Ultimate Geocaching Chariot?

December 29, 2002

I bought a Subaru Forester. Gets good gas mileage. I would admit that if I needed an ultimate off road vehicle, I'd say your basic Jeep is it.

Steve Bukosky N9BGH

Waukesha Wisconsin

January 6, 2003

I have driven hummers for a while and I would pick an xterra over a hummer.

An xterra would probably be a good choice for geocahing if you weren't into tuffer trails. They could probably handle most trails most people would encounter.

If the trial gets too rough, go jeep.

January 7, 2003

It has several advantages. Convertable top doesn't block signals. People look at the car instead of watching you work on a cache. Easy on gasoline. Not quite all terrain but tons of fun!

Fair winds, Capn Skully

1k · January 13, 2003

Now you've gone and done it! My good friend, Bubba Cache was quite content with his modest cachemobile

until you went and posted the picture of yours!

Now he's done gone and taken out a second mortgage on his trailer and sold three of his coon dogs and four of his kids just to make a down payment on a used Auto Trac.

How are you going to sleep with that on your conscience?

Worldtraveler

January 13, 2003

When I'm doing some serious winter caching, nothing compares to my Tauntaun. Sure, it smells bad, and it might be a little rough on my back, but I can go anywhere I want! Not to mention the fact that each Tauntaun comes equipped with a Gastro - intestinally Utilized Temperature Sustainer (G.U.T.S.) which can prevent hypothermia in dire emergencies.

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?You are your own worst food.?

January 13, 2003

My Trek 8500 may not be as cool as the lightspeed above ( the Lightspeed is very cool ) but the brownish color blends in with the trees well.

Big Tom

Geobiker

January 20, 2003

Our first I! CacheMobile was an Audi, but it couldn't handle the pace.

We then got the i! GeoKart, fast as lightning but very low ground clearance.

Then we got the i! CacheRacer, which is ideal for track work.

On occasion we've hired an MR2 and got it bogged, and we've hired the biggest fattest Mercedes we could find, called it the i! CachenWagen and got it to 200km/h on German autobahns.

To the guy who was suggesting the NOTAR chopper, we tried to plant a cache with the i! GeoCopter, but we couldn't fit the SCUBA gear in!

The classiest we've had was the i! CacheLimo which we hired for an unusual interstate caching expedition!

Ideology Geocaching

January 20, 2003

Ok Ok now that I have seen your idea of a ultimate GeoChariot I am adding this one. When you get in deep with this unit, all you do is swap out the tires and install the tracks. You can even buy tracks for you 4wheeler, cool.

http://www.mattracks.com/html/ultimate_mountain_climber.htm

Binrat

"Blood is thicker than water.......Unless the water is frozen!"

February 10, 2003

I wish. Maybe someday. It belongs to a buddy in Montreal. A nice civilian humvee. I even like the color!

Bigger photo here.

April 5, 2003

Here is my ultimate geocaching chariot.... And lo and behold it is for sale.....

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Mark Robb

[This message was edited by MarkRobb on April 05, 2003 at 08:19 AM.]

April 13, 2003

How about the new Honda Element?

Honda Element

April 24, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Indiana Cojones:
How about the new Honda Element?

http://www.hondacars.com/models/model_overview.asp?ModelName=Element<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Have the same drivetrain in my 2002 CR-V.

I looked at the Element during my first maintenance visit, would be a killer cache-mobile

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2.3k · April 24, 2003

I had to look twice, that's almost the same color as my Explorer, which has gotten me past some car-killer potholes along the backroads. It's got great clearance. I am gonna be doing alot more walking along those same roads after I trade it in for a Vette.

April 25, 2003

I have two, well used too anyways.

Rino 110

MeriGreen 128

[This message was edited by DeerChaser & Poni on April 25, 2003 at 04:08 AM.]

April 25, 2003

Recent

Rino 110

MeriGreen 128

April 25, 2003

For me, the ultimate Geocaching Chariot could only be a Land Rover Defender.

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An it harm none, do what ye will

May 10, 2003

Check the June 2003 issue of Discover Mag. There is an article about the Maxi-Mog.

Dorothy: "How can you talk if haven't got a brain?" Scarecrow: "I don't know. But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?"

May 10, 2003

Is this what you're talking about....

The base vehicle is a highly modified Mercedes Benz Unimog chassis with a custom body, completely new power plant, computer controlled suspension, and integrated electrical, hydraulics and electronics systems. Many of the onboard navigation, power, lighting, communications, computation and electro-optics systems were developed specifically for this vehicle.

