Bestop hosted a member of the Chrysler quality management team, Antony Blazevic, this week.
With the objective of reviewing the soft top’s operating and durability characteristics, we took Mr. Blazevic on a quick trip out to Left Hand Canyon after work yesterday.
Left Hand is a good trail, and it’s the closest one to us, so we’re up there quite a bit.
Antony is not too experienced with Colorado off-roading, since he’s from Detroit, but he’s obviously a talented driver: he drove our “RedRock” JK right through some very challenging obstacles. Along for the trip were Dave Wood, our quality manager, and Rick Sabourin, our company President.
That’s Dave’s personal 4 door Rubicon. You’ve got to admire a guy who takes his still-shiny-new rig out on a trail like this. There are a few spots where you can do some damage. But he’s a good driver and went through unscathed. Unless there was a big oil spot on his driveway this morning.
Mr. Blazevic getting ready to roll.
If you see this on the trails, make sure to say hello!
An essential part of any trail run? Explaining exactly how you went over that last rough bit.
Antony pointing out that it’s tough when the setting Colorado sun is dead center in your windshield.
Off Camber. With a steep drop. Good times!
The rough bit. This is called “The Squeeze” and those rocks will push you
against the tree.That’s a good test of a soft top.
It’s gonna lean to the right…just a bit.
This photo is from TrailDamage.com - we went down this, not up. Antony went up on two wheels in this spot. I missed the shot, because I was praying.
We finished in the dark, which is just one of those annoying things that happens when you can’t go off-roading until after you finish working. Some people just have different priorities than I do.
Thanks to Antony Blazevic for joining us on a quick off-road trip. Hope you enjoyed your visit to Bestop.
