DanW
Well-Known Member
Ok, this is funny and I've got the scoop.
I spoke to Dan Mick, the guide and co-driver of the Sorento in the commercial a couple weeks ago while at Hell's Gate. He and his son took turns driving.
First of all, they spent an entire day (maybe two) trying to get it up Hell's Gate. They tried all kinds of things and couldn't get it done. They then told Kia people they needed to disconnect the front sway bar. (I believe he said they removed the whole thing, but it was disconnected, at a minimum.) He then said it was able to get up the hill. If you look carefully, you should see fine print in their commercial that admits to removing the sway bar.
He said he was impressed with the all wheel drive system on the Sorento. I asked him if he was ready to trade his Wrangler for one and he laughed pretty hard. He said the manufacturers are all coming out there and trying to do what Jeep has done with their marketing. He then said that while there are some good vehicles, until we saw him driving something other than a Jeep, we have our answer.
Hell's Revenge is not really so hard as it is scary. There are drive arounds for pretty much every obstacle. It really wouldn't take much of a trail for a JL or JK to leave a Sorento behind, without breaking a sweat. The Sorento would wind up high-centered and would have it's body, undercarriage, and exhaust system be utterly destroyed. Heck, we had a buddy with a built 4 Runner with us that beat his body work up on obstacles that didn't rub even the exhaust tips on my JL. His 4 runner was lifted with 33's.
I spoke to Dan Mick, the guide and co-driver of the Sorento in the commercial a couple weeks ago while at Hell's Gate. He and his son took turns driving.
First of all, they spent an entire day (maybe two) trying to get it up Hell's Gate. They tried all kinds of things and couldn't get it done. They then told Kia people they needed to disconnect the front sway bar. (I believe he said they removed the whole thing, but it was disconnected, at a minimum.) He then said it was able to get up the hill. If you look carefully, you should see fine print in their commercial that admits to removing the sway bar.
He said he was impressed with the all wheel drive system on the Sorento. I asked him if he was ready to trade his Wrangler for one and he laughed pretty hard. He said the manufacturers are all coming out there and trying to do what Jeep has done with their marketing. He then said that while there are some good vehicles, until we saw him driving something other than a Jeep, we have our answer.
Hell's Revenge is not really so hard as it is scary. There are drive arounds for pretty much every obstacle. It really wouldn't take much of a trail for a JL or JK to leave a Sorento behind, without breaking a sweat. The Sorento would wind up high-centered and would have it's body, undercarriage, and exhaust system be utterly destroyed. Heck, we had a buddy with a built 4 Runner with us that beat his body work up on obstacles that didn't rub even the exhaust tips on my JL. His 4 runner was lifted with 33's.
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