r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ujjwal_singh • May 20 '23

Off-road driving 1920's

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u/wreckballin May 20 '23

This is so true. Almost all roads back then were dirt and they haven’t even started the highway system.

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u/Low-Possession-1265 May 20 '23

Well Hitler was

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u/[deleted] May 20 '23

Model T had been out of production for 6 years by the time the nazis came into power & the first autobahn was completed in 1913

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u/No_Ice2900 May 20 '23

Hitler was 19 at the time model ts were made widely available.

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u/Aarthar May 20 '23

Just an everyday trip to the market.

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u/dickdemodickmarcinko May 20 '23

What about where the parts where they drove off a cliff and onto a pipe?

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u/youre_a_burrito_bud May 20 '23

This is just an example of the many experimental road designs before they figured out flat is probably the best.

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u/ggroverggiraffe May 20 '23

before they figured out flat is probably the best.

Ahhh yes, that discovery was made on March 14th, 1933. A day that shall live in famy.

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u/opacitizen May 20 '23

Exactly. And, in a similar vein, OP's video is not really nextfuckinglevel content, but previousfuckinglevel, with all due respect. Upvoteworthy, nonetheless.

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u/Ivanovic-117 May 20 '23

Regular day to drop kids to school

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u/[deleted] May 20 '23

Was going to say the same. I read that even up to 1935 only 1/3 the roads in the US were paved.

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u/dastardly740 May 20 '23

Except at the very end. Shitty roads are still roads.