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Picked up the truck at Granger then stopped in MO, OK, CO, then to San Diego. Stopped by along the way to see family and friends.
The first 1000 miles were kinda tough cause I kept modulating the throttle, not keep the rpm’s steady inorder to break her in properly. After that the adaptive cruise was AMAZING. so glad I got the Lux package and it made the really long drives really easy.
Entire trip I tried to use eco mode as much as possible, and averaged 18 mpg with Sasquatch package. Overall very comfortable seats, but I wish the arm rest was a bit higher and the center console armrest could extend forward. That would make it so much more comfortable for long hauls.
One thing I noticed and was really concerned with was going on gravel roads. At around 120 miles on the dash I entered a 2 mile long gravel road to visit some family and those tires were flinging rocks at the body work. I don’t have deep scratches luckily but surprised ford didn’t cover the area under the fender and above the rock rails.
Drive through mud, heavy rain and high heat and the truck did great. It was very easy covering long distances.
Part 2: Memorial Day off-roading trip to Idyllwild, CA via San Jacinto ridge trail (FS 5S09)
First of all, the trail is closed from hemet up so check with the forest ranger before going. We didn’t see that it was closed and the gates were open. So someone must have opened them. But due to the rains there’s a chance of mud slides. Luckily we didn’t face any issues and learned about it when we got to the top and went to the ranger station in Idyllwild for some camping questions. So just fyi.
This trail was easy, 3/10 and an easy start to off-roading again. Didn’t want to repeat what I did when I first got my modified 4Runner and went on a 9/10 trail. That was dumb lol.
The 35’s are soooo awesome. They eat up all the bumps and combined with swaybar disconnect, the ride was really comfortable.
We found some great spots to camp in the future and the trail got narrow in some places so got first pin stripes.
Then we hit a deep mud hole that was forming as water was coming up from the ground and it stopped a lot of trucks from going ahead. We assed the situation and added some rotted logs to get some traction and then position the bronco straight, both front and rear locker on and the bronco made it looks easy.
The first 1000 miles were kinda tough cause I kept modulating the throttle, not keep the rpm’s steady inorder to break her in properly. After that the adaptive cruise was AMAZING. so glad I got the Lux package and it made the really long drives really easy.
Entire trip I tried to use eco mode as much as possible, and averaged 18 mpg with Sasquatch package. Overall very comfortable seats, but I wish the arm rest was a bit higher and the center console armrest could extend forward. That would make it so much more comfortable for long hauls.
One thing I noticed and was really concerned with was going on gravel roads. At around 120 miles on the dash I entered a 2 mile long gravel road to visit some family and those tires were flinging rocks at the body work. I don’t have deep scratches luckily but surprised ford didn’t cover the area under the fender and above the rock rails.
Drive through mud, heavy rain and high heat and the truck did great. It was very easy covering long distances.
Part 2: Memorial Day off-roading trip to Idyllwild, CA via San Jacinto ridge trail (FS 5S09)
First of all, the trail is closed from hemet up so check with the forest ranger before going. We didn’t see that it was closed and the gates were open. So someone must have opened them. But due to the rains there’s a chance of mud slides. Luckily we didn’t face any issues and learned about it when we got to the top and went to the ranger station in Idyllwild for some camping questions. So just fyi.
This trail was easy, 3/10 and an easy start to off-roading again. Didn’t want to repeat what I did when I first got my modified 4Runner and went on a 9/10 trail. That was dumb lol.
The 35’s are soooo awesome. They eat up all the bumps and combined with swaybar disconnect, the ride was really comfortable.
We found some great spots to camp in the future and the trail got narrow in some places so got first pin stripes.
Then we hit a deep mud hole that was forming as water was coming up from the ground and it stopped a lot of trucks from going ahead. We assed the situation and added some rotted logs to get some traction and then position the bronco straight, both front and rear locker on and the bronco made it looks easy.
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