UT400--120 days, 520 miles

[cliffyk]

As the title suggests, today marks 120 days and 520 miles since I bought my 2020 UT400 from Tractor Supply. I like it, here;s a synopsis of my experience so far:

Delivery on 10/29/2020 was uneventful, BUT my first ride was interrupted by the damned undocumented seat belt safety "feature", the staff at TS knew nothing about it, but somewhat accidentally I found the driver's belt was wired and "bugged"--problem #1 solved;;

Next I had to screw around with the State of Florida to get it registered and titled--that took a month and my trailering  it 150 miles round trip to have it "inspected' and documented as a 'low speed vehicle'"; 

Got it titled on 11/25/2020;

At 13-15 miles or so it decided it did not like shifting into reverse--the shift cable adjustment is finicky, with examination and trial and error I developed an adjustment procedure around the neutral position;

At 15 hours I changed the fluids as recommended;

Next, nothing major for the next 400 miles when I changed the front and rear gearbox juice just to make me happy;

Today I drove it to the beach (2.5 miles East, including 1.2 miles at 45+ mph (50 on the "Clock",  45 on the GPS)--the dog and I had a great time. This was the 4th or5th time I've had it "on the road" at 40+--it seems to like or at least tolerate it. Beach, dunes, deep sand no problems.

26 mpg overall  since new--not too bad.

It's a well engineered and built machine however Coleman and Hisun are shooting themselves in the foot with their crappy documentation--I've contacted both but they don't seem to care.

I like it!!!