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fekete



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200,000 miles in a Land Rover!
Love the BBQ Mr. Green

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200k is nothing Whistle

Try 262 k and still going Thumbs Up
Post #146451 22nd May 2012 4:32pm
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In fairness, their 200k has included a huge amount of overland travel. Also, IIRC their Discovery is a V8, which is a feat in itself Shocked Darren

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Is this the same guy that had a few articles of his travels to South America in LRO. It was a V8 I think.
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you don't have to be retired to do the Nordkapp run Thumbs Up
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Yes, that's the one. Him and his wife have even published a book about their travels, which is pretty good. Darren

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Thumbs Up Interesting reading and gutsy guy driving down through the Amazon area on his own...
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Very nice bloke too - only to happy to have a chat with you about things.
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it doesn't look to kitted out/equipped to get through "virgin jungle" as he puts it.
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No they don't have fancy gagets, every thing is simple he made the roof tent himself, also they don't have a fridge just coolbox with false floor and buy dryice on thier travels.
Great people met them afew times. Smile Live Life Ti'l You Die
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Looks like they have had some really good times in there Land rover......fair play to them Thumbs Up NEVER TAKE LIFE SERIOUSLY. NOBODY GETS OUT ALIVE ANYWAY
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kingofthesparks wrote:
200k is nothing Whistle

Try 262 k and still going Thumbs Up


Pft, our series 1 is at 10, 000km... I mean 1, 010, 000km :O
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technophile wrote:
kingofthesparks wrote:
200k is nothing Whistle

Try 262 k and still going Thumbs Up


Pft, our series 1 is at 10, 000km... I mean 1, 010, 000km :O


Do you have a photo? Not disbelief, just interested to see what it looks like, or has it gone round the clock and looks like it has done 10K Km's? in that case it would 'lok' like its worth alot with next to no mileage Smile ===================================
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