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We’re about a month in and yesterday exited the US after starting the trip in Long Beach.
We’ve received some generous assistance along the way which might be nice to share here.
Iggy arrived with depleted batteries and despite responding to a jump pack was left with various fault warnings.
Other than that the shipping was incident free.
Bernhard at Leitner Designs cleared several of them but it took a whistlestop visit to Sierra Ineos to complete the reset.
Some weeks later we also found time for a routine service at Elliot Bay Ineos who were happy to service our diesel.
Both dealership teams made us very welcome and we’ve benefited also from the interest and encouragement of Ineos USA.
We hopped from National Park to National Park (eight in total) up the west coast.
Thanks to Forum members @255/85 and @Bodhi’s Grenadier who kindly offered in-person recommendations along the way.
Only real issue so far is the windscreen which was cracked by a piece of debris flung off by a truck on a freeway nearby Seattle.
Seems imprudent to replace a ‘screen before the Dempster Highway etc so we’re living with a ~10cm crack stabilised with a bit of superglue.
Might also be worth noting that oil of the correct spec (for a diesel) is difficult to find off the shelf in this region - it’s best to plan ahead and buy online.
Yet to try sourcing direct from a BMW service centre though, that might be an option.
Speaking of the Dempster, the next section to take on is Vancouver to Tuktoyaktuk, the rough route is shown below.
We’ve received some generous assistance along the way which might be nice to share here.
Iggy arrived with depleted batteries and despite responding to a jump pack was left with various fault warnings.
Other than that the shipping was incident free.
Bernhard at Leitner Designs cleared several of them but it took a whistlestop visit to Sierra Ineos to complete the reset.
Some weeks later we also found time for a routine service at Elliot Bay Ineos who were happy to service our diesel.
Both dealership teams made us very welcome and we’ve benefited also from the interest and encouragement of Ineos USA.
We hopped from National Park to National Park (eight in total) up the west coast.
Thanks to Forum members @255/85 and @Bodhi’s Grenadier who kindly offered in-person recommendations along the way.
Only real issue so far is the windscreen which was cracked by a piece of debris flung off by a truck on a freeway nearby Seattle.
Seems imprudent to replace a ‘screen before the Dempster Highway etc so we’re living with a ~10cm crack stabilised with a bit of superglue.
Might also be worth noting that oil of the correct spec (for a diesel) is difficult to find off the shelf in this region - it’s best to plan ahead and buy online.
Yet to try sourcing direct from a BMW service centre though, that might be an option.
Speaking of the Dempster, the next section to take on is Vancouver to Tuktoyaktuk, the rough route is shown below.
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