Top 10: You know you are a hardcore off roader when:
By Kits Aragon • Feb 12th, 2008 • Category: Humor •
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- When you hear the letters GQ, the first thing that comes to your mind is the Nissan Patrol model rather than the men’s magazine.
- When you leave your mud caked 4×4 unwashed for a whole week just because you like seeing it that way.
- When you pass the time in the mall by going to an ACE hardware or True Value store and browse thru shovels, axes and picks but gardening is the furthest thing from your mind.
- When you stop avoiding potholes and other road defects.
- When you purposely drive out during a heavy downpour looking for flooded streets.
- When 24-inch wheels and low profile tires no longer appeal to you.
- When your parents decline to ride on your 4×4 because they are afraid to pull a muscle while trying to board it.
- When your vehicle’s tire size grossly exceeds your waist line size.
- When you never air your tires beyond 20 p.s.i.
- When you bought your new SUV the first thing you did was remove the mud guards and stepboard.
Kits Aragon is also a contributing writer for Top Gear and C! He has been involved in the off-road scene since 1988, marketing aftermarket 4x4 products and conducting product orientation. He was the very first Filipino representative of the International Rainforest Challenge of Malaysia and formed the very first Filipino team to participate in it (RFC 2000). He is also known in the local automotive industry as a 4WD/off-road consultant, tuner, and trainer. Currently, he trains technicians for a North American automotive company.
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