Thread reminds me of the early days, before the first Bronco rolled off the assembly line. Take the Braptor on a ride and see for yourself, an option we didn't have then...
I'm in MD. I did a lease on mine, (1st model year jitters) Bought it at the end of the lease, zero taxes did not have to change tags or anything else. It was worth 7000 more than the buyout price...
Ford needs to back off on the whiz kids engineering feats and start concentrating on execution. How many recalls do they need to pile up to read the tea leaves...
Wife got to choose the color, 2 door and transmission. Ended up with the automatic. If we hadn't made it into the last week of production of 21s, no idea of what color we would have ended up with...
Looks like you have a capable bumper. The ones you like are Ford modified bumpers with JCR Baja bars. Same as I have on mine. Others have done conversions and can walk you through the transition, I ordered mine, and got my dealer to install the JCR before delivery since it sat on my porch...
On the bright side, when I bought out my lease (1st model year jitters, but aside from the lights and wiper bugs everyone had, it's been flawless) there was no sales tax...