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Old 01-01-2020, 01:14 PM #1
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Brand new- How soon offroad?
I recently purchased a 2020. Currently have 600 miles on it. I'm itching to take it on some trails (mild) but not sure if I should wait till its broken in fully? Its been in 4x4 due to it snowing right after I bought it.

What do you guys think? Manual just says to not drive continuously in a low gear until reaching 1000 miles. Maybe I should just wait till I hit at least 1k miles.

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600 miles and it hasnt, been on a trail yet? what are you waiting for? lol.
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Where I live, offroading is just getting home.
As I was signing paperwork at the dealer I saw someone driving the Toy around back. When I asked they said they were cleaning it for me (the test drive included 3 miles up a dry wash).
I told them it was a futile effort because i live miles from paved roads. When it rains 4hi is sometimes needed to get back to the highway and on to work.

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Now is a good time. One of the best things I like about the runner vs my import build is that dents, scratches and pinstripes look sexy babey.


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I would wait till after 1000mi of variable speed driving.
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I would wait till after 1000mi of variable speed driving.
I think I will just to be safe....thanks
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Mine came with 600 miles on the clock, thanks St. Pete Toyota. It saw its first trail the same weekend I bought it.
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I had mine off-road day one! 119,000 miles later it runs and drives like new!
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Just go off-road it already. You live in a really good area for trails ranging from mild to difficult. I'd start off with something easy like Schnebly Hill in Sedona.
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I took my ORP "off road" the day after I bought her to test the transfer case and the various electronic crawl modes. Just to make sure they functioned properly. Nothing strenuous, just a shakedown tour.

I waited until I'd racked up another 1,200 miles or so before putting her through her paces. This is because I wanted the transmission and transfer case to go through more thermocycles before being worked hard. Sorry, I'm a nerd, my brain just works that way.
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Just go off-road it already. You live in a really good area for trails ranging from mild to difficult. I'd start off with something easy like Schnebly Hill in Sedona.


That’s actually the trail I was thinking! I think I’ll check it later out this week


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I took my ORP "off road" the day after I bought her to test the transfer case and the various electronic crawl modes. Just to make sure they functioned properly. Nothing strenuous, just a shakedown tour.

I waited until I'd racked up another 1,200 miles or so before putting her through her paces. This is because I wanted the transmission and transfer case to go through more thermocycles before being worked hard. Sorry, I'm a nerd, my brain just works that way.

I did take it out just to make sure the crawl control etc works. But didnt do any off roading. Just a short test.
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Sounds like today is a good time to start!
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Sounds like today is a good time to start!

I think I'll take it out this weekend. Something easy
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