As mentioned earlier we decided to get a 4wd for our weekend as were planning to do a bit of driving. The first night our little V6 was only firing on 5 cylinders so a call to the rental company saw a change of vehicle and an upgrade to the big land cruiser. It was huge and we can see why it was the vehicle of choice in Doha. To get up to the villages on the plateau you need to drive up a steep 34km road. At the bottom is a police checkpoint where they only allow 4wd to proceed. They also made us put the truck into 4wd. About 2000 metres up we could smell smoke and burning something. It turned out to be the power steering fluid was leaking as it appeared that one side of the vehicle was locked in 4wd and the other in 2. I bit of reversing and turning and a few other tricks by Damian saw us back on our adventures.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
The Vehicle
As mentioned earlier we decided to get a 4wd for our weekend as were planning to do a bit of driving. The first night our little V6 was only firing on 5 cylinders so a call to the rental company saw a change of vehicle and an upgrade to the big land cruiser. It was huge and we can see why it was the vehicle of choice in Doha. To get up to the villages on the plateau you need to drive up a steep 34km road. At the bottom is a police checkpoint where they only allow 4wd to proceed. They also made us put the truck into 4wd. About 2000 metres up we could smell smoke and burning something. It turned out to be the power steering fluid was leaking as it appeared that one side of the vehicle was locked in 4wd and the other in 2. I bit of reversing and turning and a few other tricks by Damian saw us back on our adventures.
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