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Overlanding unlimited

Terry Austin had been looking for something to replace his elderly and well-travelled 4WD ute. He was looking to switch out to petrol, and to have a vehicle he could use for adventure and overlanding. He was likewise was lucky enough to be able to dedicate a vehicle to the fun drives, and lucky enough to find a wee gem of a ‘shorty’ Pajero. Terry takes up the story:

I had been looking around to replace my old diesel 4WD and spied a low mileage 2007 Mitsubishi Pajero NS petrol 3.0 litre.

Some might wonder why I would go to petrol? Well having owned a couple of diesel 4WDs for 15 years, I was tired of the extra maintenance required so decided to hunt out a petrol 4WD

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