Escaped in a escape!

Raul B

Raul B

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Kyle, Hays County, Texas, United States
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The guys at Rigs N cofee set up a trip to figuora mtn this weekend and since my f150 is still at Mercenary Offroad getting some more work done I decided to take out my 4wd escape. Obviously it's not a true 4wd and it's on street tires but im happy at how it did. Can't beat 29mpg :).

Just like Michael always says. It doesn't matter what you drive.

If you want to follow me on social media it's @adventuringinautism and @overlandf150.

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Raul...love your attitude. Made me think of one of my favorite trips to Colorado. Took my daily driver and did a 2 week trip to the San Juans and did the Alpine Skyway...in a Gen I Honda CRV with All Wheel Drive. Were we able to go everywhere? No, but we made 90% of the trails on our list. And the looks we got from the Jeep/Tacoma/Landcruiser crowd was priceless. Good on you Raul. Take what ya got and enjoy.
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Biker Eagle said:
Raul...love your attitude. Made me think of one of my favorite trips to Colorado. Took my daily driver and did a 2 week trip to the San Juans and did the Alpine Skyway...in a Gen I Honda CRV with All Wheel Drive. Were we able to go everywhere? No, but we made 90% of the trails on our list. And the looks we got from the Jeep/Tacoma/Landcruiser crowd was priceless. Good on you Raul. Take what ya got and enjoy.
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I have never set up and packed soo quickly. It Def has me thinking of how I want to change up the bed of my rig.
 
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Honestly I sold an 86 Toyota that was bobbed and locked for my current 05 Escape due to family commitments. Honestly I dont regret it. The Escape I think is one of those greatly underestimated rigs, many other XUVs fit this as well. I think a majority of people who go "off road" would be just fine with a XUV...
 
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Dilldog said:
Honestly I sold an 86 Toyota that was bobbed and locked for my current 05 Escape due to family commitments. Honestly I dont regret it. The Escape I think is one of those greatly underestimated rigs, many other XUVs fit this as well. I think a majority of people who go "off road" would be just fine with a XUV...
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I agree. I was actually very comfortable in my escape. If you saw the video you could see that I had a lil problem getting back up but that is mainly due to thr street tires. If this was my onky rig I would get a second set of cheap rims with all terrains and it would prob go 60% of the trails I already do and get twice the mpg.
 
Biker Eagle said:
Raul...love your attitude. Made me think of one of my favorite trips to Colorado. Took my daily driver and did a 2 week trip to the San Juans and did the Alpine Skyway...in a Gen I Honda CRV with All Wheel Drive. Were we able to go everywhere? No, but we made 90% of the trails on our list. And the looks we got from the Jeep/Tacoma/Landcruiser crowd was priceless. Good on you Raul. Take what ya got and enjoy.
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Awww yeah, way to represent the #CRVnation, brother! :D

I love my RD1 CR-V. Here's my build thread, in case you're interested:

1999 Honda CR-V - "Ganbaru"

Hello all, Figured I'd start a build thread even though not a ton of progress has been made on this rig of mine. I figure it's as much a "to do" list for me as it is sharing my journey building up the CR-V with you guys. My rig is, as mentioned, a '99 CR-V. The CR-V debuted in 1997 and...
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Awesome! I probably went more places (overall) in my stock 01 Grand Cherokee then my heavily modded 4Runner. Both were my DD but the Runner was built for what I did 10% of the time...the other 90% it was overkill.

I have a feeling my new Grand Cherokee will take me everywhere I want to go. I’m not super into hardcore trails anymore anyway.
 
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Cougar1968 said:
Awesome! I probably went more places (overall) in my stock 01 Grand Cherokee then my heavily modded 4Runner. Both were my DD but the Runner was built for what I did 10% of the time...the other 90% it was overkill.

I have a feeling my new Grand Cherokee will take me everywhere I want to go. I’m not super into hardcore trails anymore anyway.
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That's why my LX is stock save for KO2 e-load tires and the removal of the running boards. Th vehicle is far more capable than my skill in driving it off-road. Then again, my 2-wheel drive van has taken me to at least 80% of the places I like to go here in the west.
 
The better half had a old body 2011 escape that we took alot of places. Nice well built car. She sold it and bought a f150 but some a/t tires on that lil escape and it went anywhere. Great in the snow!
 
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Biker Eagle said:
Raul...love your attitude. Made me think of one of my favorite trips to Colorado. Took my daily driver and did a 2 week trip to the San Juans and did the Alpine Skyway...in a Gen I Honda CRV with All Wheel Drive. Were we able to go everywhere? No, but we made 90% of the trails on our list. And the looks we got from the Jeep/Tacoma/Landcruiser crowd was priceless. Good on you Raul. Take what ya got and enjoy.
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Looks awesome
 
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