Ah Great ........... you had to bring feet into it! LOL
That's all fine and dandy until you break a leg.What do YOU consider "capable"?
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That's all fine and dandy until you break a leg.
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Youth and bare bones is all that's needed for the young. The old need some brains and four wheels !
Wow, you're a handsome lad!
I'd bet that your very "capable" at doing things that Seals do!
Yeah, anymore, I consider a good ride ............. is the one I don't fall down on.
I'm not as capable as I once was on two wheels. I just really like my dirt bike but .....................
If you define capable by what you do with your overlander.... this might be the winner.
"I guess just to prove that to be an Overlander you don't have to have a Toyota or Land Rover, this group from the Czech Republic decided to cross the continent of Africa in 2 Trabant 601 Universals. If you don't know what they are, they are a super cheap car, 2 cylinders, 2 stroke, front wheel drive and have a body made from plastic and old blue jeans. Oh, and 23 hp. Yes, 23 Horse Power. However they made the entire trip with only a few issues. The biggest mod was adding extra gas cans.
The video is available on Amazon Prime and is called Trabant goes to Africa. They show true Overlanding spirit."
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"I guess just to prove that to be an Overlander you don't have to have a Toyota or Land Rover, this group from the Czech Republic decided to cross the continent of Africa in 2 Trabant 601 Universals. If you don't know what they are, they are a super cheap car, 2 cylinders, 2 stroke, front wheel drive and have a body made from plastic and old blue jeans. Oh, and 23 hp. Yes, 23 Horse Power. However they made the entire trip with only a few issues. The biggest mod was adding extra gas cans.
The video is available on Amazon Prime and is called Trabant goes to Africa. They show true Overlanding spirit."
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I once took my '80 Honda Accord hatchback on a circumvent road around Wright's Lake in the Desolation Wilderness area in the Sierras. My son had to get out to spot me in a few areas, but...
In all honesty, I would've turned around and headed back but never ran across an area that was large enough to turn around in.
It was a nerve wracking but fun ride.
In all honesty, I would've turned around and headed back but never ran across an area that was large enough to turn around in.
It was a nerve wracking but fun ride.
I think that falls in the same category as Roadkill Garage.
Sure, you can drag some junker out of the rubbish heap and go road tripping with it, but that doesn't make it a good idea. It might be entertaining, but certainly not prudent.
Some of us have families and need to make more responsible choices than that. Particularly when it involves going off the beaten path.
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I've been on a bike 2 times in my life, both times the driver wrecked it, the first time we almost lost our lives. Only a young man could have survived that wreck. I did ride a Vespa to work and back, back in the early 60's and I will swear that all the car drivers tried to kill me on that thing, It was all I could afford and I rode it for 2 years through over 600 days of terror.
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I like it, it may get me further than my rig because I wouldn't challenge it vey much. It's a matter of will it or wont it do dat !
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Hmmmmmmmmm I don't think I would try it in any 2 wheel drive, no lock diff 8" ford unit (possibly 4 lug axles), 3 speed auto tranny drive line. It might make it but it might not. The driver must have been very good. To make things worse it was a unibody with very flimsy front suspension. The best thing about it was a sweet little 289 hi revving (5000 rpm max) High for its day anyway.
Yes, but I see the Falcon had a bumper mounted spare tire.
And I think painted graphics give even more horsepower than stickers.
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Probably he meant something like this: VOLVO BV-206No, we didn't spoil it.
We actually added some entertainment value to it!
We have them for turists around Polish Mountains and Lake District Mazury
Okay. That is a capable vehicle. And with a trailer to boot.
Even looks like it would haul the whole family. And The Bride would be happy about not sleeping in a tent.
Where do I get one?
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no problem >Anak< private import from EU - there are companies in DE or PL or SE seling those with different engines. Cost like 30tEURO (35t$)
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Nice, we're at about ........... maybe, at best ............ 5' of water there.
We might be a bit backwards out here in Arizona, but we use boats for that kind of stuff.
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Unless it is one of your Arizona sudden flash floods... Just bring it up. I remember driving home from work and having streets around 19th Ave and Glendale being 3 ft deep in running water.Nice, we're at about ........... maybe, at best ............ 5' of water there.
We might be a bit backwards out here in Arizona, but we use boats for that kind of stuff.
Ok in the 57 Chevy Wagon but not the 63 VW Bug!
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