I think I'm out.....

[Ice Age]

Damn 11 pages in . Anyone else here canceling out

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[21BL2DR]

I was very enthused and excited about the idea of buying a 2drBronco Badlands, v6. I haven't had a new vehicle since the 93 Toyota which I recently sold for $250 less than what I bought it for..... but my excitement has died down over time...what is killing it for me are a few issues I just can't get arround.......18mph and 20 hwy mpg for the V6..REALLY that's abysmal!!!! a manual tranny would help. Get the MPG up to 24-26 hwy might change my mind,,,but 20 mpg is terrible. Then for me there is this complete push by the US government to go to EV's, what's gonna happen to gas prices??? Is the Government gonna cause gas prices to go up to push... Ev's on the population as a whole...I have a feeling they will. So buying a gas guzzling vehicle which has a power train which is being phased out just doesn't seem like a smart way to drop $50K on a vehicle....I just can't do it....If for some reason I change my mind it will still be there for me to buy, but since I own vehicles for a long time, I just can't see dropping $50K on something which is trying to be phased out......

Completely understand man. if you have an order number or a vin for a Bronco can you please pm it to me. You definitely should look at Tesla too. In it for the long haul.

 

[bigblueboing]

ATTENTION all members. Gas prices. This guy is cheap so yea no bronco for him. I’m an asshole IRL Too

 

[Wade Garrett]

Damn 11 pages in . Anyone else here canceling out

No, but bitching and moaning are absolutely on the table.

 

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[goatman2]

No, but bitching and moaning are absolutely on the table.

Yeah, this place is full of it. Makes me wonder do I really want to get to know and go wheeling with a bunch of whiny new Bronco people.

 

[AZ_BRONC]

Everyone arguing about ICE or EV is three steps behind the auto industry. Manufacturers are reconfiguring to become massive fleet sales companies with vehicles targeted to companies who will take over a very large percentage of daily commute, around town, errand and mall running, and even city-to-city and cross country driving. The vehicles you own will be your toys, your extravagances, tools for your hobbies and your work.

My daily driver since 2018 is a Waymo autonomous vehicle as a beta tester. My family of five beta tested, and now these vehicles are available to us as easily and cheaper than an Uber from our Waymo app.

I can take a Chrysler Pacifica hybrid or a Jaguar I-pace. Soon will be Land Rovers, and they have Lexus SUVs and Toyota Prius’. These vehicles will run all day and all night, returning to Service bays automatically for gas or charging or service or cleaning as needed, and be swapped out probably annually like iPhones with newer and better tech and efficiency. Parking lots will be less full of useless, stationary vehicles. Land will be reclaimed. Companies will ask for fleets based on whatever form of vehicle and energy is most efficient and useful to their customers. Three car garages will be converted to one or two cars for the family vehicle plus an exorcise room or storage.

The Bronco will be my “smiles per mile” vehicle.

 

[BroncoAZ]

Sure. Where are you going to get all of the electricity to power them? Oil?

Nuclear is the way.

 

[Wade Garrett]

Yeah, this place is full of it. Makes me wonder do I really want to get to know and go wheeling with a bunch of whiny new Bronco people.

I don’t. I’d honestly rather meet a ton of Jeep people and get hints/pointers from them.

 

[Butzy]

The fact you think a manual transmission gets significantly better milage or better at all proves you don’t know what you are talking about

I would challenge your statement in a heartbeat. If you know what you are doing, you can easily whoop an automatic on fuel consumption.

 

[choppersean]

Don't take it personally, Ford has put us through the emotional ringer and this is kind of a hostile place lately.

Has nothing to do with Ford. People......our forum members end up being just total dicks Feels like Facebook here and I get so exhausted listening to all the opinions (little facts) and just get tired of people jumping on other people's shit.

 

[Black_Stallion13]

I was very enthused and excited about the idea of buying a 2drBronco Badlands, v6. I haven't had a new vehicle since the 93 Toyota which I recently sold for $250 less than what I bought it for..... but my excitement has died down over time...what is killing it for me are a few issues I just can't get arround.......18mph and 20 hwy mpg for the V6..REALLY that's abysmal!!!! a manual tranny would help. Get the MPG up to 24-26 hwy might change my mind,,,but 20 mpg is terrible. Then for me there is this complete push by the US government to go to EV's, what's gonna happen to gas prices??? Is the Government gonna cause gas prices to go up to push... Ev's on the population as a whole...I have a feeling they will. So buying a gas guzzling vehicle which has a power train which is being phased out just doesn't seem like a smart way to drop $50K on a vehicle....I just can't do it....If for some reason I change my mind it will still be there for me to buy, but since I own vehicles for a long time, I just can't see dropping $50K on something which is trying to be phased out......

All are valid points and I also feel the same which is why I'm building a Big Bend instead of a Badlands (what I really want) for about $10k less with all the features I'll actually use and none I won't. Plus the people that get good mpgs are those with Bases, Big Bends, and Outer Banks mostly due to the tires. The 32" Bridgestones are way less aggressive and MUCH lighter than those on the Black Diamond, Badlands, Sasquatch. Makes a huge difference.

 

[Wade Garrett]

Everyone arguing about ICE or EV is three steps behind the auto industry. Manufacturers are reconfiguring to become massive fleet sales companies with vehicles targeted to companies who will take over a very large percentage of daily commute, around town, errand and mall running, and even city-to-city and cross country driving. The vehicles you own will be your toys, your extravagances, tools for your hobbies and your work.

My daily driver since 2018 is a Waymo autonomous vehicle as a beta tester. My family of five beta tested, and now these vehicles are available to us as easily and cheaper than an Uber from our Waymo app.

I can take a Chrysler Pacifica hybrid or a Jaguar I-pace. Soon will be Land Rovers, and they have Lexus SUVs and Toyota Prius’. These vehicles will run all day and all night, returning to Service bays automatically for gas or charging or service or cleaning as needed, and be swapped out probably annually like iPhones with newer and better tech and efficiency. Parking lots will be less full of useless, stationary vehicles. Land will be reclaimed. Companies will ask for fleets based on whatever form of vehicle and energy is most efficient and useful to their customers. Three car garages will be converted to one or two cars for the family vehicle plus an exorcise room or storage.

The Bronco will be my “smiles per mile” vehicle.

Wishful thinking at best, don’t get carried away

 

[rgalvinmi]

My bronco is my "nice weather toy"....sitting in the garage until spring, when I can take the tops and doors off until fall....my 2022 hybrid maverick, which I have and is getting 40+ MPG is my daily...later this year, when my lightning arrives, that will be a DD as well....maverick will be the long ride runner....I always keep 3 vehicles, a "toy", a "DD" and a long road ride. Just how I roll...not everyone's cup of tea, but mine.

 

[Roll Sound]

I daily my Bronco, gas is more expensive up here than it is in most of the USA (last I checked, anyway, from what I see using an online calculator, I'm paying $4.33 USD/gallon ), but as the saying goes, it's about smiles per gallon.

It's a lot more expensive than that here in LA.

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