awd not same as off road

[ruejeffer]

JUst as I said awd is not same as off road ready. wish I had thought to
explain this to my son. He rolled our 03 forester, paniced and drove the
car home. yes car did sustain damage, like no reaw window, roof rack, pass
mirror, etc, but as I said he drove it home. Should also mention that none
of his three friends were hurt either. Just glad all were wearing seat
belts.

 

[Frank Logullo]

JUst as I said awd is not same as off road ready. wish I had thought to
explain this to my son. He rolled our 03 forester, paniced and drove the
car home. yes car did sustain damage, like no reaw window, roof rack, pass
mirror, etc, but as I said he drove it home. Should also mention that none
of his three friends were hurt either. Just glad all were wearing seat
belts.

One of the funniest things I read lately was a local contractor getting
stuck in a creek in his new Hummer.
Apparently thought he was invincible and showing off to friends. Last I
heard was constabulary planned to fine him
Frank

 

[Bonehenge]

JUst as I said awd is not same as off road ready. wish I had thought to
explain this to my son. He rolled our 03 forester, paniced and drove the
car home.

What does a rollover have to do with offroad capabilities? <G>

If he flipped a Forester, chances are a real "off-road" vehicle, like
a Jeep Wrangler, simply would have flipped earlier.

Barry

 

[Jim Stewart]

One of the funniest things I read lately was a local contractor getting
stuck in a creek in his new Hummer.
Apparently thought he was invincible and showing off to friends. Last I
heard was constabulary planned to fine him
Frank

As I was told as kid "4-wheel drive just gets you further
into the woods before you get stuck"

 

[hippo]

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JUst as I said awd is not same as off road ready. wish I had thought to
explain this to my son. He rolled our 03 forester, paniced and drove the
car home. yes car did sustain damage, like no reaw window, roof rack,
pass

mirror, etc, but as I said he drove it home. Should also mention that
none

of his three friends were hurt either. Just glad all were wearing seat
belts.

One of the funniest things I read lately was a local contractor getting
stuck in a creek in his new Hummer.
Apparently thought he was invincible and showing off to friends. Last I
heard was constabulary planned to fine him
Frank

As I was told as kid "4-wheel drive just gets you further

into the woods before you get stuck"Given that most real 4wds get further offroad and can fall over more
readily than a Forester, let's just be thankful it *wasn't* a 4wd. All's
well that ends well. They're all safe, only the car's bent and I doubt if
the lesson will need repeating! Cheers

 

[UNknown]

I can hope that we raise ugly children not stupid ones, but time will tell.
He sure thought that it could do the same things as a monster truck.
"> Given that most real 4wds get further offroad and can fall over more

 

[T]

Is it true that most everybody bends up a car in the early years of
learning to drive?


TBerk

 

[Hallraker]

Is it true that most everybody bends up a car in the early years of
learning to drive?

Yeah. Tell that to a 17 year old me who got his Crown Victoria stuck in
sand. Somehow I didn't understand that it was going to sink.

-Matt

 

[Generic]

One of the funniest things I read lately was a local contractor getting
stuck in a creek in his new Hummer.
Apparently thought he was invincible and showing off to friends. Last I
heard was constabulary planned to fine him
Frank

There's SO MUCH to technique! The Jeep newsgroup had some photos of a
Hummer stuck on a stump in a parking area (i.e. the belly was lifted off the
ground so it couldn't move anywhere)--got pulled off by a Jeep naturally.
On the other hand I've seen people drive some 2wd vehicles places where a
lot of 4x4s would have trouble.

-John

 

[Al]

There's SO MUCH to technique! The Jeep newsgroup had some photos of a
Hummer stuck on a stump in a parking area (i.e. the belly was lifted off the
ground so it couldn't move anywhere)--got pulled off by a Jeep naturally.
On the other hand I've seen people drive some 2wd vehicles places where a
lot of 4x4s would have trouble.

-John

In the good ole days of the 60s in Montana, I saw VW bugs outperform
International Harvester Scouts in hill climbing.

Al

 

[Bonehenge]

There's SO MUCH to technique! The Jeep newsgroup had some photos of a
Hummer stuck on a stump in a parking area (i.e. the belly was lifted off the
ground so it couldn't move anywhere)-

Affectionately known as "high centered".

I did this with my Wrangler on a snowbank, pulled it out with an
Outback. <G>

Barry

 

[Hallraker]

Affectionately known as "high centered".

I did this with my Wrangler on a snowbank, pulled it out with an
Outback. <G>

I high centered my Outback on a shelf of ice, had to get yanked out by a GMC
3500 snowplow truck. It was so icy out, that the snowplow got hung up on
something right after pulling me out. I'm pretty sure that we could have
rocked it out, but since the tow strap was still attached, I used the
Outback to pull out the snowplow.

-Matt

 

[Damon McMahon]

In the good ole days of the 60s in Montana, I saw VW bugs outperform
International Harvester Scouts in hill climbing.

Al

Not to mention the VW Combi Van (not sure if they were called that in
other countries). Perhaps one of the most commonly spotted older
vehicles crossing the Australian desert.

Light, naturally aspirated, rear engined vehicles do have many things
going for them