Percentage of users that really need Badlands? (edit correction)

[hellahella]

I need all the flex I can afford. Looking to get beadlock rings to protect from curb rash too.

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[WCP-82]

I'm not buying an Outer Banks, BB, Base etc then putting 35's and a lift on it. You still don't get both front and rear lockers, Billstein suspension, upgraded differential and gears. To me those builds are posing as a capable off road vehicle. I am buying the BL because it is capable without having to add anything.

I think Ford engineered the Bronco starting with the BL then added or took away to create the other trims. I read somewhere that the squatch package was added because they could and should. To me the BL is the perfect set up without squatch.

My 2 door was reserved 7/14/20 and ordered in January 2021. Unfortunately I received the your's will be a 2022 email.

 

[Babyzak]

It not what you NEED..its what you WANT..

 

[Bybotie]

My Badlands arrives on 10/09. Do I need the capability, nope. I have a Can Am x3 that will embarrass it. I bought it because I wanted it.

 

[Mcfly]

I’m in Florida and there’s not a hill a skateboard couldn’t easily rollover… so yeah, my BL is overkill.

pretty confident this “onewheel” can conquer all
terrain within 250 square miles of central Florida

 

[Baddie64]

If car buying was all about need, pickup truck sales would drop 95% and the world would be flooded with minivans. Ugh.

 

[GoTigersGoBronco]

It’s all gratuitous. No one “needs” a Bronco so anything goes.

 

[Davebear13]

Bloody Basin, Table Mesa, Kingman to Prescott...I do not have a vehicle that can make it. All the old mining roads, forest roads, jeep trails are getting turned into rock strewn hazards due to all the side by sides and atvs churning up rocks. Here in AZ, if you are not driving on I-17, I-10, I-40...you should have something like a Rubicon or Bronco - you need lockers, clearance, crawl mode. Out west the percentage is pretty high that need a Badlands/Sasquatch. Now Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, maybe Badlands are for the most adventurous but in some places like Utah, Colorado, Wyoming it is justified.

 

[telenerd]

I’m buying the badlands because the badge will match my cyber orange. Oh and can’t forget about that cool Sasquatch sticker.

 

[j_4260]

I don't "need" the Badlands but I tend to drive vehicles for 10+ years. I wanted something I can grow into and won't have to spend time or energy finding the right set of aftermarket things to add to the SUV.

I've done the car modding thing before but this time around, I want something I can take out and play with immediately. I've always had to compromise on trim packages on my cars (buying them used, or never had enough money), so this was my splurge as my first, brand new vehicle in my entire life.

The other trims either gave me too much (Wildtrak) or not enough (Outer Banks). Amortizing price of this vehicle for the next 10+ years, it isn't too bad to consider you're getting so much vehicle.

I already have a long trip planned to Idaho with the guys, weekends in Joshua Tree, and looking at Moab too.

Looking forward to the occasional mall crawling session too.

 

[GETSCHWIFTY]

I don't "need" the Badlands but I tend to drive vehicles for 10+ years. I wanted something I can grow into and won't have to spend time or energy finding the right set of aftermarket things to add to the SUV.

I've done the car modding thing before but this time around, I want something I can take out and play with immediately. I've always had to compromise on trim packages on my cars (buying them used, or never had enough money), so this was my splurge as my first, brand new vehicle in my entire life.

The other trims either gave me too much (Wildtrak) or not enough (Outer Banks). Amortizing price of this vehicle for the next 10+ years, it isn't too bad to consider you're getting so much vehicle.

I already have a long trip planned to Idaho with the guys, weekends in Joshua Tree, and looking at Moab too.

Looking forward to the occasional mall crawling session too.

hey bud why are you bringing threads back from the dead from 7 months ago?

 

[j_4260]

hey bud why are you bringing threads back from the dead from 7 months ago?

You know, I asked myself the same question - I realized this thread is super old after clicking "Post Reply".

 

[BigMeatsBronco]

FE for me because I do use all the gizmos almost daily. As a timber buyer the logging jobs and wood yards I drive to and through are inaccessible otherwise, and are many times better suited for heavy machinery.

 

[Tdecell]

I didn't exactly "need" a Badlands, but there were three main things I wanted, MGV seats, washout floors and the 12" screen... Ford gave me Badlands as the choice...

 

[BroncoPls!]

I ordered a 2 door BL, SAS because that’s what I want, even though it seems Ford doesn’t want to build me one.

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