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We got a 2024 Can-Am Maverick R! The 240-horsepower side-by-side is OURS and in this video, we unbox the machine. Watch us take it fresh from the crate to ready to rip!  Check out the full feature at https://www.utvdriver.com/utv-videos/can-am-maverick-r-spec-sheet-review/  For more stories, reviews, and first-looks check out https://www.utvdriver.com/  Want to see even more shenanigans from the UTV Driver team? Give us a like and follow:  Facebook: /utvdriver   Instagram: /utvdrivermagazine   Twitter: /utvdriver    TikTok: /utvdriver

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00:00 The most powerful side-by-side on sale today is ours, and today we're gonna help put it together.

00:05 Our X3 was an absolute weapon, but after years of wheeling all over the country,

00:14 it's earned a retirement. What better to replace it with than a new Mav-R?

00:19 So we placed our order, and then we waited, and waited, and waited, but yesterday I got the call

00:23 from the guys down here at Alcoa Goodtimes, and they said if you get your butt in gear,

00:27 and you get down here, you can help put it together. So here we are. The rig showed up

00:31 late last night, they just rolled it off the truck just as it showed up and into the bay.

00:35 Let's take a look at what it looks like.

00:36 Yee-haw! Man, that's like seeing grandma in her nightdress. I don't know how I feel about this.

00:45 Oh, this is crazy. Oh my god, look at the knobbies. It is brand new. I'm here with Dustin.

00:51 Dustin, what's your last name, man? "Philips." Dustin Phillips. Dustin's been working here for

00:54 about a year. He's gonna help us put this thing together, and we're gonna try to not get in his

00:59 way. Yeah, we'll see how that goes. Can I peel this off? This is the best Lego kit I've ever

01:08 gotten for Christmas. The Saturn V rocket was pretty good, but this is maybe better.

01:23 Just like unwrapping a Christmas present. It costs more than my car. Look at our big screen.

01:28 I'm gonna put the first smudge on it. Oh yeah. It's mine now, I licked it.

01:33 So Gage does not like the white wheels. I think that's wrong. What do you think? Let us know in

01:52 the comments if you think we should paint these. Oh, it's cool. It's becoming a rig. It's happening.

01:57 Dustin, is it BFH time? I'll try not to beat on them.

02:02 That's why you're better at this than I am. Gage, should we get into boats? Should we get into

02:08 wave runners next? All right, let's push some buttons. Oh, oh, oh, oh, paddle shifter.

02:13 What else we got over here?

02:19 That is deeply satisfying. Dustin says we can just push it. It's making noises. Oh,

02:24 those are so cool. Heck yeah. Gage, Gage, this is the only time I can say this in a work setting.

02:28 Check out my telemechanical. Should we have gotten the SmartShox version? I'm just saying,

02:32 I love the SmartShox, but there are companies out there doing really, really exciting work,

02:36 and if we're going to hang on to this thing and play with it for a while, what better than some

02:40 aftermarket suspension? My favorite part about this is that it's covered in helpful stickers

02:43 that let you know what you're looking at, like seat. 4x4 pista, pista activa. I feel like we're

02:49 in a different language. It's like Ikea, if Ikea built and turbocharged Canadian rockets.

02:58 Clever girl. Try that Bowen, stop touching it. Watch your hands.

03:09 So Dustin's tightening up the top of the ROPS right now. Each one of the bolts has

03:16 Loctite factory coating on it, and once you run them in and torque them down to 81 pound feet,

03:20 they're not going anywhere. It's always one, you know? Always. I like the pull. I like the pull.

03:26 Porsche. That's what Porsche does. It's light. It's fast.

