It obviously can't go over some of the larger stuff that some bigger trucks and SUVs can go over, but for it's size it's pretty good. It's done river crossings with water up to it's doors. And I'm not sure if he changed the gearing on the wrx engine, I'm pretty sure he kept the same tranny that was on the forester, he wrecked his wrx and only the motor was good so he found a relatively inexpensive forester and dropped it in. Before he did the lift and stuff he made some money racing rivers cuz nobody realized what engine henhad under the hood, but they soon caught on so he stopped.