Brand new- How soon offroad?

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rotorwind

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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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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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Mine came with 600 miles on the clock, thanks St. Pete Toyota. It saw its first trail the same weekend I bought it.
 
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.
 
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.
 
sn_85 said:
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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That’s actually the trail I was thinking! I think I’ll check it later out this week


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Space King said:
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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I did take it out just to make sure the crawl control etc works. But didnt do any off roading. Just a short test.
 
Dude, we are neighbors! Which road/trail did you go on?
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Dude, we are neighbors! Which road/trail did you go on?
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Hey neighbor!

I just did Schnebly hill. Tried to start off I-17 into Sedona but it was closed. So started in Sedona. They only had 4 miles open. So just a quick and and back which was fine for the first trip.


Looks like you had some fun in the snow!

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


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Schnebly Hill, is not the easiest trail. Totally doable and will give you a good feel for your 4Runner. It's about 12 miles as I recall.
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Roccoeight said:
Schnebly Hill, is not the easiest trail. Totally doable and will give you a good feel for your 4Runner. It's about 12 miles as I recall.

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Yep. I did it yesterday. However most of it was closed due to snow. Only 4 miles open.


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