4 Reasons Every Petrolhead Should Try Offroading

Off roading seems to be the paradox of what most car guys love about cars. Most car guys love lowered, fast and shiny cars, while most off road vehicles are high off the ground, are slow and are usually dirty. So why do people love offroading? Here are some reasons to try off roading

ONE Freedom and exploration.
Most cars are consigned to travel on paved and sometimes dirt roads for almost all of their existence. Sometimes you drive along in the middle of nowhere and want to explore; but then you realize have an M3, and trying to go off road will surely damage your car. Not the case with off roaders; off roading gives you the freedom to explore just about anywhere even up a 20,000 foot volcano. Off roaders carry the same spirit as Christopher Colombus, Lewis and Clark and Buzz Aldrin. Go ahead, be curious and get out there and explore.

Curiousity made the off roader go that way.

TWO Conquering mountains (literally)
One good reason people run marathons and the like is so they can brag to their friends that they did it. The same can apply to off roading; Jeremy Clarkson climbed to the top of a mountain in Scotland that no car before it had been able to climb. That was until he used a Land Rover to drive all the way to the top of it, and claim it in the name of Top Gear. Sometimes, you just can’t help but look back and say “I can’t believe I drove over/up/through that.”

Try getting HERE in your WRX

THREE You can do some crazy stuff off road.
While almost all roads have cops prowling for trouble makers, the wide open spaces of the Earth usually don’t have anyone waiting to bust you. This means that out in the boonies, you can do almost anything. You can jump, drift, speed, do burnouts, donuts, race you name it. The world is your oyster, waiting for you to open it.

Hold my beer, watch this!

FOUR There’s more to cars than going fast.
I have to say, going fast on a track in a sports car is pretty exhilarating. However, there’s more to cars than going fast. Sally Carrera in the movie Cars was talking about Route 66 to Lightning McQueen when she said this, “Cars didn’t drive on it to make great time. They drove on it to have a great time.” Drifting in a snow covered parking lot at 8 miles an hour, or driving on a tight dirt road can be just as fun as driving a sports car on the open road. Like Lightning McQueen, we should sometimes slow down and enjoy the view, which sometimes is spectacular.

Life off road is a life well spent.