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Hi,

I took part of an off-road driving clinic at Rey Park (at Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina). It was a whole day of enjoyment and a great learning experience. I can confirm that the BS Wildtrack (a.k.a Badlands) is a really wild beast and very capable. My only concern is with clearance!! Just 2 inches more height and it will be perfect!!!

Most of the time I used Rock Crawl mode in order to have all the locks engaged and the lowest gear possible. It could manage every obstacle with no effort... just a couple of "hungs" due to the insufficient clearance. You can also hear many of the bumps in the lower part during the video.

I tested Trial Control a couple of times: one descending the first hill and another time during the field trail and found it very useful.

I planned to try the "left foot on brake and right foot on throttle" technique to see how it worked out, but forgot to do it... next time! Using just one foot to control both pedals makes the truck to jump at the end of the obstacle, the idea is to dosify the power using both pedals at the same time (similar to what the Trail Control does automatically)

So, without further ado enjoy and, please, comment the video



Eduardo
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Saw the date, the jackets and exhaust vapor and thought, "What?" Then realized it's winter in Argentina! Looks like fun was had by all.
 
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These are Pirelli Scorpion, not the best but AT al least! jaja
And, by the way, there is a moment in the video when the guide tells me "don´t worry, you have plenty of power to achieve this!!" and the second after the truck start slipping, he laughs "but you don't have enough tires!!". I had to put reverse and try another exit...
 


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Nice, and you were on the stock Pirellis. Imagine how much more capable if you had real AT tires.
When I was at the Off Roadeo I asked one of the instructors if they had a comparison of how the Pirellis compared to the Falkens. He said every BS they've had came with Falkens.
 

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left foot on brake and right foot on throttle
FYI, the Bronco probably won't let you do it. I have big clumsy feet and hitting both pedals at once sends it into a tizzy of warnings and it cuts/kills the engine power.
 

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When I was at the Off Roadeo I asked one of the instructors if they had a comparison of how the Pirellis compared to the Falkens. He said every BS they've had came with Falkens.
I looked at the BS's in our group at the TX Off Rodeo back in March. They all had Pirellis.

They did much better than I thought they would. That could be because the AWD in the Sport is really good.

I ordered the Falkens on mine.
 

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Hi,

I took part of an off-road driving clinic at Rey Park (at Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina). It was a whole day of enjoyment and a great learning experience. I can confirm that the BS Wildtrack (a.k.a Badlands) is a really wild beast and very capable. My only concern is with clearance!! Just 2 inches more height and it will be perfect!!!

Most of the time I used Rock Crawl mode in order to have all the locks engaged and the lowest gear possible. It could manage every obstacle with no effort... just a couple of "hungs" due to the insufficient clearance. You can also hear many of the bumps in the lower part during the video.

I tested Trial Control a couple of times: one descending the first hill and another time during the field trail and found it very useful.

I planned to try the "left foot on brake and right foot on throttle" technique to see how it worked out, but forgot to do it... next time! Using just one foot to control both pedals makes the truck to jump at the end of the obstacle, the idea is to dosify the power using both pedals at the same time (similar to what the Trail Control does automatically)

So, without further ado enjoy and, please, comment the video



Eduardo
increíble eduardo me encantaría que aquí en mexico hicieran una actividad así los de Fordç

Incredible Eduardo i would love that ford organized and activity like that here in mexico
 
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Hi Luis,

this was not sponsored by Ford. There is near to zero off-road events sponsored by Ford Argentina and when they do its limited to a dozen participants or so!!!
Jeep does have an offroad campus where every buyer of a SUV can have some free training but Ford let us on our own... sad!

Saludos!
 


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FYI, the Bronco probably won't let you do it. I have big clumsy feet and hitting both pedals at once sends it into a tizzy of warnings and it cuts/kills the engine power.
That’s a safety feature that manufacturers had to implement after the “unintended acceleration “ accidents a few years back.
 

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Yeah you couldn’t do that in my family’s other car - Outback Wilderness, despite Subaru marketing it as more off-road capable. Definitely liking my Badlands!
 
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Hi Robert!

Thank you for sharing my video! I´ve posted it here a while ago...

Fell free to sneak into my youtube channel and take a look of other videos of a workshop in the sand dunes and some trips through Argentina with the BS!
 

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A number of interesting obstacles in the park, looked like a lot of fun. Thumbs-up to the driver, passenger the spotters and the video.

Also the Bronco Sport, with stock tires no less.
Great job.
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