Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

Daai laaste een is awesome!! Is dit jy Errol? Daardie lyk soos Ian de Villiers. Baie mooi balans van landskap en lig in daardie foto Yes. That is me. Thanks Peter! The photos are awesome. I've got to post mine some time, but I'm on-site at clients in Sandton for the next one and a half weeks (the t...

Etienne moet nog ons fotos van sy kamera aflaai. Ek sal maar pos sodra ek hulle kry.

Intussen: dankie vir almal. Dit was vet pret gewees.

Two 'trols this morning.... First one was a very pretty, white 4.8 on the N14. He stopped in the right-hand lane a few vehicles behind me just before the Midrand offramp. I was waiting for him to come past so that I could give a wave, but then the traffic in the left hand lane cleared a bit and I di...

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Thanks Cedric. That was probably the most stressful drive I've done. But we're still here. I must get around to writing up the trip report, but I'm battling trying to get all my work done before tomorrow and also getting ready for the river trip... :)

Sani is a bugger, because if you go up there in summer, you will wonder what all the fuss is about. But with ice on it's a far different kettle of fish I'm sure. Having myself never driven on ice, I wonder: what will the effect of tar be on ice formation? I'll be honest and say that they should not...

What size tyres where you running? i am wondering if skinny tyres would not fare better on ice than wide tyres. Theoretically skinny tyres would cut through the ice easier and cause less chance of aquaplaning? See the pic Ian posted on the patrol spotting thread. The tour guide got real cheese cutt...

I'll be posting my trip report from Sani here at some point when I've caught up with work and sorted out the photographs. However, a bunch of people have asked me why the trip was so stressful. The video link posted below should explain it all. A few things about Sani before explaining what happened...

Johannes - dit lyk baie goed. :)

Bumped into a tour guide in a petrol 4.2 GU on the way up Sani on Saturday. It's a pity about the Jeep grill...

Put some 33" muddies on yesterday for the weekend's Lesotho trip - and the river trip next week... For the first time since I've had the truck, the wheels look big enough.