Rip Rod

With its fang-like exhaust tips and that mask-like grille, this is a creature you don't want to mess with. An offroading monstrosity, it is.

## Car Specs

### Top Speed

125 mph (202 kph)

Rip rod is David's second vehicle after losing Twin Mill in the Storm Realm. An offroad, four-wheel raging demon, it became a menace on or off the road. It participated in four realms: Swamp, Cavern, Lava and Water, and was lost in the water realm. Due to its frame, it carried little to no special mods aside from the bare necessities for the realms.

## Usage

### Swamp Realm

Before the events of the Swamp realm, Rip Rod was brought over by Blake Tyler on Old Smokey, along with Blake's Hollowback and Patrick's new Boss Hoss to replace David's Twin Mill, which was destroyed in the Storm realm. With little time left for the next realm, the Metal Maniacs got to work fixing their cars with the different mods needed to combat the drones. When the portal was opening up, Patrick was finishing the last of the modifications for Rip Rod when David got in and started it up and got going, knocking Henry and his new Monoposto out of the realm.

When they entered the realm and split up, David and Patrick were on their own, when they saw a split on the road ahead. Patrick insisted to go on the track over the water because it was easy, but David instead took the other path, thinking that easy is overrated. Some time afterwards, they were chased by a Racing Drone Jet and, attempting to knock it out of the race, threw a grappling hook onto the jet and crashed it onto a tree, knocking themselves off one track and into another, where they landed on a large machine, which turned out to be the Dual Driller Hyperpod and, using it, drilled a hole on the vinewall in front of them all the way to the other side.

Afterwards, they approached the site of the exit portal, just as the swamp monster grabbed Synkro and, in an attempt to get through, used the Nitrox II to get pass, but ended in failure due to driving on the edges of the track. Once the realm was completed, Rip Rod was the first Metal Maniac car to exit the realm.

### Cavern Realm

When entering the realm, Rip Rod was at the rear of the pack, with Track Ripper and Bully Goat not far ahead, and Patrick and Mike in the lead, one driving the other mad. Just as he thought that it would be smooth sailings from there, the Racing Drones appear from an alternate track, not far from his position. Due to the obstacles and his handling, David was able to destroy one of the RD-06s, as well as the drone jet that came. However, RD-L1 converted his RD-08 into the Slam Ram Hyperpod and was on the verge of attacking had it not been for the turn on the track, which caused the RD-06 to crash into the cave floor. Rip Rod wasn't seen after this, however he was one of the last ones to exit the realm.

### Lava Realm

David entered this realm, along with Leonidas and his Spinebuster and Blake and his Hollowback, as well as the Teku's Adam Carter and Power Rage, Kyle and his Synkro and Michael with Seared Tuner. During their stay inside the realm, a split along the path came up, which made things complicated for all but Leo, as he took the left path, no questions asked. David decided to go with Leonidas and Spinebuster on the left path while the remaining drivers went along the right path. As they went down the left path, they encountered a pair of RD-06 ahead of them. It looked odd for David, as he expected larger numbers, however as he was gonna point it out to Leo, Leonidas activated Spinebuster's ram and went on the offense. But it turned out to be a trap as two more RD-06s appeared from behind, ready to attack.

David tried turning, but ended up slamming Rip Rod's side on Spinebuster's rear, just as Leo knocked aside the RD-06s in front of them. However, Leo switched his car to reverse and used Rip Rod to ram the two RD-06s on the rear, resulting in a success. Leonidas sped off, but David stayed to collect what he could from the drone cars wreckage, including an intact drone wheel which, for reasons unknown, was not damaged despite the harsh conditions of the realm. After that, he caught up with Leonidas and took the right path instead of the left with Leonidas, resulting in David reaching the portal in third place, behind Kyle and Blake.

### Water Realm

Upon their recent acquisitions of the Swamp and Cavern accelechagers, as well as the Racing Drone wheel from the Lava realm, they upgraded their rides in time for the water realm. As they entered the realm, David noticed that Rip Rod was acting up, but can't tell what the problem is. When they reached the platform and started the race, Kyle and Blake warned the others about the watertube and, as David activated his nitrox, his engine blew due to mild exposure to water to its engine and electrical systems, resulting in rapid overheating. As the car reached the edge of the watertube, he tried staying still to avoid falling through, but it ended in failure as Rip Rod went through and sunk down until one of the realm fishes nabbed Rip Rod on its mouth, damaging its structure and leaking water in the cabin. Fortunately, his EDR still worked and, at the last minute, used it to get back to the acceledrome, plummeting at high speed towards a bunch of old oil cans due to using the EDR at high speeds. Rip Rod was never rebuilt after this.

## Features

* Nitrox II- Nitrox II is a special boost formula created by Dr. Tezla that temporarily increases the speed of the vehicle to exactly 300 MPH. It is the required speed needed to pass through the portals to the other dimensions.
* EDR- The Emergency Driver Return, or EDR, is a device that allows a driver to instantly exit a Racing Realm in an emergency situation where you and your vehicle would be stuck, without escape, or certain death.
* Morphing Treads- Using the Racing Drones technology, this mod allows racers to change their tire treads on the fly, having eight total different modes; Normal, Slick, Spiked, Offroad, Hydrotreads, Armored, Heat-resistant, and All-Purpose.
* Forward-Mounted Ramming Blade - This mod activates a spike right in front of your car. It can be used to latch it into another vehicle.
* Roof-Mounted Grapple Claw - Fired from the roof of the car, the Grappler Claw can be used to grab onto opponents, or, to hoist a car up and out of danger.