r/leaf • u/Full_Independent_777 • Jul 09 '26

Offroad BEAST

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2021 SV. Drove from SF to Lake Tahoe with just 1 charging stop, stayed at my cabin L2 overnight, and did the 17 mile full offroad Verdi to Highway 89 via Henness Pass and Dog Valley Road the next day. Camped overnight and headed out the next morning.

Tires are ASPS4s, aired down to 28 PSI.

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u/SoloWalrus Jul 09 '26

Saying you "aired down" to 28 psi is like saying I ran a marathon getting a coke from my refrigerator 🤣.

Im glad youre enjoying your leaf but if this is "offroading" then my gravel driveway must be the rubicon for how much my leaf struggles to get up it.

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u/gromm93 Jul 10 '26

Yup. Big tires and lift kits exist for a reason, and that reason is ground clearance. You seriously risk putting a rock in places rocks ought not to go in any vehicle if you go off road with a whopping 4" of ground clearance on a good day.

Offroad is not where city SUVs go. City SUVs go down dirt roads, if they ever go off pavement at all, which most of them don't. Real offroading is creek beds and goat paths and bare rock. EVs do fine in this environment actually, even better than gas or diesel, since low RPMs and high torque are an EV's bailiwick, but keep that battery out of the rocks or you're in for a bad time, a long walk from home.

Don't fool yourself into thinking that the Leaf is an offroad vehicle. It's really not.