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Originally Posted by JCL
Sometimes it seems nothing ever changes. I worked at a small garage with a 4wd tow truck many years ago. We were just outside the city, so we had a steady stream of visitors that came up to prove they could go anywhere, and they often needed offroad recovery services. Their usual line was "But I have four wheel drive..." This was in the era of Broncos, K5 Blazers, lifted F250s, Scouts, and so on. My boss's standard line was that for many of those drivers, four wheel drive just got them a little bit further down a trail that they never should have been on in the first place. It was the offroad equivalent of getting into trouble with a higher initial velocity.
Weasel would have had a blast on those trails.
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Same thing with all the HP in cars these days. Most cars were lucky to have 150-200 hp. Hard to get in trouble quickly with that. Now give them 350-400 hp and you can get in to trouble so much easier. Its only DSC or equivalent that saves the day (to a point).
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Sir Snaps-a-lot, 9 Time Dragon Slayer (54 runs!)
2011 X5 50i Alpine White, Biege Nappa /Lt Poplar M Sport
2009 Z4 35i, Black Sapphire/Ivory-Black/Anthracite
Gone but not forgotten: '08 550i, '06 X3, '06 650i, '02 M5, '99 540i
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