12 March 2012 – One Nissan, two Toyotas, one kid. What can possibly go wrong ? The aim of the WE is to test out the truck in real condition…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, we left SCS workshop around 4PM and made our way to the VIC-SA border. We originally intended to go to the High Country but as all of North Victoria is on flood alert, we thought best to go where it\u2019s a little less humid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
First stop, petrol station to fill up all tanks, and wait for Cameron\u2019s sleeping bag. Then the five hours\u2019 drive to the Murray Sunset Park took us to the SA-VIC border. We spent the night at the Pinnaroo Camping Ground just passed the South Australia border and, while both Jeff and Cameron set up camp, tent, swags, etc, I only had to close the barn doors and sleep \ud83d\ude42 Comfort means sometimes very small things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7AM, time for coffee, pack up and head for the \u201cBorder Track\u201d in the \u201cBig Desert\u201d, which, sadly, was closed for \u2026 wait for it\u2026 bloody FIRE SEASON ! The irony ! It\u2019s pissing down, and the damn track is closed for fire season !<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh well, a quick detour to the servo to get a map of the park and here we go. Tyre pressure down to 25psi, hubs locked, go go go ! Mud, sand, puddle, slide, splash, more rain and more mud. Boys will be boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By lunchtime, all three cars are caked. We test out the \u201cself heating soup\u201d cans, run a photoshoot, and, oh big mistake, let the Nissan driver get behind the wheel of Jeff\u2019s Toyota. Within five minutes, Pete manages to hit a kangaroo and, well he blames poor little Emma, bog the 76 Series. Well f**ing done Pete! Supreme humiliation, it\u2019s Cameron\u2019s Nissan who pulls Jeff\u2019s truck out, while Pete slams on the brakes, for fun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Campsite a bit further down the track, there\u2019s even a campfire, in a National Park mind you, nice one Phil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I got to test out the mud slides with and without the diff-lockers on. And Jeff learnt two valuable lessons too: never, ever, let a Nissan driver behind the wheel of a Toyota, he\u2019ll only make a mess of it; and never, ever ever, stop stirring the rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A very wet and muddy WE but that\u2019s what 4wd is all about, right ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PS : thanks for the 1000km drive and back, the fun and, Jeff thanks for the hospitality. Your kids are fun, even to walk to school \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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