New to the forums. Currently have a BMW 330xi as my vehicle to get to the mountain. See where that's a problem? More than a couple inches on the road and I am screwed..
Looking for input on what vehicles you all drive to the mountain. I have about 12k to put into this. Maybe more.
Thanks man, thats a niiiice D2! I never liked land rovers until last year when my friend took me off roading in his 89 rr, so I got a 92 rr then upgraded to the 4.6l 96 in that picture. I could never believe that the older land rovers are so cheap, i got mine for $1300 and only had to replace the sunroof glass and fuel pump and drove it home the same day.
Its currently my daily driver and I want to get another car so I'm not beating up on it 30 miles everyday for my commute, not to mention I get 10 mpg city and 14 hwy, once I get all of the common repairs and things checked on, Im planning on driving it to Colorado this year.
Also the eas was already converted to springs before I got it, :-D, the compressor still works, im considering putting it back on air suspension so I can use the manual leveling in some situations.
Currently running a mildish tune at 365whp and ~400 ftlbs wtq.... more than enough power to get up to the hill! The rear seats fold down for space, I also have a roof rack I use occasionally, high elevation driving is no problem with the turbos, heated seats, side view mirrors, auto dim mirrors, HID lights, quattro etc. etc. make it a fun car year round.
I run the stock S4 avus wheels with some altimax arctic snow tires in the winter and it gets around very well. Here's a little video I made 2 years ago when I first bought the car...
that is a beautiful fj ya got there dougie doug. greatest vehicle on the road. yours is way more hooked up than mine. I don't have the funds right now to add all those extras but the second i have some money its the first thing I'm gonna do.
Thanks Shocktroop531 and Smokehaus! It's been five years of modifications and off-roading and the fun never ends. With a 3-inch lift and bigger tires, the FJ can be really competent off-road. I bet you love yours, Shocktroop.
PanHandler, The snorkel is from ARB and was bought through a local shop. It was black polyethylene and I just sprayed-painted to color-match with body.
2002 Toyota Celica With Nordman snows all around...never had a problem getting where I need to go.Been using this for solo trips since 2002.
Also for the family days , a 2005 Subaru Legacy with 4 studded Hakkas on it- unreal traction, but sounds funny on dry roads.
If you think its good in the snow now, put some real tires on it ;-)
Except for some of the the M&S tires they put on trucks, I have yet to hear of an "all season" tire that is really safe in the snow .
My Legacy would go sideways around corners until I put the Hakkas on it.The difference was not subtle.Worth every $$.
I know all season isn't actually all season. I had summer and winter tires on my Jettas. But I have to say, in all the conditions I've driven in, these tires have been fine. Yea, when the road is covered in snow I need to slow down a lot, but I would anyway. They're Conti Pro Contact, and I had them filled with nitrogen before the winter. I think in 6,000 miles of driving we had one or two very minor fishtails, and one instance where I didn't know if we were going to stop--but that was an ice issue and will happen with any tire.
I live in south eastern CT, so to put snow tires on doesn't make sense. We get enough snow to warrant snow tires once or twice a year.
If I moved out west, or up north, I'd get them for sure.
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