Status Symbol Complex

[Bronc-O]

I guess it’s different for everyone but I don’t see the point in buying a off-road vehicle and not off-roading it. Granted I see Wranglers with perfect paint and 20” rims all day so that’s not a common sentiment.

I had my H2 going through trails, trudging through deep mud and forwarding 48+ inches of water within a couple months of buying it. It has scratches all down the paint and I love it that way.

I personally don’t care what you do with it, the more pristine off-road vehicles today the more trucks I can rip parts off of in 20 years from the junkyard. But you will never lose that stigma from others that you bought it for a status symbol unless your driving around caked in mud or decked out with USEFUL gear (not the typical look at me jazz on perfectly waxed trucks).

see update pg4

Most people that buy an off road vehicle never take it off road. That's a proven fact.

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[Blksn955.o]

I do think from a capability standpoint the Sasquatch is an awesome equalizer especially since it will be available in manual.

To me it is cool that someone can do a base with sas and outside of the hydro SBD...and if one adds manual disco's have matching capability and strength in parts.

You can for under 40k have the same off road capability as a 60K+ rig. That is a hell of a spread of bad assery.

 

[Lifeliberty]

I've said it before, I'll say it again: they are all the same vehicle

 

[steverollin]

I like the Bronco, I can use it hunting, at my farm, and it’ll be nice at the lake house, but as the VP of a bank, I also need creature comforts for clients.

“Judd, are those gloss black 18s and LED headlights?? Well it looks like we have a deal. <hands over money>”

 

[Broncomputer]

The only status symbol /envy I'll get is if I'm parked next to a Sasquatched Bronco.

It's going to make my 32/33's seem puny and my manhood can't handle that.

 

[BAUS67]

If people are getting there feelings hurt about trim levels here, wait until the jeep and solid axel guys out in the real world get ahold of you. It ain’t gonna be pretty. A little ribbing here will get you ready for what’s about to happen out there.

I can't wait for these guys !!!! First words outta' my mouth will be " Let's Go ......... if you think you can keep up" , and just like back in my fox mustang days most will try and many will fail.

I remember one guy that had a GMC Syclone ( AWD S-10) and thought he was king of the road. On our way to the drags one day, he was following me, I knew the road like the back of my hand so when I was about a quarter mile from a section that had a large "jump" after a turn, I got him and got him good, I slowed down, he was right on my bumper, I nailed it got some distance between us. Got around the turn, nailed the brakes to slow down, so I didn't bottom out in the "jump", he was far enough behind that he didn't see me do it. As I passed the "jump" I watched in the mirror as he rounded the bend, full boar, after hitting the "jump" it was a shower of sparks and he disappeared in the mirror. When I got to the track and he caught up I said " Thought that thing was AWD and king of the road, I kinda' lost 'ya back there." He reply was " You are F^%$*IN nuts !!" , " Don't ever to ask me to ride with you". I was a real dick in my younger days but I proved a point. He wasn't the king of the road like he thought he was. Bring on the ribbing I got big shoulders.

 

[broadicustomworks]

Let's see what happens when the mechanical failures start to be shared as well as the "lessons learned".

We can only hope.?

 

[TellurideBronco]

To the OP - May I suggest a book I read last month?

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life - By Mark Manson

 

[elseminoleguapo]

Yeah I'm not sure who this thread is directed towards. 40k tops is likely the extent of my budget and more than likely keeping it around 36k. If you can afford a 65k bronco, more power to you. No sense in comparing your situation to anyone in here. We're a mixed bunch and all on our own paths. Ever if all you can afford is a base, you're better off than most people in this country. And if you're in this country, you're already better off than most the world.

 

[1st4rd]

I’ve not felt much of that on this forum- maybe I’m missing something- but it is refreshing to not deal with that too much here. I hate to break it to you but there is not not much status gained by spending 70k on a vehicle. Today that is just not that much.
I think the real status is doing more with less. Guys willing to take a base model and put their own effort into it to make it into an off road beast. That impresses me.

 

[tshaw2009]

To the OP - May I suggest a book I read last month?

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life - By Mark Manson

Fortunately I was not the target in the original post. Someone was stroking their ego over someone choosing a WildTrak over a Badlands. I've also seen some others shamed over choosing lower trims but I haven't been personally.

 

[Judd_Skin]

More like leather seats, 12” screen, body colored fender flairs. I’m not downgrading luxuries from my Lariat. When I take the neurosurgeon golfing, I want to do it in style. I also want to be able to easily maneuver around my 1000 acres and get to all of my duck holes on the farm, Or cruise my timber, in the same vehicle.

 

[2Jeeps&PatriotX1]

I don't care what people use their Bronco for and I could care less what people think of my vehicles besides my wife and myself who spend a good amount of time in them. I've had a jeep for years and of course there are people who are called mall crawlers, I can spot them on the road every day, if that hurts peoples' feelings then sounds like they need to toughen up. I don't think anything different of them, maybe no one has ever invited them out on a trail ride. But I can guarantee you, after that first time, they'll be hooked.

My wife is getting a Badsquatch to use it for its offroad purpose. Sure it'll be her DD but you can guarantee it'll be rock crawling in Moab and here in CO on a regular basis. I have zero concerns off-roading a new vehicle that costs $50k+ and we currently do it with my giant truck and the wife's GC trailhawk. She didn't buy the trailhawk for the red badging and hood decal, she bought it to offroad. Just like I'm not buying a super duty tremor to only drive it on pavement or gravel/dirt fire roads. If our vehicles get pinstripes from branches, so be it. If they get a dent or scrape, those can be repaired. If something breaks, fine, I fix it. I replace more windshields on our vehicles from rocks kicked up on the interstate than I do in part replacements/repairs from off-roading.

 

[SpecOpsHippie]

Somebody thinks the Bronco is a status symbol...hmmm.

Just be you brothers, everything else will fall into place.

 

[Raptor911]

Buy what you want and enjoy It however you like because you are the one making the payments on it and not that stranger talking shit on the internet.

moderator ... you can close thread now.

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