# SDMB Monthly Photo Competition - rolling discussion thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [November 27, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642 "2022-11-27T20:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1365
**Author:** ![Bob\_Blaylock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_blaylock/32/3235_2.png) [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642/1365 "2025-01-21T19:29:13Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > I know jack about cars, and have no idea how the _Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato_ is marketed, but to me it’s name suggest that it’s only intended for - mmm - unambitious offroading. A **strada sterrata** is essentially an unpaved road. There’s an Italian language wiki page on the subject, which I don’t think I’m supposed to link to (non-English language source). But I trust that a google translate of the start of it is OK: > > > A dirt road [_strada sterrata_] (or cart road) is a country road without pavement, suitable for the transit of carts or agricultural machinery, off-road vehicles and, with difficulty, other vehicles. > > A google image search on _strada sterrata_ will find you a shedload of examples. Do we think it’s a goer for a road of that type?   Maybe.  The suggested Google search seems to show mostly well-graded dirt or gravel roads, which any car ought to be able to handle, including this one.  Such roads, if not very well maintained, could get rutted and uneven, and this car, very obviously, could get stuck on such roads, at least as easily as any common sedan.  Ground clearance is the crucial criterion, here, along with the approach, breakover, and departure angles, and this car looks like it just doesn’t have it.   I’d have no problem trusting it on a road like this… [![](https://www.ipmitalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/strada-bianca-come-realizzata-e-mantenuta-thumb.jpg) ](https://www.ipmitalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/strada-bianca-come-realizzata-e-mantenuta-thumb.jpg)   But then, as I said, I think almost any car should be able to handle that.   A road like this, I’d be less confident in this car… [![](https://drenidea.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/buche-pozzanghere-autunno-inverno_14.jpg) ](https://drenidea.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/buche-pozzanghere-autunno-inverno_14.jpg)   This might be where the A/T tires come in, allowing it to get a better grip on mud, but [as I learned the very hard way, some months ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/239), mud puddles have a way of turning out to be deeper than you expect.  Even with A/T tires, a car with so little ground clearance could get stuck, possibly even on the puddle shown in that last image.   And a road like this, I’d have to say no way in Hell… [![](https://static.vecteezy.com/ti/foto-gratuito/p1/31092907-strada-sterrata-nel-bosco-foto.jpg) ](https://static.vecteezy.com/ti/foto-gratuito/p1/31092907-strada-sterrata-nel-bosco-foto.jpg) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642)._