Uploaded April 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The part I was most nervous about is around 15:50.
Video is shot on an iPod Touch mounted to the roof of the car, so stabilization and image quality isn't the best. There is only one camera angle throughout the whole video, so the video doesn't do big bumps and obstacles justice. I did not withdraw any scene from the original footages. Whatever you see is whatever I originally shot.
Car is a 2014 Toyota RAV4 XLE FWD (XA40). This was my first time off-roading with no one to guide me so I did what I thought was safe. Traction control can sometimes be counter intuitive in off-roading.
Overall, I think the FWD RAV4 is a decent car for crawling up your front lawn, but not for real off-roading. The ground clearance just isn't there. The exhaust system and other undercarriage components hang too low to the ground.
The part I was most nervous about is around 15:50.
Video is shot on an iPod Touch mounted to the roof of the car, so stabilization and image quality isn't the best. There is only one camera angle throughout the whole video, so the video doesn't do big bumps and obstacles justice. I did not withdraw any scene from the original footages. Whatever you see is whatever I originally shot.
Car is a 2014 Toyota RAV4 XLE FWD (XA40). This was my first time off-roading with no one to guide me so I did what I thought was safe. Traction control can sometimes be counter intuitive in off-roading.
Overall, I think the FWD RAV4 is a decent car for crawling up your front lawn, but not for real off-roading. The ground clearance just isn't there. The exhaust system and other undercarriage components hang too low to the ground.
