I'm thinking (dreaming) of a Suzuki Vitara/Sidekick or Chevy (Geo) Tracker with
a TDI engine in it. Turn up the power a bit on the TDI to the 120-130hp range
which will give around 200lb-ft of torque. 31" tires, rear diff locker since
nobody makes one for the front. Probably a winch when funds become available,
I've already got a high lift jack but I'd build a bumper compatible with it...
Should have decent power and reasonable (for what it is) fuel economy. Need a
Toyota v6 pickup transmission to handle the torque of the engine, it'd rip the
little Suzuki trans to shreds.
-Curt
From: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca>
To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List
<mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] what color is your daily driver?
Don't forget to put a winch on both ends.
A friend had a big 4X4 with oversize tires etc and a big winch on the
front but said he would give up the rest in favour of the winch if he
had to choose. he said the winch saved him a number of times.
We had a 95 4Runner with oversized tires and my son had thoughts of
making it an offroad vehicle. It would have needed some sort of quality
aftermarket clutch as the clutch was a weak link.
RB
On 12/09/2016 4:50 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
> My Jetta is white which follows in a line of 2 other white 4 cylinder manual
> transmission diesels, the other two were MB 240Ds.
> Angie's Jetta is dark blue, the pickup is silver. When I bought the pickup I
> kind of complained about the silver being boring, the guy told me the easiest
> truck to sell was white. It seems most people worry about resale value and
> don't want a bright color that might be hard to pass on. I don't give a hoot
> about resale value since when I'm done with a vehicle its used up pretty much
> completely.
> At some point I want to build a dedicated offroader, nothing outlandish but a
> bit larger tires, locking differential etc. I want it to be a BRIGHT color,
> like orange or fire engine red...
> -Curt
>
> From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> Cc: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca>
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 5:37 PM
> Subject: [MBZ] what color is your daily driver?
>
> I came back to my office this afternoon after a trip to the bank.
>
> I counted 29 vehicles in the parking lot behind the building and noted
> that 23 of the 29 were black, grey or silver.
>
> There were a couple of dark red to burgundy and a couple of green - one
> dark olive and the other acqua for lack of a better choice. I think 1
> white one.
>
> Cannot recall the last vehicle - might have been a 2nd white one.
>
> Do not know if this is indicative of vehicles as a whole or not.
>
> If so, we have become a drab bunch.
>
> My car was included in the grey bunch as I am driving the Honda Civic I
> bought from my mother. However, I have the dark red Mercedes and the
> ruby red F150 at home and my wife's car is blue but on the blue-grey
> side of blue. If I had purchased the Honda Civic new, it would not have
> been the slate grey color.
>
> RB
>
>
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