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Artie said:
I’d love to hook up with some locals and tour around that area of the world. I have no idea where to even start but it looks like a neat place.
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I know several expats who are avid desert explorers and campers that are still in Saudi and would be good contacts. There are some Saudi companies that do desert tours, I could ask some contacts if you're interested in suggestions. Saudi was a fascinating place to live and explore, but they are still getting setup for tourism so it's difficult to figure out where to go or who to contact if you don't know locals or expats. Wonderful friendly people and my wife feels safer there than in any US city. If I was to pick one GCC country to visit it would be Oman. They haven't gone billionaire disneyland like Dubai, nor are they trying way to hard like Saudi. I don't have any contacts there, but we drove from Saudi through the UAE to Oman and back and no serious dramas and I wouldn't hesitate to fly to Oman, rent a car and explore on my own, though not off pavement. Other than close to my compound, it would always be a minimum of three vehicles before heading into the desert.

I'm not sure the options of rental vehicles for the Rub if flying into Saudi. I'm sure we are persona nongrata in Tabuk after a trip that resulted in 4 flat tires in the 3 Tahoes we rented. More the fact we barely made our flight so told the rental company we'd leave them with the keys in them by the departure gate, and the third one was still in the desert, but they'd be back around 3 am :rofl:

I did most of my trips on the Eastern part of Saudi but did get to both the NW and SW corners which were amazing trips. One of the most memorable was visiting a coffee farm in site of and 3 miles from the Yemen border. The poor Hundai rental car barely made it up those steep roads.

As much as I wanted to go out in the desert with Saudis and worked and befriended many of them, somehow it never worked out.
 
DesertRider said:
I know several expats who are avid desert explorers and campers that are still in Saudi and would be good contacts. There are some Saudi companies that do desert tours, I could ask some contacts if you're interested in suggestions. Saudi was a fascinating place to live and explore, but they are still getting setup for tourism so it's difficult to figure out where to go or who to contact if you don't know locals or expats. Wonderful friendly people and my wife feels safer there than in any US city. If I was to pick one GCC country to visit it would be Oman. They haven't gone billionaire disneyland like Dubai, nor are they trying way to hard like Saudi. I don't have any contacts there, but we drove from Saudi through the UAE to Oman and back and no serious dramas and I wouldn't hesitate to fly to Oman, rent a car and explore on my own, though not off pavement. Other than close to my compound, it would always be a minimum of three vehicles before heading into the desert.

I'm not sure the options of rental vehicles for the Rub if flying into Saudi. I'm sure we are persona nongrata in Tabuk after a trip that resulted in 4 flat tires in the 3 Tahoes we rented. More the fact we barely made our flight so told the rental company we'd leave them with the keys in them by the departure gate, and the third one was still in the desert, but they'd be back around 3 am :rofl:

I did most of my trips on the Eastern part of Saudi but did get to both the NW and SW corners which were amazing trips. One of the most memorable was visiting a coffee farm in site of and 3 miles from the Yemen border. The poor Hundai rental car barely made it up those steep roads.

As much as I wanted to go out in the desert with Saudis and worked and befriended many of them, somehow it never worked out.
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It would be a couple years for us but I’ll definitely hit you up if the time comes.
 
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Rode some red trails… only dragged my diff once!..

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Fun trip with excellent people and amazing Cruisers

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A few more faves from this last trip

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teejnut said:
Was up in Mammoth for a few days after the New Year.

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Looks like fun!

There no better rig IMO for those types of conditions.

Mammoth ski trips are what got me into full time 4WDs. I remember one particular trip on the 395 foothills north of Mammoth where I chained/unchained a vehicle 6 times. With temps in the low teens. Never again.
 
TeCKis300 said:
Looks like fun!

There no better rig IMO for those types of conditions.

Mammoth ski trips are what got me into full time 4WDs. I remember one particular trip on the 395 foothills north of Mammoth where I chained/unchained a vehicle 6 times. With temps in the low teens. Never again.
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Yeah the 200 did great in the snow!
 
prwillard2 said:
total cost in these photos: 1 billion dollars!
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I was kinda thinking the same. If I was going to axe and chop some 200s why do with HEs that are limited production runs? Should have done with base models - probably cheaper and avoid killing rare HEs. Unless there was some marketing incentive that I am not aware.
 
MRego said:
I was kinda thinking the same. If I was going to axe and chop some 200s why do with HEs that are limited production runs? Should have done with base models - probably cheaper and avoid killing rare HEs. Unless there was some marketing incentive that I am not aware.
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The savings is negligible on a "base" versus a HE on a $300k build, particularly when these were all sourced new from dealers when they were still quite available throughout the US. I personally prefer the non-chrome clad doors, grill/light trim and BBS wheels. They could have de-chromed the doors, but the retail on the BBS wheels was severe enough to make up any costs difference when new.
 
cruiseroutfit said:
The savings is negligible on a "base" versus a HE on a $300k build, particularly when these were all sourced new from dealers when they were still quite available throughout the US. I personally prefer the non-chrome clad doors, grill/light trim and BBS wheels. They could have de-chromed the doors, but the retail on the BBS wheels was severe enough to make up any costs difference when new.
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I understand. I too prefer the HE and was thinking more from a cruiser-nerd perspective. I am a sucker for HEs and every time I see one severely modified or totaled I feel really bad. o_O
 
MRego said:
I understand. I too prefer the HE and was thinking more from a cruiser-nerd perspective. I am a sucker for HEs and every time I see one severely modified or totaled I feel really bad. o_O
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Yeah same. They were super rare new and the older they get, the less there will be of them. Plus, who knows.. maybe one day they will be worth a lot more compared to "base". Kind of like there's a big premium nowadays for rare spec MKIV Supras.
 
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