The only problem I can think of would be driving it back to Denver from Chaco at highway speed.
The only problem I can think of would be driving it back to Denver from Chaco at highway speed.
I was driving the original 1975 Rabbit in both EU and our western desert. 1975 shipped it to Belgium and back
Everybody wanted to race the orange car that had really bad brakes, we redid the brakes every 10K, rotors too small
Hit a rail crossing at speed and blew the front right tire
The car drove straight with no pull, so I just kept driving 200 miles, as the wheel lugs were way too tight, nobody could get them loose until I found a dealer and another brake job
That car had a new type front suspension that let it drive straight with a flat
I think the crown vic is the official sedan of Moab
Apparently the winner is the Mazda Miata -- you read it right -- at least according to today's New York Times:
They’ve Driven Everything, but the Miata Keeps Them Smiling
Auto industry people have a special affection for Mazda’s petite (and affordable) roadster.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/business/mazda-miatas-driving.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqYhkSVUZAybfQMMmqBCdnr_Kya4wjzr7LSGJQC0Hw_4UHYmG9AHNea9nLZMV7giseeVgYvUpVeAgiahWJVBsQA2l5ZbelM9de3087NLrAjpzgp6TUfVoqGG6KzjjcbYuz7TmtELdO3L4G_CKiQ1XLwdvoJJmclmvyCZIkv-DSrgpr4E4ifQxBZl6RiMCZD2Kv5TrAhZ5ONaGZ3LM-1V8GrEZCXyIw4nqu_9Xex5SCFnGUHp__W86jdtWM98UN631RAUyRRB2jp88cI-mC3UiYgHadQ&smid=url-share
Heck, huge turbines were once driven up roads blasted across the faces of cliffs in my neck of the woods so marginal in clearance that you can still see the scrapes of the sides of the rocks from trying to squeeze through, and five hundred to three thousand foot dropoffs on hairpin curves, without any guard rails, yet wheels edged right to the brink. Before that, huge locomotives and rail cars were literally hauled thousands of feet up steep dirt grades by Indian and oxen labor pulling ropes, while others set logs and chockstones behind to prevent the whole things going back down again - taken uphill for sake of early logging enterprises. At least they got paid. Today, we pay instead for the right and equipment to do something crazy ourselves. I wouldn't call that progress! I've seen quite a number of of logging trucks (work) and 4WD rigs ("fun") hopelessly and irretrievably piled up atop one another down in the bottom of deep gorges. There were obviously numerous fatalities too.
What they don't tell you in those sportster commercials is whether or not the vehicle was good for anything afterwards.
dave4242, did you end up getting reservations? I'm also going late February. Keeping my fingers crossed about road conditions. Shafer Trail Road is currently closed, though Potash Road is open.
Bob
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