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 The_Bronze.
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| posted on October 22nd, 2006 at 09:43 PM |
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Long Trips...
Tell us about your Long Trips:
I took the Drop Bear for a nice long test run this weekend. 750 kilometer round trip from Dubbo to Newcastle return. We stayed overnight and enjoyed
all sorts of sealed road conditions. As I was driving I was wondering about other peoples trips away and how long they can comfortably sit at the
wheel of their beloved beast?
Please tell us a bit about your long trips. Where do you go? What do you take? Do you take company and what preparations do you do before and even
along the way to ensure all goes to plan.
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shaihulud
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| posted on October 23rd, 2006 at 05:13 AM |
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In 1998 I travelled from Canberra to Perth via Sydney and Highway One in a very hot summer in my buggy. I found that after a day in the seat of the
buggy I'd had enough. so I never drove at night. I took my time and visited family and places like Wilpeena Pound. It would have been a real drag to
drive a buggy all the way in a hurry.
In 2000 I went from Perth to Alice Springs up the Great Central Road and back via the Nullarbor, in the buggy and the same thing applied. A whole day
at the wheel was quite enough.
I'm considering an around Oz trip soon but I will do it in a Baja to get some comfort. I want to be able to wind up the windows, listen to the radio
and turn on the heater. Buggies are great cars, but for long trips that go on day after day they are really tiresome.
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Baja Wes
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| posted on October 23rd, 2006 at 01:15 PM |
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I drove from Brisbane to Canberra and back in the Baja (for the summernats). That was quite a long journey.
That was when I had a VW motor. With the L-bug gear ratio's and tall tyres it sat on 110kph quite happily. It wasn't too bad at all.
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| posted on October 23rd, 2006 at 08:23 PM |
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We've taken our Baja Bus from Brisbane to Sydney and Brisbane to Mackay....no problems encountered. Plus Brisbane to Valla every two years since 1999
65 Meyers Manx
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