new car

Should have said 4.2 TD-i. The 2.8 hasn't been good for me, but it has taken me to some good places, and taught me a few things I didn't really want to know.

I Drove it up from Perth (3300km in 2 days) and it was a dream to drive - the seats are great, cruise control a godsend, and not a drop of coolant lost. I'vve got to the stage now where the smell of hot leaking coolant almost makes me vomit!

The old one is probably a good option for a repower.....but I don't know that a dodgey 2.8 bolted to another is going to help!

Next month comes the transfer of goodies from the old one!

hope yours keeps going well, the last straw for me was a fuel cut solenoid. couldn,t be bypasssed or bodgeyed up because the ecu wouldn't give fuel to start and run until it was fixed....an $800 repair, 5 extra days of annual leave, and 5 days accom. and hire car...
Cheers Andrew

Gday Nick

Things are (always) good up here, although not fishing enough.....

I put a few redclaw traps in today, and it was great not to have to put it in low range to get the boat out, virtually just idled up the ramp.

Its been a good wet (IMO), not a huge amount of rain, but fairly consistant with no prolonged periods of 43 degree days. Drove through one of the best storms I've seen the other night, could of driven without headlights with the amount of lightning!

Good to hear you are busy (when self employed)....thats one of the things that keeps me in mining, there is work and then there is home, no crossover.

Maybe one day we'll make it down to tassie.......the kids will freeze! Brianna isn't too bad with the cold, but William gets the shivers at about 27 degrees!

Cheers ANdrew