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Old 05-06-11, 10:58
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Default Fun alright!

Thanks everyone, it certainly was a lot of fun! As you can imagine thats only a small taste of what we got up too, we were too busy driving to film the rest. It is great to have that sort of terrain at our doorstep.

Jordan, yeah the brakes do get a bit warm. The brake pedal goes too the floor pretty early as the drums get hot and expand but the steering remains fine, just with a little more freeplay. Definitely 1st gear on long downhills for max engine braking and as little brake use as possible. And I'm sure you're all aware that a series of "lock" skid turns seem better than dragging the steering brake around on long turns.

David, what do you mean "tweeked" flathead? Its original as! haha. Yeah it certainly goes good and runs sweet all day long with no dramas. Those small "tweeks" were well worth the effort. What do you reckon, part 2 video with several more carriers soon?
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Old 06-06-11, 00:30
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Great video guys,yes film some more please,i wish i had some where to run the F30 offroad like you have,Hamilton is a bit far from Dunedin! haha.
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Old 06-06-11, 00:57
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Default Can we have more please

I have been following your film and must say I am very impressed, I look forward to the next series and hope that it is not too far away from being filmed.

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Old 06-06-11, 11:34
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Good stuff boys!!! Should've taken the Valentine too!!!
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Old 07-06-11, 20:08
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So while showing off with my carrier on the weekend on a cadet exercise, I threw a track while trying to make it up a loose gravel slope... Took three hours and a tractor to drag it up the slope and replace the track. Not near as glamourous as your video so photographs may not be forthcoming!
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