READERS’ RIDES
READERS’ RIDES There’s nothing better than going your own way. Tell us about it—and win.
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MICHELE HARDY LIVES: THE GURDIES, VIC DRIVES: 2022 D-MAX LS-U 4X4 SPACE CAB Last month we took our D-MAX on some of the toughest 4WD tracks in the country! From Victoria we headed to Coober Pedy and along the Anne Beadell Highway from Coober Pedy to Laverton, WA. The corrugations were relentless! Then, we travelled along the Great Central Road from Laverton. We took on lots of routes we hadn’t experienced before: the Madigan Line and then down the Hay River track to the QAA line—so many camels!—and used the Eyre Creek Bypass road to cross the recently flooded creek. Then we did Big Red and had a curried camel pie at the Birdsville Bakery. Our most expensive diesel fill was $3.65 per litre, and you’ve gotta be happy with the D-MAX’s fuel economy! Damage included one solar panel that shook loose, a totally trashed tyre and an aftermarket bullbar that we had welded back on at Laverton (the cost was a slab of beer).
TIM BAKER LIVES: BRISBANE, QLD DRIVES: 2023 D-MAX 4X4 X-TERRAIN The D-MAX is the first new vehicle I’ve owned, so I’m very proud of it. I chose it because we use D-MAXs for fleet vehicles at work and they’re just so dependable—I’m an air-side safety officer at Brisbane Airport. It’s nice to have an upgraded spec from the work vehicle in my own ute! Since the pandemic I’ve had more of an urge to see Australia. I even bought physical maps to plot our trips, although the satnav can always save you. I love having a beer in a local pub, meeting people and making little discoveries. There was a greasy spoon in Lorne that served me the best hotdog ever!
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