Why Did You Need Four Wheel Drive Again?
Published: March 29th, 2011
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Here’s some food for thought: if you “liked” TTAC on Facebook, your mind would already be blown by this magical tale of Panther Love. Seriously, if I didn’t “like” TTAC myself, I might never have seen it [A tip of the hat to Sajeev and Alex Nunez]. So watch the whole thing, savor the chill that will run up your spine, and then go “like” TTAC on Facebook for a steady drip of more awesomely entertaining detritus from TTAC’s internet adventures.
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You could have chosen better music. That was annoying.
About 10 years ago, in Costa Rica I witnessed a local family of 5 or 6 drive the trail to Witches Rock (about 1.5 hours spotting wheels down the mountainside of hardened lava rock and fording streams) in a late 80's Hyundai Excel. That may have been a little crazy. We made it back and forth on that trail in a base 4wd Kia Sportage, and it was the most intense off roading I've ever known. I doubt most Americans would be willing to drive that trail in anything less than a jacked up F-350 or a Hummer. We are a ridiculous people.
As long as you aren't doing anything completely crazy, a car will go pretty far off a paved road. I've taken my '76 Chevelle mudding, driven the 77 Chevelle into pastures and tow my Explorer. I learned that a Pontiac 6000-STE absoultely is scary to drive at speed on a gravel road, thanks to its overly stiff rear suspension. my 2wd Explorer has been places that my friends think are 4wd only. It's all in how careful you are and how well you can read the road, and understand your vehicle.
I like how the dog walks ahead of the car, like he's spotting for the driver. I would like to see how the drive down went.