How often do you take your G-Wagon Off-Road?

These are multiple voting, so answer as many that apply (but please include one of the top 7). This can include any time head down the dusty trail and engage your lockers...

Please do not add new fields just to add more fields. Use an existing option if it applies...

Interesting definition of going off road.  Any time you choose to pull a lever or push a button you're "off road"?

I like to say I never take my G off of designated roads if I can help it.  In other parts of the world it may not be like the USA, but around me here in CO, there are designated roads that are impassible to vehicles on less than 37" tires.  If any of you have any of the Charles Wells books, you can drive everywhere in them without leaving roads.  Most all the routes that require 4wd, lockers, what have you, around here are in fact designated "roads" and I try to stay on them outside of emergency situations.  The only time I remember being off of map-designated roads was in Escalante National Monument where the forest service representative I spoke to before entering modified the definition of "road" to include, "...anywhere you can make out two tire tracks is an existing road, so you should be able to go about anywhere out there without leaving the roads..."

If the definition included leaving pavement for more than a mile, then I'm "off road" every day on the way to and from my house.  If the definition only includes using 4wd (or CDL for you 463'ers), then I'm off road, even on pavement, half the winter.  If the definition only includes times that axle diff locks are engaged, then I've only been "off road" for a matter of less than 20 miles in the vehicle's whole life.  If the definition includes being off of officially designated roads, then the number is probably less than a couple miles total.

Do I drive off road?  Not if I can help it.

-Dave G.

The idea is to find out how many people use thier G-Wagons for what they were made for. How many times do you choose to hit a trail or path that you would not want to take your typical 2wd sedan because you know that you would get stuck? How often do you cross that foot deep stream or river, or climb over something that takes one or more wheel off the ground? How many times per year do you test the limits of your vehicle and your driving ability.