At The End is The Moral to My Story

Evening all forumites, over the last few day's i've had the displeasure of having to deal with our extended warranty insurer.I unfortunately killed the x90 not by driving but by being naive,ignorant or just plain mindless.Now we went on our round trip to Birdsville from Brisbane towing the zuk behind us & have to do that with the zuk backwards as the manufacturer recomends, that not being the problem. When it is going backwards on dirt or sandy roads we found on this trip it fills the cab with sand & dust & the same in the boot & 100 times worse in the engine bay.So you may be able to imagine what i was faced with when it was time to use the zuk.Yes clean every thing as much as possible in side so we can sit in & the engine bay & motor as well .We did our little drive around like The Diamantina the zuk was fine,then we arrived Birdsville drove around there & next day out to Little red we went up & over then had problems with it stalling the it started could get back up & eventualy had to be towed up we then went up big red & back down again back to the c/park & onto the trailer.We then drove back to Brisbane (home) & off the trailer, later shwmbo went into town had problems with it stalling but managed to get back home stopped in the drive way & never started again.Racq could not find the problem (read useless).The following Monday Had the zuk taken to the insurers mechanics workshop to source the problem.He found that the air cleaner box full of red dust which must hve sucked up while travelling backwards on the trailer.On closer inspection we found that the intake for the air cleaner in behind the left hand gaurd.So we establish that it must have been forced up into the cleaner as we travelled & when we drove it normally the motor done the rest up into it self,thus expiring.Read F u c h ed.SORRY to BORE you all who are reading this but i am now getting close to point of the insurer who rang us last evening to say they would not cover us for this claim. This is ok with me as it is not normal wear, the point i am about to make is what he said that it is not an off road car & they would not cover us because of this as well as what is said before, anyway i told him it is a proper part time 4x4,he said no it is only made for suburban use Doh.Then went on to say that if i went to say a 4x4 shop & bought off road shockies that the makers would not warranty them if i went off road,i then told him i don't know what planet you're but this the real world . Had to get that off my chest AHHHHHHHHHHHHH that feels better.Cheer's Bob:)<