Why UTVs are More Popular than EVER - The Smoking Tire
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One of the only categories in sporting vehicles that is actually growing is the UTV, better known as the side-by-side. This segment has a few key players but is dominated by Polaris' RZR (Razor) line. Well, this year, there's an all-new RZR XP designed to be the best, most versatile RZR ever. Polaris invited Matt and Zack to the woods of Tennessee to see what all the fuss is about, and if, at just under $25,000, the new RZR XP is the most fun you can have on four wheels.
Polaris provided travel, lodging, meals, the vehicle, the vehicle and fuel for this review.
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I am a proffesional driving tecnjoque trainer who have worked in the top level of the WRC. I use exactly this type of UTV for training drivers.
On the suspension it moves very similar to an R5/Rallye2/WRC rally car, and as Zack pointed out, weight transfer is very similar.
Thanks for the great review (btw: basically all top rally drivers in the WRC have a UTV.)
As someone who works in the off-road and UTV industry you did a wonderful job on this video.
What is your favorite Limp Bizkit song?
Faith
Vids like this really give me the vibe of zack being half crazed and matt being the adult. Love the chemistry, keep it up gents
This is correct.
I think you guys do great off road content. I would love to see more off road focused or rally style vehicles. The cost of entry to a basic AWD vehicle is way lower than todays sports car cost.
Watch All Cars Go To Heaven 1 and 2 to see cheap cars off road
Glad you guys took a chance on a vehicle like this!
If you guys loved this; you have to get them to give you a go in the Pro R. Naturally aspirated 225hp and a nautical mile of suspension travel.
225 HP in something this small sounds like actual death
I talked my family into renting a few RZRs last year and everyone loved it! These things are unbelievably fun and the performance is insane.
If I lived somewhere with enough open space to use these I’d have one in a heart beat.
Wow, I didnt realize that you guys did a video on the new rzr. You guys did an amazing job on this. The production on this video is insane compared to basically everyone else who is covering it.
As the owner of an RZR, its very interesting to hear your guys take on them considering all the cool stuff ypu get to drive
Your, not your guys 😬
@dominicparker6804 I don't worry about proper english in youtube comments.. sorry
I came back and watched this because y'all mentioned on the podcast that it was getting less attention - I regret not watching it when I saw it come up the first time! As always, awesome writing and production work.
Same, and what a wonderful video
This was fun!!! Zacks maniacal laughter vs Matts sense of mortality is always entertaining to watch play off against each other.
Thanks for talking about this on the podcast! I know you're taking a bath on views on this type of content, but it sure is enjoyable and I am personally watching way more of your videos and enjoying them a lot! Hopefully the viewers find their way to this great content!
Loved this offroad episode!!! Thanks for giving us insight into the UTV experience
Another excellently produced video. I totally get the appeal of these. They're a bit dangerous, a bit cheap, and looks to be a ton of fun. I then think about how I could actually make one work. I would have to buy a truck and trailer it to an ORV that's a couple of hours away. A sports car then seems a lot cheaper and easier to use. It was definitely fun to look at an alternative and see what other options there are. Hopefully you guys are invited on other press events for other non-car vehicles.
Also, between this and the truly fantastic Porsche Dakar video you have the beginnings of an off-road channel.
Now I want to see you guys in the 225hp Pro R with 29” of active suspension!
For those who can license UTVs, the result is more flexibility for general use. I've seen UTVs at grocery stores and other common daily travel chores. I myself chose to pass on a UTV and got an ATV instead, a Can-Am Outlander 850 Max version. The "Max" is a tandem 2-Seater version with a longer wheelbase and dedicated second seat. I wanted less of a car/truck experience and more of a riding on top of it (kind of) motorcycle experience. Also note, there are some trails that are restricted to 50" wide (their is usually a narrow gate to get through) so that restricts all but the narrowest of UTVs.
