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Anyone else have 2wd cars that constantly impress their owners with their ability to navigate heinous roads without spitting gravel and bottoming out? I know i've seen whoneedsfeet's old civic get through some shit, and I believe dustonian used to have a prius (pre-methhead gang bang) that got down and dirty. We used to drive my P.O.S. up coal bank when it was rutted out and full of rocks and park next to all the big 4wd trucks, smiling because we would then get 40mpg on the way home. Suck it nerds.

In high school I had a 4 cyl Mustang that I took everywhere. It was so light it was easy to get a few rednecks to push it out when I got stuck.

One time I followed Bob Callahan out Big Bend Road going to Pocket Wall, he in his old Subaru? and me in that Mustang, with six inches of snow on the ground. He and I were taking all of the curves sideways and when we got to the parking area we had to wait about ten minutes for the guy behind us in his Xterra.

I had a Honda accord that's rear floorboard curved up where I'd dragged a large rock out of a creekbed. Eventually that one succumbed to electrical issues. Not sure why.

One time I took Jesse and Dwayne to a spot in Menifee County in my Subaru Outback (admittedly not a 2WD) and took a shortcut between two county roads. It was a creek crossing in a field that I'd made numerous times. They both panicked as I approached the water.

"Relax, I've done this a hundred times," I assured them. Apparently the crossing had washed out deeper since my last visit and when I went into the water the car dove down so far a wave came over my windshield.

"PUNCH IT!" they yelled and I did, but not before I felt the car drifting downstream with the current. We drove on out and did some climbing.

It's not really about what kind of car you have but how you drive it. My grandpa worked all over the southern region for Ashland Oil and he drove a VW beetle EVERYWHERE. He claimed he could take it anywhere the other guys could take their 4WDs.

Haha. My f'd up 93 Accord can get me to any crag out there... except it overheats the whole way

Yes! 2wd cars! I've driven a Civic all around the Red for years and never had an issue. I've always loved cruising up the Motherload hill nice and slow and being able to dodge all the ruts and potholes. I'm not sure I'm as crafty as pumpout, as I seem to remember you doing some Tokyo drift, ass end swinging around a huge mudhole while you punch it and avoid the water trickery, but I still think I have a fair amount of game.

My rabbit had no problems with traction, clearance however is another story. Took it back to sore heel a few times luckily when I bottom out it hits my trailer hitch attachment bars instead of the car. Haven't taken it across hell creek yet, but there's always a first time for everything.