Thread 519295635

This confuses and enrages the Amerifat

This confuses and enrages me.

>>519295635 (OP)
we have stuff like that too, what's your point?

>>519295635 (OP)
The difference is that ours can move out of their own way.

>>519295635 (OP)
Uh, no, I live in an overland vehicle similar to this 6 months out of the year

>>519295635 (OP)
I am indeed confused.
WTF am I looking at.

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!?

>>519295635 (OP)
Looks pretty cool. I guess it's essentially a pop-up camper built into the truck? Only thing im still trying to figure out is what the other set of wheels are. Do they extend down when you need the extra grip and stability, or is it something that helps level out the truck when you set up for the night?

>>519295942
Spare tires? Training wheels?

>>519296042
Or maybe im just a retard and that's 2 spare wheels

>>519295635 (OP)
I'm so pissed.

I am the only one who thinks it's so funny that NONE of those off-road vehicles are capable of doing any sort of real off-roading (dirt roads is not off-roading) without completely falling apart and voiding all guarantees?
They are literally worse at it than the fucking Model T.

>>519295635 (OP)
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>>519296129
I had the same thought, but you acn tell by the nuts that they are spares. Good idea desu

>>519295635 (OP)
Looks awesome, I want one. Why would I be enraged? Blow it our ur ass.

>>519295635 (OP)
jews have rapevans with an engine so strong it muffles the sounds of powerful orgasms which females(children) experience exclusively during rape

>>519296264
Sorry buddy, the asphalt ends in 5 metres.

>>519295635 (OP)
vroooom

>>519296319
Oh for sure, didnt look that hard I guess. I don't think a single nuts gonna do much to support the full weight of that guy.

Cheers!

>>519295792

My point is that its confuses and enrages the amerifat

>>519295635 (OP)
This will cost 5x the yearly net wage in Germany.

>>519297256
Seeing more of filthy rich German pensioners driving around in these things on vacation up here.

https://newatlas.com/pickup-campers/auriga-explorer-ford-camper-truck/

Its not that special and campervan boomers are insufferable cunts who actually find the wilderness intimidating and alien.

>>519297585
looks like something InGen from Jurassic Park would use. still blows my mind how much fucking money boomers have.

this one is an acceptable replacement for a one-room-flat

>>519295635 (OP)
I am so fucking pissed off and confused right now

>>519295635 (OP)
I am confused and enraged by this.

>>519295930
Docking bay on the iss

>>519295635 (OP)
Its just an ugly vehicle. We have them here too. Why would that confuse or enrage us?

>>519297585
Does it have to look like a prison bus? Do they tax vehicle paint extra if it's colorful?

UniMOG

>>519295635 (OP)
Im assuming the rear tires are for driving down hills. The overhanging camper would catch. Ive ripped bumpers off my rovers doing this.

>>519296245
Fact is that vehicles for truly hard use in harsh environments are impossible to build these days. All the shit required to be road legal for private citizens pretty much excludes a vehicle also being truly suitable for this. That one model of Toyota Land Cruiser the UN use in Africa and the Middle East militaries do too? The one everyone worldwide has been thirsting after for 2 decades now? It's made exclusively for those locations and sold mostly to government agencies who can obtain exemptions / a kind of registration that skips regular type certification. They don't pass emissions or safety laws anywhere in the first world and would be fragile pieces of shit if they were modified to do so. Lots of people try to claim it ain't so but it mother fucking is. Repeal all those laws and combined with todays material science they could build an F250 that was nearly impossible to kill. It would also kill whatever it hits, kill the driver if he hits something and pollute 10.000x current limits. These things are just mutually exclusive. And some time between the first Trump admin and the Covid bullshit we finally ran out of heritage to cannibalize Cuban-style so paradoxically whatever vehicles not yet ruined by "Karen laws" are too precious to actually use. Back in the 00s it was obvious what you did if you wanted a vehicle for expeditions. First thing you did was buy a used vehicle predating emissions laws because those brought us digitalized drivetrains and without giving you a mechanics lesson those are bad if durability and ease of repair are the priority. Same with body design. Crash safe for whatever you hit = lots of plastic and parts that fall off at the slightest irritation. It's just gotten hopeless by now. The state / society / jews / whatever has made the value judgement for the individual and it's in favor of their neuroses about pollution and the 0.1% chance of a crash. Stuff being tough was sacrificed on that altar.

