More From "Off-Roading With The Rus"

You'll recall my brief dip into the crazy world of Russian off-roading here.
A silly diversion, a guilty pleasure, a psychotic flight from a world gone horribly wrong, whatever.
I love watching these things with the sound turned off and music instead.
I highly recommend it. Metal would work, I'm sure. Punk does, most pop stuff, classic rock - hell, maybe Joni Mitchell rocks with these guys.
Below, a series of slow-motion wheelies, all in aid of getting the truck - and logs - out of the river.

Notice how bravely Dimitri throws his full 180# onto the front bumper, just doing his bit to get this ass-end-heavy beast to settle down.
This next one features a real log-truck. Actually, another army surplus six-by - but this time - a self-loader, with a log trailer.

What's the guy saying at the end?
Really, give me some ideas; "That fucker's making me walk home again!" You know what I want.
Okay, next up; the cutest vehicle that you've ever known-that-you've-been-in-love-with-all-your-life-but-have-despaired-of-ever-finding.
I'm sure there's more to the story of this darling rig. All I know is that this one is called the UAZ 452.

So, this is a... VW Microbus... made-up as Mr. Bill (Ooooh Noooo!) for Halloween - oh, and he's a ninja.
It does seem to be able to move around pretty well and don't its classic lines set it well apart from all the other SUV's in the supermarket, parking-lot.
You can buy one of your own here.
A 1980, it looks good, they're asking reasonable money - except for the fact that it's in the Ukraine (Can you drive there from here?) it looks like a sweet deal.
Okay, this is the girl tricked out as a serious rig. She's ready for competition the full-on brush-guard with decals package.

It's Steve Erkle in a catcher's mask, isn't it?
Then again, I'll take it over a Cherokee.
Really, Rusky off-road vids. Loud music.
We're truly living in the best on times.