Sit, relax, have a cup of tea

I’ve been adamant to get informed on the 4 wheel drive experience now that Matt has locked in a vehicle and found a wonderful excerpt in Gregory's 4WD Australia book that I bought that said in the case of an incident,

"sit down, make a cup of tea and calmly think through a plan for recovering the vehicle."

Ha, I highlighted this one in big marks and have re-read to anyone that will listen! You can imagine the truck bogged half way down on its side, filling with water and Matt trying to keep his calm while making orders for me to action – then me, “Dear, would you like a cup of tea?”

Impressing the hard cores

We went to an ARB Open Day where I impressed the sales man when I kept interrupting to ask the use for that and why we might need this other thing or how it works. Instead of getting annoyed with the girlfriend that doesn’t really have a clue, he said,

“You’re the first partner here today that actually paid any attention through the process rather than just commenting on the final price.”

Matt proceeded to break the bank with the snorkel, winch (not me), suspension, maxi tracks, eskie, and on and on till the truck will be fully suitable for the outback.

Decision made

A Land Rover Defender dual cab with a tray back and a Northstar 6 foot slide on camper pop top from the States with 5 year off road warranty.