Tools for the majority, toys for the minority

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 August 28, 2024

Once upon a time, I tried to accelerate a high-performance car with 560 horsepower to 300m per hour, nearly 5m long, to buy vegetables instead of a large GT sports car that was supposed to travel leisurely across the continent, and I was complacent about the exhaust of the Harley, which has 1584cc emissions every time it tilted in the middle of the corner.

But this time, the experience of driving a whole team of off-road RVs worth 30 million yuan to the desert no man’s land to cook a bowl of instant noodles for 3 yuan is really extremely profound.

Germans must be the ones who use metal most incisively and vividly. Not only do they make vehicles that are essential to human life, such as Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, but they are also happy to build trucks that use extreme environmental and transport uses in exchange for excess cash in your pocket.

From the first to serve in countless difficult environments, such as war zones, mines, oil fields, and so on, universal vehicles have been transformed by a domestic car factory called Armadillo into an off-road RV equipped with beds, sofas, kitchens and bathrooms, so we prepared enough food and water and drove to no man’s land in the desert, sunrise and sunset, interdependent with these machines.

The 2500-twist (torque output up to 4000 after turning on the low-speed torque amplifier) is delivered to the eight driving wheels by a hydraulic automatic transmission that feels as comfortable as a family car’s shift, coupled with a multi-directional adjustment seat with its own shock absorber airbag, making the road of the stone road as smooth as asphalt. It’s as if Ibrahimovic, a taekwondo master nearly 2 meters tall, can still be light and water-like on the football field.

Full-time eight-wheel drive, the car’s seven mechanical differential locks can transfer the wasted torque of the lost adhesion wheel to the ground grip wheel with the same precision as the nervous system of a highly responsive professional athlete. Although the 800L tank takes two basketball games to fill up each time, it has a range of more than 2000 kilometers with ease.

The 1000-liter storage tank can meet the domestic water supply of the whole vehicle for nearly 15 days in extreme cases. The 12-kilowatt generator provides stable energy for all electrical systems inside and outside the car all the time, so you don’t have to worry about the oil and water left. all you need to do is enjoy the unique beauty of those extreme environments.

If you are bored with driving too modern MAN, then Mercedes-Benz Unimok, which has been built for more than 70 years, must be the best choice. Unimok’s styling is stronger, and every line on the body has nothing to do with the word round. And it is these silly, simple and clear lines that make everyone who drives a Unimok enjoy or endure the return rate of a supercar.

The cab follows the tradition and uses the most concise presentation to create the most practical operating space. Although there is no lovely equipment to create a luxurious atmosphere, what is a luxurious atmosphere when you are in the wild? Is it a Mercedes-Benz or a durable, reliable, simple and rough Unimok.

If you are like me, you will have a better understanding of the satisfaction and sense of existence that a car brings to men if you experience the similar treatment of Unimok in which several roadside traffic police officers are “dumbfounded”.

Most people buy four-door cars and a few buy sports cars. Most people drive the Ferrari through the market, parked in front of the night show, and a few drive the Ferrari to the track to make the best use of it. Most people travel to scenic spots, and a few just want to go to the end of the world. The car built by Armadillo is destined to be a vehicle for a few people to explore the infinite world. By the way, with all that said, you must want to know what it’s like to sleep in these well-equipped, fully functional barns for a few days. The feeling is: it’s really cool to sleep on the original application to transport rockets.

(some of the pictures in this article are provided by JK.)

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