>spends $300k upgrading an already shit truck
>goes out twice a year to forest roads and campground clearings with bathrooms
These stupid fucks are adding 3k lbs to a turbo'd 4 banger and wondering why they're getting 10mpg and barely making it up slight inclines.
I had to rescue one that got stuck on a collapsed bridge in Utah. Two dudes even had pristine never used maxtrax bolted to the side and never thought to pull them out.

>>519297585
yeah ive seen euros all over the world in those things. everyone looks at them as if its some kind of space alien

>>519298905
good point. you really wouldn't want a modern vehicle to have problem in mongolia or wherever. it would be journey over, or pay a gorillion to have a service tech fly or something. bullshit really.

>>519295892
so fucking ugly

Unless against all odds those backwheels actually have power instead of just being spares and somehow enable it to traverse incredibly steep terrain it seems like a really dumb design.

>>519295892
Imagine posting this like that isn't a $150,000+ rig, and a totally average "camper" setup. You can get a literal RV for less money than that setup would cost, or even a house in some states. That guy is a jackass, and so are you for posting it.

When I used to imagine America or maybe western Europe as a kid after watching a western cartoon like Ben10 or Steven's Universe i could imagine some 60 year old boomer with his grandkids touring from state to state on an impressive RV. As a matter of fact many films depicted the exact scene as my imagination of a true American experience. It was so surreal to watch what life of a happy family is like in America as I used to feel jealous of the kids that they get to experience such rv touring.. For me it defined what america is truly about. But now as an adult i know that for majority of the Americans and Europeans this sort of lifestyle is actually a luxury and can only be afforded bu upper class retired people. And that's why all those characters in the media were all old and come from really successful jobs.

>>519300175
I too remember figuring out that movies weren't real life.

>>519295635 (OP)
Looks a bit bottom heavy

>>519295635 (OP)
you dirty motherfucker

>>519295635 (OP)
I don't get it. I'm mad.

>>519299530
its looks pretty gay but maybe its not a bad way to keep weight off the roof, out of the inside space or under the chassis, while having no wind drag at the same time.

>>519299233
Spot on. Funny you brought that up, i just thought of Mongolia. Back when boomers weren't yet too decrepit and Top Gear took off, lots of companies offered vehicular adventure trips there. A fucking Trabant bought for 500 euro was more suited to that kindcof trip than a new 50k 4x4 is in 2025. Of course today that commie POS is a 5000 euro collectible, the warehouses full of spares from the Cold War times have dried up and everyone seethes themselves to death if you do anything but baby it because something that would cost 2500 bucks new if churned out in some chink factory is now precious thanks to Demolition Man tier laws artificially limiting supply. But you kinda just can't do the same things with the garbage they make now. These days you're forced to have more tEcHnOlOgY than they had for the moon landings just to be permitted to use public roads. Same thing is now happening to motorcycles. Everything still fixable on the roadside with basic tools and some spare steel cable because it's not yet sensorpozzed out the ass is rocketing up in value. New bikes are all "just call roadside assistance to trailer it to the dealer and take a taxi home". And if you're outside warranty, prepare your anus. And then they wonder why zoomers aren't interested in even getting into any of these hobbies. No, it's not because they're all environerds. If shit had been this gay when i was young i too would have went "pfffft, lame faggot shit for richfags" and just kept gayming. But "real cars" and "real bikes" without electronics were still cheap back then. If they ever tell me i can't use what i bought in the last 15 years anymore, i'll give up my license and buy a horse. That's how little interest i have in EVs or even just computer controlled engines and gearboxes. In every way but "muh emissions!!1" that shit sucks and is for fags, end of story. But they'll probably ban horses because their farts contain CO2 or something.

>>519301940
agreed on all points. my two vehicles are from the mid 90s and i dont really want anything much newer when the time comes. theres so much fucking garbage on everything and the thing is, i never seem to meet anyone who actually likes any of it or wants it. but you cant avoid it if you want a new car.

and, its only going to get worse. soon everything will be total shit, self driving camera in your face all the time etc etc etc, just like it is for truck drivers these days. any pleasure in driving must be abolished.

>>519301940
>>519302327
Currently in England, diesel cars and trucks pre EU4, circa 2014 or earlier in mint condition are fetching more than new ones. The next phase is going to be the parts crisis because manufacturers haven't set up channels for after service life support. I expect small shops doing recons and "to order" machining will make a come much like it was in the 70s or you see in turd world places like Pakistan. The market always decides anyway.

