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AUTO TODAY presents things that should be on every SUV owner's must buy list

Going off-road is a tremendously rewarding experience. Ask any off-road enthusiast or even novices who have tried their hands at it once or twice and they will tell you just that. But rewarding as it is, driv- ing off-road is also fraught with dangers. Dangers of getting stuck in sand, snow or mud, of losing traction on slippery surfaces, of having to drive through deep water channels. All of which also mean that it could be dark by the time you’re actually anywhere close to civilisation, let alone tarmac. The moral therefore is to be prepared. If not for everything, at least for most of the imagin- able scenarios. After all being stranded in the middle of nowhere is one of the less rewarding aspects of off-roading. Here’s a list of some of the basic things that you will need in any of your off-road expeditions.