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Hi all just thought I'd share a few thoughts after our 3 weeks touring around Tassie in the NS.
Firstly, Tassie is an unbelievably beautiful place and I highly recommend that you all get down there at some stage. Truly a 4WDers paradise.
In relation to the car, it performed beautifully for the whole trip. Here's a few things I liked.
- Offroad I was very impressed. We did a bit of everything. Muddy wet tracks, beach driving, steep loose tracks, creek crossings etc and the Paj really didn't raise a sweat. Even with the standard HT tyres.
On the steep lose tracks the traction control works really well to keep forward momentum up but the thing that really impressed me was the downhill assist. I was expecting it to be a bit of a gimmick but it works really well. On steep uneven downhill sections it only has to sense a slight lift in a wheel (it doesn't have to come off the ground) and the brakes go directly to that wheel. We did a could of pretty steep downhill tracks and it simply walked down.
On steep uphill sections, while low range 2nd was fine for most stuff, I found that the throttle control in low range 1st is very good and decided to use this most of the time (even when it wasn't necessarily needed).
We copped some muddy stuff too (Montezuma Falls Track - 1st pic) which was fun. Pretty firm ground under the puddles so didn't have too much trouble. Some interesting exits from a couple of creek crossings showed the Pajero's ability though.
The tyres also held up very well considering the amount of dirt road driving we did. We lowered the pressures to about 28psi on fast dirt and there is no visible signs of chipping at all. The new ARB high output compressor is also VERY fast at re inflating. Bloody ripper of a unit!
DIY awning worked very well keeping us dry during rain and in the shade during the heat of the day. As did the Rhino roof bag, not letting in one drop of water (despite substantial rain on one day) or one particle of dust. Well worth the money and the best quality roof bag that we looked at by far.
The only negative I could find was the lack of engine braking in low range 2d gear. It feels like high range 1st has more braking power. Definitely stick to low range 1st for down hill.
Here's a few picks of the Paj in action.
Firstly, Tassie is an unbelievably beautiful place and I highly recommend that you all get down there at some stage. Truly a 4WDers paradise.
In relation to the car, it performed beautifully for the whole trip. Here's a few things I liked.
- Offroad I was very impressed. We did a bit of everything. Muddy wet tracks, beach driving, steep loose tracks, creek crossings etc and the Paj really didn't raise a sweat. Even with the standard HT tyres.
On the steep lose tracks the traction control works really well to keep forward momentum up but the thing that really impressed me was the downhill assist. I was expecting it to be a bit of a gimmick but it works really well. On steep uneven downhill sections it only has to sense a slight lift in a wheel (it doesn't have to come off the ground) and the brakes go directly to that wheel. We did a could of pretty steep downhill tracks and it simply walked down.
On steep uphill sections, while low range 2nd was fine for most stuff, I found that the throttle control in low range 1st is very good and decided to use this most of the time (even when it wasn't necessarily needed).
We copped some muddy stuff too (Montezuma Falls Track - 1st pic) which was fun. Pretty firm ground under the puddles so didn't have too much trouble. Some interesting exits from a couple of creek crossings showed the Pajero's ability though.
The tyres also held up very well considering the amount of dirt road driving we did. We lowered the pressures to about 28psi on fast dirt and there is no visible signs of chipping at all. The new ARB high output compressor is also VERY fast at re inflating. Bloody ripper of a unit!
DIY awning worked very well keeping us dry during rain and in the shade during the heat of the day. As did the Rhino roof bag, not letting in one drop of water (despite substantial rain on one day) or one particle of dust. Well worth the money and the best quality roof bag that we looked at by far.
The only negative I could find was the lack of engine braking in low range 2d gear. It feels like high range 1st has more braking power. Definitely stick to low range 1st for down hill.
Here's a few picks of the Paj in action.
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