Here are the specs

May 11, 2003

a new beetle of course!

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there is no knowledge, only things, which is really old knowledge.

May 12, 2003

Well, I realize it's not as macho as some of the vehicles listed here, but I really like my 2002 Saturn Vue. I bought the one with the 6 cylinder engine and AWD. As a commuter, it gets around 18-19 mpg, more on the highway. It will pull a trailer pretty easily. And as long as you don't get too gnarly, it will take dirt fire roads OK. All in all, it's a very happy, practical car. Where it can't go, my mountain bike can. Where the bike can't go, my feet can. Anything cached where my feet can't go (relatively easily) is not only not very interesting to me, in fact, it annoyes me.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. - Noel Coward (...particularly off of a short pier - The Annoyed Man's corollary)

May 14, 2003

Well, I use a 92 Corvette, half (Haven't finished it yet) setup for racing, for my cache car. Get's you there fast if there's a road . . . if not, you've got a lot of walking to do.

May 14, 2003

Hey Gargoyle Here... when Team GargoMak wanders into the pines we usually use my 98 Honda CRV... Its not huge or mighty but it uses all four wheels and it loves mud. I have also found it to be small enough to fit down some trails where larger trucks can't go.

May 15, 2003

ok. i'll bite. where'd you get this thing? and how much $$ was it? i've seen them in europe, but never around here.

quote:
Originally posted by smithdw:
Is this what you're talking about....

http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/27079_300.jpg

The base vehicle is a highly modified Mercedes Benz Unimog chassis with a custom body, completely new power plant, computer controlled suspension, and integrated electrical, hydraulics and electronics systems. Many of the onboard navigation, power, lighting, communications, computation and electro-optics systems were developed specifically for this vehicle.

Here are the http://www.maximog.com/specs.html#BASICSPECS

May 16, 2003

My regular caching vehicle is:

2001 Nissan Xterra with a few goodies (use this 99% of the time)

2003 Giant Iguana dual disc MTB for bike trails, etc. GPS mounts on handlebars

1923 Ford T Streetrod (my avatar) for park caches that have paved roads & parking.

Maybe I'll be caching on my goped one day lol

May 16, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Squatting Dog:
ok. i'll bite. where'd you get this thing? and how much $$ was it? i've seen them in europe, but never around here.

quote:
Originally posted by smithdw:
Is this what you're talking about....

http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/27079_300.jpg

The base vehicle is a highly modified Mercedes Benz Unimog chassis with a custom body, completely new power plant, computer controlled suspension, and integrated electrical, hydraulics and electronics systems. Many of the onboard navigation, power, lighting, communications, computation and electro-optics systems were developed specifically for this vehicle.

Here are the http://www.maximog.com/specs.html#BASICSPECS

I wish that it was mine....

There's an article in the June 2003 Discover magazine on it. The owner won't tell how much it cost, but said it was $millions. It took 5 years to build. The owner, Brian Ferren, used to be the head of Disney's Imagineering research.

"The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec."

-Marcus Dolengo

2.3k · May 16, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Ttepee:
Here's one for those that always have the pubs mapped out in thier geocaching treks.

http://www.wonderfullywacky.com/baronbobonstool.jpg http://www.wonderfullywacky.com/barstoolracer44444444444.gif

[This message has been edited by Ttepee (edited 01 February 2002).]

Hah!! I love it! That'd be such fun! Where to get one, now?

Joel (joefrog)

"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for ye are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!"

May 18, 2003

Here's what I was working out of today.

Good Sat reception, covers most of the roads here in Middle Tennessee, easy to hop in and out of... what else do ya need!

May 18, 2003

Of course!

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If you drop your keys into molten lava just let 'em go 'cause, man, they're gone.

May 19, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by smithdw:

quote:
Originally posted by Squatting Dog:
ok. i'll bite. where'd you get this thing? and how much $$ was it? i've seen them in europe, but never around here.

quote:
Originally posted by smithdw:
Is this what you're talking about....

http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/27079_300.jpg

The base vehicle is a highly modified Mercedes Benz Unimog chassis with a custom body, completely new power plant, computer controlled suspension, and integrated electrical, hydraulics and electronics systems. Many of the onboard navigation, power, lighting, communications, computation and electro-optics systems were developed specifically for this vehicle.

Here are the http://www.maximog.com/specs.html#BASICSPECS

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I wish that it was mine....

There's an article in the June 2003 Discover magazine on it. The owner won't tell how much it cost, but said it was $millions. It took 5 years to build. The owner, Brian Ferren, used to be the head of Disney's Imagineering research.

"The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec."

