Off Roading

[tonyp]

Here's how to try offroading - look at Landrover website, fill in the forms for say a new Disco, freelander etc, & with a bit of luck you will get a free 1/2 day off roading experience at one of LR's sites. Get a nice lunch too. Awesome, you'll never believe what a proper 4x4 can do, you drive, with an expert instructor. I've been on a couple, mind you, my 'other' car (s) are Landrovers ...

ps rarely take offroad - too darned expensive to get scratched / bounce off trees etc. Good at towing stuff though.

pps Best offroad stuff was on hols in Cyprus in a hire Suzuki GV drop top thing, hot, sunny, fantastic rough tracks in the national parks (some really really tricky round the Paphos / Polis areas) & of course someone else's car ..

Edited January 17, 2008 by tonyp

[ian heighway]

I used to do a lot of off roading Here is a couple of pictures of my Suzuki SJ410 that I built with my own hands.

well I say Suzuki SJ410 But only the body was Suzuki as under it was a shortened Range Rover chassis with up rated springs and dampers and powering it was Modified 3.5 Rover V8 EFI (200BHP aprox) huge big mud tyres and on the front a nice big winch just in case I got stuck ( very rare it did ) or more commonly used for pulling stuck Land Rovers out.

But I had give it up as it was off roading or the Esprit as the off roading was costing to much ( The Suzuki only did 10 MPG on the road and aprox 4 MPG off road ) the Esprit won.

Edited January 18, 2008 by oneshot
Moved pictures to on top instead of at the side to prevent sideways scrolling

[mangel]

Now thats an awesome mudplugger!!!

Edited January 19, 2008 by mangel

[peter beese]

Done a bit myself too. got better photos but these are not digital.

I used to use mine for work, I am a civil engineer and also a land surveyor too so would be off road all the time. I got stuck in more than one boggy hole and had to get dragged out. But thats what these machines are for!

[esprits4de]

Love off-roading, when ever I get a chance to at the company, I take a jeep or a truck out on to the trail-area.

We actually rebuild and reconfigure old military equipment...

http://home.mobile.de/home/showDetails.htm...hicleType=false

[Simon350S]

Did it the year before last for my....... err....... 25th Birthday

Was great fun.....

Simon

[mayevora]

Is this still classed as 'off roading'?

[lotus4s]

Have off-roaded vehicles for years although at times unintentional.

Here's one of an H3 I used to have...

[talon]

I've manged to put two ZR1 corvettes in the bushes, one of which was upside down. Does that count?

[tarcus]

Yep, a Land Rover Defender and this;

One reason why I don't have so much time for the esprit these days!

[Clark]

Wow Ian, that's an impressive piece of machinery! Looks a lot like a Unimog...?

One of my sisters is really into the 4x4 scene and her friends all have rock crawlers out in the country. They've got massive tires and exterior rollcages, really tough things.

My experience however is similar to Talon's- sent a car into a giant hedge. I've since learned to countersteer.

[esprits4de]

PINZI 6x6, ex Swiss Army....

Pinzgauers were always killer in off-road. So was the Unimog 404S ! Marvellous machine.

Wow Ian, that's an impressive piece of machinery! Looks a lot like a Unimog...?

One of my sisters is really into the 4x4 scene and her friends all have rock crawlers out in the country. They've got massive tires and exterior rollcages, really tough things.

My experience however is similar to Talon's- sent a car into a giant hedge. I've since learned to countersteer.