Well, we made it back from our spring Moab run. Had a great time!!! This was my first serious outting in the LX and what can I say. This truck was built for this kind of stuff. My wife and I met a friend of mine who regularly does the 4+ and 5 stuff in this "Frankinbronco" (97 bronco, 38 MTRS, 460 swap, 1 ton suspention, list goes on and on...) and he talked us into doing Poison spider trail. Took us about half the day and we hit every obstical. I was amazed at how well the truck did. And let me tell you when you in the middle of a caravan of very modified jeeps and trail beater rigs in a Lexus you get some great looks. At the trail head the looks started with "what a nice truck to drive to the trail head to go hikeing". Then once we started up the looks turned to "wow, that guy should have done more trail research, this is a 4 trail, he must not know where he is". After the first few obsticals people started taking their turn on the obsitcal then getting out to run over and watch me do it. It was great! By the time we passed wedgie, we had jeep guys cheering us on and jeep wives smacking their husbands saying "why the hell didn't we get something that comfortable if it can make it up here too!" When we stoped for lunch at the little arch that overlooks kane creek and moab rim trail we had a guy in a very heavly modified chevy PU walk over and laughingly ask us how we got our truck up there. There was only a couple points in the trail that we scraped the tow hitch a little and no body damage at all. Couldnt say the same for a couple other trucks up there that day. Im putting together a video that I'll post as soon as I'm done.
As if i wasn't convinced already, the 80 is the perfect vehicle for family oriented extream expeditionary travels. No better vehicle made for this type of adventuring. Now if i can just figure out a way to make it get 35mpg i'll really be set... Turbo D and home grown bioD?... I'll keep that idea on the front burner.
As if i wasn't convinced already, the 80 is the perfect vehicle for family oriented extream expeditionary travels. No better vehicle made for this type of adventuring. Now if i can just figure out a way to make it get 35mpg i'll really be set... Turbo D and home grown bioD?... I'll keep that idea on the front burner.
