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TFL is worth watching but they flog the same topics in video after video. Their MPG and towing videos are informative and useful. If you want real reviews with real technical data, informed opinions, and humor, watch SAVAGE GEESE. The difference in style and reviews is night and day...

Awesome! Thank you

Can you share the link you used for the 2021 F-150 build tool? I wasn’t aware that has gone live yet.

Adjust your mirrors correctly and you don’t need BLIS. I’ve had it before and didn’t notice any benefit over just having my mirrors adjusted properly. Why pay for a feature that’s designed to make you less safe by eliminating the need to properly check your blind spot?

I’m sorry, but I’m going to have to disagree with you there. Although the Bronco will normally be in 2H for normal operation on every model, those models with the advanced transfer cases and the “4A” option will have the ability to leave the setting on all the time and function like a...

Agreed.

I do agree that the “advanced” term is just marketing. It is essentially a more capable transfer case with one more “AWD” setting and lower gearing for 4L. As for each brands proprietary systems to manage power transfer and brake control, I don’t know anything. What I do know, is I really like...

For simplicity’s sake, the “4 Auto” setting on the Bronco’s advanced transfer case is a “selectable” AWD state of being.

Full-time is synonymous with AWD. On the Bronco advanced transfer case it’s “4A”. It must be manually selected (then function automatically to send power intelligently to all 4 wheels. Otherwise the system functions as a normal 2H/4H/2L system Ford didn’t do anything backwards. It’s the same...

We are talking around each other, but not saying anything too different. The part time 4x4 system is exactly what you describe. The advanced system can function as part time or AWD.

I think first year 2 door sales will be a considerably bigger percentage. After that I’d expect that percentage to drop and be similar to wranglers. They’re marketing to the same demo.

The Bronco’s advanced 4x4 system has “4A” which is essentially AWD. Allows for driving on dry pavement at highway speeds with the ability to send power to whatever whee has traction. Sometimes AWD systems are called 4x4, which they are, but AWD is a better term to differentiate it from part...

The system will use traction control to stop a spinning wheel and keep it from robbing power to the other wheel on its axle or the other axle (from open center diff). Yes, front and rear diffs should be open to allow for normal cornering ability. If they are locked, power is equally applied, but...

It allows for you to drive at higher speeds more safely because every differential is open and wheels can spin at different speeds (during cornering). With modern AWD systems, brakes can be intelligently applied by the system to stop spinning wheels during slippery situations, sending power to...

The spec sheets aren’t clear if it is a standalone or bundled option. I bet it is bundled with the 2.7 on the three lower trims. 4A is essentially AWD, or an “open” center diff that allows the front and rear wheels to spin at different speeds, allowing for the brains of the system to send...

I’d be willing to bet it’s packaged with the advanced 4x4 transfer case. AT is required for 2.7, so Is already baked in the cost. I’d reckon $4k minimum for the upgrade since it will be adding a lot of tech.

Most people really only need what the Big Bend offers: bigger tires and some small creature comforts. What makes the Squatch package so amazing, is that it appeared to offer a way, however rare or seldom used it would be, to have a true old-school, hardcore 4x4 that could be bought for under...

Correct. The preliminary spec sheet confirms this.

Exactly. Ford marketing botched the spec sheets by making it seem like you could have the manual with squatch. That caveat should have been there like it was for the 2.7. I don’t blame Mike for the bad news but it seems like he stepped unwittingly into a buzzsaw(kill) that’s has really soured...

I hear what you’re saying, but guaranteed the 2.7 upgrade will be packaged with the advanced 4x4 transfer case and auto trans. For the F-150, the trans is baked in already. For Ford this is going to be easy $$$$ from suckers who don’t know how to drive a manual or only pick their cars based off...