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- David
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- Badlands
So I was someone who didn't want the stabar disconnect but ended up with it because I needed the Mid package with a manual and I couldn't get it in a BD and ended up with a BL.Thank you so much for your reply....that is a lot of great info to digest. I think the idea of the Badlands is 'cool', with the disconnect...however, I'll be doing mostly curb jumping for soccer games and some gentle off-roading.. I most certainly won't be running this in extreme terrain.
With that being said, the Wildtrak makes more sense...
Oh...any good info on tops? I really want the nice soft top but if the hard top is easy to take on and off, it's good enough and I can just store in the back of the truck. I do love the convertible feel but don't want to be losing my hearing all the time....
Oh, does the wildtrak offer the drainage plugs so I can hose out the floors when mud gets everywhere from the soccer cleats?
I will most likely never do anything like what we did at the LV off-rodeo, but it was eye-opening to understand what the Bronco can do, and to quote one of the instructors that day "I push the stabar disconnect every time I leave the pavement". It made a huge difference on uneven terrain and for the places I go hunting and fishing, I will be using it regularly now that I have a much better understanding what it does for handling even in less-than-extreme terrain.
As for the soft top, the BL I drove at the off-rodeo was a soft top and it was noisy AND drafty. There was a lot of wind on the mountain and when we were sideways against the wind, it wind literally went between the top of the window and the frame of the soft top and blew into the Bronco. No bueno in my opinion. Living in Portland with all the rain we have, and going to the coast a lot where the wind does blow sideways, I would never get the soft top. YMMV.
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