspension and not being able to run at extended mode at speeds above 50 kph, suffered some damage to the exhaust pipes and spare tyre underneath. Will post photos later.
I will not travel out there again until I can get a suspension upgrade.
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06 TDV6 SE with Extras
VW Eos TDI
Previously 01 TD5 and 94 TDI
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| Fri Jul 27 2007 1:43am |
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AP Moller
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: Cape Town
Posts: 86
 
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simon_arch1
What does the rear wheel carrier look like, any pics?
Pricing?
Just fitted Mantec underbody protection on my baby.
It seems that the the Ausie plate is in two pieces?
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| Sat Nov 10 2007 11:10pm |
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Rob Bruce
Joined: 18 Jun 2006
Location: Canberra
Posts: 375
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Desert Traveller,
We on our recent trip Birdsville, QAA, Hay River in the NT part of the Simpson averaged between 19 and 20 lti/100 on the hard going, We had no underbody damage because of the shortened hight sensor rods, this gave us off road hight as our standard hight, this worked very well with no ill effect.
Rob
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| Sun Nov 11 2007 7:45am |
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simon_arch1
Joined: 10 Apr 2006
Location: Melbourne Australia
Posts: 421
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AP Moller - pics in my gallery, and at www.4x4intelligence.com.au.
email me at sarch@4x4intelligence.com.au for more details.
cheers
Simon
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D3 - Buckingham Blue, SE, TDV6, 06 model;
Underbody armour, Mickey Thompson ATZ 275/65-18; rear wheel carrier from 4x4intelligence.com; iPOD aux connection! GME 3200 UHF - aerial mounted on wheel carrier ; LR roof rails/cross bars; rated cargo barrier, Safari Snorkel; aux battery;
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| Sun Nov 11 2007 9:54am |
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