We got about 6 in of snow today, and the dealer invited me to test drive a Limited V8.
My first test drive was with a Sport V8, and a Limited V6. The roads were plowed, but some parking lots did not get plowed yet. I am only 5ft 9 in, and the roof was pretty close to my head. Not touching but it will take some getting used to. The test vehicle had about 100 miles on it. I engaged the center differential in a deep snow parking lot going straight while coasting. Seemed to take a long time before it engaged, light stopped blinking. I don't know it that is normal or not. Maybe it was the first time it was ever engaged. When I unlocked the differential it happened very fast. In 6 in of snow unlocked differential I was impressed. I stepped on it pretty good and it just took off like dry road. Just got a few beeps. Locked differential no beeps but maybe the snow was not deep enough because I did not notice any difference in traction. The snow was not heavy, the kind that is not hard to shovel.
The test drive lasted almost a hour. I got to drive down many
familiar roads. I was happy with how quiet the 4Runner really is. The steering had good feel to it, felt nicely weighted. It also went over bumps rather smoothly. Did not have Xreas, but the road was too slick to be going too fast in the turns. While coasting up to the lights, sort of felt like engine drag. My car coasts like it is in neutral. Had a drag feeling coasting in the 4Runner.
Overall I was pretty happy. The feeling of sitting up high close to the roof will take some getting used to. Also seem to be looking out not through the middle of the windshield but the top part of it. Seems a little weird. Any new vehicle takes some getting used to I guess. The only other thing I noticed because of the length of the drive, was I did not feel the thigh support from the seat was very good.
I took my car into the same parking lot after the test drive and almost got stuck. The snow was not heavy enough or deep enough to really challenge the 4wheel drive system. The slippery slushy stuff on the road that makes it hard for the car to get going, was like dry road to the 4Runner. It was easy to forget the road is slippery till you have to stop.
My first test drive was with a Sport V8, and a Limited V6. The roads were plowed, but some parking lots did not get plowed yet. I am only 5ft 9 in, and the roof was pretty close to my head. Not touching but it will take some getting used to. The test vehicle had about 100 miles on it. I engaged the center differential in a deep snow parking lot going straight while coasting. Seemed to take a long time before it engaged, light stopped blinking. I don't know it that is normal or not. Maybe it was the first time it was ever engaged. When I unlocked the differential it happened very fast. In 6 in of snow unlocked differential I was impressed. I stepped on it pretty good and it just took off like dry road. Just got a few beeps. Locked differential no beeps but maybe the snow was not deep enough because I did not notice any difference in traction. The snow was not heavy, the kind that is not hard to shovel.
The test drive lasted almost a hour. I got to drive down many
familiar roads. I was happy with how quiet the 4Runner really is. The steering had good feel to it, felt nicely weighted. It also went over bumps rather smoothly. Did not have Xreas, but the road was too slick to be going too fast in the turns. While coasting up to the lights, sort of felt like engine drag. My car coasts like it is in neutral. Had a drag feeling coasting in the 4Runner.
Overall I was pretty happy. The feeling of sitting up high close to the roof will take some getting used to. Also seem to be looking out not through the middle of the windshield but the top part of it. Seems a little weird. Any new vehicle takes some getting used to I guess. The only other thing I noticed because of the length of the drive, was I did not feel the thigh support from the seat was very good.
I took my car into the same parking lot after the test drive and almost got stuck. The snow was not heavy enough or deep enough to really challenge the 4wheel drive system. The slippery slushy stuff on the road that makes it hard for the car to get going, was like dry road to the 4Runner. It was easy to forget the road is slippery till you have to stop.
