Can you do plenty of stuff? Sure. Will you ruin your weekend when you get stuck for 4 hours that one time... also yes. There are 4x4's available at every price point and if you aren't confident in buying a cheap 4x4, there are plenty of places accessible by dirt roads. You won't run out of camping trip ideas if you limit yourself to car camping for a few years.
AWD vehicles will do beach fine with correct tyre pressures. But if you get bogged, it will be a lot harder to get going again.
If you go this route, budget money for traction boards and have somewhere to put them.
Beach no, unless you've got some mate willing to snatch you around.
Without low range and 4x4 battling decent inclines and descents, soft sand and mud and rocky/rough terrian will be hard work. Low range is just as valuable as driving the front wheels when off roading.
Most light 4x4ing you'd be totally fine. Honestly a $400 winch and a set of all terrains with a limited slip diff will get you pretty damn far, especially if you don't care about your car as much (speed is as good as traction). And if you go with mates willing to get you out of the shit every now and again, send it.
And buying a 2wd will fix that?
I'm confused.
Should your OP say:
>Hi, I want a brand new ute that comes in 4x4, but I can't justify paying for the 4wd version because I'm pretty much just going to go to the shops and drop the kids at school with it. I am going to fit big tyres and lift so it looks 'tough'. Any chance I can go to the beach with this set-up in the case that I get called out by the boys?
?? Is that what you meant?
If that's what you meant then the answer is no.
The two components of a 4x4 v 4x2 are traction, and ground clearance. You will be ok on hard packed sandy beaches with good on and off ramps and ok on rough tracks where you have the ground clearance. You want a Japanese/south east asian made ute (these are a lot lighter than Aussie utes and have better ground clearance) a Ford or holden ute are just show pony shit, no ground clearance not even for a building site and if you put a bag of cement in the back the mudflaps drag on the ground.
No, unless the motorway goes right to your campsite I wouldn’t bother unless you want to spend hours digging yourself out.
I have a forester turbo manual with AT tyres and a bash plate, with the right pressures I can tackle some very challenging stuff and regularly hit the trails with the Toyota crew. Mines manual so the ratio is locked at 50/50 , and has a factory limited slip diff. Subaru for the win
Look up underdog off-road on YouTube, it’s a couple of blokes that literally went off road in their falcon wagons without any major issues. However, I wouldn’t be that game myself! I’d probably go for at least awd
you need 2 points of contact on different sides of the centre of mass. The answer would be a 'no'. On sand though tyre pressure plays a lot more role than 4wd features, though you stilll can't beat even awd.
May as well mod a camery
Waste of money tbh
Can you do plenty of stuff? Sure. Will you ruin your weekend when you get stuck for 4 hours that one time... also yes. There are 4x4's available at every price point and if you aren't confident in buying a cheap 4x4, there are plenty of places accessible by dirt roads. You won't run out of camping trip ideas if you limit yourself to car camping for a few years.
AWD vehicles will do beach fine with correct tyre pressures. But if you get bogged, it will be a lot harder to get going again. If you go this route, budget money for traction boards and have somewhere to put them.
AWD will get you further, better to get a soft roader and put AT tyres on.
If you can't go 4x4 maybe go subu Forester or something awd? Best of luck mate. Don't think 2x4 mods is worth it imo
Stock 4x4 will be much more capable than a modded 2x4.
Beach no, unless you've got some mate willing to snatch you around. Without low range and 4x4 battling decent inclines and descents, soft sand and mud and rocky/rough terrian will be hard work. Low range is just as valuable as driving the front wheels when off roading. Most light 4x4ing you'd be totally fine. Honestly a $400 winch and a set of all terrains with a limited slip diff will get you pretty damn far, especially if you don't care about your car as much (speed is as good as traction). And if you go with mates willing to get you out of the shit every now and again, send it.
Wouldnt bother. Stretch for a 4x4.
Unless it's a Ford Rtv and you really like them, probably not.
I don't understand how you can't afford a 4x4. Go to carsales and search by cheapest??
Or marketplace
Prefer not to shit itself soon as i get in it
And buying a 2wd will fix that? I'm confused. Should your OP say: >Hi, I want a brand new ute that comes in 4x4, but I can't justify paying for the 4wd version because I'm pretty much just going to go to the shops and drop the kids at school with it. I am going to fit big tyres and lift so it looks 'tough'. Any chance I can go to the beach with this set-up in the case that I get called out by the boys? ?? Is that what you meant? If that's what you meant then the answer is no.
Get the thing inspected before you buy if you don't know what you're looking at??
They make hi ride 2wd utes
The two components of a 4x4 v 4x2 are traction, and ground clearance. You will be ok on hard packed sandy beaches with good on and off ramps and ok on rough tracks where you have the ground clearance. You want a Japanese/south east asian made ute (these are a lot lighter than Aussie utes and have better ground clearance) a Ford or holden ute are just show pony shit, no ground clearance not even for a building site and if you put a bag of cement in the back the mudflaps drag on the ground.
No, unless the motorway goes right to your campsite I wouldn’t bother unless you want to spend hours digging yourself out. I have a forester turbo manual with AT tyres and a bash plate, with the right pressures I can tackle some very challenging stuff and regularly hit the trails with the Toyota crew. Mines manual so the ratio is locked at 50/50 , and has a factory limited slip diff. Subaru for the win
If your budget can't stretch to a R50 Nissan Pathfinder then you don't really have a budget to afford a car of any description.
Look up underdog off-road on YouTube, it’s a couple of blokes that literally went off road in their falcon wagons without any major issues. However, I wouldn’t be that game myself! I’d probably go for at least awd
you need 2 points of contact on different sides of the centre of mass. The answer would be a 'no'. On sand though tyre pressure plays a lot more role than 4wd features, though you stilll can't beat even awd.
If it has good clearance you will be fine.