Recent content by EasternSierra

My parents bought a used car for my sister. It had belonged for some years to a couple living near the ocean in San Francisco. The local climate is fog and wind off the ocean from April-August almost daily. Even a sea breeze on a clear day brings salt spray, as I found out when I tried to take...

It's basically already been said, but much more water than you think you need. Restock at least daily if potable water is available along the way. Have multiple water containers so if the main one leaks or breaks you'll still be OK. Beer doesn't count because the water intake is just about...

I was on a Forest Service road in Kern Co., CA when a king snake slithered out onto the road moving really fast, and being chased by a mother quail who kept pecking at it. I was on I-5 between Redding and Red Bluff in far northern California. The section I was in a hilly area, with southbound...

When I was first considering the Bronco, I was concerned based on the Consumer Reports findings. However, I find it brakes pretty well, certainly far better than some older vehicles I've owned.

I had these installed: Diode Dynamics Stage Series C1R White Flood LED Pod (pair), mounted on the AGS OFF-ROAD 2021+ Ford Bronco In-Wheel Light Mount. They work well and I'm happy with them. With anything like this you need compatible wheels that have enough space for the pods to be mounted...

I had the same experience with my Toyota T-100 decades ago. I found the handling squirrelly on the highway and I blamed the suspension. It turned out the problem was overinflated tires. Once that was fixed it handled fine for a pickup truck. Edmunds had a negative review on this truck based on...

A lot depends on how much of your extra height is legs vs. torso. I'm only 5'11", but I still run into a lot of problems with some vehicles, with the seats not fitting my body thanks to my unusually long torso. I'm almost always the tallest person in the room when we're all sitting down.

IIRC, the term was invented in the 1980s by a writer for one of the 4WD magazines then in circulation. He was casting about for a term to describe the new downsized 4x4s from GM, Ford, and Jeep (S-10 Blazer, Bronco II, and Jeep Cherokee/Wagoneer). The term took off and became widely used.

The Bill of Rights only limits what the government can do to you. By buying a private product you are consenting to whatever comes along with that. The 4th Amendment doesn't apply.

I've been working to keep my Bronco's weight down. I'll probably have over four hundred 360 extra pounds of sprung weight when I'm done, plus 85 pounds of new unsprung weight. Think I'll go for the HD springs after all.

My insurance calls it a Sport Wagon. So the text reads Bronco Sport, but with the wagon part truncated. Thought at first they had the wrong vehicle insured.

Awww heck. I'm about to have a shop install those coilovers (non-HD) and tires.

Thanks for the catch! Fixed.

Did they actually crash-test a Sasquatch? I can't find any evidence they did for any model year. Ford may have figured that they would only test a lower trim, so they could leave the crash bars out for Sasquatch models.

My Bronco has the stock Badlands KO2 285/70R17. I've been planning on going to 35s and I was going to get pizza cutters. I like their old-school look, and they're better and safer in winter conditions when I go to the mountains. However, when I wanted to upgrade my suspension's off-road...