Our first impressions after 1,000 kilometres - off-road tour (Level 3+, RedRock Adventures Greece):
- The ground clearance is not enough. Ground contact far too often.
- The plastic radiator grille under the bumper in the underride guard is a joke. The first mud hole dented it, after that the place was like a shovel for collecting mud. Without an exit.
- The axle locks were used more often with the standard ground clearance. Very helpful. Only the switching on and off is difficult. If you park with the lock switched on and switch off the ignition, the lock starts flashing after the restart. You never know whether it's in or out. Stupid. We always left the car running before difficult passages. If you switch the lock off on easy terrain, the indicator continues to flash for a long time. If a difficult section comes up unexpectedly and the indicator is still flashing, you can't get the lock back in.
- Perfect for us: engine, gearbox, seats, comfort, volume, overview, payload.
We are "overanders", not hardcore off-roaders. But as the underbody of logsplitter also showed, the standard driving behaviour is unfortunately not sufficient for this. What a pity. I would have liked an off-road-compatible chassis as an ordering option. This is now being improved at the Offroad-Manufaktur Hamburg.
- The ground clearance is not enough. Ground contact far too often.
- The plastic radiator grille under the bumper in the underride guard is a joke. The first mud hole dented it, after that the place was like a shovel for collecting mud. Without an exit.
- The axle locks were used more often with the standard ground clearance. Very helpful. Only the switching on and off is difficult. If you park with the lock switched on and switch off the ignition, the lock starts flashing after the restart. You never know whether it's in or out. Stupid. We always left the car running before difficult passages. If you switch the lock off on easy terrain, the indicator continues to flash for a long time. If a difficult section comes up unexpectedly and the indicator is still flashing, you can't get the lock back in.
- Perfect for us: engine, gearbox, seats, comfort, volume, overview, payload.
We are "overanders", not hardcore off-roaders. But as the underbody of logsplitter also showed, the standard driving behaviour is unfortunately not sufficient for this. What a pity. I would have liked an off-road-compatible chassis as an ordering option. This is now being improved at the Offroad-Manufaktur Hamburg.
