While driving around Iceland in a mid-sized SUV, and this being the largest car I have ever driven for more than a day, I thought at the beginning of our adventures that we might be one of the larger cars on the road. Well I was quite far off. It seems like everyone has to have a gigantic truck here,and I am not talking about a large pickup truck that can haul up a mountain. I am talking about a pretty huge cab with monster truck wheels on it, wheels that could crush a small sheep without even a second thought. While you may think Icelanders just don't care about fuel economy, you should probably be aware that the roads here require that kind of vehicle. They have to be driven over fields of snow, through rivers which are unpredictability high and strong, and of course you'll need something to haul your 4 horses and perhaps 8 weeks of groceries from the store about 50 miles away. They have roads here that even our 4x4 can't deal with. You have to have a "super-jeep" to go there.
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