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Like many of us (hopefully most), my plans this summer almost entirely revolve around my Bronco. This is what my timeline looks like:
1. June 28-29, Bronco Off-Roadeo: I scheduled my Off-Roadeo on the first day registration opened for the first day possible. I don't want to wait 1 second longer than I have to, to be able to actually get behind the wheel of a Bronco.
2. Sometime in early July, dealer demo: My dealer has a mid June build date for their first demo so they should get it sometime in early July. This will be the first time my wife and girls will be able to see/sit-in/touch/ride-in a Bronco. I hope they let me take it over night so I can get a good test drive (although I doubt that would be a good idea for them because it my just end up at the rock park........).
3. July 19th, BUILD DATE: I hope they'll be on track to hit my build date. I SO wish I could go to MAP and see if come off the line (Ford, this is something you should do with your custom order customers, plant tour on day of build, get to see your vehicle being built, come off the line,....).
4. July 19th-Aug-?, UNBEARABLE wait: Nothing I have to explain to anyone here, this is going to be the longest 3-6 weeks, just waiting....
5. Sometime in mid August, Bronco delivery: The 4 year wait will be over for me. Can anyone really believe it has been that long (2017) since they announced the Bronco would be back?. I will probably put like 1000 miles on her in the first week; I bet we eat out ever night just so I can have an excuse to drive somewhere....
6. First weekend after delivery, KSROCKS: So my friends keep giving me a hard time, "No way you're going to take that $60k Bronco off-road,..." so I've promised them, 100% first chance I get I'm going to take them out to KROCKS (Kansas Rocks Recreation Park). I'm going to try and NOT go down too many crazy trails on day 1 but my dad will have 37s on his Rubi by then so he may want to try and but the coals to me a bit. I think he's going to be surprised though, how well my stock Badlands Sasquatch Bronco keeps up...
7. Sometime late summer, my dream road trip: Sometime late this summer my wife and I are going drive the Bronco out to San Diego, the top and doors are coming off, and we're going to spend a week driving up the coast, Pacific Coast Highway San Diego to San Francisco, then continue up US 101 to Olympic National Park . This has been a dream of mine for YEARS (the plan originally was to do it in an Early Bronco). "I can see you, Your brown skin shining in the sun, You got the top pulled down and the radio on, baby." Every time I hear that song I've pictured driving down the beach, top pulled down, I can almost smell the salt-water....
So that's my Bronco journey this summer. I do feel super fortunate to have an early build date (day 1 reservation) and to be able to enjoy my Bronco this summer, I know not everyone here is going to get that.
1. June 28-29, Bronco Off-Roadeo: I scheduled my Off-Roadeo on the first day registration opened for the first day possible. I don't want to wait 1 second longer than I have to, to be able to actually get behind the wheel of a Bronco.
2. Sometime in early July, dealer demo: My dealer has a mid June build date for their first demo so they should get it sometime in early July. This will be the first time my wife and girls will be able to see/sit-in/touch/ride-in a Bronco. I hope they let me take it over night so I can get a good test drive (although I doubt that would be a good idea for them because it my just end up at the rock park........).
3. July 19th, BUILD DATE: I hope they'll be on track to hit my build date. I SO wish I could go to MAP and see if come off the line (Ford, this is something you should do with your custom order customers, plant tour on day of build, get to see your vehicle being built, come off the line,....).
4. July 19th-Aug-?, UNBEARABLE wait: Nothing I have to explain to anyone here, this is going to be the longest 3-6 weeks, just waiting....
5. Sometime in mid August, Bronco delivery: The 4 year wait will be over for me. Can anyone really believe it has been that long (2017) since they announced the Bronco would be back?. I will probably put like 1000 miles on her in the first week; I bet we eat out ever night just so I can have an excuse to drive somewhere....
6. First weekend after delivery, KSROCKS: So my friends keep giving me a hard time, "No way you're going to take that $60k Bronco off-road,..." so I've promised them, 100% first chance I get I'm going to take them out to KROCKS (Kansas Rocks Recreation Park). I'm going to try and NOT go down too many crazy trails on day 1 but my dad will have 37s on his Rubi by then so he may want to try and but the coals to me a bit. I think he's going to be surprised though, how well my stock Badlands Sasquatch Bronco keeps up...
7. Sometime late summer, my dream road trip: Sometime late this summer my wife and I are going drive the Bronco out to San Diego, the top and doors are coming off, and we're going to spend a week driving up the coast, Pacific Coast Highway San Diego to San Francisco, then continue up US 101 to Olympic National Park . This has been a dream of mine for YEARS (the plan originally was to do it in an Early Bronco). "I can see you, Your brown skin shining in the sun, You got the top pulled down and the radio on, baby." Every time I hear that song I've pictured driving down the beach, top pulled down, I can almost smell the salt-water....
So that's my Bronco journey this summer. I do feel super fortunate to have an early build date (day 1 reservation) and to be able to enjoy my Bronco this summer, I know not everyone here is going to get that.
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