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BHPian vigsom recently shared this with other enthusiasts.
Life throws challenges at us much later in life, and it is up to us to take these head-on. My challenge here was to undertake another cross-country drive on the same sector that I did in my Fifteen year young Grand Vitara; the catch was to do it less than five weeks after the first drive. As I've mentioned earlier, this drive may not be anywhere as challenging or beautiful as many featured on the forum, but for me, this was going to be putting my endurance to the test yet again. This time, the machine was my foe turned friend - a 2012 Mitsubishi Pajero Sport.
I'd like to thank Almighty for having brought me to my destination safe n sound, and bhpian @sridhar-v for his support en route. Bhpian @paragsachania had already given me enough info on rest stops and fuel top-up places during my earlier drive, so I was armed with all that information.
Here is some quick info on my longish highway drives thus far:
Learning from my earlier experience on the same sector, and taking a cue from members' advice after my earlier drive, this is what I did differently:
From past experience, I carried the following:
Fuel and Oil Filters
Fuel Filter that was removed; there was no fuel supply issue with this filter in place but I just wanted to be sure and hence replaced it
New engine oil filter in place - the turbo discharge hose, plus the top half of the air filter assembly needs to be removed to change the oil filter
The engine oil that was used - DO NOT fill more than 6.2 liters in the Pajero Sport; top up a little more if required. General tendency of technicians is to dump 7 liters like they do for the old Fortuner
The interiors squeaky clean after a detailing session at my good old garage in Surat
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