Clapped out... 7 second stick shift twin turbo streetable exo’d Vette.

My answer to the question posited by the title would have been “the ocean” in an attempt to make some lame joke about their engines being boat anchors. But I like your spin on dropping it into the ocean far better.

From the published trailers and early reviews out on youtube, yes, the dashes are much more realistic.

Spintires, Mudrunner and Snowrunner are all related (same-ish creator, different publishers for the ‘runners) if that’s what you’re wondering.

For people actually looking for advice, I guarantee your area has a local off road or overlanding group on Facebook.

If I recall, the “original” new-minis used a Brazilian-built engine born from a joint BMW-Chrysler (formerly Rover-Chrysler) venture.

I’m placing my vote in the “because I’m a forgetful idiot” column. Mercifully, my new-to-me used car has a 30 sec “lock if it doesn’t detect the key (or people) inside” feature that allows me to continue to be forgetful of this, especially when I drive my old-to-me shitpiles that don’t have this.

Great! With all of this market saturation, maybe the ones at the dealer local to me (swissarmyvehicles.com) will come down in price some! [checks website][sees average condition 2 door 300GE with a questionable rear bumper rattle can respray for $26,900]. Nevermind.

2 adults, 1 kid, a trailer full of Datsun parts (including an engine/trans and set of wheels/tires). Add in a few turns & hills for good measure. I had to keep that CX-5 floored in 3rd/4th almost the entire time just to make headway. On some hills, I found myself in 2nd. Easily a contender for top 5 on my all-time…

Agreed.

My ‘15 CX5 gasser returned averages per tank in 60/40 combined driving of 32-34 MPG. We saw 36+ MPG once on an all-highway road trip. I’m no hypermiler and had to cane the thing like a rented mule to get it to legal speeds.

On google maps (photos of this area are dated 2003 EDIT: this is incorrect, I went over to Google Earth & it now indicates there is imagery available from 2019...), it looks like small arms ranges surround that area (south & west, north & west), and the ‘bunker’ complex is a munitions storage point. Look south and…

Bus? We walked. Up hill. Both ways. IN THE SNOW. AND WE LIKED IT. Kids these days and their wheeled, motorized conveyances have it so easy.

Front cut one of these bad boys & send it across the pond. Mate this drivetrain w/a US-spec minivan. ~$1500 later, you’ll have a car thats slower than a T3 transporter and gets worse mileage to boot! Also with no parts availability. I can’t see a downside, really.

You did it. You finally did it. You bought something nearly rust free. Well done!

That’s great! Mine was a red doorstop with flames painted on the side and 3 or 4 lead slugs hot glued to the undercarriage.

Now? I agree. But I was in cub scouts in the early 80's, when wedge cars were all the rage. I had a Countach, a Vector W8 and (somewhat embarrassingly) a Fiero on my wall. I thought it was rad as hell. 90% of the kids in my ‘den’ or whatever it was had cars that looked similar to mine.

Phew, I wasn’t expecting to feel feelings this morning. This is legitimately my pinewood derby entry.

Dax still evading smog by keeping his Roadmaster tagged in OR?

Was this in Tesla’s back yard? Hawthorne municipal (Tesla design center / Space X)? Ballsy.