4 wheelin at speed

[MudSurfer]

Yeah, dont wanna go on me own!

I'd love to do that - I'll have my super expedition roof rack, with fold away (Nina designed) ladder, dual roof mounted spares, rear spare carrier converted to dual jerry can holder, farm jack and other stuff done by then!

[gwh200]

and 4wd ?

[Apache]

and 4wd ?

No, he's leaving that bit...

The Pyrenees trip is run by a company who advertise in TOR. I'd like to get a foreign trip under my belt before I start saving for an African trip some time in the future.

[gwh200]

i have got to get a three litre

[yoshie]

Andy what sort of money is in the Pyrenees trip

[Apache]

Dunno yet, but its not gonna be cheap. Its a fair old drive innit!

Figure if I can get a co-driver and we split the cost it'll be better.

[yoshie]

Would be interested to see cost maybe be able to talk our Alan into co driving

[plumb bob]

Andy what sort of money is in the Pyrenees trip

You can figure on Ł500 just in fuel, but I'd love to do it too, and the Scottish play,

[Apache]

Well, I'll contact the company and ask how much the trip costs. Maybe they'd be prepared to run a trip just for us lot if enough of us wanted to go?

[yoshie]

Cheers Andy that might work as you say depends on numbers we would have a better chance getting two in every truck if it was all forum

[KERRSURF]

Cheers Andy that might work as you say depends on numbers we would have a better chance getting two in every truck if it was all forum

your truck, you drive.
I sit in the back with the pretty girl hitchhikers (both blonde) and have a wee party.

[The Lovely Boyo]

This has to be

THE GREATEST THREAD HIJACK OF ALL TIME!


BPSparks - your sun visor should indicate you can engage it up to 100kph = 60mph.

DON'T! I always stop to engage mine, disengage at low speed. ON SLIPPERY STUFF ONLY. And I agree with the advice - slow down!

BTW - I would love to do Scotland and Europe. Who's going to do the decent thing and start a thread in the appropriate forum?

[Apache]

I'll email them and get an idea of cost, and then I'll post...

... in the appropriate forum.

<edit> Have done!

[PDR]

And just for reference, the UK motorway speed limit is 70mph, not 75 to 90mph!

Yes and the speed limit refers to the absolute maximum speed you are legally allowed to travel at… not as half the UK population seem to think, the minimum speed for motorway driving! The only way these people will ever learn is if they have a real nasty crash or rack up enough points for a ban……. And don’t forget that there are more and more cameras going up all the time and they are getting more sophisticated with newer versions being able to tell if you where driving over the limit in between camera sites.

Surely in a little 2.4 at 90 mph you are revving the nuts off the engine and at the very least reducing its poetical longevity.

I have the 150 bhp petrol V6 engined Surf which is far more powerful than a 2.4 diesel and it can cruise well above 70 mph….. but I choose to set the cruise control to 70 mph which means that I am saving fuel and not having to check my speedo each time I spot a camera or police car.

[coolsv650]

And just for reference, the UK motorway speed limit is 70mph, not 75 to 90mph!

If you have a second gen, which I think you do - then with no centre diff, you shouldn't even be thinking of engaging 4wd on light snow....and rain......are you nuts????

Just to return to the question. 2nd gen surfs do not have a centre diff, if you engage 4wd on hard surfaces (and that includes a light dusting of snow) it'll wind up the transmission and at best end up with a broken driveshaft, at worst your transfer box will be spat into a 1000 little pieces on the floor.

4WD will not engage above the speed quoted in the card above the sunvisor, again if it did, the likley hood will be the transfer box spread accross the motorway.

Anyway the likleyhood is if it gets that bad they would close the motorway anyway (which could be fun because were off to Liverpool again Saturday )