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.
In Laramie, most cars feel a 18%-20% decrease in horsepower. Force induction cars only feel 13%-15% loss. This happens with every place above 7000ft. And on top of all this, WyoTech is based here, more turbos than muscle. haha
my daily driver use all of the time car. my lowered 99 tacoma, currently at 38,000 original miles. this will go snowboarding on the days when the road is clear and we are just going to have a park day, or if im feeling up to the task of putting on chains.
i had it doing some pretty serious off roading today (for a lowered 2wd on street tires) heading out to go shooting. it sucks that by the time we were heading out it was dark and i couldnt get a good pic of the road. but this was a narrow, dirt road with some pretty steep hills and constant foot deep ruts through the entire thing that i had to straddle or i would fall in and probably get hung up
Another subie haha, my 03 wrx after i switched to my summer wheels and tires, and no roof rack earlier this year. fun to drive, awd, decent mileage and with the rack just enough room for 4 guys to go riding. I'll edit with some winter rally pig photos later this week.
I love the beast. Just got some snow tires on it for this season, so its set. Going to upgrade to something awd next year most likely. I would like a subie, but im thinking i might go eclipse GSX or talon TSI/awd. Either way I'm going to keep my ski cars cheap. Took it into a guard rail 2 seasons ago in the canyon, wasnt exactly my fault (noob texans afraid to drive in the snow stopped in the middle of the road on a high camber uphill turn). I got out of the car, kicked the bumper back into place and went on my way. I love my beater.
haha i know i know, i get shit about 3 times a week from my friends. When i was looking for a truck i wanted a truck to haul my dirt bike, and that had low miles because i needed a long lasting dependable daily driver which is why i bought that truck, got it at 24,000 miles 3 years ago. and APPARENTLY ( and i dont remember this or know why i would have said it) when car shopping i said that "i dont want to look like a dam cowboy driving a huge lifted truck". I realize how wrong i was. I love lowered trucks, so at first i was all fine with it, i lowered it, got wheels did all my mods, then started actually playing around outside and exploring Idaho and realized oh shit, i kind of want a 4x4 truck now. Unfortunately the budget does not allow me to get a 4x4 of the quality i want, so i am going to have to wait to do some real off roading.
He was a guy i met over the forums at iwsti. we had been following each others car journals, and we lived in the area and had taken rides in each others cars and even fiddled with them etc. we simply decided to trade because we each liked the other's car better than our own.
but my first ride was a 1987 subaru wagon with racks, i once took 8 people up in it with all our gear. it was a beast i put 70k on it in 2 years, sold it at 250k and the guy i sold it to ran it to 370 before it lost compression
second was 79 VW camper bus with snow tires that i bougth for $700 and just replacedthe brake pads, this thing was the best because i could cook lunch in it, stay the night in the resort lot and haul 4-5 people plus gear comfortably. it blew a piston out after the second season and i didnt have the cash to rebuild it.
Then a 87 datsun king cad 4x4, this now sits i my parents hosue as their utility truck, starts after siting for months first crank every time.
now that i have a good job i have a 2004 f-140 supercrew 2wd. snow tires and 3 sandbags= no problems
It's FUN! I've had mine for almost 6 years and still am having a blast with it, mainly because I take it offroad and there is a great local 4-wheeling group. With suspension lift, mud-tires, and skids, the FJC would become very capable offroading. But fuel mileage would suck though.
Damnnnn...... haha my truck is posted back a while here. But THIS ^ is what I want mine to look like! haha
might I ask what you went with for lift and such? for now I'm just looking at doing a 2" levelling kit and toss some 33"
atz radial mickey thompsons.....
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