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CBDT, Part 2: Dead Deer, Live Deer, Eel River Workstation

November 24, 2012 //

Photo: Gregory McDonald

Shortly after getting on the road for our second day on the California Backcountry Discovery Trail, a tiny CRV carrying a long, thin, rip-stop-nylon-clad load on its roof, came clamoring up the rocky trail behind us. In front of us a Toyota Tacoma made its way up the mountain, similarly equipped. We were way out in the forest in traffic.

Soon we figured out what all of the congestion was about. Besides the opening of deer season, people were heading up to Hull Mountain for a hang glider “fly in.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Categories - 4x4 / SUV, - Difficulty: 2 of 10, - Difficulty: 3 of 10, - Pictures, - Trips: The Western US, - United States, - Videos, FEATURES, MEDIA, North America, PLACES, TRAIL RATINGS, VEHICLES, — California, — Trip: CBDT

Spotted… Volkswagen Golf Country 4×4

January 9, 2012 //


What happens when a 4×4 makes love to a Rabbit? You get the VW Golf Country 4×4. According to an older Bring a Trailer article, only 4000 of these were ever produced and none of them were officially imported to the US. This 1990 model, however, is reported to have legal residence in Sacramento, California.

It’s available on ebay for another couple of days for $12,500. That said, a 1991 model sold in Canada for US$ 6750 a couple of years ago, so you may have some room to bargain, if you’d like to use this thing to fahrvergnügen to your ski haus. Read the rest of this entry »

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