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

[Europe]

Pinzgauer - Best thing I have ever seen for this type of terrain.

[jimmytheone]

given the OP username, surely the obvious answer is an RS6 with massive lift kit?

[Zetec-S]

[Volvolover]

https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/lada-updates-th...

[cowboyengineer]

an ok 80 or 100 series land cruiser would be in your budget and will do the job

[Evanivitch]

I would say a Hilux with some decent tyres and a small lift.

If that's your only access in, you're going to need something utility when you want to carry a large load in. Even if it's just a bit of furniture.

[snowandrocks]

Any of these options -

Boat (no certificates needed) and fairly hassle free with a rib and modern 4 stroke outboard.

Landcruiser 100 series or Hilux with a mild lift if you want but probably unnecessary. A yank pickup with a massive wheelbase is exactly what you don't want and will be a nightmare if it gets stuck.

Farmer spec quad - will go anywhere, cheap to run, easy to free if you do get it stuck.

[BroadsRS6]

mat205125 said:

BroadsRS6 said:

andy ted said:

What does the current owner do?

Walks, trials bike or uses a boat.

Hows he climb a hill in a boat?

The water leading to the property is virtually flat.

[nexiviper]

Sherp would do it

And you could hit the water with one haha

Edited by nexiviper on Wednesday 23 June 16:04

[Red9zero]

Pre-Defender 90's aren't too expensive yet. You need to do some searching to find a good one though.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Zetec-S said:

i was surprised hes still got that

[BroadsRS6]

The easiest section. Still quite rough.

[MattyD803]

Finding a car that will do it is one thing, but what about the practicalities of making that trip? On that first pic, surely you'll be at nothing more than crawling pace? 2 miles - that's got to take a good 30-40mins each way?

Is there any option to drive along the shore line instead....? (Granted it would need to be a decent 4x4 still, but at least you could keep a relatively decent speed up?

(Yes I am suggesting some driving a big engined 4x4 along some untouched shore line in the most beautiful part of the world - sorry to the marine biologists and eco warriors )

[eltax91]

BroadsRS6][url said:

. Defenders are silly money.

Pretty sure I wrote that back on page 1.

[ZX10R NIN]

As someone said earlier get someone to jack hammer the biggest rocks & then get a Freelander 2

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202106234...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202106103...

[MC Bodge]

ZX10R NIN said:

As someone said earlier get someone to jack hammer the biggest rocks & then get a Freelander 2

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202106234...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202106103...

I once saw a Freelander fail to climb "The Wayfarer" in North Wales (which is possibly quite similar to the track in the photos above) , in a cloud of clutch smoke. Luckily the driver had a friend on hand in a Frontera (with its low range gears) to tow the Freelander up the track.

Edited by MC Bodge on Wednesday 23 June 17:04

[Ardennes92]

Surely the answer is a Lada Niva, think you can even get a new one if feeling flush

[Geekman]

I wouldn't get anything expensive or new, as any 4x4 is going to suffer a lot of wear and tear from being used regularly on a road like that. I'd be tempted to buy the cheapest Jeep / Land Cruiser I could find and leave it at the bottom: just use it to go up and down. Wouldn't matter if it was an MOT failure so you could pay virtually nothing for one and if it breaks catastrophically, just scrap it and buy another one.

We're going to be living in a similar situation soon, albeit nowhere near as bad as the track you're using, and several neighbours have old Jeeps for the track and something nicer parked outside on the main road - it seems to work pretty well for them.

[MattyD803]

I think I would be tempted to go with a Landcruiser, or actually, a Hi Lux.....(twin cab if you've got kids/dog to transport....)

You know the jap stuff is just bullet proof....

[Chainsaw Rebuild]

Hilux with a low ratio box and big low pressure tyres to take the edge of the harsh rocks perhaps? Or a quad is probably easiest and more fun.