| Author | Message | ||
     Robbie Donaldson (Robbie) Senior Member Username: Robbie Post Number: 430 Registered: 02-2002 |
A stock Touareg going down Dictum in GWNF. Looks like they stacked enough rocks to pave it. http://members.cox.net/flipmykdx/preride.htm | ||
| Blue (Blue) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Blue Post Number: 438 Registered: 04-2003 |
nice car so was the guy lost, or what? | ||
| Robbie Donaldson (Robbie) Senior Member Username: Robbie Post Number: 431 Registered: 02-2002 |
no clue. just got it from a friend, who got it from a friend. the trail itself is pretty easy until you get to that one spot, but that one spot can be a bitch. | ||
| Bill Bettridge (Billb) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Billb Post Number: 1035 Registered: 02-2002 |
Hope they moved all those freakin rocks after they went down - doubt it though...... Bill | ||
| CALM (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 992 Registered: 11-2002 |
Um isn't there a break in period? If so I don't think taking a vehicle that new wheeling is a good idea. | ||
| Thomas Dahbura (U352) Member Username: U352 Post Number: 165 Registered: 10-2002 |
I looked at getting one but couldn't get golf clubs in the back. That was a buy criteria. Oh well. | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 890 Registered: 02-2003 |
i thought they closed that area last year. that part of the trail can be seen on the Discoweb Back East Video before it was closed. rd | ||
| Robbie Donaldson (Robbie) Senior Member Username: Robbie Post Number: 432 Registered: 02-2002 |
they may have at some point, then reopened it? I was down there a couple of weekends ago and decided to drive up to it from 33 just to look. No closure signs or gates or anything from that way. | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 898 Registered: 02-2003 |
yeah, i've been told its still open and the creek is offlimits. sometimes i get confused rd | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 680 Registered: 08-2002 |
Ignore any recommended hogwash break in time on cars like VW, Audi and Porsche. Drive them hard from day one. | ||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 429 Registered: 01-2003 |
What about the "hogwash" that the tourag is a serious offroader? I like those shots of massive articulation (lol) in that above link. | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 681 Registered: 08-2002 |
I agree, certainly not a serious offroader. There is no low range that I can tell but it does have cdl and rear locker optional. More attractive is 7700 lb tow capacity. Nice. I like the car, just too much $$$ for me. | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 905 Registered: 02-2003 |
it would make the freelander look like a little bitch. i like it. | ||
| Karl C. (Eurocarnut) New Member Username: Eurocarnut Post Number: 12 Registered: 02-2003 |
The Touareg does indeed have a low range, as does the Porsche Cayenne. The low range and the CDL are standard on all vehicles. The air suspension set on high will increase ground clearance to over 10", and the optional offroad packages include locking rear diff., and electronic automatic disengaging sway bars. Very much a solid platform for building a true offroader. | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 687 Registered: 08-2002 |
Interesting that I did not see low range on the website. Must have missed it. True offroad platform? 10" is not much and approach and departure angles are even more important (IMHO). I'll agree with you when I meet one on the trail and when I see aftermarket products like lifts, bumpers, winches, racks, etc. | ||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 431 Registered: 01-2003 |
Actually I like the VW, looks good, not over the top like an american suv, and comes with some nice features for offroading. I guess I've been hanging out here to much, but I am now part of the camp that believes a offroad vehicle is limited if it has independant suspension. But I wouldn't mind it taking one out for spin. I love my wifes Audi, great car, quattro system works wonders in the snow, I actually prefer driving it in rain and snow over my discovery. The v-10 tdi that's coming makes me excited to. | ||
| Christopher Boese (Christopher) Member Username: Christopher Post Number: 167 Registered: 10-2002 |
Judging by what my Audi's able to do on ice and in light snow, I'd also be optimistic about what something with the same AWD system can do, but with 10" of clearance. |
