Ok day one down.
The seats are staggered kind of like a old Land Rover, Oliver really likes being able to see out the front. His head is about as high as his mom's is in the front seat. Flipside is it is a little tougher to get him up in there.
No real dome light in the back. There is something trying to happen behind the rear seat but there isn't much for candlepowers.
Still muddling thru the electonic stuff. I did try the trail turn assist thing in the field. Wasn't thinking and tried it in 2wd and I got a warning message. Shifted it to 4high and the thing shut off while I was waiting (auto start stop BS)
Ground was maybe a bit too loose I dunno. Tried going uphill (not steep) and it spun out. It did do it going downhill. It did not actually drag a tire which was neat.
Drove it a town a way for supper, started at 16mpg, now it is up to 18.3 in eco mode.
I was worried about the 4.46 gear on the highway, it idles along at like 1800rpm, which isn't much higher than my F-150 with 3.73's and 32's (but with a 4R70W 4 speed)
Went to turn back onto our road and I let it breath a little. That little bugger came unglued, around 6psi of boost it was about like the space/time continuum was starting to open up. In the dark with the family onboard I lifted. And that was in eco mode. Also weird how the 10spd keeps it in constant thrust, there was no bang, bang bang as you go thru the gears like the automatics I have been around
On the flipside we did test drive another 2.3 Sasquatch orphan on Christmas Eve. Kinda kept it to myself because it was rather underwhelming on the road. And yes these powertrains do need to learn and yes it might have come out of it and yes previous test drivers may have gotten it into a weird algarythim... but it just felt like a truck with a lift kit, just out of its element on the road. It is a very low bar but I am pretty sure my F-150 could have easily taken it in a drag race. It was rather sobering at the time knowing it was the same powertrain as ours. Same with the soft top, when we met vehicles on the road it sounded like a window was cracked.
So glad we skipped the Sasquatch altogether. The height, the added expense of upkeep, the handling everything. Personally very happy we went the route we did.
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