>Gotta disagree with you Norah. I have a '60s VW beetle and I used to go
>everywhere with it. It had 6" of ground clearance and it was flat
>underneath, kinda like a giant skid pan. It took a dent or two. A 4x4 dak
>has 7" of ground clearance with skid pans over the front differential and
>the fuel tank. Whenever the mud or snow lifted the beetle's real wheels
>off the ground (so they spun), we'd get out and push or lift. Never had to
>be towed out.
Thanks, I didn't know all that. But I still have a hard time picturing a VW
driving through these larger mud puddles. Some of these are 2-3 feet deep.
I guess I shouldn't have watched Four Wheeler's Top Truck Challenge for 1997
recently. BTW, a Canadian won that in '97 and I think he was from Kelowna,
BC in his '87 custom CJ7. That those were off-roaders!! Don't think I'll
ever get that brave though!
Norah
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