I am no expert, but I think that it's more off road than most of the M'rican tanks (especially the Cybertruck)
Murican trucks are pavement princess short-bed towtrucks rather than haulers and offroaders now, sadly. I'd love an affordable open-bed hauler with some modern creature comforts (good AC, heated steering wheel, defrosting windshield/rear-window, ventilated seats, android auto, relatively low bed-height for easy loading)
real pity GM killed off Holden. not really in the know but the last utes should be quite recent if expensive for a Murican to get hold of in left hand drive.
gotta be 25 years old or older to register an imported car here sadly
tho 25 years ago is a lot more recent than it feels to my ancient ass
because they're just chevys you can do a conversion to side step that. I think I saw a youtube video about it once
Between the Ford Maverick and especially the Hyundai Santa Cruz, the US market is closer to having utes than it has been in a long time. I shopped them both, but ultimately decided I would replace my 10 year old Subaru Outback with a needlessly upgraded Subaru Outback in the "Wilderness" trim. I tell my wife I had the most boring mid-life crisis ever.
That's should read Yank Tank or Emotional support vehicle
That's the word I was looking for!
There’s a mini cooper on my local Craigslist that is modded like this and I think it rocks
I don't have the skills to do this kind of thing, but I would.
Found the mini
That's wild. Off-roading with a spot of tea.
Honestly if the mod is done well I’d drive the hell out of either of these
I usually don't like most kits, but I agree, this just looks fun.
Citroën DS body on a Toyota 4x4 chassis:
https://aventure-citroen-min.forumactif.com/t79-citroen-ds-4x4
this one makes me sad, because the DS is so mechanically clever and sleek looking... they've ripped out the neat innards and offset all the panels :(
That Miata absolutely fucks.
Were I a dragon I would take it in a dragonsfuckingcars-ly fashion
i hate that was i born too late to use "fucks" as adjective of estimation.
And I was born too early :(
I like the concept, it’s hilarious. I say go bigger
One of my neighbors jacked up an old school VW bug. The thing is the same height as my sprinter van, or 96" / 8' tall. It's totally ridiculous and awesome at the same time. He normally has it parked at his shop, since he built it as an advertisement of what he can do, so I can't provide a picture right now, but I will try to remember to post a pic when I can.
As long as they’re safe, outrageous car mods are awesome
Man, how do you accomplish something like this? And how much would it cost?
I do not know. I was at Silver Lake State Park sand dunes in MI and there were a TON of crazy homemade and custom vehicles flying around the dunes.
When there's a drill there's a way.
And between "my buddy cleetus PAID me to take trash off his hands and I turned it in to a sick off-road Miata" and "I have mortgaged my home twice, my wife left me, and I owe 350,000 dollars to some shady Iranians on top of that"
That is a Makiata
Black metal.
I don’t know if folks still do it, but when Miatas first came along, some people dropped v8 engines into them (the nickname for those cars was “monster Miatas”)
My buddy is in the process of building an offroad Exocet which is based on the Miata subframes. https://exomotive.com/exocet/off-road/
Let's take a car that's awesome due to how light, low and agile it is – and remove all these things.
How dare they ruin such a rare and pristine car
There's a company called Exomotive that sells conversion kits to turn them into dune buggies, so I assume the drivetrain must be good for that sort of thing (or at least good enough plus cheap and common) and
Anyone interested in this should check out superfastmatt (YouTube) he has a video series where he converts a Dodge Viper for offroading.
Not bolting a viper body onto a dune buggy frame.
Is there a Lemmy equivalent to /r/Battlecars, because if there is they’d love this.
See also: Superfast Matt [and the result]
That's badass.
I'm not mad at the concept of a sporty v12 off-road vehicle.
I might be in the minority here but that's a fucking travesty right there...
Beauty is subjective, friend. I take no issue with your views.
Me neither; there wasn't any offense intended with my post, sorry if you took it as such.
I just like Miatas and I think that people who also like Miatas (should) treat them better than that.
Ah. The Miata purist. I like it.
On the one hand I love battle Miatas, on the other hand I would much rather see NAs being kept as original as possible at this point. If I were going to do this I would start with an NC for sure.
I honestly like these "small car, big feet" style. It reminds me of dune buggies. Does this style have a name?
Maybe in 2 more lifetimes I will be born rich enough to entertain a car hobby
GTA modded
Mighty car mods did a similar project with a Nissan Silvia rather than a Miata, if anyone is interested.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp0KnUFYB--g_NcNczfkXW_T7izPjMHcI&si=4P77qrv9FgxNjoSE
Someone in my HS back when put some small car body on a lifted Jeep frame. I think it was a Gremlin or something
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