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Roadkill’s Top 10 Fails and Why We Love Them

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Roadkill is a real car show and hosts Mike Finnegan and David Freiburger do real car things, so they’re bound to fail some of the time. Unlike other automotive-themed programs out there that would try to sweep these failures under the rug or create artificial failures to increase the drama quotient, Roadkill embraces the carnage as it happens, all for your viewing entertainment! Sometimes our brave and noble hosts do it on purpose, sometimes it’s just how things play out, all of the times (except one) it’s just Freiburger and Finnegan out there having fun. Because we know you love these moments of failure (just like us), we’ve compiled a list of 10 great failures in Roadkill history—from earliest to most recent—and present them for your enjoyment. Related: Sign up to the MotorTrend App today for $2 to stream 100+ episodes of Roadkill , Roadkill Garage , Roadkill’s Junkyard Gold , Engine Masters , and Faster With Finnegan . Plus, enjoy 8,000+ episodes of more hit car shows! Rat...
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Beast MODE 4×4 Is an Mercedes–Based Overlanding Van With Attitude

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If you’re looking for a go-anywhere van to transform into a mobile cabin, the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4×4 is a great choice. It’s one of the most popular #vanlife choices around, with factory four-wheel drive and a number of body and wheelbase configurations. It’s basically a blank slate—something we have highlighted over and over. Some upfitters build relatively affordable Sprinter-based overland rigs and RVs , others pull out all the stops. The overall variety of Sprinter options is overwhelming. Add Storyteller to your list of Sprinter upfitters, near the top, preferably—because their MODE 4×4 series looks the business. The company has been in the upfitting business for a long time, its founder Jeffrey Hunter tells us, but only recently have they gotten into the overlanding/vanlife niche with the Storyteller Overland brand . And rather than buy a Sprinter and ship it to an upfitter for a totally custom conversion, all the Storyteller MODE vans are built more like a series productio...
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