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best and worst non Jeep off road vehicles you have owned?
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Aside from Jeep what is the best 4x4 you have owned and why
and conversely what is the worst (by worst i dont mean just not the right vehicle for you, but one that was so bad you want to warn others not to touch it with a 10 foot pole! 
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Re: best and worst non Jeep off road vehicles you have owned?
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02-14-2009, 11:03 AM
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That's a tough one for me, especially because I can't answer it. My first and only 4 wheel drive vehicle is the same one I own now. My CJ5!
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02-14-2009, 02:32 PM
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I honestly can't answer this! All I have ever really owned that was used off road were jeeps. And every single one of them were fantastic! Some broke a little more than others, but I have to take full blame for that. But even when I was a kid and beat those poor little jeeps like a rented mule, they were pretty durable!
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02-14-2009, 08:33 PM
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My wife bought a Subaru one time (against my better judgment) and it was not a good 4x4 at all. Burned the clutch out the first time we took it to a sandy beach area, and had to tow it home. I know some people have good luck with them and build them up, but I won't buy another...
I'd take a 78-79 F-250 or F-350 against any other truck (except maybe an old PW or M-715) as an off-road truck...
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02-14-2009, 09:24 PM
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I just noticed the actual thread topic.
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I believe that are very few non Jeep real off road vehicles made. At least if you are including all the SUV / Mini Van all wheel drive type's. Many trucks and larger 4 wheel drive vehicles do pretty well off road, the latest batch of soccer Mom grocery getting kid haulers do not - and as such - I don't consider them off road vehicles...
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02-14-2009, 10:53 PM
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I had an 87 Toyota pickup. I bought it for $500 bucks with a rusted bed. I put a head gasket, timing chain, and clutch in it. Replace the bed with a tube frame covered with a diamond plate aluminum sheet and a 16 gallon fuel cell. Lost about 200 lbs. of the back and bobbed rear about a foot. Put some 1/4" skidplates underneath, removed antisway bar, and put some 31x10.50x15 bfg all terrains on it. I beat the  out of that truck at paragon adventure park. Had to drive 3 1/2 hours up into the pocono mountains and wheeled on rocks and mud for about 8 hours and drove home each time. It never broke down on me for the 2 years i used it as a daily driver. Hate to say it, but it pulled a few jeeps out that didn't protect their dist. from getting wet. Gave it to my apprentice at work when I got my next truck. He proceded to wreck it twice and then sell it to the guy who totalled it.
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02-15-2009, 08:02 AM
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Exactly, most purpose built trucks and such that are intended to preform off road do quite well when not on pavement - not just a dirt road...
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02-15-2009, 08:04 AM
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I just noticed the actual thread topic.
I believe that are very few non Jeep real off road vehicles made. At least if you are including all the SUV / Mini Van all wheel drive type's. Many trucks and larger 4 wheel drive vehicles do pretty well off road, the latest batch of soccer Mom grocery getting kid haulers do not - and as such - I don't consider them off road vehicles...
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You've just upset my wife and her Audi.  Be advised...she does know where you live. |
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02-15-2009, 08:09 AM
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You've just upset my wife and her Audi. Be advised...she does know where you live. |
LOL - So, that Audi can get up a ski jump better then my CJ (that would be if it wasn't in a million pieces), can it travel through three feet deep mud though?
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02-15-2009, 12:31 PM
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My Deuce and a Half is probably the best offroad truck I've owned, followed by a 78 Power Wagon. Worst was a 75 Blazer.
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