Quicksand
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So it started snowing in the high country at my cabin over 8k feet (Finally, all mud gone) so I decided to test the Raptor in snow. Note, it does better in snow than mud.
I first tested the 4low in manual mode. Shifted up @ about 1500 rpm (keeping it low rev till broken in) and it freakn JUMPED into 2nd gear. So be weary of that even at low speeds. True 4low. At which time I was on a narrow road and activated the front camera. Many of you might not have a use for it but up here--WOW! I can see it's gonna take extra effort to master driving using the nav screen BUT IT CAN BE DONE! Your hand/eye coordiantion must be precise while also glancing every now and then at the road. I wouldn't have glanced up every so often had the road not been so narrow with a bar ditch one side and a cliff on the other!! Ballsee. But very cool and a very worth feature to have on this truck. It works.
So I then cruised through the basin just enjoying the ride. However, I noticed when I got to the wider road and switched to 4HI...the front camera STILL WORKED!!! On the way back home I knew that wasn't normal so I wanted to figure out how to make it work in 4HI so to share on the forum. You must have your seatbelt on AND when in 4HI PULL OUT the locking rear diff. By puling out the locking rear diff and seatbelt on engages the front Camera in 4HI. Now I'll bet some of you who may have not known this might be thinking "were you still limited to 15mph"....YES.
The last test was the hardest part of getting to my cabin....turning 180 degrees down into my driveway and very narrow. So at this point I tested the hill decent control. Worked beautifully. Better than I expected. It literally about slammed on the brakes once the incline came up out of now where. Every time it engages the brakes....it makes a sort of grinding sound (not bad sound, just the unit functioning) so be ready for the noise and dont freak out.
That's it. Will report as more tests happen.
PS-Have not tested the headlights yet BUT have tested the stereo and YES...in terms of volume its probably the weakest stereo I ever had in a vehicle. But still works great and loud enough to give it some attitude. haha
I first tested the 4low in manual mode. Shifted up @ about 1500 rpm (keeping it low rev till broken in) and it freakn JUMPED into 2nd gear. So be weary of that even at low speeds. True 4low. At which time I was on a narrow road and activated the front camera. Many of you might not have a use for it but up here--WOW! I can see it's gonna take extra effort to master driving using the nav screen BUT IT CAN BE DONE! Your hand/eye coordiantion must be precise while also glancing every now and then at the road. I wouldn't have glanced up every so often had the road not been so narrow with a bar ditch one side and a cliff on the other!! Ballsee. But very cool and a very worth feature to have on this truck. It works.
So I then cruised through the basin just enjoying the ride. However, I noticed when I got to the wider road and switched to 4HI...the front camera STILL WORKED!!! On the way back home I knew that wasn't normal so I wanted to figure out how to make it work in 4HI so to share on the forum. You must have your seatbelt on AND when in 4HI PULL OUT the locking rear diff. By puling out the locking rear diff and seatbelt on engages the front Camera in 4HI. Now I'll bet some of you who may have not known this might be thinking "were you still limited to 15mph"....YES.
The last test was the hardest part of getting to my cabin....turning 180 degrees down into my driveway and very narrow. So at this point I tested the hill decent control. Worked beautifully. Better than I expected. It literally about slammed on the brakes once the incline came up out of now where. Every time it engages the brakes....it makes a sort of grinding sound (not bad sound, just the unit functioning) so be ready for the noise and dont freak out.
That's it. Will report as more tests happen.
PS-Have not tested the headlights yet BUT have tested the stereo and YES...in terms of volume its probably the weakest stereo I ever had in a vehicle. But still works great and loud enough to give it some attitude. haha
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