New proud owner: Corne Schutte (cschutte)

[cschutte]

1. Name: Corne Schutte (cschutte)

2. Birthday and Age: 23 June, 49 yr

3. Town and Country of residence: Bettys Bay, Westen Cape, South Africa

4. Home Language: Afrikaans

5. Occupation/Business: Associate Prof Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University

6. Family status: Married, Rene, who is a 4x4 Land Rover fanatic (she used to participate in het own Defender in Land rover Points events), and Anthony, who is now in Grade 11, and also gets excited about technology that needs mechanical attention.

7. Membership - Other 4X4 Clubs and Forums: none

8. Current 4x4: 1995 Nissan Patrol 4.2SGL

9. Current Mods: Weber carb

10. Mods on wish list: Extra fuel tank

11. Vehicle on wish list: none

12. Previous 4x4's: Landrover Discovery 1, Freelander 1, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Defender 90, Discovery 2, Discovery 3

13. Last 3 offroad or overland destinations: Kagga Kamma, Leuwenboschfontein, Namibia

14. Your favourite destination: Namibia

15. Other hobbies: Photography, motor bikes, and computing

16. GPSr and Map Data used: Garmin, Garmap

17. Rate your 4X4 and overlanding experience: intermediate

18. Online Photo Site:

19. Photos of you and your Vehicle: Coming soon. After I sold the Discovery 3 earlier this year when its maintenance contract expired, we realised that something was missing. But did not want to overinvest in an expensive 4x4 again. Realised that a good used Nissan Patrol will be excellent value as an extra car for holidays. Found a low mileage (58 000 km!) 4.2 SGL and collected it today. It feelsas if I had bought a toy that is going to last many years and kilometres!
This site gave me very useful guidance, and I hope it willhelp me to sort out / set up this Patrol to bring me lots of enjoyment.
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[Herrie]

Baie welkom Corne

[Abri Hoffman]

Welcome Corne, WOW what a finf. You will learn to love the GQ. Best 4x4 I've had.

[Peter Vee]

Welcome Corne... I too replaced my D3 with a Patrol... have not looked back!

All the best,

Peter

[Tinus lotz]

Welccome welcome !!!!!!!!hope u enjoy some 484 ing without the kieme that comes with the landies the gQ is a yster!!!!!!!!!

[offroadbiker]

Baeie welkom

Daai is lae kilos

[Peter Connan]

Welcomw Corne

Where have they been hiding that car? 58k km in 17 years, that's only 3500km/y!

May it give you at least 542 000 trouble-free km's!

[Grant]

Hi Corne

You have bought the most underrated 4x4 in the world. Enjoy it as you will have many trouble free km.


Enjoy

[Jules]

Geluk Corne, jy moet oppas daardie GQ kruip onder mens se vel in, sal kom groet as ek weer vir my dogter op Skelmbos Univ kom kuier

Shalom

[martyn]

Hi Corne, enjoy your new wheels its a fantastic car, and welcome to the forum its just as good