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1. The technology is real and it works. Works very well.
I was under the belief that many of the advertised technologies were gimmicks and wouldn’t really be useful.
Specifically the trail turn assist. I know we have all seen the videos from California and Utah. To me those videos just look like a fancy way to do donuts in the sand. And I thought pretty much worthless here where I live in East Tennessee. Maybe good for a party trick, hold my beer and watch this moment. I Couldn’t have been more wrong. It was absolutely incredible how it worked and the turn it made. If you haven’t seen the “backroad driver” YouTube video. You need to check it out. But I will tell you, it doesn’t do it justice at all. It’s so much more incredible in person. Any other vehicle would have to reverse go forward, reverse go forward, reverse go forward and then make that turn.
2. It is Sasquatch or bust for me. I know there has been a lot of waffling back-and-forth between Badlands with 33‘s versus Badlands with Sasquatch. Obviously my own opinion here, but the Sasquatch truly looks a lot better. Specifically on the four-door. But on the 2 doors as well.
3. It was nice and sunny today. Confirmed my love of the area 51 color. I’ll post a short video of me walking around area 51 showing it nice and bright in the sunshine as well as the shady side so you can see both. The color that I think I liked the most “today” was carbonized gray. But I don’t want that dark of a vehicle. Rapid red looked great as well.
4. The ride along was too short but awesome. I had Curt LeDuc as my driver. (Google him if you don’t know of him, he’s legit and awesome) I was in a 2 door with Sasquatch. I forget which trim it was but I think it may have been Big Ben?. It definitely wasn’t wildtrak or Badlands. It had the 2.3, automatic, and mid package. With the smaller screen and no trail cameras.
The part in the backyard driver video towards the beginning of the off-road ride where they talk about going 35mph, LeDuc was topping 45mph, highest I saw out the corner of my eye was 48mph! On that tight trail with substantial ruts. It handled it easily. Obviously having a hall of fame off-road driver has something to do with this. But I was shocked how well it did and loving every minute of it. Most of us as normal humans will never get these things even close to their limits. Is it more than 95% of us need? Absolutely! Should we all still get it anyway? Absolutely!
5. Spent some time messing with the soft top on the 4 door. I love it. Very easy to open the part over the front and rear seats in the 4 door, takes 5 seconds. I see myself doing this every day it’s not raining. Also the back sides are very easy to take out. I could see being able to put the whole thing all the way back by yourself in less than 10 minutes easily once you get some practice. Maybe 5 minutes.
6. I’ve never been more excited to hand over almost $60k. And I’m a tightwad.
7. I get the appeal of the 2 door, it looks great. If you got a family of 4 and this is going to be primary transportation for your family I would rethink your decision. If your wife has the family driver and this is going to be more just for you, or vice versa for the ladies on B6G, then I say go for the two door. However, having said that I would think the two door would be really tight if you’re a single person or a couple that likes to do a lot of extended camping trips and have a lot of gear with you. The two door is what it is, great looking, but not a lot of room.
I was under the belief that many of the advertised technologies were gimmicks and wouldn’t really be useful.
Specifically the trail turn assist. I know we have all seen the videos from California and Utah. To me those videos just look like a fancy way to do donuts in the sand. And I thought pretty much worthless here where I live in East Tennessee. Maybe good for a party trick, hold my beer and watch this moment. I Couldn’t have been more wrong. It was absolutely incredible how it worked and the turn it made. If you haven’t seen the “backroad driver” YouTube video. You need to check it out. But I will tell you, it doesn’t do it justice at all. It’s so much more incredible in person. Any other vehicle would have to reverse go forward, reverse go forward, reverse go forward and then make that turn.
2. It is Sasquatch or bust for me. I know there has been a lot of waffling back-and-forth between Badlands with 33‘s versus Badlands with Sasquatch. Obviously my own opinion here, but the Sasquatch truly looks a lot better. Specifically on the four-door. But on the 2 doors as well.
3. It was nice and sunny today. Confirmed my love of the area 51 color. I’ll post a short video of me walking around area 51 showing it nice and bright in the sunshine as well as the shady side so you can see both. The color that I think I liked the most “today” was carbonized gray. But I don’t want that dark of a vehicle. Rapid red looked great as well.
4. The ride along was too short but awesome. I had Curt LeDuc as my driver. (Google him if you don’t know of him, he’s legit and awesome) I was in a 2 door with Sasquatch. I forget which trim it was but I think it may have been Big Ben?. It definitely wasn’t wildtrak or Badlands. It had the 2.3, automatic, and mid package. With the smaller screen and no trail cameras.
The part in the backyard driver video towards the beginning of the off-road ride where they talk about going 35mph, LeDuc was topping 45mph, highest I saw out the corner of my eye was 48mph! On that tight trail with substantial ruts. It handled it easily. Obviously having a hall of fame off-road driver has something to do with this. But I was shocked how well it did and loving every minute of it. Most of us as normal humans will never get these things even close to their limits. Is it more than 95% of us need? Absolutely! Should we all still get it anyway? Absolutely!
5. Spent some time messing with the soft top on the 4 door. I love it. Very easy to open the part over the front and rear seats in the 4 door, takes 5 seconds. I see myself doing this every day it’s not raining. Also the back sides are very easy to take out. I could see being able to put the whole thing all the way back by yourself in less than 10 minutes easily once you get some practice. Maybe 5 minutes.
6. I’ve never been more excited to hand over almost $60k. And I’m a tightwad.
7. I get the appeal of the 2 door, it looks great. If you got a family of 4 and this is going to be primary transportation for your family I would rethink your decision. If your wife has the family driver and this is going to be more just for you, or vice versa for the ladies on B6G, then I say go for the two door. However, having said that I would think the two door would be really tight if you’re a single person or a couple that likes to do a lot of extended camping trips and have a lot of gear with you. The two door is what it is, great looking, but not a lot of room.
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