Did you know that they’re going to kill off a member of the Fantastic Four like any day now? If you see a comic nerd with a blue and black circle patch or stick that has a 3 in it, that’s what he’s celebrating.

But that’s not what I meant to write about. Actually, it’s the quad phenomenon I learned about when I moved to this particular little community of rural delight. Lotsa quads around here. Big ones, little ones. My oldest son drove his friend’s into their house. Good times.

This was not something on my radar growing up in the suburbs of Manhattan. But around here, boy…they take their quads seriously. There is even some sort of town day when they have a race through a bog. Yup, you try to drive your quad across a field of thick, wet, “looks like sewage” mud. Apparently, just making it across is considered a real victory. 

And some of these vehicles are intense. I like the old school workhorses like Gators, that you might use to carry heavy stuff and workers around in a vineyard or on a large estate or something. But these quads are less workhorse than NASCAR wannabes. Just…bulked up. With the right Polaris accessories you can turn one of these ATVs into a micro-Hummer.

Which would look good parked next to your trailer, or…micro-house.