Thinking about trading in my bronco

[BlueBronco]

Keep the Bronco. Buy a small trailer or rent the Home Depot truck for your material hauling needs. Take your Bronco off-road more.

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[JimmyG]

Backstory. I reserved a bronco and a lightning. I live in suburbs. Got my bronco muddy exactly one time. Struggled loading stuff in the back at Home Depot several times. I absolutely love the bronco and driving stickshift. Long story short, my lightning pro ticket got called with first year price protection. It’s due to be delivered by the end of next summer, so I have some time to think it over. Help! Lol

OPINION (mine): Dump the electric car. Buy a small-ish trailer for hauling stuff. I'm having a hard time seeing the excitement in an electric vehicle. Is it the zero to 100 in 3 seconds? That was cool when we were in high school. Saving the planet? Or just the new fad? That range on the electric motor doesn't entice me nor does the fact that if you live in an area prone to power outages, guess what? You aint charging.

This was MY OPINION so please nobody get ass hurt here please.

 

[Jdyount]

OPINION (mine): Dump the electric car. Buy a small-ish trailer for hauling stuff. I'm having a hard time seeing the excitement in an electric vehicle. Is it the zero to 100 in 3 seconds? That was cool when we were in high school. Saving the planet? Or just the new fad? That range on the electric motor doesn't entice me nor does the fact that if you live in an area prone to power outages, guess what? You aint charging.

This was MY OPINION so please nobody get ass hurt here please.

Living in an area with power outages is a good reason to get a Lightning, because you can power your house with it.

 

[Jdyount]

OPINION (mine): Dump the electric car. Buy a small-ish trailer for hauling stuff. I'm having a hard time seeing the excitement in an electric vehicle. Is it the zero to 100 in 3 seconds? That was cool when we were in high school. Saving the planet? Or just the new fad? That range on the electric motor doesn't entice me nor does the fact that if you live in an area prone to power outages, guess what? You aint charging.

This was MY OPINION so please nobody get ass hurt here please.

"To appreciate how much electrical power the Lightning can provide, consider that even the standard-range version has a usable battery capacity of 98.0 kilowatt-hours, more than seven Tesla Powerwalls—a well-regarded home battery, The Powerwalls cost $10,500 each, while a base Lightning costs only $41,769—43% less than seven Tesla batteries—plus you get a truck for free. And the extended-range battery holds about 30 percent more electrical energy. The Lightning can pump as much as 9.6 kilowatts into your home, which is enough to power everything you’ll need during a power failure, except possibly your air conditioning system. After all, the typical house uses about 1.3 kW on average, while modern, low energy homes use quite a bit less."

Can Your EV Power Your House? (caranddriver.com)

 

[Dingbat]

Keep the Bronco. Buy a small trailer or rent the Home Depot truck for your material hauling needs. Take your Bronco off-road more.

This ^

I got by just fine for years with a 3 door Yaris, roof rack, and a small utility trailer.

The two door Bronco is pretty much the same vehicle in a truck on frame 4x4 platform. Obviously, it’s convertible and can tow quite a bit more too.
The Yaris did have way more room in the back seat and a more convenient rear hatch though.

 

[JimmyG]

"To appreciate how much electrical power the Lightning can provide, consider that even the standard-range version has a usable battery capacity of 98.0 kilowatt-hours, more than seven Tesla Powerwalls—a well-regarded home battery, The Powerwalls cost $10,500 each, while a base Lightning costs only $41,769—43% less than seven Tesla batteries—plus you get a truck for free. And the extended-range battery holds about 30 percent more electrical energy. The Lightning can pump as much as 9.6 kilowatts into your home, which is enough to power everything you’ll need during a power failure, except possibly your air conditioning system. After all, the typical house uses about 1.3 kW on average, while modern, low energy homes use quite a bit less."

Can Your EV Power Your House? (caranddriver.com)

Great numbers, but how do you charge your lightning with no power?

 

[Jdyount]

Great numbers, but how do you charge your lightning with no power?

How many times have you been without power for several days in a row? In my 37 years of life I can only tell you 1 time where we were down for like 4 days and it was a freak ice storm. The thing is I could have driven the 30 miles to my parent's house, where they had power, charged up, then driven back and powered my house.

