Why do Bronco owners drive so slow?

[stickshifthappy]

my previous daily drivers we sports cars and I didn’t drive those fast either.

Then why have one ?

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[Black Bronk]

There are 2 reasons why I drive my Bronco slower than any other car I have owned:

1. I noticed I can't really "feel the speed" I'm driving at in my Bronco, compared to previous cars. Several times I caught myself driving faster than I felt. I felt I was going 80 but I was actually going 100. So I began trying to compensate for it and sometimes instead go slower than intended.
2. The bronco has a longer stopping distance than any other car I have driven (learned this the hard way) so I give way more distance than you'll normally expect. So especially in tight traffic most people see the larger space and think "Ohh I'm gonna take it since this guy can't catch up to the person ahead" meanwhile I'm just slowing to make sure I have the right space before really accelerating

Anyway to each their own. Drive Safe!

 

[Area51BS]

Not sure what you have experienced, but I am betting if you followed it, a Land cruiser, a blazer, a Tacoma, or any other similar vehicle, down a dirt road or forest trail, you would be posting with the question “Why do they drive so FAST?”

They were designed and built for off-road use while being able to drive on public roads. This means they are a bit clumsy on road. But the same thing that makes your car better on-road, makes it a clumsy toddler off-road.

for vehicles like the Bronco, jeep, Land cruiser, K5 Blazer and others, speed is not the name of the game. It’s low end torque and axle articulation. That same articulation requires more diligence in on road driving.

Even the new models with IFS, while more nimble on road than their forefathers, still have a higher center of gravity. This requires the operator to be more aware of their speed as they can not (should not) risk a roll-over in case sudden correction is needed.

Disagree. Sort of. Took the rental mini van off roading leaving the Vegas off rodeo. Made a wrong turn and ended up at the Raptor party palace. Mini van did some of those roads pretty good. No rock crawling was attempted.

 

[Fordified1]

Disagree. Sort of. Took the rental mini van off roading leaving the Vegas off rodeo. Made a wrong turn and ended up at the Raptor party palace. Mini van did some of those roads pretty good. No rock crawling was attempted.

Why is it that rentals always seem to offroad really well?

 

[JT58Bronc]

I drive my Bronco "slow"- mainly the speed limits or a little over. I also accelerate slowly. Reason- it's designed to be an on/off road vehicle, not meant for speed or super good handling on the pavement. It's top speed is only 100, which is not that fast. And to save gas- and I get pretty good MPG driving the way I do. People around here drive 80- 110 on the interstate. I stay with the trucks at 70, the speed limit. I have a Miata track car that I drive fast and it gets up to and over 100 real fast.

 

[Acewizard]

Something must be wrong with my Bronco 2.7 eco, It doesn't like to do interstates under 85 mph.

 

[BroncMan]

I’m getting 20.5 mpg at the speed limit. That’s it.

 

[Dan00Hawk]

This 2002ish Mustang GT owner found out that not all Broncos are "slow" as it took him getting into 4th gear to even put a car length on me...

 

[CarmeloS]

You haven't met me, I'm a Speed Devil for the most part. I feel Wranglers are just as bad as hybrid drivers though, they're never in a rush, even when they should be

 

[Shinemeister]

I'm generally driving a bit slower in my '24 Wildtrak than I was in my '17 Grand Cherokee Trailhawk partly because I love driving the damn thing so much I'm not in any particular hurry to get where I'm going and have to get out. And there's the fact that with the 2.7 I have to hold myself back from mashing the loud pedal to the floor to feel that thing rip. I see lots of people are blathering on about how SLOW even a Raptor is, and the only thing I can thing is...these dudes must be hung like a Chipmunk! 325hp & 400lb/ft of torque on my Wildtrak is SLOW??? This thing is faster than my Brides '21 Grand Cherokee Trailhawk w/5.7 HEMI! The 5.7 is quicker out of the hole, but once the turbos are spooled up...GIDDYUP!!!
But, most of the time I'm just poking along with a smile so wide I may swallow my ears!

 

[Shinemeister]

This 2002ish Mustang GT owner found out that not all Broncos are "slow" as it took him getting into 4th gear to even put a car length on me...

So, someone else who, like me, thinks the 2.7L is pretty damn fast!

 

[PlayTime]

The joy of driving isn't in the speed, it's in finding a perfect line and being at harmony with the physics.

 

[Ride Em Bronco]

Making love to my Bronco sometimes can be very slow - and sometimes it can be very fast. But either way it always ends with a big smile on my face (and hopefully it was as good for my Bronco as it was for me).

 

[CarGuy]

Going slow allows for accuracy when the protesters are blocking the road

 

[PlayTime]

Going slow allows for accuracy when the protesters are blocking the road

I'm going to be angry at that, because I'm a protester, married to one, and the whole family protests. But you're not wrong.

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