Andrew van den Heever wrote:

Alwyn.

Having previously owned a Landcruiser, and now having tested your D3 so thoroughly (and having flattened many bushes during your "tour de magnus malan") how do you rate the D3 (all things considered)?
p.s. ready for Wuppertal

Actually, I drove over them.
And: no magnus malanish s ts in our group Saw remnants of that though in a couple of others dwelling on and taking pics of a mined vehicle wreck.
On the D3 8) (subject to my whining front diff being sorted out soon).
I drove through, others had to traverse obstacles. Comfort in abundance, effortless, only joy.

RobHarvey, Had my 3 AT2's sorted out, now back to 4/6 new with old front 2 at 17000 km not looking as if they will ever get to 50000km: Insurance from TW&T not such a cool deal, if you think of the amount they take off for tread wear as an excess. Front Diff aspect to be dealt with this week.

PS saw Menlo's Defender from outside edge expedition at CTLR. Apparently the Def's took some beating around our little continent. But they made it (despite being snoep with "marketing" for some of our sponsers who got edited out of pics)!

Baben wrote:

I think they edited me out of some of the pics, 'cos I am better looking than anyone else who was on the trip (except for Ross I spose)

Let us be the judge and bring us the evidence on the "better looking"...

Baben wrote:

I am the tanned person with the pointy ones

Yes, but but your D3 nipple cap is in the way.
More of the BABEN ... (but not in extended mode, we have seen your car).