"TheOnelectronic" (theoneelectronic)
10/31/2013 at 03:21 • Filed to: totes
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"TheOnelectronic" (theoneelectronic)
10/31/2013 at 03:21 • Filed to: totes | 3
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I mean, it's kinda dumb. It's too top-heavy, long, and wide for serious off-roading. pretty much just awesome.
But it's totes awesome.
MtrRider Just Wants Doritos
> TheOnelectronic
10/31/2013 at 03:23 |
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I don't think a Transit will do what that can. RIP E Series.
TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma
> TheOnelectronic
10/31/2013 at 03:29 |
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I agree that it's awesome, but it's not dumb. SAS, diesel, finished interior. It's for overlanding, not simply off-roading. It's a serious machine, just not for the off-roading you're thinking of.
Full-disclosure: overland enthusiast, loves vans
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TheOnelectronic
> TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma
10/31/2013 at 03:37 |
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I've got a mid-size pickup, and I'm constantly amazed at the trails I can't take. I have the body damage to prove it. Mostly trees.
Bird
> TheOnelectronic
10/31/2013 at 04:01 |
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Google overlanding or expedition camping....TillTheWheelsFallOff was trying to tell you it' not what you think it's for. That thing is for driving the length of Baja...and taking your sweet time doing it.
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TheOnelectronic
> Bird
10/31/2013 at 04:56 |
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I've got plenty of experience with overland/expedition style offroading. It's mostly what my truck was built for. I'm just saying that a few inopportune trees or a rather sharp breakover can be really difficult for a larger vehicle. There are a few passes in colorado, also, where anything longer than a SWB wrangler is going to have a hell of a time making those switchback turns.
I feel like a small truck with a roof tent has plenty of capacity for the majority of overland trips, but I've never gone very far, so I can't say for certain.
Maybe the trails around me (Santa Fe area) are just tighter than normal. Forest Service doesn't take out any more trees than they have to.
I honestly didn't put a whole lot of thought into it. I was just trying to prevent the stance discussion from becoming Stancegate II: Electric Boogaloo.
Hoccy
> MtrRider Just Wants Doritos
10/31/2013 at 05:05 |
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I don't know. This is an old Transit, but you get the point.
Also, dual offroad tires.
McMike
> TheOnelectronic
10/31/2013 at 05:29 |
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HERE COMES BREAKFAST!
BJ
> TheOnelectronic
10/31/2013 at 08:18 |
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That is one serious looking machine. I like it, and I wish I had one so that I could go overlanding with it.
quarterlifecrisis
> TheOnelectronic
10/31/2013 at 08:20 |
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I hate those stupid Moto Metals or whatever brand they are with the polished/black/fake beadlock thing. Blegh. other than that...I wants it.
Brumos59fan
> TheOnelectronic
10/31/2013 at 08:32 |
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I get a little excited every time I see a full size 4x4 van because they are just so rare. I've seen pics of the vans the research teams use in Antarctica and they are spectacular.
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Bird
> TheOnelectronic
10/31/2013 at 11:29 |
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I guess with Mongolia being my goal, I'm less worried about trees...lol.
7:07
> TheOnelectronic
10/31/2013 at 12:15 |
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This is the first instance of that grill/headlight combo that is somewhat proportional and good-looking.
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TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma
> TheOnelectronic
10/31/2013 at 12:16 |
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Oh buddy, I'm right there with you. I drive a DCLB Tacoma up here in Colorado. I tried to make a switchback and ran into a tree, haha. The struggle is real. However, wheeling a LWB vehicle has its pros as well. This past weekend I was on a trail that proved to be easier because my truck was longer (steep ascent).
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7:07
> 7:07
10/31/2013 at 12:17 |
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Also, I tell my wife about every one of these I see. The answer is still no.
xx45xx
> quarterlifecrisis
10/31/2013 at 15:27 |
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yeah man the fake beadlock is in style right now. hard to find clean wheels for trucks that dont look like they were designed by the bro squad
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xx45xx
> TheOnelectronic
10/31/2013 at 15:29 |
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why couldnt they keep the windows the same damn size.
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quarterlifecrisis
> xx45xx
10/31/2013 at 15:48 |
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Admittedly, if all the bros wouldn't have jumped on Rockstars, they aren't a terrible looking wheel. I always really liked the XD Diesels...
DesertRelief
> xx45xx
10/31/2013 at 16:20 |
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It was probably made smaller to accommodate what is on the inside, rather than fulfill someone's taste in exterior looks.
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TheOnelectronic
> quarterlifecrisis
10/31/2013 at 17:40 |
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Fake beadlocks have been around for ages. Hell, The old winter wheels for my 335i had fake beadlocks :D
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xx45xx
> DesertRelief
10/31/2013 at 18:47 |
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you win
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quarterlifecrisis
> TheOnelectronic
11/01/2013 at 08:06 |
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I think those are fake bolts/rivets/fasteners of some sort to simulate being a multipiece wheel. I usually just call them dirt catchers lol.