Recent content by UncleBrad

I'm glad I got my 2024 Bronco when I did. And I'm glad I got it stripped down to the bare minimum. That was my last new vehicle.

With lockers and crawling up rock faces, how can you beat it? Around here, the worst my Bronco will see are forest paths when hunting and snow in the winter, so that won't happen. But what DOES happen is pulling stuff on the farm and pulling vehicles out of bad situations with recovery straps...

...but when you DO need it, it's there! You don't have that stump-pulling option at all with an automatic.

You can get used to a two-by-four whopping you upside the head every few minutes as well, but should you? I honestly tried to get used to an automatic. I bought a new Bronco Sport before I got my Bronco, and after maybe 15K miles it was clear that I could never get used to the automatic...

It's true, you know. All the guys want to be like us, and all the chicks think they can change us.

Just found my socks. Now what were you saying? Driving a manual keeps the driver alert and engaged. It's hard to build "nanny robots" to circumvent the human-to-machine interface we know and love.

Unless we're talking about a two-door variant.

Yes, or a dragging caliper. Knowing whether or not it had been raining, and whether or not the noise goes away when braking would help...

You'd better not ease one off when anybody is around...

Sounds like a good plan! I know you'll have fun. You'll meet some great people and swap some stories when it's time to eat. There is a store in the main building with T-Shirts, hats, stickers, etc, so make sure you bring some cash for that. You'll find that the staff has a great attitude...

The Off-Rodeo is likely privately-owned or leased property. There was not a professional photographer peddling wares during the Off-Rodeo event in Tennessee I attended last June that I'm aware of. The instructor never made a statement to us concerning us filming or taking pictures. But...

I was there last June. If I were you, I'd bring a Go-Pro and thread it in on the available dash mount. It's completely hands-off. You can then stay focused on the trail and those around you. You can simply say: "Go-Pro start recording" or "Go-Pro stop recording" and it will do it, without...

How can any Bronco in the $70K+ territory be a "home run?" It's a gussied-up Bronco. It's not even available in a 2-door and/or manual transmission. Am I the only one that doesn't understand "There is a massive difference between premium and precious" and similar fluffy marketing language?

Exactly. And it's not that I don't like my Bronco (I love it!) but having driven for over 50 years - and am alert to these things - I want options. Clearly, lots of people are thinking the same way, and they are snapping up good examples of older short-wheelbase, inline, normally aspirated...

The OEM square headlights on the YJ are sealed beam (and replacements are readily available). There are lots of aftermarket options to go with LEDs as well. I got my little 1988 YJ just to toodle around in, so I can keep the miles off the (expensive) Bronco, and for the simplicity, ease of...