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Old 23-08-2009
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Jeepin' is incurable....
 
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Also just got back from a 6000km trip across over the Simpson, Sturt Stony & Strzelecki Deserts and me stupidly thought the new Cooper ATRs were up to the same offroad capability as the old ATs... well they're not . I've run Cooper ATs for the last 11 years over same and similar roads just as bad until the ATs were replaced by ATRs..I can categorically say they are not up to it regardless of the ads...I was the one with tyre troubles and the others with Kumos and Pirellis didn't...Comes back to the Commander tyre sizes you can fit...Cooper ATR 265/65s are only P rated and you need to fit at least 265/70s to get into LT rating..
That's why I'm running the MT ATZs and not the ATRs.....
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