folks

No G wagons available (preferred). I have also found a couple of Land Rover forward controls on ebay. Brute of a "thing" and indeed a good one of those will be great - but - there is a big - BUT -
....I have heard that in some game parks in Botswana and Namibia they do not allow such large ...

folks

I totally agree! The saying goes:

"if you want to go in the bush, take a land rover, if you want to come back, take a toyota" :)) :)) :)) :))

Indeed, Nissan Patrol or Toyota is probably the way to go. I am now more inclined to the Toyota HiLux as demo'd by the Top Gear crew before Clarkson ...

thank you all so much for the responses.

Indeed, I have considered converting the air bags to springs. There is a kit available on ebay to do that and also cancel and error code. There is a guy called ANDREW ST PETERS, who is British and lived most of his life in South Africa (he is now back in ...

Great! Let me know. Definitely considering it, but, some things go against the x5, the air filter is a big issue, that needs to be cleaned out every 1000km.

thanks
Mo

Hello Folks,

new here, have a x5 3.0d 2003.

I have been considering Africa Overland trip and looking at Toyotas, Nissans, landy's (ooouch) - and then thought, why not convert the x5 to a overlander. I bought it for £5800 and it has tremendous power and grunt. Not sure if it has been chipped but ...