R1T Off Roading With ICE 4Runner… Someone Broke Down…

Calvin2518 · Aug 12, 2023

I ran Argentine Pass on Friday with a good friend of mine who has a 1984 4Runner on 37’s.

First of all- if anyone here in Colorado hasn’t run Argentine Pass - you should. I’d love to go with you.

Well it didn’t take long for him to run into some engine problems. We sat on the trail for about 1.5 hours while he tried to get his rig started again. Eventually I had to tow him out… ha! He was very anti-EV before this outing. I had to tow him up about a mile to a good turnaround spot and then tow him back down about 10 miles back down to the bottom. The Rivian handled it all incredibly well!

Then we decided to still run the trail and made it to the top with ease. A few rims took some minor hits, but that’s to be expected with these kind of trails.

Rivian R1T R1S R1T Off Roading With ICE 4Runner… Someone Broke Down… IMG_7228

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Rivian R1T R1S R1T Off Roading With ICE 4Runner… Someone Broke Down… IMG_7244

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Rivian R1T R1S R1T Off Roading With ICE 4Runner… Someone Broke Down… IMG_7259

Calvin2518 · Aug 12, 2023

Side note - I had no service up on the trail. While waiting for him when he didn’t need my help- I used the truck’s Wi-Fi hotspot and sat in the comfy A/C answering emails and even closed a few work deals at 12,000+ feet. Love this truck.

dgennetten · Aug 13, 2023

I've been up that pass many times as a kid in a Willy's with family. Just got my notice for lockdown on my R1S. That will be one of my earliest destinations! (Down from Fort Collins). Let's go!

Calvin2518 · Aug 13, 2023

dgennetten said:
I've been up that pass many times as a kid in a Willy's with family. Just got my notice for lockdown on my R1S. That will be one of my earliest destinations! (Down from Fort Collins). Let's go!

Let’s GO!!!! The Rivian handled it so so well. I continue to be impressed by this vehicle!

Congrats on the R1S!

obfuscurity · Aug 13, 2023

That video had me :CWL:

, well played sir.

Calvin2518 · Aug 13, 2023

obfuscurity said:
That video had me , well played sir.

Hahaha, mission accomplished! I was cracking myself up too. I had to share it here ?

dgennetten · Aug 13, 2023

We belonged to a small Denver-based Jeep club in the '70s called "Winch-n-Go." I have tons of photos of Argentine Pass (and all over the Colorado Rockies) from around that time. Will be fun to look them up and compare

Calvin2518 · Aug 13, 2023

dgennetten said:
We belonged to a small Denver-based Jeep club in the '70s called "Winch-n-Go." I have tons of photos of Argentine Pass (and all over the Colorado Rockies) from around that time. Will be fun to look them up and compare

You definitely need to post them here! That’s too cool! Argentine was one of the first off road passes I did when I got into four wheeling, it’s always had a special place in my heart and always fun to compare over the years. I got this one a few years ago up there.

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jwanderson88 · Aug 13, 2023

The trouble with an almost-100,000-dollar car is you don't want to do anything that gets it dirty

. Maybe I'll get over that.

Dark-Fx · Aug 13, 2023

Calvin2518 said:
First of all- if anyone here in Colorado hasn’t run Argentine Pass - you should. I’d love to go with you.

I'll look you up if we ever go out west with the Rivian.

Andystroh · Aug 13, 2023

Last summer we had to drive out a few people from Medano pass where some of the deep mud holes and swamped their alternator and the Land Cruiser was dead. We found them hiking out and drove them to salida. Also pulled out some people stuck in their rentals in the deep sand near the dunes.

cool to hear it did well on Argentine, we went up to the gate on the south side in June But it was still closed for snow. We also skied Argentine peak this year so I guess we’ve done all but the higher elevation portion, it’s a pretty area.

SACDFJC · Aug 13, 2023

The 22R engine in the 4Runner is bulletproof. They will practically run without any oil. The coils are notorious for crapping out. Did he figure out if the problem was fuel, air or spark?

COdogman · Aug 13, 2023

Only thing missing from this thread is a pic of a suddenly modest 4 Runner driver who had to suffer the worst fate an anti EV off roader could ever experience if they lived 1000 lives.

Calvin2518 · Aug 13, 2023

jwanderson88 said:
The trouble with an almost-100,000-dollar car is you don't want to do anything that gets it dirty . Maybe I'll get over that.

You will! You’ll need to scratch a rim or two too to pop that trail cherry, too. Lol.

Calvin2518 · Aug 13, 2023

Dark-Fx said:
I'll look you up if we ever go out west with the Rivian.

Brian it would be great to meet you! That would be great, would love to show you guys around.

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