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    COOPER DISCOVERER. I wasted $10 000.00 because I listened to my wife.

    Thanks G. 1500 more views than the second most popular story just was not enough. Knock, knock BFG. :smiley_drive:
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    COOPER DISCOVERER. I wasted $10 000.00 because I listened to my wife.

    Sometimes wives are intolerable, but only very for very short, adorable periods! The tires still had plenty of tread which fueled her argument. My argument was that the tires had already done 50 000 miles over terrible roads in Africa (in Mozambique they were slammed daily on the sharp edges of...
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    COOPER DISCOVERER. I wasted $10 000.00 because I listened to my wife.

    Absolutely, we won't be making that mistake again, that's for sure!
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    COOPER DISCOVERER. I wasted $10 000.00 because I listened to my wife.

    Duct tape should fix that. The first blow out in Uruguay.
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    COOPER DISCOVERER. I wasted $10 000.00 because I listened to my wife.

    Hi Olscratch. I am really happy that you enjoyed the book. You would have read about this whole disaster with the tyres already then. We are planning to head up the east coast towards the end of the year, the plan is to go through the south to Florida then up to Canada. Right now we are...
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    COOPER DISCOVERER. I wasted $10 000.00 because I listened to my wife.

    Still married. After that whole debacle the wife has learned that hubby knows best and that being penny wise and pound foolish really is foolish. She is still SWAMBO, but just not when it comes to the Landy.
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    COOPER DISCOVERER. I wasted $10 000.00 because I listened to my wife.

    I will probably need that medevac after the wife reads this post!
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    COOPER DISCOVERER. I wasted $10 000.00 because I listened to my wife.

    I wasted $10 000.00 because I listened to my wife. She said “no, we do not need new tyres, we will buy a new set in Bolivia, they are cheap as chips in Bolivia”. This was back when we were still on African soil. I insisted that we should change the tires and the rims before leaving...
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    A2A Expedition - From Africa to Argentina to Alaska

    Will do Diplostrat.
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    A2A Expedition - From Africa to Argentina to Alaska

    Sidebar is now OverlandingMan Hey guys, Sidebar here aka Overlandingman. Apologies for the lack of updates, I have realised that I am not really good at updating forums on the road and have been focusing on updating on our Facebook page as, honestly, it is just easier. We will probably be at...
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