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Between Christmas and New year I took my wife and two dogs on a 5 day trip to New Mexico, where we used to live. The bronco worked great, we camped and drove a lot of out of the way places. The terrain varied from flat mesas with 30 mile views in all directions, to high 8000 foot snowy passes. Some highway, some blacktops, I averaged 22 MPG for the whole trip. Big Bend with a 2.3 and stick, works great for all that I do. The OEM tires are fine in fairly deep sand, and on snowy forest service roads, some several inches deep and NO ONE around if you got stuck.
We've experienced campers, and more time camping than probably anyone around here. But the first night the wind came up suddenly. From 50 to 60 Knot gusts, it was going to collapse that cheap tent (all my other tents are too big or too small right now). So I had to tie the tent to the door handles of the Bronco, put all the equipment in it to weigh it down, and sleep in the back of the Bronco! 2 adults and 2 40lb dogs. We did it, wasn't bad. I'd say it would be fine for 2 adults, or great for just one. Just put extra pads in the "step down" area....didn't notice it.
In general, the Bronco is exactly what I wanted and hoped for.
We've experienced campers, and more time camping than probably anyone around here. But the first night the wind came up suddenly. From 50 to 60 Knot gusts, it was going to collapse that cheap tent (all my other tents are too big or too small right now). So I had to tie the tent to the door handles of the Bronco, put all the equipment in it to weigh it down, and sleep in the back of the Bronco! 2 adults and 2 40lb dogs. We did it, wasn't bad. I'd say it would be fine for 2 adults, or great for just one. Just put extra pads in the "step down" area....didn't notice it.
In general, the Bronco is exactly what I wanted and hoped for.
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