Drive To OZ

mrfamilyguy · 03-11-2009 7:17pm #1

Call me crazy but im giving serious consideration to the above...

What an adventure it'd be...

Its approx 16,000miles over every sort of road imaginable in all sorts of climates...

What car would you choose........And Why???

E39MSport · 03-11-2009 7:20pm

80 series cruiser. That's what they're built for.

scudzilla · 03-11-2009 7:21pm

mrfamilyguy wrote: »

Call me crazy but im giving serious consideration to the above...

What an adventure it'd be...

Its approx 16,000miles over every sort of road imaginable in all sorts of climates...

What car would you choose........And Why???

Mitsubishi Shogun, If you ask why just watch Long Way Round. The things a beast

SV · 03-11-2009 7:23pm

Anything 4X4, economical and with CC/AC

EKRIUQ · 03-11-2009 7:29pm

You should check these guys website they did in in 2002

http://www.dublintosydney.com/NewWebSite/menu.htm

The website of Mark, Simon and Annesley.
3 Irish guys who successfully drove from Dublin, Ireland to Sydney, Australia.
This website follows their adventures from Ireland, across Europe, Russia, China, South-East Asia and Australia.
Read about how they managed to do it, view their photos and watch their videos:

And they did it with a round trip with a 1993 BMW

Hal1 · 03-11-2009 7:39pm

Good god look at the fuel prices UL75.9 / DL77.9. /me shakes fist at goverment.

Muckie · 03-11-2009 7:43pm

Get yourself a Subaru Legacy, seen a couple going for around
the €1000 mark. There hardy, 4 wheel drive and come with A/C.
Go for it and put up plenty of pic's. You only live once. Good luck too.

EKRIUQ · 03-11-2009 7:43pm

Hal1 wrote: »

Good god look at the fuel prices UL75.9 / DL77.9. /me shakes fist at goverment.

That car was taxed until July 09 according to my wheels.ie

TheBazman · 03-11-2009 7:47pm

a guy from work did it years ago (well most of the way)- a few of them bought a transit van and kitted out the back with beds and the essentials and off they went - down through Iraq and the middle east. They ended up in Vietnam for a before shipping the Van back to Ireland I believe and heading on themselves for Australia

Anan1 · 03-11-2009 7:51pm

Have a look at this: http://www.getjealous.com/subaroute

homer90 · 03-11-2009 8:04pm

Anan1 wrote: »

Have a look at this: http://www.getjealous.com/subaroute

Forester Turbo :eek:

Cracking wagon tho ! cool site..

MotteDai · 03-11-2009 8:08pm

EKRIUQ wrote: »

You should check these guys website they did in in 2002

http://www.dublintosydney.com/NewWebSite/menu.htm

And they did it with a round trip with a 1993 BMW

What a great storey, i was living in USA at the time so I missed it, fair play t them and good luck to yu if yu do it .. thats a real challenge..

Terrontress · 03-11-2009 8:34pm

Hal1 wrote: »

Good god look at the fuel prices UL75.9 / DL77.9. /me shakes fist at goverment.

Pence sterling though. They're in Northern Ireland I think.

Toyota_Avensis · 03-11-2009 9:11pm

as you will know from the lads who done it in 2002.. It cost them somewhere over 40k in Costs:eek:
And in one country they travelled through, can't remember which but they mentioned that they had trouble getting the car through the country legally.

Perhaps consider getting a group of friends together and doing it for charity? Perhaps Summer 2010?

JCDUB · 03-11-2009 9:37pm

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember reading that those guys that did it in the beemer were given a brand new 3 series by BMW when they got home, due to all the publicity BMW got through the blog etc.

If it's true, happy days:D

Can anyone confirm this?I'm pretty sure I didn't read it in the Sun:rolleyes:

tossy · 03-11-2009 9:42pm

Toyota land crusier amazon for the win!

mickdw · 03-11-2009 10:58pm

I read at the time that the 3 series was at the dealers for a no expense spared overhaul before the trip, all at the expense of bmw. It would have been a big no no if the car feel in a heap half way there.

I would take an audi 80. No silly niggles there to put a halt to the trip.

L1011 · 03-11-2009 11:07pm

Terrontress wrote: »

Pence sterling though. They're in Northern Ireland I think.

"4 Star LRP" almost certainly confirms that.

zilog_jones · 04-11-2009 1:02am

MYOB wrote: »

"4 Star LRP" almost certainly confirms that.

And the super unleaded! But still, you're paying over a pound a litre up there these days. That photo was last edited on December 2002.

And in one country they travelled through, can't remember which but they mentioned that they had trouble getting the car through the country legally.

Don't know if this was the reason, but I believe it is illegal to drive RHD cars in certain LHD countries.

Mr.Boots · 04-11-2009 1:24am

A trip ive thought about many times, planning on doing it at some stage in life.
Id take a landcruiser or a merc G wagon

dutchcat · 04-11-2009 1:49am

mercedes

Voodoomelon · 04-11-2009 2:00am

I would LOVE to do this. I just had relatives from Australia leave here after a few days stay, imagine their faces if I pulled up in Perth next year some time.

Volvoboy · 04-11-2009 2:21am

http://forum.avtoindex.com/foto/data/media/73/Toyota_Carina_E_92-96_30.jpg

FTW!!!

CJhaughey · 04-11-2009 6:34am

You could conceiveably do it in a citroen 2cv, but for comfort reliability and being able to take enough supplies/water in comfort without overloading the car I would go for a Landcruiser 80 series.
No IFS, all the comfort you could want, and roomy in the back.

Terrontress · 04-11-2009 7:57am

I reckon their route is spot on. I'd try to avoid North Africa and the Middle East if I were doing it.

Don't Australia have fairly tight restrictions on vehicles from outside Oz being taken in, regardless of where they are from?

Terrontress · 04-11-2009 7:58am

CJhaughey wrote: »

You could conceiveably do it in a citroen 2cv, but for comfort reliability and being able to take enough supplies/water in comfort without overloading the car I would go for a Landcruiser 80 series.
No IFS, all the comfort you could want, and roomy in the back.

Also, I'd imagine there is an availability of Toyota parts in every corner of the world.

Mercedes too. What about a G-Wagen?

E39MSport · 04-11-2009 9:58am

Bit pricey but perfect.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1332284.htm

robtri · 04-11-2009 10:08am

if I had to choose.... I would have to take one of these..... perfect for everything.... the bowler wildcat

CJhaughey · 04-11-2009 10:14am

Yep nice for 4x4 trials but try getting a halfshaft in the Central african republic;)
TBH it's not just about off road performance, more reliability, load carrying and spare parts availability.
If you could get a 78 series troopcarrier, you could do it more or less out of the crate.

macshadow · 04-11-2009 11:37am

Well this one has already proven itself http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1305711.htm
Or you could take this back home http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1317180.htm

gofaster_s13 · 04-11-2009 1:22pm

Tatra FTW, Nuff said

SV · 04-11-2009 1:25pm

gofaster_s13 wrote: »

Tatra FTW, Nuff said

Now that's bloody impressive

gofaster_s13 · 04-11-2009 1:36pm

SV wrote: »

Now that's bloody impressive

The Tatra 4x4,6x6,8x8 systems are arguably the best out there, as close to unstopable as a wheeled vehicle can get:cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoG2Inl5PEg