TRADING UP

DAN PICKS UP A NEW RANGER, BUT THAT WAS THE EASY PART. NOW THE FUN BEGINS.

WORDS AND PHOTOS DAN EVERETT

020750 9 KM DATE ACQUIRED: DEC 2016 PRICE: $59,000 KM THIS MONTH: 3500KM AV FUEL: 9.9L/100KM IT’S NO secret I like old 4x4s. Over the years I’ve treated countless neighbours to the aural pleasure of me yelling at whatever the latest nugget was in my driveway, pumping the throttle, juggling the choke with surgeon-like precision and going through the full start-up routine just to drive to the shops for a sneaky lunch kebab. I still love them, and always will. But with my sights set on some remote travel over the next 18 months, the idea of tuning a carb on the side of the track because of a slight altitude change didn’t exactly hold the appeal it did back when I was 18. I searched under the lounge for all the spare change I could muster…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2017

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