Awesome to see you guys expanding your content. I'm also glad you enjoyed the XP, lots of work went into it! (I worked on the new engine platform) Now you need to try a Pro R with twice the power!
"soaks up a bump like rick james" LMAO
Another highly entertaining video from the TST crew. Thanks boys! Shocked at how few views these new (old) format videos are getting.
I heard on the podcast that this video didn’t get the views, but as an OG fan please keep bringing us stuff like this when it works for you. Sure, I don’t want a side by side, I live near Oakland, but I’m always here to see you guys goof off on 4 wheels.
Unfortunately, a huge proportion of UTV drivers think driving one gives them license to do whatever they want and destroy trails, surrounding area, and have no regard for other trail users safety... thankfully they're getting banned from public roads all over the place.
Matt summed it up perfectly when saying there aren't any speed limits and you can take trails at 25mph... There may not be a written speed limit, but there are common sense limits around blind corners, to keep the dust to a minimum near other trail users, to 'tread lightly' etc.
Love your videos, but this is really poorly done and reinforcing the poor behavior the users of these think they're entitled. to.
From my experience, anything that someone feels like could be more fun if there were no other people around is inherently dangerous and destructive
@@averyhuelsbeck3116you clearly don’t do anything in the off-road community. Common sense rules that have been in place since the 70s bud.
@@user-mo8tm4jw2l I don't understand your reply. I'm talking about more than just off-roading. I don't go out every weekend but I have been out on some trails and I know the common sense rules
@@averyhuelsbeck3116 cool story, but we are ONLY talking about off-road issues with side by sides. Nobody cares what they do on the road.
@@user-mo8tm4jw2l In general, I have had great experiences with the traditional off-road community and those issues are generally with tourist renting jeeps who have no trail experience. The side-by-side users seem to have a much larger portion of their community who disregard trail closures, ignore 'tread lightly' policies, refuse to stay the trail, travel far beyond safe speeds for conditions, and so forth.
This video was awesome. I heard in the podcast that you weren't happy with the numbers, but as a lifelong TST subscriber, I think it was definitely up there. All the best from Spain.
I'm here, again. Thanks for doing something outside of the regular lineup guys
As someone who has been to many off road parks in a jeep, including Windrock, I can confirm these are taking over the off road world - almost completely. As a jeeper I feel a little us vs. them about that, but I can't ignore how capable they are and how much fun they look. Great video.
Ps, also listen to the podcast and am going to watch this twice to try and help the numbers. Thanks for trying new things.
Bought a Krx in 2021 absolutely love it!!! Rally car, trophy truck, crawler all in one. Can go anywhere and roads don’t limit it’s potential to explore.
Love to see the variety in content! It’s a bummer that RUclips doesn’t love to see it
This video was hilarious. Thank you Matt & Zack for mentioning this on your podcast/patreon.
Zack got married (noticed the ring)?? Congrats brother!!
Engaged!
@@TheSmokingTirePodcast so you're saying I still have a chance?? Just kidding. Congrats on the engagement!
I had absolutely no interest in one of these UTVs prior to this video, but I was convinced to watch it from listening to you guys discuss it on the podcast. Wow, great video, enjoyed every second. What a great product.
Love this format and content! Breaks my heart that the views won’t support this as regularly programming. Thanks for another great video!
Awesome review Matt and Zack! Really makes me want to give them a try!
If you buy one of these, please for god sake learn trail etiquette and watch out for people on dirt bikes and quads. You can very easily kill them if you get into an accident...I know multiple people who have died by being hit by an idiot in a side-by-side.
Your "that guy"
@@ricksmith7659 I don't disagree with anything Richard said. Safety is important. - Zack
Missed this video until I heard it on the podcast. RUclips sucks at showing me videos that I’m sub’d to. Excellent job SmokingTire
Great job guys !!!! Nice to see you guys do other things 👍👍👍👍
I live in rural Montana and people will drive these like normal cars here. Like they drive them to go get groceries even. Having drive one myself I have to say they are super fun, plus racing on a trail is a whole other level of fun.