>>519297800
Well, I worked in France for two years on HVAC, road crew type shit. Every other hotel had these groups of german boomers just enjoying life. Couldn't help but seethe. They sold out their country so they could parade their old asses around. Old people need a fucking reality check. It's all about themselves.

>>519295635 (OP)
I AM GAY!

>>519295635 (OP)
Ahhhhhhhhhh
what the fuck is this?

>>519295635 (OP)
Wait so can this thing can pop a wheelie and drive around on the back four tires? Because that would be cool to see.

>>519302997
I got one of the last diesel trucks in America before DEF and 10000 computers got in them all. The old shit is better a lot of the time.

>>519302997
yeah the parts. thats probably whats going to get me in shit for my older vehicles. but theres always someone who can find a substitute or make something so theres hope

>>519303601
so many trucks have all that shit taken out before going out to work. in my years on the highway the only stuff that caused me to wait a couple days for a fix was the fucking DEF system fucking up. such garbage. fucking made to drive at 30mph on the shoulder because of some fucking emissions sensor. what a load of fucking bullshit, and dangerous too.

>>519295692
>>519295635 (OP)
No, not really
We've had them for decades even on cars

>>519303601
You did well. Hold onto it, even if it seems like its costing a bit to keep it running. American diesel isn't the same grade as we use in Europe; stuff like the egr and fine direct injectors get clogged up quicker for some reason in Weimerica.
>>519303706
I think the market will find solutions for the parts issues. For example when i started driving loads of items like ball joints, radiators and thermostats were sourced on exchange at a recon specialist. They've all shut down now because people have become used to just calling the autofactor and having a next day disposable part, probably made by children in Bangladesh. As part become scarce, and a market grows, its not a big change for us to return to that situ. I've considered setting up for caliper recons myself when i had trouble finding a genuine replacement on my last volvo.

>>519298905
Yeah the military bought 380 South-African model VW pickups because they don't have those environmental law restrictions and they got held up by legalities before arriving even though the army is exempt from emissions laws when buying vehicles.

>>519303851
Its always the sensors though, not the actual fuel system. And its all tied into an emu that can't be altered. I could and have rip it all out and put in a multipoint injection or carb, but making direct common rail diesels sing is impossible without a fancy computer interface and a dyno. The government are cunts basically. They don't want us driving anywhere. If we have to go back to carbs we'll lose all that efficiency and high rev power band, but maybe the future is more Mad Max than space colonies and German precision tech.

pop a wheelie faggot

>>519295635 (OP)
we do overland
get fucked

>>519304423
ah well thats encouraging.

>Its always the sensors though, not the actual fuel system.
im sure it is. but those damn DEF aftertreatment systems man, they always let you down.

>>519298646
Boomers are obsessed with that ugly matte Grey auto paint

>>519305207
id just want something a bit higher. the diffs and stuff seem too low

>>519305218
>but those damn DEF aftertreatment systems man, they always let you down.
The problem is if you just remove the sensors, they don't actuate their regen so they get clogged. If you drill the dpf out, the regen can't maintain back pressure, so the egr over fuels and the fail occurs at the turbo end. Just can't win. I've had so many supposed dpf delete jobs where the solution was just to put it all back together as stock. The real solution for the future, if the market will demand it, is ecu custom replacements which will allow a complete removal or bypass of dpf, ad blue, egr, stop start and air mass variables. The market would have to be strong to demand it, only White Europeans would be able to produce such a solution and impoverishment in coming years could be a barrier to tech development. But i can see it coming, particularly as large swathes of the new products will be going straight to the scrap heap such as all wetbelt ford trucks, all audi's post 2016, most diesel mercs post 2014, the direct inj toyota trucks post 2018. Its a bloodbath at the mo but it will sort itself imho.

>>519303851
DEF limp mode computer regulation is the gayest shit on the planet

>>519295635 (OP)
LOOKS LIKE IT'S FUCKING ITSELF UP THE ASS

>>519307530
>is the gayest shit on the planet
You're forgetting battery powered cars, clearly.

>>519295635 (OP)
I don't know what that is and I'm also annoyed you showed me something I don't care about and called me a name to bait replies.

