Thread: Mud tyres... I need 'em

Jolly good! That gives me plenty to go on. Thanks for the comments.

I bought a Vitara to get a bit further up those gnarly roads than my FWD Accord... The old sedan took them like a champion but there's only so much reversing up steep gravel roads my neck can take!

Took the Vitara out to Woodhill today with road tyres to test the waters somewhere near a rescue crew... It did a stellar job, no trouble getting up hills with plenty of mud and sand.

...No trouble until we were on the way out and hit a pesky root sticking out at right angles which took out the radiator. D'ooooh... Had been over the same one twice before no problem without evening seeing the root.

Got towed out and back to the mechanic. Painful lesson but all part of the fun eh? Not sure what the lesson though... Don't go offroading? That doesn't sound like any fun though. Got a few laughs from Safaris and Surfs going past but they were already laughing at the shiny city wheels getting muddy (it's a newer 3rd-gen Vitara -- looked at older ones too but they're getting a bit long in the tooth). Pissed at the damage but still had a an awesome day. I figured the sooner I put a 'dent' in it the sooner I'd get on with using it like a 4WD anyway!