My wife and I rented one for our anniversary this year. As an avid mountain biker / hiker / skier, but also a sports car enthusiast that enjoys HPDE events, I was a bit conflicted about the experience. It’s just not the way I want to enjoy the outdoors every weekend, but I totally see us renting one again.
Loved this! Something different and refreshing. I can definitely see the appeal, but here in the UK I don’t think there are many places you could enjoy something like this.
Comment to help the RUclips algorithm because this video deserves more attention than its getting... I hate that RUclips punishes you guys for doing something different, this video was great!
Zac's introduction of the utv has me 😂. Killer video! Also... That bug at 12:50 on Matt's shoulder... WTF!?!
It reminds me of someone else if I am to be honest.
@@DuvJones I just watched a recent @Jays2Cents video where he was installing a waterblock and he made the same "this is" joke. I think it is crazy how much that open arms "This is the xxxxx" has permeated other kinds of content outside and inside the auto space. It was the binging with babish "crossover" with the doug demuro that was the first that really shocked me.
I definitely channeled Doug by accident. - ZK
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It's not that hard to do so, if anything... it was a good laugh.
So that's where the radioactive superpowers came from...
Honestly, even having arguably one of the best Miata's (Mazdaspeed) My 2019 Yamaha YXZ still tops it for fun factor for me. It is like my own little rally car. If I can financially swing it in the future I don't see why I won't have a sxs at all points from now on.
I got to drive one a few years ago at a Yamaha dealer training event. I seriously giggled from the first time I dropped the clutch.
This video is fun, love to see you on a ride-on ATV which I much prefer. but these are the hot ticket for sure!
Glad y’all loved this. Rented one in Pismo last year. Was a riot. Loved it and that was just sand.
These things are amazing - you can drive them with the intensity of a go cart. It’s like having a track day for the entire weekend with no sessions. Sand dunes can be amazing fun as well.
I love this content!
I dont think it’s the people that aren’t interested in this different content, I believe it’s the RUclips algorithm that doesn’t show this content to viewers. I watches this video after hearing about it in the last podcast but it didn’t show go in my YT feed…
100%
Having said a car couldn’t do what a Razor SxS does… keep an eye out for MOOR’s “Samoori” project in the future. He plans on making a Suzuki Samurai into a mini off-road recovery vehicle for small trails.
A little late to the party, but this was a fun one! Been a fan of all the new 'more produced' videos. It's unfortunate that the numbers don't make it worth it a lot of the time, but keep it up if you can
This video is awesome. I know y’all were bummed for the initial performance of this video, but it is something to be proud of. As far as the editing process taking up too much time, the quality of what you guys do from a raw standpoint is superior, so maybe let the edits keep some of that with using less b-roll for example? I sometimes find it distracting anyway especially when the action doesn’t match from cut to cut.
Good points. I am a blue color dude. I’m probably never going to buy my dream sports car like a Corvette C8 or Lamborghini. I’m probably never going to buy a $200k overlanding expedition rig.
But I could save up a down payment and afford a high performance sport UTV.
$25k seems like a lot until you compare that to the price of a super car or expedition rig.
These are great, but $21k (and up) is a LOT to pay for a toy that needs to be trailored out of town to a dedicated trail every time you want to play. The beauty of a sports car is you can have a little fun running an errand or picking up the kid.
I love your takes and I love your production quality. It's rare to see this quality in off-road youtube videos.
Watched as requested in yesterday’s podcast. This video was a fun one! For many of us though, it’s not anything we’d buy, as it just doesn’t work for where we live. While cool and fun, it’s a pretty niche product.
You were talking about the reach and viewership of this video… the algorithm sucks. I was waiting for this video, I’m subscribed and never saw the video pop up on my feed. Great content thank you!
lol this one was definitely worth the watch for entertainment value even though i'd never get one from where I live. Looks like a riot though.
