Luxy asks “… it’s going to be wet, right?” “Yeah, the forecast is for a little rain” I replied. “Hmmmm”, says Luxy. “We might get a little wet, but think about how much fun the tracks are gonna be…”, I say in my most convincing voice. After a few more minutes discussing potential tracks and routes, Luxy was on board. Woohoo! Last minute 4wd trips are always the best! This was to going to be a real experience and a grand adventure! What were we getting ourselves into???

So after all that, I had to rush home a little early on Friday to pack the Patrol as quick as I could with the bare essentials. This involved a quick stop at the super market for food, beer from the bottle shop, filling up the fuel tanks and then I was on my way! I hit the Monash freeway at about 4:15pm and then it began to absolutely pour down with rain!! It was like being in a tropical storm, except cold!

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Tip:

Tyres<br> The Most Important Thing When 4WDing. There are all sorts of track conditions that you will encounter, so you need a tyre that is capable of handling all conditions. If you plan on using your 4x4 to actually do proper 4WDriving, my advice is to purchase a quality set of mud terrain tyres. You will have to put up with a bit extra road noise on bitumen, but the knowledge that you have the best tyre for the worst circumstance is most reassuring. We consistently get 80,000Kms from our mud tyres, but we have them balanced and rotated every 8,000Kms, so with fantastic wear like this, it doesn't make sense to limit our 4WD capability by fitting all-terrain.