I get that, which is why I phrased my reply the way I did. But as others pointed out, I would hope they could allow people with more experience, a little more challenge.
Ahh, The old Pistol Whipping A Blind Kid difficulty level. LOL!It's great to see the Broncos running out there! It looks like a great place for people to get their toes wet driving off-road and finding that the Bronco is so much more capable than a CUV.
One thing to note is that the environment they have there could easily be run by a base Bronco. Throwing sasquatch equipped vehicles at that difficulty level is like pistol whipping a blind kid.
After watching that video, I will hold off on making a reservation to see if one of the other locations offers a little more challenging environment.
Please note that i'm an absolute novice at off-road driving, having only a few days of seat time with a Rubicon in Canyonlands NP and a few hours in the more challenging environment of Moab*. Even to these untrained eyes, the environment they made for the Rodeo is a piece of cake for those rigs!
*Press embargo is still on for disseminating any information/feedback from driving the Bronco at Moab event.
I'll go Moab since it's just a couple of hours from here. It would be pretty awesome to run across you there. I always get a kick out of your posts.
The resort is SUPER NICE!! extra bugi lol very high end
(Edit: @Chase Gentry meant to include you earlier)I don't think the point is to have people running the vehicles hard. I think it's more to demonstrate how to operate the vehicle and the features, as well as to build confidence in people who are new to off roading. I didn't get to go rock crawling on my test drive of a JK Rubicon, either. We took it on some mild off camber stuff so I could learn about the features of the vehicle. They didn't have me handling high explosives on day 2 of basic training, by the same token.
If you already know this stuff and you're already an expert, it's probably not for you. That said, I'm getting it for free. I get to drive a Bronco for a couple of days in Moab when it's open, and someone is going to show me the features of the vehicle. Really, getting a chance to decide what I like and what I don't like in a proctored environment is worth it to me.
I usually don't complain about free stuff, though. In this case, Ford/Bronco Nation/someone is going to a lot of expense to let me drive around for free.
That said, if this gets more people into off roading and learning about it, getting involved in trail conservation and joining in with groups, it's a good thing. In enough parts of the country, there's little old woman committees that are striving to get us banned. More people getting into offloading is better. It was a kind of annual event with the forest rangers letting us know the ladies of Mercer Island were banding together to ban off roading in the national forest again.
When I did the SRT track experience several years back, we didn't run the vehicles as hard as they could go on the track. I took the time to learn tips from the professional drivers and waited until I was out on the expressway to get that thing up to 168 MPH.
I’ve seen this said a few times so allow me to correct the record. There are times when you bunch together and stop to let everyone catch up. These are the opportunities to look around and take a pic, so you have seen these. What you can’t see until you do It yourself is that the best parts are when you have both hands on the wheel and picking a line. You won’t be able to take a pic of that. There was a guy from Ford taking pics (and video?) and I’m eager to see those.
Yeah, I admit that as I've watched all of the videos now from the media circus, it does look a little more appealing than I had first thought. And I could certainly learn a lot of tricks. Still the only off-roading I'll do is across a cornfield and out in Prairie Dog pastures LOL. So if I can get out a mud I'm good.
There were 3 or 4 spots that definitely made think, "Seriously?"
They intentionally bury you and put you in some bad spots on purpose just so they can train/teach you what to do. It's amazing, really, what this beast can get out of. I was blown away several times and constantly impressed.
