A summary of our inaugural run with our new 2017-P1K5LE. Accessories = Hard roof, bed extender, rear fabric window, Warn 4500 winch.
Put on 157 km/95 miles 18.3 litres/ 4.75 USG fuel - 3rd bar on fuel gauge just extinguished when we ended our run. . It was an easy trail....abandoned rail bed all the way. Very little change in topography. Ran 25-35 mph most all day
Ran mostly turf mode and used 2WLock for a couple of wet spots.... probably could of stayed in turf mod...e.
The 2017 models have not cured the hot seat problem. Oddly it seemed the heat would come and go, but it was quite noticeable on a 70F day. I know what they mean when the steam hits... got a hot surge on a couple of puddles. Had to move the soft sided cooler to the bench to try to keep the ice. Engine temp gauge never moved off of 2 bars.
Wished I played with the suspension more. Stayed at #2 setting. Seemed a little stiff, but this is my first SxS so I don't have much to compare it too.
Power is fantastic, and the convenience of the automatic transmission was exceptional. I really really liked being able to down shift rather than brake. Never tried the Manual or Sport mode yet.... had too much fun in automatic. I did notice that sometime when I did manually downshift to come to a stop or anytime I downshifted to 1st gear, when I accelerated, occasionally there seemed to be an excessive lag time before shifting to full automatic... and several times I had to upshift manually to get out of first gear when I was in auto mode... thoughts? Had a couple of steep inclines and the engine braking was great during the decent !!!!
Seat comfort and roominess of the cab is excellent. I'm a big fella and there was tons of "belly to steering wheel" clearance even with the tilt steering all the way down. My wife can have back issues on long runs... not a comment nor complaint of discomfort all day.
The pups loved it....going to build them a better pen for travel. Just had doggie beds in the back but will want to build something with sides and well padded for comfort and rough trails.
I fixed a passenger door rattle before hitting the trail... and I need to adjust the rear passenger as it rattled noticeably during the day.
Hot seat will be cured before next run - and definitely needs to be extended to cover the lower back area too.... if that can be done?
Didn't get a chance to try I4WD or the hill assist.... next time.
Will be replacing my ratchet straps with "hooks" with ratchet straps with "hooks with a keeper". Had one strap let go from the d-ring tie down 3 times while transporting. Will fix that with the clip in hooks next trip.
We had a ball, got lotsa looks on the trail... not many LEs around yet. Cant wait for next run.
Put on 157 km/95 miles 18.3 litres/ 4.75 USG fuel - 3rd bar on fuel gauge just extinguished when we ended our run. . It was an easy trail....abandoned rail bed all the way. Very little change in topography. Ran 25-35 mph most all day
Ran mostly turf mode and used 2WLock for a couple of wet spots.... probably could of stayed in turf mod...e.
The 2017 models have not cured the hot seat problem. Oddly it seemed the heat would come and go, but it was quite noticeable on a 70F day. I know what they mean when the steam hits... got a hot surge on a couple of puddles. Had to move the soft sided cooler to the bench to try to keep the ice. Engine temp gauge never moved off of 2 bars.
Wished I played with the suspension more. Stayed at #2 setting. Seemed a little stiff, but this is my first SxS so I don't have much to compare it too.
Power is fantastic, and the convenience of the automatic transmission was exceptional. I really really liked being able to down shift rather than brake. Never tried the Manual or Sport mode yet.... had too much fun in automatic. I did notice that sometime when I did manually downshift to come to a stop or anytime I downshifted to 1st gear, when I accelerated, occasionally there seemed to be an excessive lag time before shifting to full automatic... and several times I had to upshift manually to get out of first gear when I was in auto mode... thoughts? Had a couple of steep inclines and the engine braking was great during the decent !!!!
Seat comfort and roominess of the cab is excellent. I'm a big fella and there was tons of "belly to steering wheel" clearance even with the tilt steering all the way down. My wife can have back issues on long runs... not a comment nor complaint of discomfort all day.
The pups loved it....going to build them a better pen for travel. Just had doggie beds in the back but will want to build something with sides and well padded for comfort and rough trails.
I fixed a passenger door rattle before hitting the trail... and I need to adjust the rear passenger as it rattled noticeably during the day.
Hot seat will be cured before next run - and definitely needs to be extended to cover the lower back area too.... if that can be done?
Didn't get a chance to try I4WD or the hill assist.... next time.
Will be replacing my ratchet straps with "hooks" with ratchet straps with "hooks with a keeper". Had one strap let go from the d-ring tie down 3 times while transporting. Will fix that with the clip in hooks next trip.
We had a ball, got lotsa looks on the trail... not many LEs around yet. Cant wait for next run.
