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Seeking thoughts on whether to sell Outer Banks hard top or keep it as a second top for spouse’s soft top Black Diamond.
I had a 2022 OB with hard top and Bestop soft top. With soft top on it was totaled in an accident. Spouse changed his pending order to match my totaled OB, including both tops, and we replaced with a new 2023 OB. Insurance paid most but not all of the replacement cost.
While waiting for the replacement OB to be built spouse bought a dealer stock 2023 BD with OEM soft top.
Result is we have two Broncos and four tops: two OEM hard tops, one Bestop soft top and one OEM soft top. Currently have the hard top on the OB and the OEM soft top on the BD and the other tops are in the college kids’ bedrooms.
The OB is the family car, the BD mostly for fun and we have an older, better gas mileage car for commuting.
If we sell the extra hard top then, combined with the insurance payout we will be whole on the replacement of the OB. And, even with cold and snow, we have not felt compelled to put the hard top on the BD. Also, the hard top could enhance someone else’s enjoyment of their Bronco. So those factors tend toward selling it.
OTOH, spouse says if we keep the hard top he will put it on next winter. And, this is really the bottom line question as to whether to keep it - is the value of a Bronco with a hard top significantly greater than the value of a soft top Bronco such that it is the better call to keep it?
We read and have gotten a lot of benefit from the information and wisdom on this forum and are seeking input to resolve our dilemma and endless conversations about it and make a final decision. Thanks!
I had a 2022 OB with hard top and Bestop soft top. With soft top on it was totaled in an accident. Spouse changed his pending order to match my totaled OB, including both tops, and we replaced with a new 2023 OB. Insurance paid most but not all of the replacement cost.
While waiting for the replacement OB to be built spouse bought a dealer stock 2023 BD with OEM soft top.
Result is we have two Broncos and four tops: two OEM hard tops, one Bestop soft top and one OEM soft top. Currently have the hard top on the OB and the OEM soft top on the BD and the other tops are in the college kids’ bedrooms.
The OB is the family car, the BD mostly for fun and we have an older, better gas mileage car for commuting.
If we sell the extra hard top then, combined with the insurance payout we will be whole on the replacement of the OB. And, even with cold and snow, we have not felt compelled to put the hard top on the BD. Also, the hard top could enhance someone else’s enjoyment of their Bronco. So those factors tend toward selling it.
OTOH, spouse says if we keep the hard top he will put it on next winter. And, this is really the bottom line question as to whether to keep it - is the value of a Bronco with a hard top significantly greater than the value of a soft top Bronco such that it is the better call to keep it?
We read and have gotten a lot of benefit from the information and wisdom on this forum and are seeking input to resolve our dilemma and endless conversations about it and make a final decision. Thanks!
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