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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 days agoI propose we trick our fellow Americans by making smol cars offroady enough to embarrass an F150: Look at them! Who would want a rolling brick over that? And the Ford Focus is already mostly there.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoMy stock Subaru can handle more off-roading than most trucks ever do
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours agoMy old job had me going to a lot of places in very bad conditions and off road. I always drove an audi or a subaru and watched the lifted trucks spin out / go in the ditch / flip over / get stuck / and generally have a poor showing.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 day agoAnd functional! You’re looking at Dakar rally champions, and hatchbacks so unreasonably fast on dirt, their league was banned. This is what actual off-roaders look like.
I propose we trick our fellow Americans by making smol cars offroady enough to embarrass an F150:
Look at them! Who would want a rolling brick over that?
And the Ford Focus is already mostly there.
My stock Subaru can handle more off-roading than most trucks ever do
My old job had me going to a lot of places in very bad conditions and off road. I always drove an audi or a subaru and watched the lifted trucks spin out / go in the ditch / flip over / get stuck / and generally have a poor showing.
these look dope af
And functional! You’re looking at Dakar rally champions, and hatchbacks so unreasonably fast on dirt, their league was banned.
This is what actual off-roaders look like.
Concur.
love this