Gravel road driving pros: rally dreams realized

"CB" (jrcb) 07/14/2018 at 18:05 • Filed to: The realities of car ownership

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Gravel road driving cons: nicks in the paint. A paint pen and half an hour should fix it. Although I realized my tires are not great for gravel.

Still, totally worth it, even when all I could think of was “this will be covered in snow in four months, maybe I should start thinking about winter tires”.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > CB 07/14/2018 at 18:27

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These are so fun on loose surfaces. 

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > CB 07/14/2018 at 18:29

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There’s a good reason that Fiestas have become so popular in the rally community and it’s not just the M-Sport support. They make great rally cars, even in mostly stock configuration.

CRider > CB 07/14/2018 at 18:29

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Clear wraps will help protect your paint from gravel if you do this a lot . Also, if you want to do single track I recommend a dirt bike/dual sport , not a Fiesta. They’re small but they aren’t that small.

CB > CRider 07/14/2018 at 19:14

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Will do on the clear bra.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CB 07/14/2018 at 20:20

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I'm green with envy!

CB > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/14/2018 at 20:53

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I'd laugh more if I didn't have to specially order a paint pen from the states.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CB 07/14/2018 at 20:57

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Well hey friend, don't start feeling blue

CB > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/14/2018 at 21:34

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Next car wil be World Rally Blue, so I’ll chuckle about that.

Also, sorry to be salty. It's just... man, finding a Green Envy paint pen sucks.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CB 07/14/2018 at 21:38

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This is your punishment for working hard and buying things you want.

CB > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/14/2018 at 21:42

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I know. I should have just spent the rest of my life looking at Autotrader ads going “nah, I have better ways to spend my money.”

I’m seriously with you, though. Deciding to spend money (and a lot of money at that) is really hard to do. Hence why it took this long to buy a car.

CRider > CB 07/15/2018 at 02:52

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Clear bras just do the front bumper and maybe the hood. You can get the whole car wrapped, like this

pip bip - choose Corrour > CB 07/15/2018 at 06:26

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i hate driving on gravel

spun out backwards through a fence 25 years ago.