Why do many people choose Toyota SUV when they go to the desert?

On this trip to the desert, we drove three cars, a shepherd's five-door Shahara, a cheetah Fit (parameter | picture) and a Honda CRV. This is my first time to drive in the desert with my friends. Before leaving, I also made some strategies. Although I drive a 2.4 four-wheel drive Honda CRV, I have no confidence in desert cross-country. After all, it's just a city SUV. A real off-road vehicle, first, must have a non-load-bearing body. The biggest feature of the non-loaded car body is that the car body is strongly buckled on the chassis, and the strength of the car body and the chassis is very strong. Secondly, real off-road vehicles are equipped with differential locks except four-wheel drive. No matter what kind of four-wheel drive is used in off-road vehicles, the differential lock is very limited. At this time, when the vehicle falls into the sand or mud pit, causing the idle speed of the automobile driving axle to recur and continue driving, the maximum torque is transmitted to the anti-skid driving axle by quickly locking the differential lock, so as to ensure that the vehicle can "get out of trouble". Thirdly, for off-road vehicles, the higher the chassis, the better the passability, but in addition to the chassis, the front and rear angles and wheelbase of real off-road vehicles also directly affect the passability of off-road vehicles.

I know in my heart that my four-wheel drive Honda CRV is definitely not suitable for desert cross-country, but I still want to try. Before preparing to enter the desert, we came to the camp for adjustment and inspection. First of all, it is very important to adjust the tire pressure for desert off-road vehicles. Its purpose is to increase the friction between tires and sand and improve the passability of vehicles. Generally, the tire pressure of desert off-road tires should be kept between 0.8- 1.0BAR. If the air pressure is too high, it will easily fall off, and if it is too low, it will easily fall off.

Besides, you must prepare a flagpole. Because of the complex desert terrain and many sand slopes, the purpose of vehicles inserting long flagpoles is to attract the attention of vehicles in the same industry and other directions and reduce the accident rate. After preparation, we entered the desert and came to the first hillside. My CRV didn't go up several times, which made me a little depressed, but I was also comforted to see that many SUVs failed. My friends, the shepherd and Jimmy, went up very quietly. I sent my car back to the camp and crossed the desert in my friend's car. However, when the blade is trapped in the sand due to control error, the towing rope comes in handy, so friends try to let other vehicles pass through the desert. The towing rope is the longest tool used in the desert.

Finally, on the way across the desert, we saw many bumper wrecks and many cars trapped in the desert. Experienced drivers will definitely remove the bumper before entering the desert and then choose to enter the desert. If the approach angle and departure angle of vehicles in the desert are not properly controlled, it is difficult to protect the bumper. In addition, parking in the desert should choose slopes as far as possible to avoid sudden braking to form sand piles, which will affect the vehicle's starting again. For desert cross-country, there are still many problems to pay attention to, but the most important thing is safe driving. We must go hand in hand to avoid problems that we can't solve. While experiencing off-road fun, personal safety is the most important.