Best car for 2 mile track with 40% gradients, rocky surface?

[anonymous-user]

BroadsRS6 said:

The perfect excuse to buy a Can Am Maverick if ever I saw one...

https://can-am.brp.com/off-road/us/en/models/side-...

[Austin_Metro]

OP, I think that looks like an awesome retreat. That “driveway” will keep off all but the most keen visitors and as said above, I expect the photos flatten it out from the true horror.

Would love one with the jeep tackling it, when you’re there again.

Enjoy.

[eltax91]

fblm said:

The perfect excuse to buy a Can Am Maverick if ever I saw one...

https://can-am.brp.com/off-road/us/en/models/side-...

No way in the world his fruit makes it up there in that unbruised.

[10126 Torino]

This might work

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154525865278

not road legal

[anonymous-user]

eltax91 said:

fblm said:

The perfect excuse to buy a Can Am Maverick if ever I saw one...

https://can-am.brp.com/off-road/us/en/models/side-...

No way in the world his fruit makes it up there in that unbruised.

Do they even have fruit in Scotland?

[SpanishTony]

Difficult to find custard too I reckon

[dxg]

If the house is on the coast, would access by boat be possible?

[snowandrocks]

phazed said:

TD5 Disco with or without a 2" lift kit if you're not looking to spend much.

It will happily deal with that all day long.

I sold my last one at 165K without any breakdowns or component failure, (apart from one air spring at about 120K).

Mine had a 2" lift with the obligatory larger tyres and was used as a daily London commuter, greenlaner and general dogsbody.

You were lucky, the one I had experience of was a complete basket case even when still under warranty - christ knows what it's like 20 years later.

[croyde]

Seeing as you must be pretty expert on all things Skye, I have just booked a cottage in Tokavaig next month for me and my lad.

As it's right on the coast, how bad will the midgees be? Ta

[Volvolover]

Pica-Pica said:

If I were OP I would not give this much away - for fear of a counter offer before exchange.

Pretty sure you can’t Gazump in Scotland

[Quirkycars1967]

The cheapest, roughest, but well maintained mechanically Land Rover Defender 90 you can find, i would say. With bloody great tyres that won't puncture! 15 inch wheels at a guess.
I've done a fair few walks from Glenbrittle camp site by the shoreline and there are a few awful tracks between there and Kilmarie on the main Broadford to Elgol road, across the peaks.

[parabolica]

I'd be considering the Jeep you were talking about at the start of the thread; huge following in the US where there are countless offroad mods available for it; and they are incredibly capable. Just take a look at something like Matt's Offroad Recovery on youtube for inspiration.

[Quirkycars1967]

croyde said:

Seeing as you must be pretty expert on all things Skye, I have just booked a cottage in Tokavaig next month for me and my lad.

As it's right on the coast, how bad will the midgees be? Ta

I may be able to help as may the person on a page earlier who lived on Skye for 2 years with Skye in his PH name.
I've never owned a place there but Tokavaig IS a place i know quite well. The midges will not be anywhere near as bad as say a Scottish inland waterway in summer like Fort Augustus.
Make sure you see the coast line at nearby Ord and make your way to Taskavaig where a short walk takes you to the beach and a ruined church. You may well see otters there emerge from the sea with a fish as we have done.
When you are at Tokavaig DON'T for goodness sake park in the driveway of the former farm, the owner is as feisty and miserable as hell and told us he loved lock down for the lack of tourists, noise and terrible parking. The road along there is single track and parking is at a premium as most of the gaps are passing places.

[Quirkycars1967]

There seems to be a few Skye fans on the forum which is nice to see. We couldn't afford anywhere on the island, prices rose a lot after the bridge was built and then kept going, so we have a very small dwelling in Helensburgh, just out of Glasgow, which we use either for a holiday or as a stopping place on route Skye or Harris/Lewis which we also enjoy.
We just use an old BMW X3 35d with 60 series tyres which copes ok with the motorway and also the rougher B roads.
Are the automatic quads any good for this type of terrain? I saw a 550 Quadzilla today which i believe was thumb throttle and automatic CVT. Are they capable off road?

[dfen5]

A beetle might be good?

[Quirkycars1967]

dfen5 said:

A beetle might be good?

Yes that insect would have no issue with the rocks!

[mike74]

Quirkycars1967 said:

DON'T for goodness sake park in the driveway of the former farm, the owner is as feisty and miserable as hell and told us he loved lock down for the lack of tourists, noise and terrible parking.

I don't see why he should be regarded as miserable for saying that.

I expect anyone who lives in an area blighted by gormless, selfish, ignorant tourists will have pretty much the same opinion as him.

[Volvolover]

mike74 said:

Quirkycars1967 said:

DON'T for goodness sake park in the driveway of the former farm, the owner is as feisty and miserable as hell and told us he loved lock down for the lack of tourists, noise and terrible parking.

I don't see why he should be regarded as miserable for saying that.

I expect anyone who lives in an area blighted by gormless, selfish, ignorant tourists will have pretty much the same opinion as him.

Very true, but depending on how much the local economy/infrastructure relies on tourists money. (i have no idea about Skye but i have a holiday property elsewhere on an island in the UK and see the acceptance from locals that despite the fact tourists are not ideal on one sense, their money is vital in another )

[mike74]

Volvolover said:

Very true, but depending on how much the local economy/infrastructure relies on tourists money. (i have no idea about Skye but i have a holiday property elsewhere on an island in the UK and see the acceptance from locals that despite the fact tourists are not ideal on one sense, their money is vital in another )

Nope, you're making the mistake of believing the myth of the ''vital economic benefit of tourism'', put out there by the usual vested interests.

The only locals who get any real economic benefit from tourism in areas blighted by tourists are the actual owners of tourism related businesses... the vast majority of all other locals in these areas very much suffer a negative socio-economic impact, not least of which is local house prices being inflated way beyond local wage levels due to holiday home/holiday let purchases.

[andburg]

stick with the jeep, drive it along with a decent generator in the boot and a 240v Breaker

use it to take the tops off the worst of it