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cjr09

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Hey guys,

well I figure I may be the furthest away from birthplace LR owner on the planet!

20 odd thousand k away @ the bottom of NZ in a town called Invercargill!

I have just purchased my 95' face-lift ES Tdi discovery in the last month or so and it has just completed its first long haul trip returning 8.1L/100K - this was done through mountainous terrain on metal roads.

All in all I am very happy with the purchase with only a couple of hopefully small issues raising their head! - but I will leave that for the disco forum...

hopefully some pics of its recent outing...
 

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I never ventured as far south as invacargill when I was there last, mabie next time :) I never saw a 300tdi disco either :p although I only saw about 10 landys in total :)

Welcome :) and lets hope it's reliable :)
 
Thanks guys,

surprisingly there doesn't appear to be any rust issues - not in this one anyhow - where I live we don't use the salt to grit the roads (they use a small/fine metal/rock based grit), and I must admit that I was surprised to see that they do in Britain/Europe while I was there last year!

Invercargill is kind of like the central "HUB" for tourism to Fiordland, the Catlins and Stewart Island - for those that choose to see it from a real perspective, ie tramping/hunting/fishing/4wheeling etc - not from a tourist bus that is common from places like Queenstown etc - within an hr or so from me I have all of that at my disposal!
 
cjr09 said:
Thanks guys,

surprisingly there doesn't appear to be any rust issues - not in this one anyhow - where I live we don't use the salt to grit the roads (they use a small/fine metal/rock based grit), and I must admit that I was surprised to see that they do in Britain/Europe while I was there last year!

Invercargill is kind of like the central "HUB" for tourism to Fiordland, the Catlins and Stewart Island - for those that choose to see it from a real perspective, ie tramping/hunting/fishing/4wheeling etc - not from a tourist bus that is common from places like Queenstown etc - within an hr or so from me I have all of that at my disposal!
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It's remote beauty down there, I'd have loved to have gone but I had so much to travel and work in the 8 months I was there I never made it. Definitely for 4 wheeling though :)

I loved queens town although I am 20 so it's kinda the right age group for me :D I'm considering south land for later this year, or caturbury again or north island or Aus open options :)

Is it ex jap like every other vehicle ?
 
Not that I am aware of - fairly Sure it is NZ New - which again it's a bit of a rarity!
 
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