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I’m going to start off by saying I’m horrible with commitment. Long menus are the bane of my existence as I’m stuck in limbo trying to decide what to get.
That being said, I have a couple decisions I’m really stuck on: base or big bend and 2.3 vs 2.7.
I currently have a 2 door base 2.3l manual on order. Has mod bumper, aux switches, and keypad, that’s about it. Came out to $32.5k and I’m going to toss some 33”s on it pretty quick.
Now probably a bad move, but I’ve been playing with the builder and have been really tempted by the big bend only because I can get the brown cloth interior and a locker. Really everything else I want I can get aftermarket (leather steering, sig lights, white bronco lettering on grill). Thing is, that build comes out to about $40k, and if I go big bend I would want the mid package with remote start (so auto), making it $42k. And at that point, if I’m getting an auto, it may as well be the 2.7l. So $44k.
It’s not easy to justify almost $12k over the base for maybe $7k worth of upgrades, but it would be a more comfortable daily driver. I don’t off-road often, so the locker is more “nice to have”.
The middle ground I’m debating is the base with auto and 2.7l so I get the power and it’s “only” ~$36k, but I know the 2.7l is constrained and I want a 22MY if possible.
Enough of my rambling, I’d appreciate any insight from whoever got this far. Would love some thoughts from any base or big bend owners as well.
That being said, I have a couple decisions I’m really stuck on: base or big bend and 2.3 vs 2.7.
I currently have a 2 door base 2.3l manual on order. Has mod bumper, aux switches, and keypad, that’s about it. Came out to $32.5k and I’m going to toss some 33”s on it pretty quick.
Now probably a bad move, but I’ve been playing with the builder and have been really tempted by the big bend only because I can get the brown cloth interior and a locker. Really everything else I want I can get aftermarket (leather steering, sig lights, white bronco lettering on grill). Thing is, that build comes out to about $40k, and if I go big bend I would want the mid package with remote start (so auto), making it $42k. And at that point, if I’m getting an auto, it may as well be the 2.7l. So $44k.
It’s not easy to justify almost $12k over the base for maybe $7k worth of upgrades, but it would be a more comfortable daily driver. I don’t off-road often, so the locker is more “nice to have”.
The middle ground I’m debating is the base with auto and 2.7l so I get the power and it’s “only” ~$36k, but I know the 2.7l is constrained and I want a 22MY if possible.
Enough of my rambling, I’d appreciate any insight from whoever got this far. Would love some thoughts from any base or big bend owners as well.
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