Question of the Night: What vehicle would you want to take out of its comfort zone?

"boxrocket" (boxrocket)
09/18/2015 at 23:23 • Filed to: qotn, question of the Night

We’ve seen the Top Gear guys take high-performance cars off-road in Australia, rally a Bentley, and drive various cars across the wilds of Africa. We’ve also seen Richard Hammond drive a Marauder through Johannesburg (admittedly in staged situations), and - while less destructive but similarly entertaining - Doug DeMuro squeeze his Hummer through Philadelphia (and on a racetrack, and a highway...). More fictionally, we’ve seen Pierce Brosnan as James Bond drive a tank through Saint Petersburg.

The common element here is that these vehicles weren’t really designed for those uses, which was the intention of using them for those various bits.

So, given essentially unlimited funds and no lasting negative repercussions (people cannot be harmed in this scenario, so no using an S-Class to do a drive-by through a terrorist village, or driving a steamroller through a parade, or a ; let’s keep this G or PG), what would you drive, and where would you go?

My idea? I don’t like the idea of off-roading a car, because winching a car out of a rut probably gets old quickly, even if there aren’t negative repercussions. So I’d rather drive something massive through an urban environment. With Top Gear in mind, I’d like to use these powers for good, and drive something big and indestructible- bigger than the Marauder - though the derelict, uninhabited buildings in North Saint Louis that need demolition but there aren’t the public funds to do so. It’d have to be able to clean up afterwards so as to not create much more work.

DISCUSSION (32)

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > boxrocket
09/18/2015 at 23:26

I want to auto cross a BMW 7 series

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > boxrocket
09/18/2015 at 23:28

I kinda want to rallycross a Rolls and track a Raptor.

scoob > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
09/18/2015 at 23:29

You want to test the handling capabilities of the Eiffel Tower.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > scoob
09/18/2015 at 23:30

I like to live dangerously and defy physics

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > boxrocket
09/18/2015 at 23:32

AutoX a Ram 3500HD MegaCab 4X4.

mazda616 > boxrocket
09/18/2015 at 23:34

I’d like to rally a Prius. See how long it'd last.

Hot Takes Salesman > boxrocket
09/18/2015 at 23:35

Forza 6 in real life- 2017 Raptor vs. a track!

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > boxrocket
09/18/2015 at 23:36

AutoX a Veyron.

CRider > boxrocket
09/18/2015 at 23:40

I’d take a 2015 Range Rover out of it’s comfort zone (Neiman Marcus parking lot) and take it off road.

CB > boxrocket
09/18/2015 at 23:41

I want to go rallying in a Mustang. Or ice road driving. Either or.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > boxrocket
09/18/2015 at 23:49

Take one minivan. Cage it. Run it at LeMons, then do a basic service and enter it in stage rally. When that’s done, rip out the cage, slap the interior back together, and daily it.

JGrabowMSt > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
09/18/2015 at 23:52

Been done before.

Wheelerguy > mazda616
09/18/2015 at 23:57

Well, Toyota did rally a Mirai .

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > boxrocket
09/19/2015 at 00:01

Take a Range Rover offroad. Might be designed for it, but sure isn’t used as such.

TheHondaBro > boxrocket
09/19/2015 at 00:03

I WANNA TAKE A LAND ROVER OFF-ROADING.

#LandCruiserBrotherhood

CaptDale - is secretly British > boxrocket
09/19/2015 at 00:18

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CaptDale - is secretly British > CaptDale - is secretly British
09/19/2015 at 00:20

ajnik ftW

BaconSandwich is tasty. > boxrocket
09/19/2015 at 00:26

I’d rally a McLaren P1. On gravel.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > CaptDale - is secretly British
09/19/2015 at 00:28

By chance on Windows Mobile? I find I have to hit the backspace a few times before typing or else strange things happen.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > JGrabowMSt
09/19/2015 at 00:36

Good vid but really more of an offroad track with small jumps.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > boxrocket
09/19/2015 at 01:32

Park an MG Midget at Costco.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > boxrocket
09/19/2015 at 01:41

I want to drive a Tesla in Texas!

Noah - Now with more boost. > boxrocket
09/19/2015 at 02:08

I want to make an H6 Outback into a stripped/caged amateur rally beater. So spectators to hear a Porsche and see a big fat wintergreen station wagon.

Berang > boxrocket
09/19/2015 at 02:36

New York to LA on this:

Kinja'd!!!

Amoore100 > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
09/19/2015 at 04:17

I want to autocross a Toyota Century. More Japanese snootiness but with V12 smoothness.

Kinja'd!!!

Also, as said on Wikipedia:

In contrast to other luxurious cars (such as the Maybach or Rolls-Royce ), the Century has not been positioned and marketed as a sign of wealth or excess. Marketing literature states roughly that, “the Century is acquired through persistent work, the kind that is done in a plain but formal suit.”

boxrocket > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/19/2015 at 09:37

That gives me an idea: once kei cars become more commonly imported (I want an Autozam AZ-1), have a small-car (old roadsters, kei and “microcars” like the Peel P50 and Messerschmitt) meet every Saturday in big-box store and megamall parking lots, where each small car takes up one space, such that the regular land-barge residents of such lots have to park somewhere else but walk past all the small cars. Call it “Occupy Parking” or something. Sure it might look like a Shriners parade coming and going, but it’d be fun

CaptDale - is secretly British > BaconSandwich is tasty.
09/19/2015 at 11:14

iPhone actually....

CaptDale - is secretly British > boxrocket
09/19/2015 at 11:16

As I was trying to say earlier when kinja borked my comment. I want to turn a Firebird in to a Mad Max style apocalyptic vehicle that can also go off road.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > CaptDale - is secretly British
09/19/2015 at 11:33

Ah, so I guess it isn’t just a Windows Phone thing. Until I discovered hitting the backspace a few times thing, I basically gave up on posting on mobile. As it is now, I can’t start comments - only posts.

CaptDale - is secretly British > BaconSandwich is tasty.
09/19/2015 at 11:39

Well I was using an iPhone 3, so that might have something to do with it.

Dusty Ventures > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
09/19/2015 at 11:43

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Dusty Ventures
09/19/2015 at 11:53

Trophy trucks are amazing.