One Week In - How livable is the new Bronco?

[PREMiERdrum]

Fantastic right up and I’m just up the road from you in Utica Ohio so I will keep an eye out! If somebody in a huge blue four-wheel-drive van or a blue F150 honks it’s me!

We're just down the road in Pataskala... our kids play in LCL league sports and I'm the Percussion Director for Watkins Memorial HS. Keep an eye out! We'll be up in Johnstown both tonight and Friday.

Sponsored

 

[omega145]

Great writeup and awesome to see the responses in the first post. Thanks for sharing!

 

[88to21bronco]

Thanks for the great review. Any whistling noise from the mirrors? A couple of other members have mentioned it, and I am curious to see if its wide spread or confined to a particular model.

I have a pretty steady whistling with the top down. It comes from the middle top of the windshield as best I can tell. It is not loud, and it does come and go. It may be cross winds or other conditions, but it seems to happen for me at midrange speeds (say 40 mph). It is also slightly audible with the soft top closed.

 

[texheim]

I wonder if there is going to be a Ford performance tune upgrade for the 2.3 in the Bronco like there is for the mustang.

 

[Jojotddm]

Thank you for the review. Quick question in regard to the hard top. I read somewhere that you can NOT remove the clamshell back hardtop piece (over the cargo area) and then have the 3 hard-top pieces (2 over the front seats / 1 over the back seat) back on the vehicle and drive around. Basically need the rear clam-shell in place which then holds the piece above the back seat in place which then holds the 2 pieces above the front seats in place. Is that correct? Will there be some sort of work-around that might allow the 3 pieces of hardtop to be clipped in but the big clam shell piece over the cargo area to still be removed?

 

[JimL]

What an excellent, real-world review. THANK YOU!

 

[Andrew_EOD]

I wonder if there is going to be a Ford performance tune upgrade for the 2.3 in the Bronco like there is for the mustang.

Yes there will be. I think it's the ford performance pack, or something like that. It was in an accessories pdf

 

[broadicustomworks]

How does the cargo mat hold up If I have 6 ears of corn in one hand, a dog that likes to sniff stuff in the other, and Johnny Knoxville is asking me how much does coffee weigh in the McDonalds parking lot ?
I've heard this is a thing.

I Joke.
The Mirror whistle thing is something new I DID learn on this thread, though.
I find that curious and surprising at the same time.

My TJ has pod lights and a light bar, so I expected it.
What I did not expect was a constant whistle from the mirrors and none from the lights?!

Interesting, for sure, to see something similar here with the more streamlined profile the Bronco has (and placement).

Mine are literally square windbreakers hanging out there in space and the ones on the 6G are quite smaller, rounded, don't sit to where they create a tunnel between them and the windshield frame..
Maybe I'm crazy, but I find this to be an odd development, and unexpected, really.

And Congrats, Ross. It's a beauty.
Loving the non-squatch look a lot better than I thought (non Squatch BL here).
Obligatory pic of my brick-shaped mirrors for comparison:

 

[Ripcurl]

Not to divert the thread, but the green on that pickup truck..........

 

[broadicustomworks]

Not to divert the thread, but the green on that pickup truck..........

Agreed. Old Dent-side Lookin' fine there. Even for a long bed.

 

[Sighlense]

The Mirror whistle thing is something new I DID learn on this thread, though.
I find that curious and surprising at the same time.

My TJ has pod lights and a light bar, so I expected it.
What I did not expect was a constant whistle from the mirrors and none from the lights?!

Interesting, for sure, to see something similar here with the more streamlined profile the Bronco has (and placement).

This needs a thread of its own with a poll for current and new owners. Seems like a big deal to me.

 

[Mattwings]

I don't know, guys. Waiting until 2023 just to get my painted top (IMO the only one that looks at all decent)? Rubicon's looking better every day - and they're available!

I can't imagine buying a Jeep after you drive a Bronco, unless you are planning 40" tires and rock crawling, making SFA worth the trade off. It's just a way, way more livable vehicle in every way. But we each have our preferences!

 

[RedHotFuzz]

Not to divert the thread, but the green on that pickup truck..........

I would do...things...to get that color on a new Bronco.

 

[radprez]

I can't imagine buying a Jeep after you drive a Bronco, unless you are planning 40" tires and rock crawling, making SFA worth the trade off. It's just a way, way more livable vehicle in every way. But we each have our preferences!

No 40" tires or rock crawling. Just want to have something to drive before 2023 - and I think 2023 might be a bit suspect. It's kinda disheartening reading all these accounts of people with their new Broncos.

 

[BroncosWest]

First of all, this thing is every bit as smooth and drivable on-road as my Flex

You had me at the driveable on-road as the Flex! My Mom has a 2013 Flex and that thing is awesome.

Sponsored