Black Diamond Sasquatch! My Comments & Pics From Think Ford First Events @ Randy Wise Ford

[Used2jeep]

I'd honestly say the comfort felt "good"; I know that's lame and qualitative and not quantitative ;-). I currently drive 2014 Audi Allroad and it seemed similar in width so I need to go measure my Allroad. I'd say more Wrangler since I drove one in Hawaii a few years ago vs a larger Silverado. I'm 6' even and had seat adjusted right and then some other dude asked if he could sit in back (plug your Covid ears and eyes) ;-). The guy was also 6' and said he was comfortable. His knees were touching or about touching seat backs but I'm sure it's fine for less than 1,800mi treks ;-).

Did you feel like you could reach across to the other door while sitting in the driver seat? What did the vinyl feel like? Was it similar to VW leatherette?

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[Butzy]

It's hard to argue the stance of the sasquatch but seeing a 6' person by it compared to me at 6'1" next to a nonsquatch obx, it doesn't look all that much taller

 

[ilbastarge]

Hi Friends,

I attended the Bob Maxey Ford event yesterday that featured a nice black outer banks model. A big big shout out to Sean and his wife of "OurBroncoLife" who was present filming some video and chatting with customers. He gave me a tip that Randy Wise Ford of Ortonville, MI was going to have a nice BD today....

So, had a nice 50min drive to visit the BD. I've ordered a BL and the BD has all the goodies I wanted to see....and it didn't disappoint! OMG so so excited and nobody there @16:00 time slot except me and 4 of the nice marketing folks....so, it was all mine and I didn't want to leave it!

I will not provide a super detailed bit and byte level review but simply share the nice pics along with a few of some nice Bronco Sports with "my" CG color I will be getting....super happy I changed to CG.

A few random observations:

1. OMfG - Sasquatch is so huge and sweet compared to Outer Banks. I got standard BL with the 33's but the Squatch is a beast. That's "me" in some of the pics with orange vest and for reference, I'm 6' even.

2. Color is the anti-matter Blue Metallic and looks super sharp

3. Wanted to see and love the MGV seats and I did! Seat firmness is good, texture not weird and will be great. Subaru outback XT model has a similar vinyl but I think this one is better. Looking forward to the BL seats that are darker and orange stitching.

4. Engine is the 2.7 - took some pics of the aux switch wiring in the engine bay; can't wait to hook-up some nice aircraft landing lights ;-)

5. Wash-out floors are bada$$ and will be great. I saw some 6G forum comments wondering if these will have more road noise than the shag carpet mats....I guess time will tell but I can tell you that I was a little surprised that the front and rear floors have some "give", "dampening"...probably a layer of some type of insulation so perhaps that will squelch the road noise a bit.

6. Molle seat backs will be rock'in. It's a rigid matrix so you can snap on carabiner easily and easy to fish through molle accessories

7. Rear (driver side) roll-bar/pillar bottle opener; sorry pic didn't come out....handy to pop a bud etc

8. Rear seat fold down - seems "flat enough" for me ;-)

9. Rear power 5VDC USB and 110VAC - handy

10. Apologies didn't do a bunch of front pics since I gathered those up on the Outer Banks the other day; this was Mid package

11. Rock Rails are ample; Seems lots of debate i.e. ragging about quality since not directly attached to frame rails....however, they seem hyper rigid how they're attached and Ford seems to rate them for gnarly stuff...so good enough for me;

12. From tire/wheel pics, you can see no safety crash tubular steel is present; a bunch of threads on this already

That's about it....can't wait for the real thing to arrive at my dealer ;-)

BL | 2.3L | 10-Spd | 4-Door | MIC | High Pkg | CG | Tow | Roof Rack

[Pics via Google Pixel 3XL phone]

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The tire pattern is very interesting. Very perpendicular to the sidewalls. Hmm. Very curious. Not too much angle toward the direction of travel.

 

[Raptor911]

so I assume, the high package includes additional sound deadening in the form of padding under the hood? This is a mid package bronco which clearly shows no padding under the hood.

 

[Mattwings]

These are from Mary Flynn from Bronco Babes! She was at the same event. She said she loved the MGV! Figured be best to add them here then to make a separate thread!

always pulling the best pictures! You are a Bronco maven!

 

[sasquatchrox]

so I assume, the high package includes additional sound deadening in the form of padding under the hood? This is a mid package bronco which clearly shows no padding under the hood.

