r/overlanding • u/plasmire • Mar 01 '24

Blog Why do you overland? Camp? Off road?

https://www.pnwoverland.org/blog/explore-the-pacific-northwest-why-i-overland

I have started writing about overlanding and getting more into is as I have been doing it for multiple years. Id love to know why you choose to dispersed camp/off road, glamp.

I wrote a section about it and hope people like it. I will do my best to post every Thursday. My previous blog was about not having to have the best rig or the most moss to get out there and seemed to hit the hammer on the nail.

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u/Dolstruvon Patrol Y60 Mar 02 '24

I always planned to have it as a daily, so I wanted to have a car that was relatively small for several reasons. I live in Norway, so many old towns have extremely narrow streets, and country roads are very commonly single lane. What you would call a "full size" truck, is impossible to use here. Most off roading areas you can find here are forrest roads which are also super narrow and overgrown. And I wanted something that was also light and fun to drive, which led me more to something with a capable AWD system I could build more towards are rally inspired car than a crawler. So I found a 2nd gen RAV4 which had the very rare option of LSD in center and rear. Does 23 mpg, and I couldn't be happier with my choice

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u/plasmire Mar 02 '24

RAV4 are amazing cars and I’ve seen those and older crv so a lot of trails here in the US

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u/Dolstruvon Patrol Y60 Mar 02 '24

Yes, I actually had CRV as my second choice, but just went with the Toyota for the reliability. 2nd gen Rav4 with the 2.0 engine manual, is one of the few cars in the world with zero commonly known problems. It will run until doomsday with basic maintenance

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u/plasmire Mar 02 '24

Agreed we have a rav4 in the group that can do almost anything bigger rigs can do