What is it about taking a vehicle down a bumpy dirt road that you love? Why do you want to do it? What keeps you going back? Aside from all this discussion about removable tops, wheels, colors, buttons, and screens, can you distill down to the basics why you love an off-road adventure? I just want to read some good people gushing about something they love.
Why do you like to go off-road?
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I'll chime in first! The first off-road adventures I remember were the whole family bouncing down the back roads of Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah in a 1987 Ford LTD station wagon. It was definitely not outfitted for such a place but somehow my dad willed it through ravines and over rocks. I just love going someplace fewer people choose to travel. When I get away from the crowds and find a unique corner of this planet, I'm filled with wonder. That sense of exploration is exhilarating. Can't wait to make those kind of memories with my wife and son in our Scout.
I'm not exactly sure what started me on it, but I'm going back through my memories trying to figure it out.
I did a lot of trail-riding on horseback as a kid, whipping through the Idaho pines.
Then my parents bought the '98 Yamaha Grizzly I'm trying to keep alive to this day- yup. That was it for me. I'd regularly talk my mother into driving me and the Grizzly down to OHV park so I could ride it around. Crazy now that I think about it, a 13 year old on a 600 pound ATV, but man did I have fun on that thing. Practically grew up on it. Flying down backroads out my Arco, pegged out at 57 MPH... there was no where out there you couldn't go on dirt.
Then I got my 89 Ramcharger, and I beat the shit out of it. Always had plans to cut the top off...
But then while I was in Iraq, stationed in Washington, everyone was buying their toys. Bulldawg got a '98 TJ. Engdawg a '98 2 door manual XJ. Mandawg an LJ. Shep his Chevy reg cab short box pickup. Andy his YJ on 35s... But I had a 2 year old. I had a wife and we enjoyed light to medium trails and camping. I needed cargo space, 4wd, and really wanted a removable top.
Enter the Scout II. I bought Old Betty sight unseen, and against my wife's wishes, from Iraq and to this day she's the biggest mistake of my life. The Scout, not my wife
But several months later, I found Maggie on craigslist, and the rest is history. I adored that '71 Scout II. But several years later we were going to Hawaii, resources were limited, and rather than watch her die(I knew much less then), I sold her. Huge regret.
Now I've had 3 Jeeps, 2 of them JLURs, and while I wheel HARD on the ATVs, we still trail run the Jeeps.
There's- just something about doors off, top off drives through the trees. Makes life worth living.
I love it! And this part was pure gold!I bought Old Betty sight unseen, and against my wife's wishes, from Iraq and to this day she's the biggest mistake of my life. The Scout, not my wife
Rocked a '93 Ramcharger for a long time. For the past handful of years I've been without a good off-road rig but the plan is to change that come 2026 with the new Scout!
So this is where my ATVs come in. A mentor of mine told me that ATVs were nice because if you fucked one up on Sunday afternoon it didn't affect your commute Monday morning. And while Maggie was built, I'd like my dream '76 Traveler to be a daily on 33 KO2s.
Might look at used ATVs for the next 3 years of fun
There's- just something about doors off, top off drives through the trees. Makes life worth living. As quoted by @IdahoJOAT. This sums it up.
I’ve loved my convertible of the past and loved my first driver of a Scout but until you can leave the pavement and enjoy the open air in a beautiful spot where a standard convertible can’t go, you just haven’t truly escaped from the daily grind.
I’ve loved my convertible of the past and loved my first driver of a Scout but until you can leave the pavement and enjoy the open air in a beautiful spot where a standard convertible can’t go, you just haven’t truly escaped from the daily grind.
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