>>519295635 (OP)
details here
https://auriga-explorer.de/en

idgi. why not just get a house van/caravan? more space and probably cheaper too than these grifts.

>>519302327
>i never seem to meet anyone who actually likes any of it or wants it.
In my experience whether you ask a 60yo boomer, a 20yo zoomer or a 35yo millennial, whether man or woman, almost everyone is positively icked out by it except for a handful of the kind of people that make you utterly terrified with their reasoning.
>It's great, i can't see so good no more since i turned 75
or
>That saved me 3 times driving home blackout drunk last weekend, love it
or even
>Lane keeping and automatic braking are so convenient for when you're texting!
So basically only the people who have no business being on the road like it. Almost all of them are really really old or addicts or turboroasties. Wish it wasn't so but this is /pol/ where you can point that out.
>>519302997
>>519303706
Yeah i think so too, plenty of based autists willing to step up demand, question is if regulators will allow it. They could make it prohibitively expensive to get such parts certified. As for us EUfags the eurocrats are seriously floating laws making it illegal to repair a vehicle that dips below a certain monetary value or mechanical condition. They backed out last time but the argument that "end of life vehicles" being reconditioned stalls fleet turnover and violates their agenda to make the crap they mandated universal will resurface periodically. For the EU a "classic" is something in pristine condition that stands around 99% of the time and is driven to and from events like 3 times a year. Like the Porsches these assholes own, or Bidens Corvette. Everything else is a pebble in the shoe of their Demolition Man utopia that has got to go.
>>519303851
You guys are lucky you can do this. Here there are yearly inspections you must subject your vehicle to and if any unapproved modifications are detected, you fail, your plates are revoked and you get fined like 10k for environmental vandalism. You're stuck with whatever it had when new.

>>519304423
I've owned a Soviet motorcycle since 2010. The engineering is okay for the most part but quality control was not. Original parts for those appear made from the pig iron Mao had all those Chinamen melt their pots down for. Most people who own these are flat broke stereotypes on legs living somewhere in buttfuck Siberia. They just live with it and wrench an hour for every hour they ride. Very few people with money for improved parts own them so mass production of such items isn't viable. Yet, you do find people making them. A dozen crankshafts here, 3 sets of bearings adapted from something else there and so on. Mostly handmade by some saintly autist. Only thanks to those have i been able to ride mine all over the place for the past 15 years. It's very much an adventure invoking that Mad Max mentality but so far i've never been off the road long. I'd say if such junk (people in the know say only old cast iron Royal Enfield bikes are even worse but at least those have proper aftermarkets) can be kept going like mine then nearly anything can. The only really relevant advice is to own something that is fairly common. They made 10 million knockoff WW2 BMW motorcycles at "KMZ" from start to finish. Even if just 1% are left, that's not really rare. If you have something where there's just 500 examples left worldwide you might be fucked. Good luck anon!

>>519307425
ive talked with shop guys who can completely remove the aftertreatment system from trucks. anything that will be used at high idle all day fucks up really quick so they take it off and change the computer. costs several grand but thats what they told me.

>>519307530
its totally dumb and dangerous too.

>>519299612
And what is OP?

>>519309904
>So basically only the people who have no business being on the road like it.
exactly! im sure its all being put in there to assist the jeets coming over here, particularly the truck driving variety. there is no universe in which all these stupid 'assistance' devices are not going make driving skills go down hill to the point that no one will be able to drive without them anymore.
>EUfags the eurocrats are seriously floating laws making it illegal to repair a vehicle that dips below a certain moneta
i know the EU is really bad for that kind of thing. yearly tests and if theres a spot of rust its taken off the road, shit like that. totally insane and unrealistic.

>>519297249
I am both confused and enraged by this series of events that have taken place before me.

>>519295635 (OP)
it's funny that any small advance or achievement scandos make, the first thing they think of is "this will piss off the Americans"

>>519295635 (OP)
We invented both pick up trucks and the pick up bed camper. Say thank you.

>>519311664

Spot on buddie

>>519298960
Why did Toyota go from 6 cylinders to 4 for the tacoma? I dont understand. A truck shouldn't be 4 cylinders.

>>519295635 (OP)
i know people who could use an extra set off wheels back there

>>519295635 (OP)
>This confuses and enrages the Swedecuck.

They have a smaller one of these for $400k with around 35k miles.

>>519309019
wow costs double a class C RV for half the room.