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I’m not trolling and will probably get roasted for this, but I could take my 2 door Basesquatch as a daily driver for only 4 months.
Main issues for me were the inability to fold the rears seats flat for cargo, the sketchiness of the load factor for roof cargo and the dismal gas mileage – for some reason my mpg seemed to decline and I got only 17mpg (275 miles) on my last highway trip. The lack of a 2nd set of doors also proved to be much more of a headache than I anticipated.
Granted, I knew about these potential issues going in, but was also hoping I could make it work for daily driving, but for me it just didn’t. So I sold it for what I paid for it, and bought a Crosstrek which has rear seats that fold flat, a bomb proof roof rack and gets 550 highway miles on a tankful. But unlike the Bronco which I think is the best-looking vehicle on the road, a Crosstrek looks like millions of other cars on the road … no one is ever going to come up to you at a gas station and say “ nice looking car you got there”. So in a way I went from Ginger to Mary Ann.
Don’t get me wrong, I think the Bronco is a GREAT car … you just need to be realistic if it's going to be a great car for your specific needs.
Main issues for me were the inability to fold the rears seats flat for cargo, the sketchiness of the load factor for roof cargo and the dismal gas mileage – for some reason my mpg seemed to decline and I got only 17mpg (275 miles) on my last highway trip. The lack of a 2nd set of doors also proved to be much more of a headache than I anticipated.
Granted, I knew about these potential issues going in, but was also hoping I could make it work for daily driving, but for me it just didn’t. So I sold it for what I paid for it, and bought a Crosstrek which has rear seats that fold flat, a bomb proof roof rack and gets 550 highway miles on a tankful. But unlike the Bronco which I think is the best-looking vehicle on the road, a Crosstrek looks like millions of other cars on the road … no one is ever going to come up to you at a gas station and say “ nice looking car you got there”. So in a way I went from Ginger to Mary Ann.
Don’t get me wrong, I think the Bronco is a GREAT car … you just need to be realistic if it's going to be a great car for your specific needs.
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