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Fortunately, gravel roads are few and far between round here!

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We have a lot of forest roads here (the Swedish road network is (by length) roughly 50% forest roads, 25% roads and 25% streets, give or take) as the forest industry needs a lot of roads to get to their crops. They don't have much traffic, but some people have cabins in the woods for recreational use, go hunting, fishing, camping, picking mushrooms or berries or just walk their dogs in the forest, so they are far from abandoned. They are also the most fun roads for some mostly harmless amateur rally...

Also, in the spring, there is a lot of gravel on the asphalt roads, as gravel is spread onto icy and snowy roads to give a better grip. When the ice melts, the gravel is left on the road and it may take some time (usually up to a month) before they get around to collect it. While not as difficult as a gravel road, it definately makes a difference. Mud and gravel from road works, construction sites and farmers driving muddy tractors on paved roads can also cause situations where it is preferable to lock the wheels, as do heavy blankets of wet leaves in autumn.

Perhaps we should learn from shipping and just throw an anchor out the window into the ditch when we want to stop?

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Originally posted by Troberg:
Sorry, just used a colourful metaphor to make people listen and give the kids the good car.

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No worries. For the record I wasn't morally offended or having an attack of political correctness. I was just trying not to puke up my dinner!

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Perhaps we should learn from shipping and just throw an anchor out the window into the ditch when we want to stop?

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*considers attaching parachutes to Troberg's car as a late christmas present*

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But of course, I could be wrong.

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Fortunately, gravel roads are few and far between round here!

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We have a lot of forest roads here (the Swedish road network is (by length) roughly 50% forest roads, 25% roads and 25% streets, give or take) as the forest industry needs a lot of roads to get to their crops. They don't have much traffic, but some people have cabins in the woods for recreational use, go hunting, fishing, camping, picking mushrooms or berries or just walk their dogs in the forest, so they are far from abandoned. They are also the most fun roads for some mostly harmless amateur rally...

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Originally posted by Troberg:
I might need them as I'm (apart from considering converting a car to steam) considering putting a couple of jet engines on a car. It would be kind of cool to have the first street legal jet car in Swedish history!

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Nah, I'm just planning to put a couple of pulse jets there, they are pretty harmless. Putting a big turbojet engine on a car would be wierd.

They are not intended as the main propulsion, just a complement to the ordinary engine to get some extra edge at the traffic lights and better acceleration on icy roads (and a means to scare the sh*t out of other drivers).

Best of all, they are noisy as hell (around 150 dB!), so I intend to try to pass them through the legal system as signal horns powered by alternative fuels. The fact that they glow red hot and spew fire makes it even better!

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