Project Canyonero

[WRXtranceformed]

Averaged 23.5mpg one way, 24.5mpg on the way back. Really impressive for a gasser truck! The tonneau worked like a champ and I am pretty convinced now that a truck is the absolute best beach trip vehicle. No worries about sandy gear / towels / bathing suits, just toss all that janks in the back, close the cover and forget about it. I also got to try out the 4WD for the first time. We parked in the sand parking lot at the end of a remote beach access and due to the angle of the spot I was getting stuck trying to back out in RWD. Decided to try the "Auto" setting to see how it worked vs. just popping it in 4H or 4L and it was pretty cool to feel the car sense the slippage and instantly BOOM engage 4WD and muscle out of the spot. For serious sand driving I would air the tires down next time but for all 200 feet of sand driving and a really tight parking lot that required some finesse to get out of, I was really impressed. Who says you don't need a 4WD truck living in the south?! (even though that's legit the first time I've used it :lol

Only other hiccup recently was I noticed before we left that the tread on the driver's side step bar is like cracking off at the seam. I guess GM uses a plastic tread epoxied or liquid welded onto the metal step bar. Truck doesn't even have 15k miles on it and it's covered under bumper to bumper so I'm not worried about it, it's on order. But I guess I'll keep an eye on this in the future as it will probably happen again.