Anyone Go Offroading in their BRZ/FRS?
 

I've been driving offroad with my 2013 Subaru BRZ for the sheer enjoyment. Drive a mile or two on dirt, muddy hills, sand, etc from the nearest road and have a blast. Maybe find a steep cliff, drive to the very edge, get out with the girlfriend and stare at the beautiful view.

Other times I just go a hundred feet off the road and drift/donut in the dirt until I couldn't see a damn thing if I drove 100 feet ahead.

Often times the dirt will be incredibly uneven, like little canyons of dirt that dip 2 feet, requiring some accurate handywork to drive 10+ mph.

And at the end of the day, dirt is packed into the wheels, the grill, the exhaust tips...and I could not have had a better time.

I decided to post this after being mostly inactive for 18 months because I was recently brought to light an interview of Matt Hummel, someone with an old Porsche that does the exact same thing. I'm wondering if he and I are the only ones that really do this kind of thing.

Only if I can't find a place to turn around ...... :sigh:

https://youtu.be/t3DbNhmDiWE


humfrz

Not me. I'd be leaving parts behind if I went anywhere with more than a 3" dip or bump. I can certainly understand the pleasure of off-roading, though. I have done that worry-free in my 2013 Outback.

I tried my brz on the dirt once and found that it didn't have enough ground clearance for potholes and ruts , so i bought a swbzook rock crawler for where the road is not.

Ya. I would be lucky is I could clear the dip from pavement to dirt in many places. Would not take much to end up center bound and turn the car into a teeter totter.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105692

http://openpaddock.net/wp-content/up...ess_GT86_1.jpg

When my brother got married, they held the ceremony on an old 1800s plantation.

The road to the house was gravel, with a center portion of grass that suck up from the tire tracks on either side. For a Camry, CR-R, or F-150, easy!

The entire time I heard 'clunk' 'screech' 'thunk' 'bang.' Plus the suspension wasn't having any of it. My car gets confused by small speed bumps... so.


That is the most off road I have and ever want to be.

I've left mine stock height, so no worries.

Around the north side of Lake Quinalt is single lane gravel, but a nice road still, and scenic.
With the windows down I kept hearing this strange crackling noise that I wasn't getting on the asphalt.
It was all the dried leaves.

http://www.eskimo.com/~johnsen/car/N...inalt_Loop.jpg

There's even a school for it.

Dirtfish Rally School

http://www.dirtfish.com/wp-content/u...0A8158-2-1.jpg

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpGkf5jmWqM"]DirtFish Rally School - Mill Run Subaru BRZ - YouTube[/ame]

Yes, but it wasn't intentional.

I've gone down my share of dirt roads and such, but no real off-roading. I already have my reference picture for when I'm ready to mod for that though. I think this would be a fun project with a 10 year old FRS/BRZ.

http://www.carbuzz.com/resizeimg/ima...400/644483.jpg

I have a serious rally fetish, but I don't think I'd ever take my frs offroad. Hot lava is way too pretty to fuck up with rocks and dirt.

This is as far "off road" as mine will ever see:

I am really curious about those tiny stacked windows. Why not one bigger window?