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Thought I'd share mine. Not as rugged coz I'm bit of a comfort creature.

VW Touareg 4xMotion. Equipped rather humbly with underbody protection. Only minor trips.. nothing too hardcore yet.

here is a pic of mine a few years ago going up Cape York.


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Here's mine with a few mods to  help it along as well like it can carry 220 litres off diesel             

Hi guys, just a thought, can everyone posting photos of their vehicles please cover their number plates. Just a bit of a personal safety issue. especially for those with really well kitted out vehicles, it becomes a theft magnet, the parts alone would be worth pinching them. keep safe, keep your personal info as hard to get as possible, especially as big brother is always watching.

They would need a flat top to get mine out, once they got passed the gates, the dogs and the alarm. But yes Krull68 we do need to be mindful of privacy.

Dam I only have my sharpia x but she'll dig her way out to you if she sees you as a threat, I so over having to fill in the holes because of the people down the road. Worse thing is my house mate has been yelling at her for it and today she snapped at him, as far as she's concerned he's become a threat and she wants him out, so now I've had to chain her up.

My logic may be skewed here but as we live in a rural situation and we are not connected to the grid I hope that you may give me credit for speaking my mind about the practical lifestyle we live.

In the late seventies or early eighties the NSW Ambulance Service did a field test in relation to the colour of their existing buff coloured vehicles and the new white ones they were changing over to.

It was found that on a warm to hot day the temperature inside the buff coloured vehicles was seven degrees warmer/hotter than the new white vehicles they were changing over to.

I would say the the temperature difference between a white vehicle and a black/dark colour would be even greater.

It is noticeable to me that when we go to the city just how many of the vehicles are either black or dark coloured and when we return to the rural areas how many white vehicles there are in comparison particularly those that are used by farmers and rural workers.

I also notice that those of you with wellside utes rather than tray tops must find that they are nowhere as practical.

If you look at 'graynomad's' vehicle on page one of this post you have a good idea of what I am talking about.

In a true SHTF situation I believe that tray tops would be far more practical than a wellside and that white fits into the scenery far better than a dark colour.

I am open to discussion on this.

My city car is going to be written off in the new year from the hail damage from that brissy storm last month, I'll try to hang onto it until mid year when I'm in a better financial position to uupgradeit. But the good news is, the wife has approved me to buy a dual cab Ute, and is even asking me what models are available in different brands lol. I have never seen her with this much enthusiasm about buying a car that I want lol

I agree that a tray is way more practical, mostly because you have access on 3 sides. I had slide-out cookers and fridges, access to dual batteries etc etc all easy by just dropping the side boards. On one side the side board was used as a table. Also the whole thing is dead square, that makes it easier to build stuff into it.

One possible down side is that it's all higher because it's over the wheels, not between them.

As to colour, both my current 4x4s are white and yes that makes them cooler and more visible. And it's this visibility that is a problem IMO. Of course it's good on the road, but when in the bush I can climb up on a hill, look in the direction of my camp, and the tiny Jimny sticks out like dog's nuts, the 12-tonne truck parked right next to it is hard to see. I'm about to fit out my Cruiser as a camping vehicle and I plan to paint it either mid grey or some form of beige or desert tan, even now we tend to "commando camp", I do not want my camp to be visible from the road or wherever. Post SHTF (should that ever happen) it will be more important.

Yes the colour will make it hotter, but when you add a tropical roof (roof rack, solar panels, etc) a large part of that is mitigated, and you tend to camp under the trees anyway. It's different in town in day to day life parking in car parks etc. But that's not something I do that often and it will be even less frequent soon.

Joey, why a dual cab? Do you have family that needs to be seated? If not it's a total waste of space. If you do then of course you need it.

Morgo, have you seen those fantastic camper backs for them, almost enough to make me buy a Jeep