Looks like an absolute riot. Thanks for the vid guys!
Did you check out any of the driving roads around Windrock Park? This area is where many OEMs go for on-road testing.
we were shuttled to windrock and back on a bus, so we didnt do any tarmac driving. Seemed nice though!
"soaks up a bump like Rick James" haha!
Anyone else notice a wedding band on Zack?
Dude I grew up riding the sand dunes in Michigan on 4 wheelers and jeeps, and then when I was in high school my dad bought a Polaris razor 1000. It was fucking mind blowing, that thing would dive down a hill and you were sure that the suspension was going to bottom out and you were gonna flip. But then the wheels would just roll right underneath you and it would take the impact. It was unbelievable. I would take other people who were camping with us for rides in it and I’d have full grown men screaming to slow down because we were gonna die 😂 I wish he didn’t sell it, and I’m buying one again as soon as I have the means to
That looked so incredibly fun. I absolutely need to try one of those. I don't think I've heard you guys laugh that much ever. Also nice production values. Very well done Zack
This was one of the most fun videos I've seen on here in a long time
Best, most natural video in the new format. Keep it up!
Well done, great to see you all having fun!
I’ve always been a car guy, but since I got my yxz (5 speed manual sport sxs) I can’t see the need for a sports car. Driving in the dunes is the most exciting 4 wheel activity I’ve ever done, it’s like a track day, auto cross, drag racing and drifting all at the same time, and you don’t go to jail for using every bit of performance your car has. It’s also cheap to insure, gets decent mpg and it’s pretty cheap to fix.
The clipboard gag made me laugh outloud to an empty room.
Smaller ATVs with a kickshift or a manual are fun as hell. They're the reason why I want a sports car. I want a sense of it on the road!
Fun for you guys to change it up, for you and us. Although, I do think these things are spendy, but your explanation of the equipment and functionality makes me understand the price a bit more.
“And then it soaks up a bump like that, like RICK JAMES”
I know it wont get the views it needs but appreciate the content in my industry
Got the 1 person polaris that is street legal, after many mods and a title change, to an assembled roadster, lol! Love these things!
Fully here bc the pod requested me here, agreeing with matt this didn’t get to my Home Screen and the algo sent it to hell regardless of sun status
Absolutely bang for buck vehicle. I'd prefer this over any other jeep, bike period. You introduced this vehicle amazingly.
This is the best video from you guys that I can remember. Welcome to the secret us hillbillies have known about for years. I bought acreage and have been building my own SxS trail. My cousin owns Tecumseh Trails down in Shawnee, Ohio. It's a campground based around an off-road park. You guys should come easy and check it out.
I almost killed myself and my wife in one on an early date many years ago. I was driving and we hauled ass down an appropriately-named "haul road". I came to a tight switchback going down hill and tried to brake, but the gravel sent us for a ride. We slid down the hill sideways and somehow didn't roll over. I got her straightened out eventually and took the switchbacks like a drift car at far too fast a speed. We made it, but she was scared to death and mad at me.
I'm here because you've mentioned twice on the podcast that this video tanked and you don't get it.
I hate the YT algorithm. I subscribe to you and never saw it. Awesome video! Very fun to watch! The SxS don't make any sense to me but they look fun as fuck and that's all that matters.
Great video, glad you mentioned it on the show. As a viewer I can say the YT algorithm is terrible for us too because of how much cool shit we miss.
Seeing the car community start to get into side by sides and respect them is great and will help both communities grow. I left the car scene and got into side by sides and to be honest I won't ever go back. Wisconsins car scene can be toxic but the side by side community is excellent.
"I don't have time to eat..." 🤣🤣🤣
That random giant wasp at 12:30 :O
Having grown up riding fast snowmobiles, I can attest fellas. Without freezing your balls off.
