You sir are wrong. Rocks are better. Moab is fun but there are plenty of places to “crawl” where letting it idle up won’t work.  In closing mud is gross and rocks are better.

Things like glider trucks will go away when Diesel emissions equipment doesnt affect truckers from a cost/reliability point. Current emissions kill mpg’s and fixing them WHEN they break is expensive as hell. Also pain in the ass when the emissions equipment malfunctions and puts your rig in limp mode while you have a…

Positive caster is what givess the car the “return to center”in the steering. This is why how he can let go of the steering wheel. Think of a caster wheel on a shopping cart. It wants to track straight when the cart is being pushed forward because of positive caster.

anything more than 100:1(with manual) is asinine for rock crawling. really just bragging rights?

“ A mildly impressive amount of power”. This guys demeanor “torques” me off. Since when is 100hp/liter normally aspirated only “ mildly impressive”?

2 stroke dirt bike. ringadingadinga. braaaaaap.

probably could. Better yet. Sell the baja buy a proper truck. Now you can carry more than enough tools, spares, camping gear and the drift rig. and do it comfortably.

Upper Hell’s revenge is really a fun paved roller coaster. A good driver could take pretty much any vehicle through.

With desert racing its more about the ratio of sprung to unsprung weight. The axles, suspension and 42" tires weigh quite alot. Hitting 3' whoops at 100+ generates quite a bit of inertia. So having good amount of sprung weight is what keeps those things level.

Suzuki samurai. Its the mazda miata of the offroad world.

guy was passing the truck with the dash cam. stayed in left lane to allow merging traffic to enter. NOT a left lane dweller.

Wayland def a badass.

As an engineer, thank you for telling ppl how the real world works. 3d printing has its place. Only reason VW would do this is to deflect the public circus it is currently in.

Mitsubishi OZ rally edition.

$180k. CRACK PIPE!

Or how about King of the Hammers. 20-30,000 people that build a city in the desert for a race... yup car culture is dead.

Answer is always Samurai.