-Marcus Dolengo<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well now I don't feel so inadequate!

"Refrain from talking to characters on the screen. Tests have proven they cannot hear you."

June 7, 2003

Know it's not much, just my old Jeep.

June 7, 2003

or

Brian and Shelia Lucero

6DogNight

Albuquerque, NM

1.7k · June 8, 2003

Or use the all-terrain LPC:

June 20, 2003

We've got a 2001 Ford Escape which is suiting our needs pretty nicely right now.

June 20, 2003

1989 Ford F-150 Short Bed.

12-14MPG

A family that Geocaches together... eventually gets wet.

required reading

My first bible

June 21, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by DustyJacket:
Or use the all-terrain LPC:

http://www.shopvcca.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000007/wolverine-38xxfs.jpg

DustyJacket

Not all those that wander are lost. But in my case...

I noticed the black pair which reminds me of our combat boots which we called "The two stroke black cadillac"

Work Smarter, Not Harder!

June 22, 2003

53 willeys jeep M38

June 23, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Suziq:
53 willeys jeep M38

How about a picture??

My girlfriends dad has a 46 CJ2A, I have a 93 YJ.

"The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec."

-Marcus Dolengo

July 12, 2003

Here's me and my Geocaching chariot

And here's some close ups of a nice handlebar mount for my Garmin Rino 120. Took me forever to find a decent mount.

~Z

July 19, 2003

ok... I'll bite.. this is a future dream, but if I don't have my dreams, what do I have.

R1150GS Adventure

Of course it has to have the BMW Motorcycle Navigation unit. It's a Garmin StreetPilot III with base maps supplied by Navigation Technologies.

my $0.02

FINALLY!!! Something useful I can do with that Geography degree. :-D

2k · July 21, 2003

Unfortunately Renegade Knights Bronco has problems so I have pressed my 96 Mazda 626 into service. Unfotunately this came with the large wheels and the low profile tires from the factory so anything even looking like a bump bottoms it out. May be fast on the highway but not fun for caching. I was thinking about trading it for a Jeep Grand Cherokee. This may not be the ultimate caching vehicle but should do the job and keep the wife semi happy.

Lost? Keep Going. You're making good time anyway!!

24.7k · July 21, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Night Stalker:
Unfortunately Renegade Knights Bronco has problems

Reliability is a nice bonus. I'll agree with that.

July 22, 2003

2002 Subaru Forester. Love it.

Great for New England winters. Comfortable & rides nice for work. Not too big for me...and hubby doesn't mind driving it either.

All the toys fit well on it or in it. Pulls the jetski just fine. Bike stands up inside since nice & tall. Canoe looks nice on top.

And my geocaching.com sticker looks cool on the rear window too.

July 30, 2003

I'll add another jeep to the list...

Soon to have 33-12.50 tiers and 4.10 gears

http://andyr89xj.rockcrawler.com

August 1, 2003

My 1968 Mercedes-Benz 280se is pretty nice for urban caches and those just off of the paved road... but people in my area don't like paved roads so it is for sale ... or trade for a 4x4

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Phase 1: Collect Underpants, Phase 2: ???, Phase 3: Profit

August 14, 2003

1988 Subaru Wagon GL--I paid $800 for this little car, and it's taken me almost anywhere I've wanted to go.

August 14, 2003

On-road/Urban/I don't know where the heck it is caches:

(should look familiar)

It's a Honda Civic Hybrid. Gets 42 mpg when I run the A/C (hasn't been cool enough yet to run it long-term without A/C).

For 4x4 caches, which I have done none of so far, we would use my husband's new 2003 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon model, which is still "stock" for another week or two until he puts in something called a lift. In my area, 4x4-ing is strictly limited to posted areas and private property.

August 20, 2003

I use a Class B motorhome when I'm out caching. Those are basically van conversions with all the comforts of the bigger motorhomes. Mine includes beds, stove, Fridge, microwave, shower, heat, air conditioning, TV/VCR and a generator.

That Quack Cacher:

Lone Duck

When you don't know where you're going, every road will take you there.

1.6k · August 21, 2003

I haven't gotten my new GPS yet, so I've only been on a few Caches with my parents, but right now, we have my mom's minivan, for urban, and places with more or less developed dirt roads. We have my dads special edition grand prix, which is specifically for urban/well maintained dirt roads. And my dad is also a car dealer, so if the need for something 4x4 comes up, I can get him to bring home a used blazer or with 4wd.

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Extra batteries for GPS, don't leave home without 'em.

9.4k · October 4, 2003

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I wish I had one of these!

Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness

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