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The news is getting out that the best midsize is a Chevrolet Colorado Diesel. Yes, I get 25 mpg with a 6" lift and 33" tires. My wife has one as well that gets 35 mpg. That said, all is not amazing because they do require a timing belt service at 150,000 miles. It's an interference motor so...

I'm going to look at a 1993(or 5) Defender 110. It's a Turkish import. Runs, drives, leaks, doesn't have the 200 or 300 tdi (which doesn't matter to me). Outside of engine issues and rust - is there anything specific I should look at or be aware of in buying one? I've imported a bunch of...

Anyone who knows me knows that I like outdoor humor. Patrick McManus, of course, Rick Sieman? absolutely. What, you don't know Rick Sieman? in the 80s there were two crusty guys who wrote for offroad magazine. Granville King wrote one with Superdawg is sidekick, Rick Siemans wrote "the...

I've had just about every type of camper known to mankind. Class A, Class C, 5th wheel, travel, tent, RTT... what's funny is I seem to be going the opposite direction of my parents (I'm almost 50) in their campers got bigger as they got older (oh yeah, forgot, I temporarily owned a converted...

Rick Sieman is a renown motorcycle racer and, as you will see (if you've never read the Wanderers while they were published in Offroad magazine) a very good writer. If you enjoyed what you read, do buy a copy of his CD on http://superhunky.com/ By way of introduction Carl is retired Navy, and...

I do Search and Rescue, and by extension, I guess I do expeditions; though generally we use a different name for it (missions)... anyway, my rig (and for those who pay attention, there will be a "was hers" and a "hers" rig also - a Land Rover D2 diesel, and a Jeep JK Rubicon respectively) I...