Correct. Outer Banks from the other day was a fancy pants LUX package and I noticed I snapped a pic that clearly shows some padding, see below.

 

[BroncoKong Jr.]

so I assume, the high package includes additional sound deadening in the form of padding under the hood? This is a mid package bronco which clearly shows no padding under the hood.

Under the hood and on the firewall. Plus a battery cover for some reason.

 

[WPS-GHG!]

At 6 ft, did it seem like you needed a tube step or running board getting in? Did you have to hop or jump up into it? If not, how much shorter do you think that would become a problem? (thx, great pics!)

 

[RockEye]

 

[395N]

OP-thank you for taking the time for the detailed write-up.

I hope the aftermarket comes out with some plastic wheel well liners. Those fabric looking things are going to to a real pain to clean mud off of. I get it, Ford did it for sound dampening, but still.

 

[Ourbroncolife]

Hi Friends,

I attended the Bob Maxey Ford event yesterday that featured a nice black outer banks model. A big big shout out to Sean and his wife of "OurBroncoLife" who was present filming some video and chatting with customers. He gave me a tip that Randy Wise Ford of Ortonville, MI was going to have a nice BD today....

So, had a nice 50min drive to visit the BD. I've ordered a BL and the BD has all the goodies I wanted to see....and it didn't disappoint! OMG so so excited and nobody there @16:00 time slot except me and 4 of the nice marketing folks....so, it was all mine and I didn't want to leave it!

I will not provide a super detailed bit and byte level review but simply share the nice pics along with a few of some nice Bronco Sports with "my" CG color I will be getting....super happy I changed to CG.

A few random observations:

1. OMfG - Sasquatch is so huge and sweet compared to Outer Banks. I got standard BL with the 33's but the Squatch is a beast. That's "me" in some of the pics with orange vest and for reference, I'm 6' even.

2. Color is the anti-matter Blue Metallic and looks super sharp

3. Wanted to see and love the MGV seats and I did! Seat firmness is good, texture not weird and will be great. Subaru outback XT model has a similar vinyl but I think this one is better. Looking forward to the BL seats that are darker and orange stitching.

4. Engine is the 2.7 - took some pics of the aux switch wiring in the engine bay; can't wait to hook-up some nice aircraft landing lights ;-)

5. Wash-out floors are bada$$ and will be great. I saw some 6G forum comments wondering if these will have more road noise than the shag carpet mats....I guess time will tell but I can tell you that I was a little surprised that the front and rear floors have some "give", "dampening"...probably a layer of some type of insulation so perhaps that will squelch the road noise a bit.

6. Molle seat backs will be rock'in. It's a rigid matrix so you can snap on carabiner easily and easy to fish through molle accessories

7. Rear (driver side) roll-bar/pillar bottle opener; sorry pic didn't come out....handy to pop a bud etc

8. Rear seat fold down - seems "flat enough" for me ;-)

9. Rear power 5VDC USB and 110VAC - handy

10. Apologies didn't do a bunch of front pics since I gathered those up on the Outer Banks the other day; this was Mid package

11. Rock Rails are ample; Seems lots of debate i.e. ragging about quality since not directly attached to frame rails....however, they seem hyper rigid how they're attached and Ford seems to rate them for gnarly stuff...so good enough for me;

12. From tire/wheel pics, you can see no safety crash tubular steel is present; a bunch of threads on this already

That's about it....can't wait for the real thing to arrive at my dealer ;-)

BL | 2.3L | 10-Spd | 4-Door | MIC | High Pkg | CG | Tow | Roof Rack

[Pics via Google Pixel 3XL phone]

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Nice chatting with you. Glad you were able to check out this one as well!

 

[drive21bronco]

The more I see photos of a Black Diamond the more I love It

 

[Jgtln]

OP-thank you for taking the time for the detailed write-up.

I hope the aftermarket comes out with some plastic wheel well liners. Those fabric looking things are going to to a real pain to clean mud off of. I get it, Ford did it for sound dampening, but still.

I have those carpet style liners on my Sierra and they are actually real easy to clean. I was shocked.

 

[395N]

I have those carpet style liners on my Sierra and they are actually real easy to clean. I was shocked.

That's great to hear. Thanks for the feedback.

 

[sasquatchrox]

Nice chatting with you. Glad you were able to check out this one as well!

Thanks Sean! "Party On (Bronco)!"

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