FTO AUSTRALIA

So I'm planning a trip to Sydney next month from Dubbo, and stopping there for a night then heading out to the Gold Coast via plane. The trip there and back should end up to be just over 1,000km, and as it is the first long distance trip in the FTO that I will have done, I thought I should check whether there are any common things to look out for when doing long distance trips in FTO's. I intend on getting a service done on it before I go.

Do not do any work on the car at least a week or two before any long drive. After you do your service/work drive around for a week or so normally to make sure the 'work' didn't have any after effects.

Just give it a minor service and check tyre pressures and brakes.

Also keep a spare bottle of oil, a spare oil filter and a spare bottle of coolant in the car.

Daniel2019 wrote:Just give it a minor service and check tyre pressures and brakes.

Also keep a spare bottle of oil, a spare oil filter and a spare bottle of coolant in the car.

oh yeah coz your oil filter is just miraculously going to f**k out lol

LOL!

Well and yeah... put air in when the tyres are cold... and do not touch your air pressure through out the trip after that....unless there's a flat.

The only things I carry in my car during road trips are:
- Spare wheel/wheel changing tools
- Puncture repair kit with pressurized NO2 tubes
- A 'on your fuckin face' bright torch
- Bungee cords
- A proper petrol can full of fuel
- A phone with Telstra sim
- A paper map
- GPS
- Solar battery charger

Sahin wrote:

Daniel2019 wrote:Just give it a minor service and check tyre pressures and brakes.

Also keep a spare bottle of oil, a spare oil filter and a spare bottle of coolant in the car.

oh yeah coz your oil filter is just miraculously going to f**k out lol

I just have a habit of changing my oil and filter at the same time. Problem?

Sahin wrote:

Daniel2019 wrote:Just give it a minor service and check tyre pressures and brakes.

Also keep a spare bottle of oil, a spare oil filter and a spare bottle of coolant in the car.

oh yeah coz your oil filter is just miraculously going to f**k out lol

Lol I thought the same

Make sure you put plenty of Summer air in those tyres, you can't use the Winter air otherwise you'll have steering issues *true story*

kiz wrote:Make sure you put plenty of Summer air in those tyres, you can't use the Winter air otherwise you'll have steering issues *true story*

BWaHAhAOHaohaoHOahA

Before I drove from NSW to SA, Vectose and I fixed my front speaker wires.
That's all I did in preperation and I didn't carry any of that stuff mentioned^ besides water (as I had a huge red water bottle).

I dare say (and no offence intended to OP) that your FTO is better taken care of

PHIL069 wrote: (as I had a huge red water bottle).

Jack
Coolant
Oil
Duct tape
Coke
Frangas
More coke
More frangas
If your crossing Aus and have to stop at dodgy rest stops to camp the night in the middle of nowhere, then I'd recommend a gun aswell

destinationtoby wrote:If your going to Sydney, then I'd recommend a gun aswell

EFA

All the general stuff. Lovely. Looking forward to tearing up the Bells Line

FTO-Love-Affair wrote:All the general stuff. Lovely. Looking forward to tearing up the Bells Line

I love that road. Tore it a new ass last time I crossed the mountains