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quite right, i live in a rural area and drive extensively on dirt roads every day and have for decades across maybe a dozen+ vehicles, i have never had a ball j
by throwaway2048 10y ago
quite right, i live in a rural area and drive extensively on dirt roads every day and have for decades across maybe a dozen+ vehicles, i have never had a ball joint failure, nor have i heard of one.
- saulrh 10y agoI bet that you chose all of your dozen-plus vehicles knowing that you'd be driving extensively on dirt roads every day for the life of the car. I also bet that if you tried it with a $70k luxury sedan it'd have a major mechanical fault within a year traceable directly to it not being an off-road vehicle.
- throwaway2048 10y agodirt road is not "off road", ive owned minvans, and compact cars that have had no issues with suspension.
- yetihehe 10y agoAnd I've seen broken suspension in 4x4 car driven for 3 years on 2km of dirt road, then 20km normal paved roads. One sample is not enough.
- ptaipale 10y agoYou'd lose that bet: people I know who drive a lot on dirt roads use just normal cars. VW Golf or Ford Mondeo or Toyota Yaris or a BMW 5 series, and for those who do most km, a Mercedes E-class.
- labster 10y agoThank you for your anecdata.