Your New Bronco: Daily Driver, or Toy?

[bucking_bronco]

Would be replacing my 2011 Pro-4x Xterra as a daily driver and weekend warrior vehicle. I only do moderate off-road stuff a handful of times a year.

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[kodiakisland]

I honestly don't have a daily driver. I have a couple of bikes I ride whenever I can. I have a truck for when I need it or weather is bad. My wife and I share a Camaro, but it's an auto so I rarely drive it. The Bronco will become more of a weekend, off road vehicle that I hope to put about 10K miles a year on. I go to MT or BC every year from AR so I'm sure I'll use it for that, but not really any other cross country trips.

 

[Builtdadbodtough]

Daily driver. As long as it’s semi-mostly practical

 

[MaverickMan]

Bit of both for me. I used my comanche at work and thats a 1 mile commute. Im not putting compost cans in the bronco. My wife may use the bronco for work but it depends, she does alot of painting and construction and may stick to the 96 bronco since it has a lumber rack on it. But we do have to go in to town a couple times a week and the modern comfort and mileage would make sense to take it for town trips. It would also hopefully take over beach day and maybe camp duties from the 96. Once the eagle gets back on the road it will also be good for beach days. Then there is mountain top days, and hana days. Basically it would be our grocery getter adventure mobile.

 

[Kaster]

Winter driver for me and warm weather camping. My Porsche will be for driving up and down the Mountain during non winter storms.

 

[Cased]

My thought is anyone even looking at the Bronco has somewhat of an eye towards both
Mine will be driven daily , towed with occasionally , and maybe even flat towed with a SxS on a trailer behind it

I've seen them guys out west play grounds , it's time to join the party

 

[1lostCDN]

My goal with my 4 door is to have an awesome daily driver that can take me anywhere. I'm (hopefully) getting the manual trans in mine as well as getting it fairly loaded for family comfort.

That being said,I'm going to work my butt off over the next little while to get into a position to order a 2 door "warthog" for my fun toy, but we will see if I can get there haha.

 

[Rockledge]

I have always wanted A Mustang and a Bronco in my driveway. I sold my 2001 fully built TJ- when I knew the Bronco was returning. I bought my 93 Mustang LX 5.0 and did a full mechanical rebuild. I want to be able to drive it everyday. The bronco - being new will be a semi daily -weekend warrior-bad weather driver.

 

[GrumpyVet]

Is daily driver even a thing these days? I haven’t left my home since 2019

 

[EvlNvrDys]

Sorry fellas but I went with Option #4 but that is seriously misleading on my part.

1. Mine will absolutely be daily driver as my current dd is my '12 Mustang w/ 197k miles on it (put about 28k/year). I love her, but realize she's getting up there in miles.
2. In NJ there really isn't anywhere to off-road (not that I do that anyways, but with a new Bronco sure would be curious ?)
3. Weekend use is for all kinds of stuff... going to see family/friends, trips to Home Depot & Lowe's & ..... wait for it.... the occasional Mall Crawling run ?.
4. Where the weekend warrior will come in is I'm dying to take my youngest son and OUR quads to some trails, so this Bronco needs to tow (and capably tow) a 12 foot trailer w/ 2 quads on the back. Obviously the wife's '17 JKU (w/ 3.21 gears) can't handle it!
Edit:
5. Damn you guys must have some money to be able to purchase a $35k+ toy. Make's me feel poor now

 

[Spooled]

This will be a do it all for me. Selling my F-150 that's currently a toy and my Madza 3 that currently takes care of my daily duties. Going to just budget 55k and get a nice one and let it do everything.

 

[Shane]

This’ll replace my FJ as a DD and family fun & adventure rig. IF I could afford it, I’d get two: one for the daily, the other for camping and zombie apocalypse survival. I am also now interested in Sasquatch hunting. See what comes with that package!

 

[PELS82]

4 door Wildtrak. I’ll probably drive it to work once or twice a week. This is the fun vehicle for me. My daily driver gets 38mpg so i’ll keep it around for the work commute. The Bronco is for the weekend and for the sand.

future plan (5yrs or so) is to get a 2 door also so i’ll have both. A 2021 should be more widely available by then.....

 

[Cheshire]

I haven't had less than two motor vehicles in my garage since I was in my late teens. So the thought never occurred to me - will some people use their new Bronco as a daily driver? Will it be a toy for fun on weekends? Will it be their daily, and they have an even more awesome toy?

As for me, I'm just not sure yet. My early Bronco isn't right for all weather (bikini top), nor are any of my motorcycles. Intended for camping/exploring, the Excursion is a huge, lumbering beast with poor economy in the city. Seems like all of my vehicles count as toys. We mostly use my girlfriend's Explorer for daily stuff, but with the new Bronco coming, it could fulfill those duties. Ideally, I'd have an econobox for grocery fetching, but I'm already drowning in cars in my driveway and the associated maintenance expenses.

Daily driver that my young daughters will grow up in.

 

[Trainerii]

I want to say I will only drive it a couple times a week . But honestly I will drive it everyday unless I need to drive my truck.

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