This is a page for people who don't need roads, who don't have to follow the regulations of society, and who wish to drive their masterpieces of American (well, mostly) engineering wherever they damned well please. This page, in effect, is for the wolves, the ones who are not content to stay the beaten path, this is for those who take the road less travelled.
Having said that, I'm sure that if you're still reading this that you agree with me. Still, more narrowing down is necessary. If you drive a Toyota RAV-4, Honda CR-V, Ford Ranger (see also Explorer and Explorer Sport Trac), or any type of Geo or Kia, please leave. And if you're one of those who enthusiastically purchased the all-new Volkswagen Beetle, congratulations! Here's a razor, go slit your wrist and do the world a favor. *NOTE: Jeff's badass Ranger is excluded from the above exclusions. Thank you.
Given that I have a ton of new pictures to post up, I figured that now was as good a time as any to revamp the site a bit. If you follow this LINK you will find an all-new gallery with three separate locations - High School, the Silverado, or the new Defender. I plan on adding more pics over time - especially of the people who have meant so much to me, however for now you will have to make due with pictures of vehicles running over stuff.
Well, I'm on to vehicle #4 now. The Silverado couldn't take on parking garages, and had to be traded in. So, with a move to a new vehicle, I decided that it was time to change the face of this page. Here is my new layout idea: first off the four vehicles, followed by some stories (if people will be kind enough to contribute). Finally, I'm going to try to set up an offroad gallery, though it will not contain any images of the original vehicle, as I don't have any good pictures of it off-pavement. Anyways, enjoy.
Vehicle One:
As I've said, there is no decent picture of the old Rover to post. The Range Rover was black with a tan interior and a weak 3.9L V-8 derived from the Buicks of old. As the first vehicle I ever drove, you can expect that it got relatively thrashed. Aside from being broadsided at 60 by a Honda Civic and run headlong into a concrete barricade at 55, the Range Rover also taught me the hard way about high-centering, blind driving, and the worthlessness of air dams.
Vehicle Two:
One never knows the true meaning of bare-bones until they ride in a Defender 90. Possessed of a dashboard, doors, and even seats only because they are necessary to pass state inspections, the Defender 90 never pretended to be anything but an offroad vehicle.
It was in this Defender 90 that I learned how to offroad. I learned how to ford water, how to do controlled slides, and best of all how to get it so muddy that you couldn't tell it was red. It was also the first vehicle that I seriously modified, or so I thought at the time. Aside from a CD Changer an a tube subwoofer, I added a Cobra CB/PA, an ARB bar with a Warn 9000 lb. winch, and two Hella Rallye 3000s. On the rear, to piss off people mainly, was a Hella 55W light mounted atop the rear license plate.
Most of the great offroad memories I have are in the Defender. It was quite a fun vehicle, even if it did catch on fire after I traded it in. Guess there really was an electrical fire! The Defender left my life mainly because I was at the time going to school in Nashville, and didn't welcome 10 hours in a Defender 90 at 75 mph. So, it was traded in, and a few months later I came across my third vehicle, the Silverado.
Vehicle Three:
The Silverado. Honestly what can be said about this thing? Its a beast. It was powerful as hell and really really good at running over things. It is by far the most comfortable of the four vehicles I've owned, as well as the largest. It had overall more horsepower than my first two vehicles combined. It was faster than Bryan's Ram. It has almost as many memories attatched to it as the red D-90 does.
I had to get rid of the Silverado because of its failings as a practical daily driver. Too tall for parking garages, too long to parallel, and too tall to really see other vehicles. It was a power to be reckoned with, but ultimately reality set in, and the Silverado had to be done away with. For more information on the extensive modifications to the truck, click HERE.
Vehicle Four:
Unlike the old D-90, the '97 has an automatic transmission, which in turn is mated to a newer 4.0L V-8 rather than the 3.9L that powered the '94. The automatic makes the Defender a more able rock crawler, especially since it employs Land Rover's patented Hill Descent Control.
With the Borla and the wingtip protectors, and the ARB bar, Warn HS9500 winch, Hella Rallye 4000's, Hella 550s, and SG Rock Sliders, and Super Swamper SSRs, the new Defender has quickly eclipsed the old in terms of modifications. To check out the preliminary page I have set up for it, CLICK HERE.
The Offroad Gallery is up and running again - this time in a new subpage format. The results - you don't have to look at that stupid picture of the guy who used railraod ties as a body lift - and things load faster. Also, every picture has been WebOpted in Adobe, helping out those of us with dialup connections even more. Anyway, follow the link and enjoy!
Some Offroading Links