how to stop the scolding...grrr

just know your limits. dont go drive it off a bridge or into a deep river. unless there in the bed of the truck

 

Ignore 'em.

Although, I will say.... Mud & muddy water is bad on these trucks. Gets into bearings & seals. An offroad truck does require more TLC and maintenance than a truck that doesn't go offroad.

If you build it properly to withstand the abuse you give it and you maintain it for the offroad - then use it for what YOU want to use it for.

And then, challenge them to come out and go offroad with you. If they won't - then you have every right to call their vehicle a 'STREET QUEEN' and WUSSY BOY!!