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Thanks @Zed. Indeed I have checked that sand mode (4H) does engage rear difflock right away. Can turn it off and keep it off. 4L does not automatically switch it on.. 4L becomes manual on and off. Given your descriptions above.. think maybe the 'sand mode' ( 4H + diff lock ) is aimed at american baja type flat sand desert driving rather than up and over of dunes.... ie lots of drifting on fairly level ground. yeah the cresting whilst turning over it @Julien Recan left me thinking about this all weekend.

@Julien Recanand I had a brief chat about using rear diff lock engaged in the sand full time. I've been using this recently and have seen some notes that Jeep sand runner has the same functionality when in desert offroad mode (up to 100kph) What's the pros and cons of this? I note that this mode (on my vehicle at least) requires center diff engaged as well for 4WD (or just 2H), which is the default in sand mode. I did half my drive on Saturday in 4H + rear and centre locked, then half in 4A (unlocked centre and rear diff). Could not perceive any difference to my driving experience in the large dunes in nahel. Added page from manual from reference for locks and modes etc. @ZedI'm sure you have some opinions on it?

Bro nooooo... Jeep didn't make it?? Can hit me up on instagram to get my phone number if U wanna ask any specific questions etc. Def go take it for a test drive and see what you think. It's certainly much longer than the Jeep so the feel might not be what you're after. It's a boat.... But it's a jet-boat 😎 Best luck with the car hunt 🙏

https://photos.app.goo.gl/yoPwGEYVgBNZwNt66 Whole crew doing some more sidies with a lot of sand splash at the end

Thanks everyone for a excellent drive. @JeromeFJgreat leading taking us into some exciting and new (for me) terrain. Really spectacular scenery. The FB+ debutantes @Aserand @Shaun J drove supremely well, and were very handy with the shovels digging my car or from the full body cresting on the ridge! I claimed first stuck of the drive 😎 Both myself and @Robk got to enjoy the full pleasure of long wheel base vehicles in technical dunes with some shovels and ropes. The big bowls were great fun, as were the back and forth crossing of ridges towards the end of the drive. Was great to see big combo of FJs, jeeps, the big patrol, and the retro livery LC71 dominating everything that Jerome put in our parh Here's a couple of captures videos of the convoy... I'll get some more of my camera tonight I hope. Cheers and see you all in the sand again soon. https://photos.app.goo.gl/gTS4rsRDK2pW3i1h7 Side sloping https://photos.app.goo.gl/nRtnjCE9gZAvxry5A Briefing sky time-lapse https://photos.app.goo.gl/6VsNe46o3uZczysdA Team loops https://photos.app.goo.gl/kJqXDdDDf7BrjSQAA Ridge crossing with refusal

See you all tomorrow bright and early

Enjoy 100 mate

Nice helper feature @Gaurav., but nothing beats just practising doing it manually 😅👍 Some offroad modes don't lock the rear diff in 4H. Sand mode does. But then rear diff can be configured 3 ways in offroad mode in 4H, Locked at all speeds. Locked at < 40, then automatically unlock above 40kph, relock when speed drops. Unlocked at all speeds. And then save that as the new default for your custom off road mode.

Ha! Was only 3 when I typed the above .. gotta be quick on the reservations around here mate 😜

@Zed come do drive 100 out here with us this weekend mate 😎

its one of those great mysteries that could be easily solved by a extra page in the user guide

i believe from looking at the other comments in the forums the 10 second long press will fully kill the ESC if you are in sand mode with rear locker on. In BAJA mode the 'active rollover prevention' mode will stay on even with ESC long press and mess with the brakes if it thinks you are over a certain angle. Can be prevented with by removing the ABS relay or aftermarket kill switch... in any case i have not noticed it kicking in unless im in baja mode or forgot to switch from 'normal'.

price is about right. of course can negotiate on price and insurance etc to get a better deal. The 392 and F-150 raptor R move into much higher price brackets very quickly, with the added extra power. However at the weight/price of rubicon / ram / tacoma i think the stats tend to lean in favour of the ranger (rubicon of course kills it in angle of approach but i think ranger is good enough for the dune bashing vs rock crawling needs here) Nice that its also the same model (Thailand built) that has been extensively desert proven in last 2 years in Aus and South Africa. Its now a known quantity in the desert with the quirks well known. ( not having full under body armour... if u look at my insta you can see the full body plates remedy for this ). Lots of aftermarket build parts from offroad shops in au/za/th and a few garages here have worked on quite a few of the uae delivered models now to know what needs to be done. prewired aux switches with cable butts in rear under the tray and engine bay makes installing compressors / lights simple enough to do at home. fyi comes standard here with nice electric rolling tonneau cover.. which def does the job for me. apart from bash plate some some pretty lights im staying stock this time around

Hey mate. Just recently changed from pajero to ranger raptor. It's definately ready to go out of the box. Rated very good on the @Gauravscale of power to weight for desert play. Great clearance. Suspension is unbelievable when off road (and on) My only issues at the moment are trying to find most comfortable driving mode in sand. I find that the baja mode holds the throttle a bit longer than you would expect when you take the foot off (to keep the turbos spooled).... Might just take more getting used to. Rear end can feel a little loose as there is very little weight over the rear wheels. So I've noticed a bit of changes to my driving style. Using Baja suspension mode, 4H, sand mode with full time rear diff lock enaganed, ESC turned off seems to be the sweet spot for me. 'Off-road cruise' set to 2kph with front and rear diff lock engaged will automatically crawl you out of any refusals allowing you to focusing on just getting wheel angles right and turning left right to clear sand. Let the truck handle the blip blip. Spent a weekend just making stucks to play recovery and was greatly impressed. Only upgrades required is a thicker bash plate to cover the engine and trans as the factory one is like 2.5mm aluminium. Price point to power and features I think U get a very compelling package compared to the offerings in other truck brands and the jeeps. let me know if you want more info or anything cheers mate.

Congrats 🎉

Looks like the promotion went through @Batuhan Kulac great work smashing out all the FB+ drives! see you in the sand again sometime soon

good work @Aser 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 see you saturday for the first FB+ drive??? 😎😎😎😎

Nice one @Shaun J Looking forward to driving with you on some FB+ drives soon 👏👏👏👏