You drove your Mazda where?

I doubt they went in the same way they came out.

I was watching that same crew on youtube the other day pulling a jeep out,
they have a laugh while working

It's amazing, the places you can take a regular old car if you know what you're doing. Not saying any of those guys know what they're doing, though. In fact I've watched some of the videos of this recovery team before, and I'm amazed at how unprepared they are when they go on an operation. It is entertaining, though.

I have a front wheel drive minivan that used to be my wife's daily driver. It developed a few too many minorish problems, so we bought her another one to drive and dropped the registration on the old one. I figured I would park it on the back of the property as a parts car and maybe occasional field car, as long as it still ran. To get back there is a steep, rutted jeep trail. So I waited until the ground was nice and dry, then took a run at it. I had my F350 4x4 already up there, waiting to drag it from the farthest point it could reach.
It's a steep climb with pretty heavy ruts, followed by a sharp turn over a hump and through a gate, then a drive through the woods and another climb that is not as bad. I was shocked when I made it all the way back there without stopping!
Of course once the next rain came, it wouldn't even move a car length.

ETA: I see that Mazda is an "SUV." That makes it not so surprising that someone would take it on a jeep trail. She probably saw the TV commercials and believed they represented reality. A lot of people really believe their hatchback cars ("SUVs") (including those that carry the Jeep name) are the equal of a jeep. They're not.

BTW, I use lower case jeep intentionally. "Jeep" is a brand name; "jeep" is not. The original Willys jeep didn't say "Jeep" anywhere on it.
A new Jeep Renegade is a Jeep, but it's not even close to being a jeep.

2 brothers who farm not far from me had an experince i wish i coulda seen. it was very icy n they just bought a new f 250 powerstroke 4 x 4 the day before. they had cattle in a valley and only way in is down a steep crooked trail. they went to leave the valle from feeding cows n ice was too slick so they went back down n fired up their old D 6 cat. great idea WRONG. as they started up the trail pulling the new pickup all was well.now if you ever ran a cat on ice the best is ahead cause cats on ice on slopes aint cool. they made first curve ok.next curve wasnt. cat slid sideways n headed down the rough way. lets say calvin on the cat said the new ford was not following good cause the cable was around a huge tree that actually stopped the cat... for a few seconds . then it popped loose,slung into another tree n then another calvin said he managed to get the cat stopped against a huge tree. shut the cat off n got melvin out of whats left of the pickup.lucily nobody was hurt but their pride. i was in town a few days later n a wrecker was toting the new pickup to the dealer. insurance paid off but calvin n melvin never admitted if their undies were full. that new pickup looked like bright red n white wadded up tin too

Don't underestimate front wheel drive cars,
a citroen 2cv can go where a landrover gets stuck, float like a butterfly not sink like a 4x4 pig.

bob85 said:

Don't underestimate front wheel drive cars,
a citroen 2cv can go where a landrover gets stuck, float like a butterfly not sink like a 4x4 pig.

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I believe it. VW Bugs are the same way.
Not all 4x4s are pigs, though. When the ground is wet my F350 won't move except downhill and into something I don't want to hit. Even with mud tires. Most of the lifted Wranglers you see running around with big tires that stick out past the body are the same way. That junk is for looks.
My Wrangler has stock sized mudders and no lift. Instead of all that flashy junk, I spent my money on a set of 4.88 gears and an Auburn limited slip in the rear. It goes just fine on my property, and up on the mountain too.
My old Willys flat fender jeep is even better. It is light, small and low geared. Unlike a modern 4x4, it was designed for offroad first with hardly any concession to on-road use.

I used to do cb fox hunting with my buddy in a stock landrover defender 90,

He put a snorkle& lift kit & polybushes on it & some stupid wide wheels & tyres that got him noticed by the police because they stuck out further than the bodywork by a few inch & sprayed crap everywhere,

He put arch extensions on it to make it legal but the tyres ruined the off road capabilities,
they looked like they would give more traction but failed,
lift kit allowed us to get over a hump without grounding but made it less stable & more likely to tip over.

Me any his brother told him he had fckd a perfectly good landrover up.

I agree. Those modifications are for looks only, and make it less capable offroad.

I took my old VW Beetles in some hairy areas back in the day.

on a sad note,,, these people were in a 1996 mini van,,,, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley_Germans

i cant take credit for how my wife parked her mazda,but the wind tower bunch destroyed our roads n never fixed them. she was driving home n road opened up . she went into ditch,hit a culvert n jumped it n ended up headed north on other side of road.she got buggered up too. the road is broken up badlt n never know whats next. she listens to me now n drives a few miles out of her way to avoid this mess. we are in process of recovery from wind tower bunch