That’s it...it’s time to play G.O.T.O.S.

**concretejungle** · 04-09-2021, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by hawkgt

Seen a bro-dozer (Dodge) running around with that sticker...... in Colorado.

There’s plenty in...wait for it...Bozeman.

**MarcusBrody** · 04-09-2021, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by warthog

Yeah, I have always heard the snorkel is more useful in desert setting. Makes sense. Pulling air from higher up, where the dust isn't as thick.

No one would ever make a snorkel for any of my vehicles, but if they did, I'd consider one. In the Northeast driving mostly on paved roads, I could go 10k miles without the oil life warning coming on (I actually wondered if it was somehow disabled, as I'd always changed it before it came on). Now I live in the desert and if I put in a lot of miles on dirt roads, I end up needing an oil change after a few thousand miles.

**Aldo** · 04-09-2021, 06:31 PM

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Instinctively took this pic a while back.
I certainly enjoyed the moment at the time, hope you do to.

**ötzi** · 04-09-2021, 06:46 PM

Some say his quest for organic produce continues to this day.

**Aldo** · 04-09-2021, 07:30 PM

That’s pure stuff right there.

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**TBS** · 04-09-2021, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by RootSkier

The owner of American Expedition Vehicles (we drive by his place every day) and its design headquarters are both in Missoula, so I am going to win this thread handily.

I’ll see your American Expedition Vehicles and raise you EarthCruisers, hq’d in Bend OR.

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These come out of the shop with about 11 points
https://earthcruiser.com/vehicles/earth cruiser

How long will this contest run? It’s gonna be mid June before the Sprinter invasion starts here...

**glademaster** · 04-09-2021, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by MarcusBrody

I think most of us aren't saying that these type of vehicles aren't cool.

Oh, I am. Emphatically and with extreme prejudice. You literally could not pay me to own or drive one of these things. I don't want those things or the people who drool over them in my life. A person has to have principles.

That picture up above would look a lot better if the vehicle was ablaze, spunkspawn and all: they're a part of the overpopulation problem.

**ötzi** · 04-09-2021, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by glademaster

That picture up above would look a lot better if the vehicle was ablaze, spunkspawn and all: they're a part of the overpopulation problem.

People are definitely a factor in that.

**The AD** · 04-09-2021, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by ötzi

How much? Full disclosure, I've thought Sportsmobiles are kinda cool for a really long time, like forever. I wouldn't mind having one if it didn't have to be a daily driver and you had another vehicle...

Yeah, they definitely look like they'd be pretty awesome. A couple blocks from my house there are two of them. I had assumed it was neighbors who each owned one, but last time I walked by they were both parked in a single driveway. I can't figure out why you'd need two of them unless you're renting them out.

**bennymac** · 04-09-2021, 09:30 PM

I suspect a stock RAV4 could get you 99% of the way between Anchorage/Tuktoyaktuk and Ushuaia - maybe even a Corolla?

But if you’re not doing that drive in a Unimog are you really even doing it?

**Toadman** · 04-09-2021, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by bennymac

I suspect a stock RAV4 could get you 99% of the way between Anchorage/Tuktoyaktuk and Ushuaia - maybe even a Corolla?

But if you’re not doing that drive in a Unimog are you really even doing it?

The real question should be can you get from Barrow to Sitka in a RAV4?

**bennymac** · 04-09-2021, 09:41 PM

Originally Posted by Toadman

The real question should be can you get from Barrow to Sitka in a RAV4?

It’d be a lot cheaper than taking a unimog. Same for getting past the Darien Gap.

But no street (blog) cred. Plus a lot less room for your map of the world sticker.

**dunfree** · 04-09-2021, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by bennymac

I suspect a stock RAV4 could get you 99% of the way between Anchorage/Tuktoyaktuk and Ushuaia - maybe even a Corolla?

You could do much of it in a Corolla, but you might not be able to do much off of it, and dreary washboard gravel roads with occasional Corolla eating potholes are tiring in a Corolla

there was a time when it came seemed a bunch of those mega cruisers were either German or Suisse owned.

**ötzi** · 04-09-2021, 09:46 PM

How could you possibly be the guy who bought that? I can't imagine what path would lead to that driver's seat.

**TBS** · 04-09-2021, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by Toadman

The real question should be can you get from Barrow to Sitka in a RAV4?

How well do they float?

**MakersTeleMark** · 04-09-2021, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by bennymac

I suspect a stock RAV4 could get you 99% of the way between Anchorage/Tuktoyaktuk and Ushuaia - maybe even a Corolla?

But if you’re not doing that drive in a Unimog are you really even doing it?

https://youtube.com/c/c90adventures

Very well done continuing series that goes well off the path.

**basinbeater** · 04-09-2021, 10:00 PM

Portal axles. So hot right now.
I'm gonna bump up my tires to 33s and lift it an inch. Mucho points yo.

sent from Utah.

**MarcusBrody** · 04-09-2021, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by glademaster

Oh, I am. Emphatically and with extreme prejudice. You literally could not pay me to own or drive one of these things. I don't want those things or the people who drool over them in my life. A person has to have principles.

That picture up above would look a lot better if the vehicle was ablaze, spunkspawn and all: they're a part of the overpopulation problem.

Sorry, let me rephrase: I don't think anyone except glademaster is saying that the vehicles can't be cool...

**Conundrum** · 04-09-2021, 11:09 PM

I really don’t have anything against glademaster but I’m not sure he thinks anything is cool. In fact, I think he wants to cut off our collective chonson.

**klauss** · 04-09-2021, 11:17 PM

Saw this cruising towards a Costco the other day and took a pick for the tgr. Has the local lolo rack with ski attachment, but not enough on the roof to truly bring it up a level

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**The AD** · 04-09-2021, 11:22 PM

Are you required to be dressed in fatigues to even drive that?

**bennymac** · 04-09-2021, 11:32 PM

It doesn’t look like it on the outside (and that was by design) but this thing is a camper. Just built this winter - inspired by the pandemic I think.

**Conundrum** · 04-09-2021, 11:42 PM

What would you say it does look like on the outside? I mean I would be stoked if Best Buy delivered my flat screen with it...

**unitofstuff** · 04-09-2021, 11:48 PM

I'm convinced the new "overland" types are former rice kids and stance kids who grew up, got a career, got a mild to moderately granola girlfriend, and wants to look outdoorsy while still being able to throw money at kitschy vehicle bullshit every other week.

**dannynoonan** · 04-09-2021, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by bennymac

It doesn’t look like it on the outside (and that was by design) but this thing is a camper. Just built this winter - inspired by the pandemic I think.

Honestly the super singles give it away as a millennial-camper-mobile. It obviously has a bespoke interior cabin suitable for instagram, and for pandemic wfh from telluride.