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OK all the Australian's ordering Grands please post here.
Lets try to have a common thread for discussing our orders and more important our jeep when they eventually get here.

I am hearing different ETA's around.
I will try and make a list in this first post with our orders and ETA's
and then the delivery.

Sorted by order date

F500 ________Laredo QL Colour? ___________Ordered February 6th _ETA April May ______now no one knows Recieved 5th August
gmangoau ___Laredo Bright Silver ____________Ordered February _____ETA May/June ____Now ? Recieved 24th August
efracer ______Limited QL Dark Charcoal ______Ordered late February _ETA ? ____________was August now 20th of July updated 20th June
tim ________ Laredo __ Red ______________Ordered March 13th__ETA May 13th _____now ETA ? order mishap not delivered was promised last Friday. 13th May Jeep changed it to silver, now has canceled order.
OzTJ _______Overland _Mineral Grey _________Ordered march 18th __ETA June July
Deserthucker _Overland Mineral Grey __________Ordered March 18th _ETA June _________now Late September VIN 3rd June D1 recieved 9th September
Coffeman ____Laredo __Stone White _________Ordered Late March __ETA NOW ________Now mid May
EchucaBarry __Laredo Stone White ___________Ordered 12th May _____ETA July/August 18th August ship arrival
Enforcer _____Overland Mineral Grey __________Ordered may 13th ___ETA Mid to end July revieved before mine on the same ship
Spentan _____Overland Blackberry / White gold _Ordered May 13th ____ETA mid to end July
lzhou _______Limited V6 Black _______________Ordered March 19 ____ETA July ________Now first week august
just4fun ____Overland V8 ? __________________Ordered May 7th ____ETA August/September Recieved 8th September
WK2JGC ____Laredo CRD __Mineral Grey _______Ordered July 13th ____ETA end September
Magoomba__?______CRD__Bright Silvere_______Ordered ?___________ETA ?
nigelh________Overland V8 True Blue, Saddle/Black, Towkit_______Ordered Mid Dec__________ETA Fremantle 31/March___ Del Mid April
 
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#2,432 ·
I am getting the wife a Nissan Elgrand 8 seater for the kids to trash and I am getting the Jeep. I will no longer own a FPV/Ford in the very near future. My FPV is currently getting all the minor scrapes fixed, ready for sale. Looking forward to not have the kids trashing the Jeep and using it as my daily drive.

It is pointless having a nice car when the 3 kids under 7 just treat it like a playground/sandpit/mcdonalds/bed/toilet/etc.
For $25k I get an 8 seater that can be abused without me caring much for it.
 
#2,439 ·
I have not seen any light that would indicate this.
From my understanding the DFP is right up near the turbo and does not need to cycle like the older cars. The DFP runs hot due to its location and is always burning off the soot.
The older systems were further down the exhaust like a Catalytic converter and needed the car to over inject fuel causing a heating of the DFP to burn off the soot.
I am not 100% on this, as the info is not easy to find, but this is my understanding of the process in our CRD's.
 
#2,441 ·
I admit that I don't know, however I do suspect that the DPF still cycles.

Sometimes, even on a cold night, when my wife backs into the garage the cooling fan is roaring, the car smells quite hot and also smells a bit like burnt diesel fumes. You can even see some smoke in the headlights, yet the temperature gauge inside appears about normal. I have always taken this as when the DPF is in the middle of a burn off.
 
#2,443 · (Edited)
A certain white 3.0CRD (SWIM) allegedly took on a V8 Falcon this morning from standing start. He allegedly bottled it at 120kmh when he realized he was not pulling away. This car is AWESOME:cool:
 
#2,445 ·
I hear Ya!! :D 0-100kmh he was about a second in front passing the CRD at around 60kmh but after that could not pull away:D. Wonder what he thought when he read the CRD badge :mad: Then it was 6.00am so I switched off the PS3 and left for work.:thumbsup:
 
#2,446 ·
Thanks everyone for the input on front recovery hook for my Overland 2012.
The one that came with the Overland is only for minor road recovery as in the States. I will be having one fitted before heading up the beach.


A further question I have is I cannot see any tow / Haul switches on my Overland and cannot find anything in the manual other than stating if equipped.

Is the air suspension the reason there is now tow /haul switches in the dash.

If anyone has a 2012 Overland can you let me know if these switched are in your model or is deleted.

Regards
Strategy
 
#2,450 ·
Finished the footwell ambient lighting mod. Just ordered a set of Mopar SRT8 stainless pedals to complete the job.:thumbsup:
 
#2,452 ·
I should get my pedals this week. Once installed I'll post some pictures.
 
#2,458 ·
looks good ... we're heading up that way in mid september with my brother's family and his kluger

the first pic immediately reminded me of the mask that anthony hopkins wears in silence of the lambs. i have no idea why i thought of that first.

where did you get the car bra from, and how much, if you dont mind me asking?
 
#2,462 ·
How can one follow on from that...

Anyway, finally got the car on Monday - Maximum Steel Overland CRD. Will post pics soon - having too much fun driving it.:) Friday's the time for the install of the recovery hook and skid plates (that I've had for months) then on to the rock rails...
 
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