I have 3 Rzr's, and they're the ultimate family fun. Just remember, never go out alone!
these things absolutely destroy trails
I dug this one more than I thought I would
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The top of line side by sides are amazing at what they can do. You can hit whoops in the desert at 65mph like you're in a trophy truck, you can go rock crawl with the best of them, you can trail ride.....they do so many things so well, right off the floor.
Yes, they're getting more expensive, but theyre also getting more amazing and are still a bargain compared to what it would cost you to build something so capable. Ive got probably 45k into mine and its such a blast to rip through the desert at 65mph+ or jump the thing 10 feet in the air
Edit: You guys really need to drive either the 181hp turbo or the 225hp 4 cylinder with Dynamix suspension, both are also wider machines. The machine you drove is way outshined by the more expensive models. You really need to try the dynamix suspension that adjusts to the terrain on the fly
What a great video. Damn algorithm didn’t even suggest it so I had to go back and find it
12:40 look at that pteradactyl on matt's shoulder
The everyone's Trophy Truck. Great video guys!
Looks like so much fun! I miss my old '81 manuel 4spd Bronco. Great episode ❤
Look at Matt having some fun with some salt of the earth toys
I know it’s not worth it but I got to go in a Polaris general in gran marais Michigan and you can run as fast as you can on the snow mobile trails it’s the cheapest Forrest rally you could imagine it was the most fun driving I have ever done
"it soaks up a bump like Rick James" I got that reference
It look like you guys had fun made some memories 🫶🫶🫶
Rocking the 80Eighty hoody I see... Matt out here trying to win a Lambo... 🤣 Great vid by the way!
Zach's commentary is so great
This felt the closest to a Two Take! Genuinely surprised it didn't beat the crap out of your spines, it looks mad uncomfortable from over here.
And for how narrow the trail looks you were both *hauling*, damn. Obviously, I wanna ride one. Someone else's. Swiftly 😬
“These rocks are algebra 2 and I am Stephen Hawking”
“Then it soaks up a bump like that like Rick James”
… dude, Zack, do you prepare these lines before or is it improv?
These things are ruining trails and getting areas shut down left and right.
Hurting people too. Head ons. Them flipping and getting crushed under that sun shade they think is a roll cage. These things are the bane of the off-road industry. We used to complain about quads tearin up trails and gettin places shut down. They had little to no effect compared to these weekend warriors in SxS. Smh.
That comes down to educating new enthusiasts. If we want the areas to stay open without a new round or rules and regulations. Tell each other to TREAD LIGHTLY. keep it legal, safe, better than you found it. And Everybody, Stay. On. The. Damn. Trail.
Tread Lightly did yeoman's work before keeping trails open.
And trust me. Old 4x4 were getting logging roads shut down in the PNW decades before these existed. Illegal dumping, drunk driving, wildfires all sped that up.
@@---l--- you ever try and tell 4 people in a side by side who are drinking and have an attitude of entitlement the size of Texas to tread lightly? 😂😂😂😂😂🤦♂️ trust me when I tell you that isn’t working or going well for you unless you have more people than them. The Tread lightly campaign never did anything other than waste paper. Meanwhile the blm continues to close areas over the stupidest things. Giving them another thing to zero in on is a terrible idea. Silly people have been getting areas shut down for decades. The monetary barrier to access and entry into these sports for them has just been removed now is all and we are seeing the consequence of it.
Fantastic video gents. Really enjoyed it
Great video, looks like a lot of fun. I'm just a car guy though.
Again, promised and delivered. Too bad you guys are having algorithm issues, this video slipped past me before I heard about it on the podcast. Glad I checked and watched it I have 0 interest in buying one of these at the moment but you still sold it perfectly!
Great video guys, but I have to say this. Creed and Shinedown are not metal lol.
Have a look up what a BMW quadster is, they are a thing in Germany and street legal. See if you can line one up
Ok my apologies Matt and Zach. You were correct. This is a fun video.