- First Name
- Matthew
- Joined
- Jul 29, 2020
- Threads
- 43
- Messages
- 2,695
- Reaction score
- 8,390
- Location
- Northville, MI
- Vehicle(s)
- 2021 Badlands Bronco
- Your Bronco Model
- Badlands
That makes sense to me. It just really helps highlight the engineering and where the $ and value is in the Bronco vs. other choices in the market. It becomes obvious that Ford targeted specific capabilities and features that for some, will be more valuable than other vehicles they are considering. To have a top performing off road vehicle, with a removable top, that also has very good driving dynamics and lots of very innovative tech hits the sweet spot for me. Hard to capture those things in a regular test driveYou’re right, I didn’t test the Bronco in terms of its off road capability. I tested it more so in how 95+% of my use will be. So the only thing I’ll disagree with you on is its merit as a daily driver. For that use, it is not as good as my 4Runner Limited, to ME it just isn’t. And perhaps that’s not a fair comparison because what I drove was soft top, cloth seats, low end (but adequate) radio. My 4Runner is optioned out quite a bit higher end. Once I get the WT version I ordered, probably in late 2022 or early 2023, I may change that opinion. Here’s the thing. I built a 74EB that by the time I was done it was a super off road machine, 35” tires, 3.5” SL, 1” BL, Smeding 427 cid windsor 390 hp at the rear wheels, built C4, Detroit locker in the back, and on and on…. Without breathing hard, it would have sailed thru anything that I have seen via the videos of the Texas Off-Roadeo. Thing is, I hardly ever drove it for that or anything else. I discovered all the fun I had was in the building and not in the driving it was set up to do. Test driving that WT reminded me of that same situation, i.e., getting a vehicle that was optimized to do something I likely wouldn’t spend much time doing. You are right, I am going to try again at the Vegas Off-Roadeo because that just gives me more windshield time than I had last weekend. But I think you are getting a little too caught up in Bronco vs Jeep vs 4Runner, etc. in terms of wheeling capabilities. That’s not the point. All of them will handle very well most off road I’ll be doing here in AZ. Problem is, like you, I’m a huge Bronco fan and I’m trying to come to terms with the fact that a 6G Bronco might not be the optimum use case for me. As I mentioned in another post, I’m giving thought to building a 2G Bronco for another fun project and to satisfy my Bronco fandom.
I had my own set of struggles with the compromise in towing capacity vs a Ranger Tremor that would handle 90% of my off road use and cost &10k less.
Sponsored