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[Ben Egbert]

It's closer to 140k now, but yes it'll last another 20 years with regular maintenance!

I have had one Camry and two Avalon's over the last 30 year, I love them.

 

[AlanLichty]

Great ride. There are


Well I had my first defeat yesterday. I was going up a 4 rated road and got high centered. I might have made it with a spotter, but I was alone. I had to jack up the whole front end in order to free the truck and then back up. I then had to back down hill over really loose rocks and a steep slope to get to a turn around.

Reversing over terrain like that is best described as a "Character Building" experience.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Dave just moved me from really odd duck to minority status

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but to reclaim odd duck, my new landing pad on top of the old one

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the Canon paper envelop became necessary with the mini 3 pro. The landing feet are so short the rubber pad was not flat enough.
The Volt is a phev and if I am careful one tank of gas and daily charging will get me from May until the end of December.

It won't be long before we are using electric vehicles off road. If they motorized each wheel, they could have amazing traction control.

 

[JimFox]

Great ride. There are


Well I had my first defeat yesterday. I was going up a 4 rated road and got high centered. I might have made it with a spotter, but I was alone. I had to jack up the whole front end in order to free the truck and then back up. I then had to back down hill over really loose rocks and a steep slope to get to a turn around.

Yikes Ben! That's no fun! Backing up while going downhill is not fun at all. Glad you are okay.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Yikes Ben! That's no fun! Backing up while going downhill is not fun at all. Glad you are okay.

I changed plans and went up to that alpine meadow. The conditions for a Milky Way were great after the clouds cleared

 

[AlanLichty]

It won't be long before we are using electric vehicles off road. If they motorized each wheel, they could have amazing traction control.

There are prototypes of vehicles like that being used in rock crawling competitions already. Each wheel is suspended independently.

 

[BlackRockArt]

I know, its not a powerhouse of power or speed... but it gets me about 54mpg on the street...

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David, Just make sure you have under shield for the catalytic converter. lol

Oliver

 

[rfkiii]

Great ride. There are


Well I had my first defeat yesterday. I was going up a 4 rated road and got high centered. I might have made it with a spotter, but I was alone. I had to jack up the whole front end in order to free the truck and then back up. I then had to back down hill over really loose rocks and a steep slope to get to a turn around.

How fun.

That reminds me, I need a new jack and will probably look into a winch.

 

[JimFox]

I changed plans and went up to that alpine meadow. The conditions for a Milky Way were great after the clouds cleared

Oh great! I look forward to the photos!

 

[rfkiii]

That's my problem with going too crazy with a lift and tires. I am probably driving on the freeway and paved roads 75% of the time, then another 20% is on dirt roads that even a 2wd car could drive on, and I would say 4% of the time I am driving where I need 4x4 low, but my clearance is just enough, and maybe 1% of the time is where I wish I had 1 more inch of clearance. So I don't want to do anything so radical that it messes up my normal driving. I drove up the coast on Sunday and I was getting 22mpg on the freeway/highway. I will be getting K02's, so that will get knocked down to 21mpg from all that I have read.

I will be getting regular size K02's in Colorado, and also get a heavy duty skid plate installed in Colorado when I go back next week. That will be it for mine for now. a 2 or 3" lift is about $3000, so I will wait for another year for that.

Well, I was getting 12 or 13 before I went crazy. If I went from 22 to 10, I'd be crying. I work from home, shop on Amazon. I fill up every 2-3 weeks so I am still ahead of the game compared to others. That's my splurge.

 

[rfkiii]

10mpg? Yikes - I was getting 16mpg in my motorhome

16 mpg was on my new car sticker so it's never been fuel efficient. As I modded the vehicle, I suspect the MPG was going down without me realizing it. I didn't start checking MPG until we were planning the Maze trips last year and trying to determine how many gas cans we needed to take in with us. A trip to Utah costs me about $800 @ $4 a gallon. Since I spend so little the rest of the year, I don't mind the cost. I might pay double just to get out of Texas every once in a while.