FordPass Performance App for Bronco – Features [Part 1]

[Bud2020]

So, I guess Ford just assumes lower priced model manual transmission owners already know there way around without the need of an app.

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[jxc]

Lowering barriers to entry -- sounds altruistic, but in reality you end up with a bunch of lazy incompetents where they shouldn't be. If you can't be bothered to spend some effort to do preparation and legwork you don't deserve access to these types of areas. One thing that makes these remote areas great is that they aren't overrun.

 

[dwbronco]

I'd still wager it's a typo. I'm a pretty big history buff and never heard about George Everest's "Great Chartography of India".

Remember guys, these are the people that can't get a simple build and price to be accurate and my 12 year old daughter could have better picked the color for Cactus Gray on said B&P.

Correct is correct, even if they stumbled into it. Calling it out as incorrect, is still wrong, even if you think they got there accidentally.

 

[vrtical]

this will be great, now I can find my house.

 

[drive21bronco]

Wish it was available on all Broncos

 

[Rivers90]

Right now I'm using my phone or a tablet and an app called "Alpinequest off-road explorer" I can save maps for use when out of cell service and load trail gpx tracks and save my track. It would be great if the built in nav could do all that. But I think it would be an industry first too. So I am not getting my hopes up too high.

 

[timhood]

The tin foil hat people were right, the government was/is spying on us. All social media as well. Don't think for a minute that the lowliest in tech Bronco isn't reporting back to Ford on location, speed, MPH, ass pressure on the seats, and whatever else they can measure and sell.

I always thought it funny that the fin foil hat people assume that the government hasn't already developed a way to penetrate and bypass their flimsy hats! As if the government would say, "Well, they beat us with two layers of Reynold's Wrap! Oh, well!"

 

[zfischer]

"Archaic variant" doesn't really translate to "correct." But sure.

 

[BlazinGTO]

Right now I'm using my phone or a tablet and an app called "Alpinequest off-road explorer" I can save maps for use when out of cell service and load trail gpx tracks and save my track. It would be great if the built in nav could do all that. But I think it would be an industry first too. So I am not getting my hopes up too high.

You can do all that with the factory navigation. Mid package and up. You can load any gpx file and also export your own to share with others.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/2021-ford-bronco-offroad-navigation-gps-system-sync/

 

[Used2jeep]

Is it me or does this article feel like it’s lacking any real details? Don’t get me wrong it’s nice to know about but I want more!

It's a way to build up more commodity constraints by convincing folks to at least buy the Mid package.

 

[swooshdave]

Lowering barriers to entry -- sounds altruistic, but in reality you end up with a bunch of lazy incompetents where they shouldn't be. If you can't be bothered to spend some effort to do preparation and legwork you don't deserve access to these types of areas. One thing that makes these remote areas great is that they aren't overrun.

Those areas are already filled with Jeep people, it's not a high bar as it is.

 

[srick76]

So, I guess Ford just assumes lower priced model manual transmission owners already know there way around without the need of an app.

I was thinking the same. Maybe it will be available through the Ford Pass Apps. Would be nice to just plug the phone in or connect it, open the app on your phone and it shows up on the touch screen Like the Ford pass apps for Ford/Alexa and Waze.

 

[cbarg14]

The point is that some people like myself aren't concerned. In fact I prefer curated ads, having "someone" know where I'm at at all times, and improve upon something that I've already purchased. Those people who have something to worry about, can disable such tracking features in all of today's tech. Although, I often wonder if it's not about the tracking that they dislike, it's more about complaining about "the man" that they do like.

Gone are the days of true adventure where you just pointed your rig down a dirt road not knowing where it might take you. For some, unplugging from technology is a welcomed gift that the mountains and deserts provide. You do you, though.

 

[alivecchi003]

As a novice to off roading I’m looking forward to this. Hopefully Ford will track the power of my ass cheeks clenching as I scrape this $50k rig against a rock.

 

[Used2jeep]

As a novice to off roading I’m looking forward to this. Hopefully Ford will track the power of my ass cheeks clenching as I scrape this $50k rig against a rock.

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