All suspension parts break in, can take up to 5000 miles for everything to settle.
New vehicles are aligned when they leave the factory. By the time you have a few thousand miles on it, it'll probably have a little extra toe that'll make the steer ahead off center.
Here is my truck after 7500...
Took Silverado road to the Maple Spring Truck Trail then went up Main Divide to Santiago lookout.
Very cool ride, took about an hour and a half from the Trailhead to the summit. Lots of other people on the trail, bicyclists, 4x4, hikers, everyone was super nice and courteous though.
Snapshot...
Very cool drive, pretty easy, fine for first time dirt if you don't mind some washboard :like: Didn't need 4Hi all.
We drove it East to West. West to East is a significant climb.
This last one is a fire we saw on the way in on the Diablo Range side, showed up on the Calfire map as...
Cool trail, took about 1hr, going 10mph most of the time. Very scenic, goes through coastal cliffs, small plains, redwood forests. Drove it from the South, Andrew Molera State Park to the North, exiting at Bixby Canyon bridge.
Somewhat rutted in spots but overall you could probably do this in...
Now I can't say "never driven offroad" or "never wheeled" ? my poor resale value.. anyways
Didn't air down, used 4Lo after the trans temp started to go up once we hit the dirt, which didn't take long. Only did a few thousand feet of dirt, ran out of time to get to the summit. Did the orange...