I got a phone call today from one of my roommates. He said "Are you home? I'm stuck." I started laughing because he drives an AWD Lexus hybrid SUV. There's a new neighborhood going up behind ours and its pretty muddy. Me and one of my other roommates jump in my truck and head over. We pull up and he's out in the middle of a field down a nasty construction road. I pulled him out pretty easily.
Here's the stuck:
Nice! I think a lot of people misunderstand the differences between AWD and 4WD and also don't know enough about open, LSD, and locking diffs. I agree with Hydrex on it being a chick car.
Really with the way the roads are in College Station, everyone needs a truck or (real) SUV. My brother is a grad student at A&M and he's bottomed out his Jetta (yes, also a chick car) several times just driving around town. I told him he needs to get a red Ram to better deal with the roads there and so that he, myself, and our dad can have 'Merica colored trucks (dad's is blue).
Nice! I think a lot of people misunderstand the differences between AWD and 4WD and also don't know enough about open, LSD, and locking diffs. I agree with Hydrex on it being a chick car.
Really with the way the roads are in College Station, everyone needs a truck or (real) SUV. My brother is a grad student at A&M and he's bottomed out his Jetta (yes, also a chick car) several times just driving around town. I told him he needs to get a red Ram to better deal with the roads there and so that he, myself, and our dad can have 'Merica colored trucks (dad's is blue).
I am glad you got pics of him being stuck
What type of person tries this in a lexus, like me and my friends have put previous vehicles through some stupid things, but come on.. A lexus and mud never works lol.
T/C was my biggest pet peeve I had with my little 2011 Nissan Frontier. You couldn't defeat it when you actually needed wheel spin....most annoying system ever.
It is a royal pain in the ass that's for sure. I found with my 08 pontiac torrent, if I held down the button for 20 seconds instead of just pressing the button it would actually shut it completely off. That was an AWD vehicle I couldn't get stuck, and I pushed it several times.
does that thing have a lipstick holder where the cigarette lighter would be? does it come with a matching purse? lol that is the definition of a chick car like the other guys said.
Dang! That's embarrassing for him! Good thing you were close! Funny that he even tried to drive it there! Reminds me of when I saw somebody trying to wheel an Acura MDX out on the trails at Uwharrie National Forest, LOL!
Although this thread gave me a good laugh, it also brought back a bad memory. In the late 90's I had a 2x4 1500 w/ the 5.9L. The closest thing to off road "components" I had added to the truck were some 285 BFG A/Ts. A buddy and I went hunting on a piece of property we had at the time after we had a little rain. I knew when it was wet out there to navigate the "road" out of the ruts where it was higher and dryer, but I managed to get in some and got stuck. After about 30 minutes of rocking and shaking the ass end I finally had to break down and call my dad to come tow me out. He pulled up in, this still brings a tear to my eye, his Lexus LX470 (same as the Toyota Land Cruiser) with a BIG grin on his face. After hooking up the tow strap and easily pulling me out, he just smiled and said, "So, how are you going to tell your buddies that my luxury, Japanese SUV pulled your big, bad Dodge out of "a little dirt." Needless to say, I didn't. Just shameful!