Recent content by StuartR

I would also say that all these extreme bouldering photos and pictures of cars looking like they are about to tip over is not what "off-roading" has to be. That is not really what it is for me at least. There is a joy in being able to place yourself further into the nature and further away from...

Hi EVnewb, Iceland actually has the second highest rate of EV market penetration after Norway. In 2020, 1 in 4 new registered cars were fully electric vehicles. 58% of registrations were either ev, hybrid, or methane. As for those big trucks, they are primarily used to drive tourists around...

I live in Iceland, so I still have a long time to wait for a Rivian (probably years...so hopefully this will be sorted by then), but I have a hard time believing that they will have the 21" tire standard here. We are legally required to have certified winter tires on for half the year. I run a...

Thank you all for the advice and the encouragement. I have driven on the mountain roads and highland trails on a regular basis for about 15 years, and in that time I have not once come down hard on a rock. This is a bit of luck, but really just judgement and caution. I have had situations where...

Thank you all for the advice. Battery use was another thing I was curious about. I tend not to use a ton of fuel off road, but I am not sure what the relationship between passive run time and driving time is. In other words, if I am in the car for three hours but only travel 10km, how does that...

I am coming to this late, but I am quite interested in the R1S. I live in Iceland and drive a Discovery 4, which I think is the perfect car for Iceland. It is very comfortable and drives great on the road, while being extremely capable in the highland roads. We don't really call it "off-road"...