2-door ADV Arrived at the Dealership!

4merMP said:

My wife & I went to see our new 2-door ADV at the dealership. They won't have it done until probably week after next. They're still waiting on the 3 harnesses for the lighting. They do have a small, grassy lot across the road, so we were able to jump in it and check it out.
Overall, I'd say we are pleased. We really didn't have the opportunity to test it anywhere other than the lot, but the ride was good and it really didn't feel top heavy or tippy. I'm pretty sure the shocks were set in the middle. I think the ride itself is definitely smoother than my Ranger Northstar with Elka Stage 5 shocks.
The cab was as quiet, or possibly a little quieter than the Ranger. Running about 15-18 mph, the stereo had to be turned up to about 50-60% volume for me to feel like I was hearing it well enough. But I am hard of hearing. My wife, I'm sure, heard it better than I did. But honestly, not a big deal for us, either way, as we rarely ever have the radio on in anything, except for the GMRS on the trails.
I was a little bit disappointed in the interior seating. I'm 6'2" and could not begin to get my legs straightened out, with the seat all the way to the rear. It does have a little more leg room than the Ranger, but the console kinda crowds me at the knees. That will take some getting used to.
I also noticed I sit lower to the window than in my Ranger. In the Ranger, I can stick my head out and look down along the side when pulling on and off the trailer.
I think by putting a seat cushion in the seat, it will elevate me to be able to straighten my legs a bit more, and to be able to see down along the side of the vehicle. I would have probably used a cushion, regardless. Low back and hip issues. So that's no big deal.
I was surprised to see it didn't feel sluggish at all in the Comfort mode. I switched it to check the Standard and Sport modes, and yes, you certainly can tell the difference. But we didn't have the room to really check it much. I babied it, for the most part. Just drove fast enough in the turns to check for body roll. So far, so good.
I was surprised to not see a way to adjust the seat back on at least the driver side.
My wife, Vickie, felt like she was laying back in the seat, but after riding in it a few minutes, she said it wasn't really too bad. She is 5'4" and her left foot would not reach the foot rest. She could reach the right side foot rest alright, though.
Something else I didn't like is how low the seat belt snaps in. I wish they'd have extended it up a bit to make it easier to reach. But I think we can extend that with a little modification. The dealer also was going to check to see if the seat or angle of the seat might have some adjustment, like he said the high end RZR has.
The controls were all fine. Mostly the same as our Northstar with ride Command. So I think that will all be pretty intuitive.
I did look for the adjusters on top of the shocks, and can say they are more difficult to get to than I'd hoped...especially the right rear. I looked and couldn't even see the oil filter, but didn't the dealer about it. He had already said they hadn't really had a chance to even figure out how to get to it yet.
I think routine maintenance will be tougher to get to things than the Ranger...for sure. The guys ordering the XPs, however, won't see much difference.
A few pictures...

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4merMP said:

My wife & I went to see our new 2-door ADV at the dealership. They won't have it done until probably week after next. They're still waiting on the 3 harnesses for the lighting. They do have a small, grassy lot across the road, so we were able to jump in it and check it out.
Overall, I'd say we are pleased. We really didn't have the opportunity to test it anywhere other than the lot, but the ride was good and it really didn't feel top heavy or tippy. I'm pretty sure the shocks were set in the middle. I think the ride itself is definitely smoother than my Ranger Northstar with Elka Stage 5 shocks.
The cab was as quiet, or possibly a little quieter than the Ranger. Running about 15-18 mph, the stereo had to be turned up to about 50-60% volume for me to feel like I was hearing it well enough. But I am hard of hearing. My wife, I'm sure, heard it better than I did. But honestly, not a big deal for us, either way, as we rarely ever have the radio on in anything, except for the GMRS on the trails.
I was a little bit disappointed in the interior seating. I'm 6'2" and could not begin to get my legs straightened out, with the seat all the way to the rear. It does have a little more leg room than the Ranger, but the console kinda crowds me at the knees. That will take some getting used to.
I also noticed I sit lower to the window than in my Ranger. In the Ranger, I can stick my head out and look down along the side when pulling on and off the trailer.
I think by putting a seat cushion in the seat, it will elevate me to be able to straighten my legs a bit more, and to be able to see down along the side of the vehicle. I would have probably used a cushion, regardless. Low back and hip issues. So that's no big deal.
I was surprised to see it didn't feel sluggish at all in the Comfort mode. I switched it to check the Standard and Sport modes, and yes, you certainly can tell the difference. But we didn't have the room to really check it much. I babied it, for the most part. Just drove fast enough in the turns to check for body roll. So far, so good.
I was surprised to not see a way to adjust the seat back on at least the driver side.
My wife, Vickie, felt like she was laying back in the seat, but after riding in it a few minutes, she said it wasn't really too bad. She is 5'4" and her left foot would not reach the foot rest. She could reach the right side foot rest alright, though.
Something else I didn't like is how low the seat belt snaps in. I wish they'd have extended it up a bit to make it easier to reach. But I think we can extend that with a little modification. The dealer also was going to check to see if the seat or angle of the seat might have some adjustment, like he said the high end RZR has.
The controls were all fine. Mostly the same as our Northstar with ride Command. So I think that will all be pretty intuitive.
I did look for the adjusters on top of the shocks, and can say they are more difficult to get to than I'd hoped...especially the right rear. I looked and couldn't even see the oil filter, but didn't ask the dealer about it. He had already said they hadn't really had a chance to even figure out how to get to it yet.
I think routine maintenance will be tougher to get to things than the Ranger...for sure. The guys ordering the XPs, however, won't see much difference.
A few pictures...

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4merMP said:

I looked and couldn't even see the oil filter, but didn't ask the dealer about it. He had already said they hadn't really had a chance to even figure out how to get to it yet.
I think routine maintenance will be tougher to get to things than the Ranger...for sure. The guys ordering the XPs, however, won't see much difference.

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4merMP said:

Well, we finally picked up our ADV Northstar today. It came in more than a month ago, but with the holiday, the dealership didn't get started on until 7/5 adding all the options I purchased. They had all the factory options installed within a few days. But I kept ordering things. Then we were busy traveling for a couple weeks. That was enough time for the WD kit, GMRS radio and Rigid chase light to come in and be installed.

After opting for the chase light instead of the Rigid 10" light bar for the rear end, we decided to go with Rigid cube lights w/ flood pattern on the HD rear bumper. I was going to settle for for them being on a switch, but the guys at the shop found a harness that turned them into reverse/ back-up lights. With that harness, you can also put it into neutral and hold the brake down for 2 seconds to turn the light of and on when not in reverse. I thought that was pretty slick.

Here's my salesman, Brad, and service tech, Shawn, who did all the work at Indy Powersports. They really did a nice job for us.

We're still waiting on our spare tire and the wiring harness for the 50" light bar to come in. But we were finally back home and decided to go pick it up and bring it home. I''ll get a lot more photos over the weekend.

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