Member Since: 15 Jul 2013
Location: Sunshine Coast
Posts: 8
The Simpson Desert in a D3
Hi fellow forum-ites,
For those of you who aren't on the AULRO forum I have posted this link to my story about my recent desert crossing in the D3 and "living with it" in those conditions.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ts1zc3m3wfcy3vu/...4.pdf?dl=0
Link Changed now
Cheers - MattiBuckingham Blue D3 - some clean bits, some dirty bits.
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27th Aug 2014 5:42 am
Landie71
Member Since: 23 Oct 2012
Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Posts: 1019
Hi Matti
Unfortunately as a Guest reader on AULRO, I can't open the link to your pdf - any chance you could post it here, I like to rad it?
Cheers
Marcus
27th Aug 2014 5:47 am
Scarab
Member Since: 11 Jun 2011
Location: Hastings
Posts: 1283
Same here, would love to read it if you can chuck another link up somewhere. I don't really want to sign up for another forum. I only end up spending money
For those who aren't familiar with the Simpson Desert it is the worlds largest parallel dune desert. About the size of Belgium? It's about 630km across and approx 1100 (yes, one thousand one hundred) dunes to cross. Allow about 4 days for the crossing. The Desert Park is closed for summer as you can die out there in the heat. This is a trip on most Skippies "bucket list"
Cheers - MattiBuckingham Blue D3 - some clean bits, some dirty bits.
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28th Aug 2014 5:37 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73075
Dropbox linky works ticketsboo.
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28th Aug 2014 6:57 am
Scarab
Member Since: 11 Jun 2011
Location: Hastings
Posts: 1283
Brilliant read, thanks for sharing it with us.
28th Aug 2014 8:25 am
Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
Agreed brilliant read and great photos Cheers Ian
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28th Aug 2014 11:59 am
DaveC
Member Since: 29 Sep 2009
Location: Wirral
Posts: 1034
enjoyed reading that XC90 T8 R Design Pro
MY14 D4 HSE Lux (sadly gone)
Mariana Black with Ivory interior and lots of toys!
28th Aug 2014 12:25 pm
Landie71
Member Since: 23 Oct 2012
Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Posts: 1019
Fantastic read, many many thanks for taking the time to put it together
Nice photos too!
28th Aug 2014 5:46 pm
Wildrover
Member Since: 19 Jul 2005
Location: Walkabout
Posts: 628
Brilliant read enjoyed it
It is on my bucket list
What camping set up did you have?
2007 D3 HSE Artic Frost Silverish
Wandering Aussie-Looking for SUN
Growing Old is Mandatory, Growing Up is Optional.
28th Aug 2014 6:44 pm
pagoda
Member Since: 13 Aug 2009
Location: Not London Anymore (or the US for that matter)
Posts: 1929
Cracking adventure. Well done.
On the puncture, we had almost identical 'rocky road' conditions in Oman. After a few trial runs and very frequent punctures, we took the advice of the locals and fitted inner tubes to the vehicles. And that was the end of the punctures. The car's behaved perfectly well on very long stretches of paved highway, also.(i mention this because the doom and gloom mongers will tell you that by putting inner tubes into tubeless tyres you risk almost certain death, plague and famine; we took 4 x LR and we all made it back in one piece after a month or so of running inner tubes on tubeless tyres).PAGODA
28th Aug 2014 7:29 pm
biskit
Member Since: 23 Dec 2009
Location: in my Mancave.
Posts: 1376
Brill thanks for that Matti I think we all have problems like yours, I use 17" wheels and tyres that are better on the rough stuff. Not to mention the compressor being over worked. Mantec sump guard.
Prospeed tree slider/steps.
Flack duel battery system.
18"Compomotive/AT3 tyres
Brembo 4pot front brakes
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