03:31 Nice. So I'm getting Dustin's way. He told me to get out of there, so we're just going to let him

03:37 do what he does while I tell you a little bit about why we're so excited about this rig. We

03:42 got to drive it a couple months ago back in Nevada, and it was spectacular. Yeah, everybody knows it's

03:48 got 240 horsepower, but that is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what makes this machine

03:53 so rad. It's bigger and wider than any other X3 that's come before it. It's 78.1 inches wide,

04:01 which means this sucker will not fit on our Ramptec trailer. That is a little bit of a

04:05 bummer because it means we're stuck towing the rig around with our 22 foot car hauler,

04:09 but that's also part of the reason why the thing feels so stable and planted. We are talking about

04:13 25 inches of suspension travel up front, 26 inches of suspension travel in the rear, and of course,

04:19 the massive news is the seven speed dual clutch transmission, which is unlike anything else in

04:25 any other side by side I've had my hands on. We ordered an XRS, but without the smart shocks. I

04:31 love the smart shocks. Don't get me wrong, but I wanted to see what the aftermarket could do

04:35 on a rig like this. And of course, everybody's made a bunch of noise about the fact that you

04:38 can't put 37 inch tires on this thing. Doesn't matter. It comes with 32s. It's bigger than just

04:43 about anything else you can get out there. The 16 inch bead locks are super slick. So obviously,

04:48 this rig is going to drink a lot of gasoline. It has to have premium in it, which isn't really a

04:53 big deal. Almost every park that we go to has plenty of premium fuel, but it does have a massive

04:58 13.2 gallon tank. That's also part of the reason why this thing weighs so much. K&M says it weighs

05:04 2250 pounds bone dry. Once we get this thing back to the shop, we'll find out exactly how

05:10 much it weighs with a full tank and all the fluids.

05:13 Ooh.

05:21 Trimmy bits, trimmy bits, trimmy bits. So they shipped the rig all hunkered down

05:38 with these little straps here. Now it's come time to cut them.

05:41 That looks more like it. Glad this sucker is big. All right. So now that we've got those straps cut,

05:53 the suspension is slowly decompressing and you can see just how massive this thing is. I'm about 5'11",

05:59 maybe six foot in these boots. And it is every bit as tall as I am.

06:06 A little bit of the ug of the dugger.

06:07 All right. Let's check this out. Weather stripping for the first time on these

06:14 half doors. Super cool. Keeps all the water and the dust out.

06:17 Toit, toit, toit. All right. So we're getting ready to put the airbox on. Once the airbox is on and

06:26 the roof is on, they're going to hook up the programmer to it and then we get to go for a test

06:29 ride. Starting to look like a rig. Ooh, she's getting a roof.

06:51 All right. So that took us about two hours on the dog. This guy is a machine.

06:57 He gave me the last three parts. It's literally the only thing I'm really qualified to put on

07:01 these things. Three straps, going to hold the roof down. We're going to get this thing together,

07:05 going to hook it up to the computer and then we get to go ripping.

07:06 They're not about my first rodeo with these little shrubby-doos.

07:12 So we are now officially assembled. We've got the K&M hooked up to a system called Buds 2,

07:21 which will help program our key. K&M gives you multiple key options. It arrives in a valet mode.

07:27 So these guys can't go hooning around in the back with it.

07:30 We're going to unlock it and then we're going to go for a ride.

07:56 Dustin, man, it was fun getting to watch you put this thing together.

07:59 No problem.

08:00 Thank you for letting us hang out, get in your way. It was awesome. I know exactly who I'm coming to

08:04 the next time I have to have a Mav-R put together.

08:06 Oh yeah. We get them built up pretty, pretty easily. I mean,

08:08 don't take much time to get them sorted out and everything put together right.

08:11 It's a shame it's so slow.

08:12 I don't know about that one. That's pretty quick.

08:15 Well, thanks again, man. Enjoy your Friday. We really appreciate it.

08:18 All right. You too, buddy.

08:18 Thanks, bud.

08:19 So that's how you put a Mav-R together fresh from the factory. This is our rig. We own this

08:25 machine and we have all sorts of things planned for it. If you want to see it, check us out right

08:29 here. You can also check us out on UTVdriver.com. We can't wait to get this thing's feet wet.

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