Yes, so unless you do $3,576 dollars or more in damage, the $75 is a waste.
At our group it was a conversation not a demo per say, still informative for most if they never did any recover
I'll be sure to ask on Friday. Question for you - how dirty do you actually get? Was wondering if I needed a change of clothes for the hour drive home lol.
Not at all, but it was dry and not that dusty
Um you seemed to have read that wrong, this just means the most you will pay is $3575 vice up to the replacement cost of the vehicle But yes this would not be my first "rodeo" so I would pass as well.
I would say that I ran the entire 2nd day with no swaybar disconnect feature and had no issue crawling up everything. However, It is cool to disconnect it under load. Some would argue with me it’s a must have. So if you actually hit 7-10 difficulty trails just manually disconnect like the Jeep guys have been doing for years. I am not changing my Wildtrak order
Yes just having a rear locker would probably have been enough for the trails there. I will say there was no obstacle that the Bronco couldn't just crawl up with both locker and the sta-disconnect. With just the rear locker I think you would have definitely had to work at it a lot more (picking perfect lines and bumping over certain things).
@Tor148 , I've finally recovered from my 10 hour drive home (got home after midnight) so I'm working on adding my content now.... I'm going to do a write-up on the manual transmission and I'll throw my pics up in a minute.Day 2 Report:
So, day two.
All I have to say is AWESOME, it was better than day one.
We started with a brief meeting than right back in the bronco's to hit the trail.
It was pretty amazing how the bronco just ate up the trail, hills, rock climbs, and through the water. We did the whole trail in 4 low with only a few times engaging the lockers. I was talking to a Guide and realized that the Hero switch's are just for getting you out of a situation, whether you took the wrong line or just some wheel slip. The sta bar disconnect was awesome and I never realized what a difference it would make on the trail. Like I said, with 4 low and the sta bar disconnected was all we needed for most obstacles!!! But it was nice to know if you needed it the lockers were right at our finger tips. One thing I would like to bring up after the trail rides was that is was so awesome that you could just hit the hero switch's on the fly and get what you need to engage or disengage without stopping. That and just the basic ability of the the bronco in 4 low were the two big things I took away from the ride.
I would also like to shout out to the guides, especially Cory and Blake. They both were professional, informative, safe and just plain fun to be with. They both made both days even better!!!!
I also want to shout our to Lindsey(sp), who was the Ford rep on site getting feed back. She had conversations with AJ the first day and we all were able to talk to her today about everything. It was great to know that Ford is listening to all of us. Hope fully our comments will help with future Off rodeo and information going out to the public. Hope fully we were not to rough on her!!!!
I hope that the other members will post there experience, I am not the greatest at this!!!! We all talked about sharing pictures and videos, and one member (Jason!!!) talked about putting together a montage with all the footage.
So, if you where at the rodeo, let share those stories and pictures and videos to all who can't or haven't gone.
I will leave with this message. It is defiantly worth it in my eyes. The people I was with today, members and non members all agreed. It was beyond what we thought it would be in a great way, So if you have a chance, take it and go for it!!!!
Day 1 Report:
Today was the first day of the off rodeo and I must say, it was a blast. The staff was first rate with the guides very knowledgeable. About the Broncos and the terain. Shout out to Corey and the other guides, made the day very fun. I was lucky enough to drive the 2 door badlands in race red. Absolutely loved the two door. It should ve called a billy goat nit a bronco how easy the vehicle and tech made the trail.
I have included a couple of pics. Can not wait till tomorrow! They said we would go on more difficult trails and learn how to use more of the tech.
thats good to know. really want manual and mid package. but ford is being difficult with that. thinking base sasquatch to watch the budget. lots of time to figure it out. lol
