A pavement princess is a derogatory slang term for a four-wheel-drive vehicle equipped with expensive off-road gear like massive mud-terrain tires, extreme suspension lifts, and heavy-duty winches, yet never actually taken off the asphalt. Mechanics and off-road enthusiasts use the term to mock owners who spend heavily on rugged capability purely for street presence and curb appeal.
Heard on the job
He brought his pavement princess in for an alignment because those 40-inch mud tires are rubbing on the inner fender at the mall.
Insider tip
You can always spot a pavement princess in the shop by looking at the undercarriage: if the skid plates and control arms don't have a single rock scrape, it has never seen dirt.
Also heard as
- mall crawler
- brodozer