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Like all of you, I’ve been really frustrated with the wait, really annoyed at the hiccups with the roof stuff, really pissed with the communication, and most of all… REALLY frustrated with the wait.
But I just did the off-roadeo NH yesterday and I’m right back in the saddle and super excited again. I didn’t even do the full day, only the first half. But that’s all you need in my opinion. I apologize for not being techy, so I don’t have pics and video for you. But trust me, it’s worth it just to get yourself in the rig and put it through its paces and see everything it can do.
The day begins with a brief introduction and some 101 type of off-roading terms. Then you rotate through some demo situations in the rig that show its capabilities. Low gear downhill, tight-turns through rugged terrain, articulation track and trail-turn assist, and then rock climb using one-peddle. You don’t get to drive through each demo section yourself. You go through the demos broken into groups; and a driver in each group does a section of each demo. So while you’ll only be able to drive one demo section, you get to see the Bronco up close and personal as it performs through each one, and you get real hands on feed back from a real person in your group that just performed that demo section.
After the demo section, you get to pick out a Bronco and hit the trails. I’m not an off-roader, but to me these trails seemed pretty legit. They seemed pretty technical and pretty rugged, and you got to put the truck through its paces and see what it’s capable of. The trails were rugged enough that I was surprised that they let regular folk wheel out there. Not that the truck couldn’t handle it, it’s just that there’s a lot of idiots out there, and to trust people not to do idiot things like panic throttle on a steep decline just blew me away. When I say technical (as a completely green layman) I mean sections of trail where you need a spotter because you can’t see the trail in front of you and the trail is rugged enough that if you pick the wrong line or moved to quickly, you could easily find yourself rolled over. We wheeled through the rugged NH woods for an hour before breaking for lunch.
At lunch, I had to leave for my 6+ hour drive home. But if I had stayed, I would’ve had gotten to wheel in those trails for FOUR MORE HOURS! And supposedly the afternoon portion was going to get even more technical.
If you’re serious about buying this vehicle and you don’t do an Off-Roadeo, you’re crazy. You get to learn everything this rig can do, most of which you’ll probably never do yourself for fear of putting your daily driver at that kind of risk. I’ve been as frustrated as anybody about the wait, but being able to have the opportunity for this experience is pretty cool.
Im still frustrated by the wait, don’t get me wrong. But I’m super excited to get this truck again now that I KNOW what it can do and all the fun I can have in it, rather than hoping and wishing for it. If you’re a waiter, do yourself a favor go to an off-roadeo and push this thing through its paces. It’s so worth it. Don’t wait for the next video review to drop, go do it yourself.
But I just did the off-roadeo NH yesterday and I’m right back in the saddle and super excited again. I didn’t even do the full day, only the first half. But that’s all you need in my opinion. I apologize for not being techy, so I don’t have pics and video for you. But trust me, it’s worth it just to get yourself in the rig and put it through its paces and see everything it can do.
The day begins with a brief introduction and some 101 type of off-roading terms. Then you rotate through some demo situations in the rig that show its capabilities. Low gear downhill, tight-turns through rugged terrain, articulation track and trail-turn assist, and then rock climb using one-peddle. You don’t get to drive through each demo section yourself. You go through the demos broken into groups; and a driver in each group does a section of each demo. So while you’ll only be able to drive one demo section, you get to see the Bronco up close and personal as it performs through each one, and you get real hands on feed back from a real person in your group that just performed that demo section.
After the demo section, you get to pick out a Bronco and hit the trails. I’m not an off-roader, but to me these trails seemed pretty legit. They seemed pretty technical and pretty rugged, and you got to put the truck through its paces and see what it’s capable of. The trails were rugged enough that I was surprised that they let regular folk wheel out there. Not that the truck couldn’t handle it, it’s just that there’s a lot of idiots out there, and to trust people not to do idiot things like panic throttle on a steep decline just blew me away. When I say technical (as a completely green layman) I mean sections of trail where you need a spotter because you can’t see the trail in front of you and the trail is rugged enough that if you pick the wrong line or moved to quickly, you could easily find yourself rolled over. We wheeled through the rugged NH woods for an hour before breaking for lunch.
At lunch, I had to leave for my 6+ hour drive home. But if I had stayed, I would’ve had gotten to wheel in those trails for FOUR MORE HOURS! And supposedly the afternoon portion was going to get even more technical.
If you’re serious about buying this vehicle and you don’t do an Off-Roadeo, you’re crazy. You get to learn everything this rig can do, most of which you’ll probably never do yourself for fear of putting your daily driver at that kind of risk. I’ve been as frustrated as anybody about the wait, but being able to have the opportunity for this experience is pretty cool.
Im still frustrated by the wait, don’t get me wrong. But I’m super excited to get this truck again now that I KNOW what it can do and all the fun I can have in it, rather than hoping and wishing for it. If you’re a waiter, do yourself a favor go to an off-roadeo and push this thing through its paces. It’s so worth it. Don’t wait for the next video review to drop, go do it yourself.
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Oh well.