 

[rusty603]

How many times have you been without power for several days in a row? In my 37 years of life I can only tell you 1 time where we were down for like 4 days and it was a freak ice storm. The thing is I could have driven the 30 miles to my parent's house, where they had power, charged up, then driven back and powered my house.

Totally agree. As somebody living in NH, the modern electrical infrastructure is just so much more robust than what most people think it is. I've never been without power for more than a few days and that was only a very select few storms. And you're right, most of the time you could just travel across town and have access to electricity. Probably the worse off ones are the Southern guys that experience hurricanes.

 

[jwoobs]

IDK why people are agreeing with the outback poster. They kept the friggin' Outback! The moral of that story would more accurately be "get both".

Re: the lightning, it's pretty much the only other car I would consider other than the Bronco. Especially with price-pro. Granted I have solar panels on my house, and DTE gives $500 rebates if you put in a level 2 charger at home.

My mother has a Mach E, and we just did similar amounts of driving this weekend. She spent $7 and didn't have to go to the gas station. I dropped $67 in the tank.

If you aren't offroading the Bronco, the fuel economy penalty isn't worth it IMO. Even the V8 F150 can get a few MPG's better.

 

[Havanajoe]

For the price of the lightning and it’s poor range I’d wait till that is over 300 miles of range. And I’ve seen reports where towing really kills the range it’s a pick up your buying it to haul/tow. It’s a deal killer for me sell the bronco and buy a proper pick up if you need one. We have a model Y so I don’t hate EV‘s if you want 0-60 times and torque all EV’s will do it. But a work truck? It isn’t.

 

[raptorusmaximus]

Yeah, they're so similar. It's tough to pick between the two.

I just remind myself why I dumped the white Outback for the Bronco.
To steal from the old Dodge commercial ... because no kid ever had a poster of a white Outback on his wall.

The same can be said of the Maverick. It will be a great utilitarian vehicle, but it will have no soul.
No kid will ever put a poster of a Maverick in his room.
That's the trade off.

At some point I decided I'd break the drudgery of the daily grind by at least driving something that stirs my soul a little bit. Something that is more "me" than the family truckster.
I think pulling up to a 4way stop sign and meeting two other white Outbacks at the same time kind of killed it for me.

Don't get me wrong, we still have the Outback, it does everything very well, but even though my 2dr Bronco is a bit cramped for the three of us compared to the Outback, guess which one everybody wants to take when we all go somewhere together.

So, that's my story ... you get to write your own.

+1 life's too short to drive something BORING......

 

[MudMonsterRacin]

I got a utility trailer to take the place of my F150 I traded. That being said, I love my bronco so far, but the only thing id consider trading it on would be an F150 Tremor. Love the looks of it too.

 

[jehines3]

A good friend has had a Tesla Model 3 and a Mach E. He sold the Model 3 when his Lightning ticket got punched. He's in love with it. However, he's got a 9-mile commute and a fleet of other old muscle to soothe the gear head. I think this full-on push to full EV is missing the mark. Trucks should have stopped in the PHEV territory for a while until infrastructure improves. It's allot of battery allocated to a single vehicle in the current battery development and supply cycle. We need all new vehicles to have a 40-mile EV range right now and a range extended to 400 on fossil. Jeep nailed it with the 4xE, plain and simple.

 

[BostonSasquatch]

Yeah, they're so similar. It's tough to pick between the two.

I just remind myself why I dumped the white Outback for the Bronco.
To steal from the old Dodge commercial ... because no kid ever had a poster of a white Outback on his wall.

The same can be said of the Maverick. It will be a great utilitarian vehicle, but it will have no soul.
No kid will ever put a poster of a Maverick in his room.
That's the trade off.

At some point I decided I'd break the drudgery of the daily grind by at least driving something that stirs my soul a little bit. Something that is more "me" than the family truckster.
I think pulling up to a 4way stop sign and meeting two other white Outbacks at the same time kind of killed it for me.

Don't get me wrong, we still have the Outback, it does everything very well, but even though my 2dr Bronco is a bit cramped for the three of us compared to the Outback, guess which one everybody wants to take when we all go somewhere together.

So, that's my story ... you get to write your own.

Well stated. Bravo.

 

[BostonSasquatch]

Very seldom does someone’s post simply apply a headlock to the topic at hand. This one did just that. Well done, welldone.

My sentiments, exactly.

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