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Vaquero wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 26, 2023 4:53 pm

Could you imagine, out mudding and the battery dies.

RP

historically a Blazer has been Chevy's answer to Ford's Bronco .... a vehicle designed to the capable of getting way back in the woods or deep into the wild country .... the new one is designed to be far from that .... more of a sports car SUV for someone who wants a Camaro type vehicle but has a couple of kids and can't make that work .... the power train does have an "Off Road" setting but that is defined as a good gravel road

I wonder whats going to happen to the batteries when they no longer are any good. Not to mention from what I have read is there enuf raw materials to make all these batteries. I see what they are doing with the worn out wind turbines. Stacking them up in open fields for us to enjoy the view of. I guess huge open mine pits look better that an oil well pump.

JEBar wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 26, 2023 9:19 pm

Vaquero wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 26, 2023 4:53 pm

Could you imagine, out mudding and the battery dies.

RP

historically a Blazer has been Chevy's answer to Ford's Bronco .... a vehicle designed to the capable of getting way back in the woods or deep into the wild country .... the new one is designed to be far from that .... more of a sports car SUV for someone who wants a Camaro type vehicle but has a couple of kids and can't make that work .... the power train does have an "Off Road" setting but that is defined as a good gravel road

Agree on the sports car. I dont think I would be using the off road setting much

JEBar wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 26, 2023 9:19 pm

the power train does have an "Off Road" setting but that is defined as a good gravel road

On a gravel road that is laughable.
I would hate to know I had to rely on one of those ev POS's to go visit our daughter in SC.

RP

one of the determining factors for off-road operation is ground clearance .... back in the day when I was driving a Jeep CJ 5 we liked 9 or more inches .... today's Jeep Rubicon has 10 inches their more street oriented line have 7 to 8" .... the Blazer RS has 7.6" .... what it doesn't have that is important to me is a low range transmission .... given its automatic transmission can go a long way in neutralizing the lack of low range gearing .... out west we've traveled some pretty rough gravel roads .... back home in Western NC climbing slick mud/rock grades can be a challenge .... while I'd really like to have one, I don't know of any straight mass production vehicles designed to be level 10 rock crawlers .... there is no doubt in my mind that the Blazer is more than up to handling any off-roading likely to be in my future

The Rubicon 392 has 12.9" of ground clearance (that's with the 35" tire package which is a $4000 option) and lots of other off road features like a Electronic Sway Bar Disconnect. I would love to have one but with a base price of $82,495 it's way out of my price range.

https://www.jeep.com/wrangler/rubicon-392.html

our oldest son has one that he bought 5 or 6 years ago .... it is the first and only new vehicle he has ever purchased ..... it came with a few bugs that were taken care of and is really a nice rig .... it is one of the very few rigs in mass production that is designed and built to handle what most of us old guys consider to be off road driving