Offroading in the Miata

"Denver is too damn high" (denver-is-too-damn-high) 07/08/2018 at 14:57 • Filed to: None

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The sign read “4x4 high clearance only”... Fuck it I can straddle anything.

At one point I was sitting in the car exploring options on the map when a family came up on their ATVs. “Mister, are you lost??” asked the father through his helmet with great concern. “No, n o I am f ound” a said with huge grin “I am found”. Moments later I was crossing a stream with them.... it was about 4 inches deep and 15 feet across but... there I was a M iata following along with a group of 4 ATVs out in the wild. It was meant to be.

When a group of three jeeps pass me, they look surprised. But not nearly as fun as the deflated looks of shock as when I pass them. It’s supposed to be their country... No fair as they lumber along weight shifting slowly on fat tires and I’m gone with a slight drift of the ass around the next bend in the road.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Denver is too damn high 07/08/2018 at 15:15

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This is good Oppo. 

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Denver is too damn high 07/08/2018 at 15:16

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I do this on my Monster too. I fucking love using things in ways they were never intended 

Denver is too damn high > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 07/08/2018 at 15:17

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Thanks!  Hard to say how much that means to me!

Denver is too damn high > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 07/08/2018 at 15:21

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This was the road. At many times it seems like it was only a few feet wider than the car with great cliffs to one side... or sometimes both

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Denver is too damn high 07/08/2018 at 15:25

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Have this in the meantime:

WilliamsSW > Denver is too damn high 07/08/2018 at 15:30

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It really is!! Miatas are for fun - and you certainly had fun with it!!

Mr. FiSTer of Team FiST Fetish > Denver is too damn high 07/08/2018 at 15:32

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Loving that color in the dust.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Denver is too damn high 07/08/2018 at 15:38

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That looks like a fun one. I definitely found a few fun ones myself in Colorado last week!

Denver is too damn high > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 07/08/2018 at 15:44

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Mount Herman road west of Monument.... north a bit of Colorado Springs. Start from a place called Divide. I basically just drive around looking for windy roads that have an outlet and see what happens.

Hard rain at one point came out of no where.

Pro tip : when a car passes you and hits a puddle while the top and windows are down, the INSIDE of the windshield is NOT cleared by the wipers, which is why you can’t see.

M.T. Blake > Denver is too damn high 07/08/2018 at 17:09

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Should have said, “No I’m fine! Just following the GPS!”

Denver is too damn high > M.T. Blake 07/08/2018 at 17:38

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“ The g as station is just around the corner, right?”

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Denver is too damn high 07/08/2018 at 17:44

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Already found it on the map, too bad I’m already North of lake Tahoe.

What’s a “windshield”?

This was off to the side of a very rocky canyon road outside of Vegas. Very easily would've punched holes in many cars' oil pans.

Denver is too damn high > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 07/08/2018 at 17:46

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Daaamn with those tires? I once took my triumph speed triple onto dirt. I made it about 20 feet before saying fuuuuuccck this. You are a machine

M.T. Blake > Denver is too damn high 07/08/2018 at 17:57

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Over the river and through the woods to...

THE STRIP CLUB WE ARE A GOIN’! WOOOOOOOOO!!

I’ve had a lot of coffee today...

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Denver is too damn high 07/08/2018 at 19:32

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Lol soft sand is the only trouble I have. I have a scorpion trail tire on the front. Had one in the rear, but I wore it out on this trip and had to get a new one in Vegas. All they had in my size was a rosso 3. Which so far is much better than the rosso 2, but I would prefer the scorpion. Honestly the suspension is more trouble than the tires, too stiff. But I’ve probably got bare minimum 200 miles on some pretty nasty rocky gravel roads/trails this trip. You can’t do it super fast and you have to work it a little , but it’ll do it surprisingly well.