Greetings from Central Florida!

florida_trailhawk

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Orlando, FL
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Patrick
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Panza
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New member from Orlando, here! Wanted to introduce myself and get started on the forums here.

Born and raised Florida native (34 years), would consider myself a fairly experienced outdoorsman as I've been enjoying outdoor activities for my entire life, from Florida's waterways to California's mountains, and adventures abroad from Canada to Hawaii to Mexico.

I'm a gearhead and motorsports nut and have only ever had sports cars (a VW GTI, and two BMW M3s - one of which I still have), but I FINALLY picked up my first offroad capable vehicle a few months ago, a 2017 Jeep Renegade 4x4, and am enjoying finally being able to explore the outdoors without relying 100% on other people for transportation.

I'm pausing international travel for a while to see the U.S. in a way I've never experienced before: pure vehicle based adventure! To that effect, I'm joining communities like this one and working on some fundamental prep items to get my Renegade to a point where it is reliable and capable enough for the adventures I want to go on. I'm a form-follows-function guy, so nearly 100% of things I do to this Jeep will be driven more by necessity than desire.

Looking forward to learning here and hopefully meeting some members from the Southeast and more!

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Welcome aboard!

I think you’ll find Overland Bound to be one of the most supportive groups out there!

I’m in the Tampa Bay Area, so maybe we’ll cross paths when the family and I come to Disney!


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New member from Orlando, here! Wanted to introduce myself and get started on the forums here.

Born and raised Florida native (34 years), would consider myself a fairly experienced outdoorsman as I've been enjoying outdoor activities for my entire life, from Florida's waterways to California's mountains, and adventures abroad from Canada to Hawaii to Mexico.

I'm a gearhead and motorsports nut and have only ever had sports cars (a VW GTI, and two BMW M3s - one of which I still have), but I FINALLY picked up my first offroad capable vehicle a few months ago, a 2017 Jeep Renegade 4x4, and am enjoying finally being able to explore the outdoors without relying 100% on other people for transportation.

I'm pausing international travel for a while to see the U.S. in a way I've never experienced before: pure vehicle based adventure! To that effect, I'm joining communities like this one and working on some fundamental prep items to get my Renegade to a point where it is reliable and capable enough for the adventures I want to go on. I'm a form-follows-function guy, so nearly 100% of things I do to this Jeep will be driven more by necessity than desire.

Looking forward to learning here and hopefully meeting some members from the Southeast and more!

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Hello and welcome to the OB crew...good looking jeep and look forward to seeing your adventures
 
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New member from Orlando, here! Wanted to introduce myself and get started on the forums here.

Born and raised Florida native (34 years), would consider myself a fairly experienced outdoorsman as I've been enjoying outdoor activities for my entire life, from Florida's waterways to California's mountains, and adventures abroad from Canada to Hawaii to Mexico.

I'm a gearhead and motorsports nut and have only ever had sports cars (a VW GTI, and two BMW M3s - one of which I still have), but I FINALLY picked up my first offroad capable vehicle a few months ago, a 2017 Jeep Renegade 4x4, and am enjoying finally being able to explore the outdoors without relying 100% on other people for transportation.

I'm pausing international travel for a while to see the U.S. in a way I've never experienced before: pure vehicle based adventure! To that effect, I'm joining communities like this one and working on some fundamental prep items to get my Renegade to a point where it is reliable and capable enough for the adventures I want to go on. I'm a form-follows-function guy, so nearly 100% of things I do to this Jeep will be driven more by necessity than desire.

Looking forward to learning here and hopefully meeting some members from the Southeast and more!

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Welcome! I am new here as well, also in the Orlando area (Debary/Sanford).
 
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Welcome aboard!

I think you’ll find Overland Bound to be one of the most supportive groups out there!

I’m in the Tampa Bay Area, so maybe we’ll cross paths when the family and I come to Disney!


Sent from my iPhone using OB Talk

@AventureWithDanan @Mega4x4 great to see folks close by! One of the main reasons I joined here is to meet others in Florida that are interested in these types of activities. I have a lot of friends that love outdoor stuff but most of them aren't really interested in offroading or more primitive outdoors things.
 
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Welcome!

After seeing what Dirt Everyday and Wayalife (both on Youtube) did with that Renegade, I've been pretty impressed with them. A capable yet compact package.

Happy exploring!
 
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