[SpiggyTopes]

Rich, thanks for such a detailed reply and imparting your clearly considerable local knowlwdge of the region... I will come back to you when we get into the route in more detail. I'm trying to resist doing the fun stuff like working out all the great places to go before I've sorted out the critical stuff like how to prepare the car / prepare ourselves!

Been speaking to some people who prepare L322s for overlanding/rallying and the prognosis is good - sounds like they are basically pretty tough and reliable and not far off 'Africa ready' out of the showroom. But I think I now have my answer: YES - it is feasible doing Cairo to Cape in a L322.

The key thing will be wheel/tyre selection, underbody protection and a few other bits and bobs. I'll let you all know how I get on. Should be very interesting.

See you in the Cape, then