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STiDriven
July 4th, 2008, 10:42 PM
(sorry, no pics)

So I did some offroading today since I can't go tomorrow. The Cambodian Mobile handled beautifully.

Started with this badass trail that ran between a canal a housing development fence in estero, off three oaks. It was a lot of fun. Had elevation changes, mud, water, and a cool concrete dam kind of thing that I crossed.

Next went out to east bonita and explored this trail that I shit you not looked like the plains of Africa. Then we (me, brentt and ben) hit some trails going through the woods. We came upon a family of Mexicans bumper deep in a pit of mud and water. They were in a 2 wheel drive stock f150. I offered to pull them out so we hooked em up and ripped them out. They thanked us in what little English they knew. There talepipe was submerges so they had to leave the car running or it wouldn't have started. They would have been screwed if we didn't find them.

After that we came by my house for some dinner.

We weren't done yet. It was getting late but we decided to check out Cook & Brown. It's extremely flooded right now. Went all the way down the dirt road to the "no trespassing" and took a left. We stayed out of the big water and stuck to the edges of the puddles. I went through some mud mixed with grass and to my surprise there is a little stump sticking out. I was going at almost wide open throttle to avoid getting stuck and I couldn't stop in time and plowed right into it. I though it bent my control arm but luckily it only broke my fog light. There suspention on that thing is beefy and handles the hit pretty well. The great thind is that the fat front sway bar runs right infront of the control arms for added protection... that probably what saved me. It still drives straight and smooth so I'm not worried.

I'm so mad I didn't bring me camera, we started in estero at 3pm and left cook & brown as the sun was setting. Good day overall, didn't seriously damage anything (other than a foglight and maybe a scratch or two from tree limbs) and had a lot of fun. Good times :SolidStraight:

95w_bTEG
July 4th, 2008, 10:46 PM
flooded, not good!

u r having some fun with that montero!

STiDriven
July 4th, 2008, 10:53 PM
flooded, not good!

u r having some fun with that montero!

Yeah, it's so nice to have a rig that is old and cheap so I don't have to worry about damage. I was on some 4 wheels trails with branches slapping both side of the rig and I really didn't care.

+Juan
July 4th, 2008, 11:03 PM
oh chet. flooded.

better bring your rubber boots :)
lol.


i think ill ride with vic since his jeep sits the highest.




ps- No pics FTL.

95w_bTEG
July 4th, 2008, 11:06 PM
fuck boots, board shorts and flipflops!

STiDriven
July 4th, 2008, 11:10 PM
The power line area on the left has some legit mud when you go back a ways towards the saw grass. Everything else I saw was standing water. It was 2x more flooded than when I went out there 4 days ago. I couldn't even get to some of places that I went to a few days ago.

If you pick you're spots you'll have a blast though. I know I did!

STiDriven
July 4th, 2008, 11:15 PM
Also, try to take some pics and post them in the offroading section. I was so pissed that I didn't bring a camera. I just went to bens to hang out and as usually it turned into automotive epicness.

+Juan
July 4th, 2008, 11:29 PM
im probably riding with vic^ and im taking my XTi. so yeah....

tragic
July 4th, 2008, 11:38 PM
You need to call us for this random epicness man.

That was Brendan

03scgt
July 4th, 2008, 11:39 PM
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AminalPlanet
July 4th, 2008, 11:40 PM
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rotodouche
July 4th, 2008, 11:40 PM
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tragic
July 4th, 2008, 11:43 PM
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pdexta
July 4th, 2008, 11:43 PM
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burny850
July 4th, 2008, 11:44 PM
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95w_bTEG
July 4th, 2008, 11:45 PM
Ass Motherfucker

STiDriven
July 4th, 2008, 11:47 PM
You need to call us for this random epicness man.

That was Brendan

I know. I just never think to call people when I'm doing stuff.

I'm sooooo glad I didn't fuck the truck up though. It would have sucked so bad.

95w_bTEG
July 4th, 2008, 11:48 PM
i just noticed that my spacer ripped, hopefully it'll stay on all day, if not, oh well, i already ordered the new springs anyways.

STiDriven
July 4th, 2008, 11:55 PM
One thing we noticed about the cambodian mobile is that even going through the smaller puddles at speed it drenched the windshield. It's as if the designers made it this way so you feel more epic while playing in the water.

AminalPlanet
July 5th, 2008, 09:02 AM
haha if i go at any speed shit goes up and over my hood.

i know i don't always practice this, Walk the hole before you drive it, but i highly recommend you do......

STiDriven
July 5th, 2008, 10:26 AM
haha if i go at any speed shit goes up and over my hood.

i know i don't always practice this, Walk the hole before you drive it, but i highly recommend you do......

Yeah, the only thing about that is my chances of finding a stump in a 30+ square foot hole is slim, unless I happen to trip over it. When I was in east bonita I went all out into a hole and must have hit a rock which spooked me a little. By the time got to c&b I was staying to the outside of the holes.

I like mud/trails more than water crossings.

AminalPlanet
July 5th, 2008, 08:22 PM
i like trails more than both

trails > water > mud

trails = physical damage
water = minor damage, change fluids
mud = physical, fluids, overheating, engine breakdown and god knows what else if shit hits the fan