| JKarow08 |
04-16-2025 04:12 PM |
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Originally Posted by ADDvanced
(Post 12448461)
You're forgetting the vast majority of the country uses road salt, which means no, nobody is driving their aircooled safari build in a corrosive mess.
The vast majority of this country has like zero off road trails; ex: Wisconsin has NO public offroad trails, so unless you own property with private trails, you literally can't use your Safari build properly. Out west, sure, maybe, if you're near appropriate trails, but the vast majority of the country's population is in developed areas without offroad access, so road cars make more sense.
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I understand the salt concern, definitely wouldn't bring a pre-galvanized car out in salt/brine covered roads, but if you are diligent about washing/fluid filming them, I think you can get away with driving later air cooled cars in the winter, especially on backroads where they generally use less/no salt. I daily drove a rare '71 c30 short dually in Central WI winters for a few years and it is still as rust free as the day I bought it.
It's tough to imagine living in WI and claiming there are zero offroad public trails in the state. I lived there for about 3 decades of my life and can attest to literally thousands of miles of off-road trails/roads to rip a safari build around. Most of the northern half of Adams county where I lived last was mostly gravel/sand roads, and I'd bet north of highway 64 ("the north woods") has more unpaved roads than paved. Wisconsin is a safari/rally car paradise if you get out of Milwaukee and Madison. In fact, a top 10 overland trail in the country is in WI, the Trans WI Adventure Trail (TWAT), all of which is safari 911 nirvana, about half of which is on unpaved public roads, 600 miles in total. If you live in or near WI and haven't done the TWAT you absolutely should, it's a definite bucket list experience, and if you do I'm sure your opinion on the utility of a safari build in WI will change.
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