Out it goes... Say by by life...
Submitted: Thursday, Jan 05, 2006 at 14:48
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WheelTravel
Life as I know it is soon to be over, with a kid on the way...and when the right place presents itself, a mortgage. Urggg
So sacrafices have to be made... and that included selling the beloved Troopy. It's in the trader now, suited and booted, though to make it easier to sell to the average Joe, I'm auctioning off a lot of the gear that I put on it for my trip.
Solar Panels, Inverter, Storage Drawers/Consoles (for 70 series),
water tank, and pretty much anything else you see listed on the vehicle. This gear is only a year old with receipts to boot. Head to the trader, under Accessories or Vehicles.
Sniff... I will be sulking in the corner... sob
But I WILL BE BACK!!! With another landcruiser, in about 20 years I reckon... HA... In the meantime, look out for the $hitty red laser with the stickers like "we crossed the simmo" and "I crossed the pieman on the fatman" ... a reminder of better days...
Wheely OUT
Reply By: bombsquad - Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 00:22
Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 00:22
Congratulations on the expected new arriva. I, like others have said, understand and respect the priorities you have made.....but...having a 2.9 yo and a 0.9 yo myself I am so glad to still have the 4wd and do a little camping still. It is very hard work, usually about 8 pm before you have kids asleep and everything organised how you want them. Then the wife is tired and wants to go to bed so you orgnise that - our camping arangements at the moment are the wife and .9yo son get the roof tom camper, and me & the 2.9yo daughter get the tent, only then do you gat a chance at a quiet, relaxing beer by the campfire. 15 min later you decide to go the bed çause you know at 5am you'll hear - "get up daddy, breakfast, wake up daddy, I want camping breakfast (bacon and eggs).
Its hard work, but priceless. I thaught It would be the end of lif as I knew it, and in ways it was. But its true what pople say, its different when they are your own. The smell of a soiled nappy a few years ago would have me dry reaching, but since then I have been covered in the stuff and managed. Hope circumstances see you and your family in the fray again soon.
Cheers Andrew
PS watching a C section was the coolest thing I've ever seen!
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Reply By: arthurking83 - Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 00:46
Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 00:46
Sorry to break the bad news WheelTravel, but these guys won't be here by the time you get back!! ;-)
So in the next 50 years............ :D
Nah only joking!!
Get yourself an old banger too, a cheapie $2K 40 series( the red Laser won't make it!), if you don't do it now, SWMBO will never let you get it, or you'll have to get used to slleping under the stars!!
:)))
congratulations on the little one.......I still remember it as the best day of my life!
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Reply By: WheelTravel - Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 09:45
Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 09:45
Thanks everybody on the support and
feedback...
I didn't really mean to be negative... I'm looking foward to it... tremendously!
I like the idea about the 40 series... FJ40... what a beast!
Trucky, thanks again for your highly positive
feedback.... mate, the gear is all for sale under "Touring Gear" in 2 seperate ads in "Accessories" though if there's something on the truck you read and want, lemme know. I.E Lights, Air Horns, even Stratos Seats...
Cheers
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Reply By: Pajman Pete (SA) - Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 16:36
Friday, Jan 06, 2006 at 16:36
Good luck with the family and enjoy!
No 4WD doesn't mean the end of good camping. We started all our kids camping in a 10 year old
Tarago that went everywhere in the Territory, SA and NSW (even up some 4WD only tracks!) Its all about how you drive - we only got stuck once on a slippery bank in the
Barrington tops towing a trailer and self recovered after about 10 minutes thinking (dropped the trailer, drove over the slippery bit, then towed the trailer through on its jockey wheel with a very long rope).
My daughter cried when we sold that car to by the Paj because we had been to so many good spots in it.
Cheers
Pete
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