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Interesting... by this strict definition a lot of light duty cars nobody think of a 4x4s would count as four wheel drive here, and a lot of purpose built 4x4s would not! My wife's Nissan Rogue checks all of the boxes just barely: 8.2 inches ground clearance, a button that locks the center diff...

I also ended up adding this Kremersino kit from Alibaba, which I really can barely believe actually exists- that adds full Apple Carplay support for the ancient NAV system in this old Touareg, by intercepting the screen and button controls, and sending them to a small solid state linux computer...

I forgot to do this update: a year ago in last November, the TDI suddenly started making a clicking noise from the engine. It had just a few weeks left of the dieselgate warranty, so I flat towed it to the dealership. I suspected just a plastic timing chain tensioner- a cheap and easy fix, but...

The Sage 17 prototype behind our Touareg overlander - it is light enough the Touareg can tow it through sand offroad, for sailing in some remote places And the smaller Montgomery 15 (same designer, and similar design), this is actually towing and camping offroad in sand in the Mojave desert on...

Interesting, I am also a huge fan of the Paradox and Miss Cindy designs, and remember the voyage of Miss Cindy when it was first documented in Small Craft Advisor maybe a decade ago?

I have to disagree- The Sage 17 is not designed or marketed as a bluewater offshore sailor, but it is built more than heavy duty enough to handle it, and I do sail mine offshore in heavy weather with storm sails with no issues. The entire rig is probably approximately 8x the strength necessary...

One thing I remember my dad mentioning about with the old Scouts was that they were a hodge-podge of whatever parts they could get, and would completely swap major drivetrain parts mid model year so it was sometimes hard to figure out what you needed for repairs. It's interesting that there was...

True, the Atlas is a good people hauler, and does move a lot of people efficiently. I have a (probably a bit irrational) dislike of it, because they tried to convince me it was better than my Touareg when I had to drive it for ~7 months as a loaner, and it's just not even the right class of...

I'm also a big fan of Bolger... a really creative out of the box thinker. My 7 year old son and I just finished building a 6' dinghy together and are planning to make a Bolger leg-o-mutton rig for it.

I see what you mean- VW is doing great in EV tech, but they seem to be doing really badly with just basic car design- with both their electric and gas cars. Whatever is wrong at VW doesn't seem to affect Audi and Porsche. My Touareg TDI got a new engine under warranty recently, so I got to have...

Haha, then you will fit right into sailing. Check out the Small Craft Advisor magazine for info, and a community of people that cruise and do big adventures on small boats. They also have a lot of good reviews you can download for different boats on their website...

Yeah, for the US offroad vehicle market it's probably best for them to avoid looking to be VW associated... but I think it's a shame people don't take VW seriously as an offroad vehicle company, as they have a long history of making great offroad vehicles. Although, to be fair they avoided ever...

I have to disagree, I think VW/VAG has excellent EV tech, and has for a long time - arguably ahead of everyone else. In the high end the Audi E-tron GT / Porsche Taycan repeatedly dominates in track lap time records for production EVs, while having better real world range than the Tesla Model S...

Interesting... seems I was wrong. I wonder why they didn't just call it the International Scout like they used to, in that case. Although I get the impression from the reveal video this is a sort of Skunkworks type operation, that has a lot of autonomy and isn't really tied to VW or International.

I see too many people jump straight into big expensive boats with no sailing experience around here (SF Bay)- where they end up motoring everywhere with the sails down, crashing hard into docks a few times causing big expensive repairs and insurance involvement, and then giving up on the boat...

Duplicate- https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/new-scout-electric-suv-from-vw.246306/

Most yacht clubs - even on small lakes have some type of regular racing where you can just show up and volunteer to crew on a race boat with no experience. There are also often sailboat cruising clubs you can join, and crew for someone on a longer trip. I would recommend starting with something...

Range extenders are a great solution.... I had a BMW i3 REx, and it completely eliminated range anxiety, and let you refuel quickly on the road from a regular station - yet the tiny moped engine cost virtually nothing to maintain, and only needed to be used like 1% of the time in practice. What...

No, VW just owns the Scout brand name. International Harvester (now Case IH) is still a major tractor company but just makes tractors and stopped making Scouts back in 1980.

So they 'revealed' the new Scouts today, and I'm pleasantly surprised... it is in no way just a badge engineered Rivian like I expected it would be, but seems to be a heavy duty purpose built offroad vehicle, and may be the first EV that can actually work as a long distance overlander or handle...