Recent content by tourproto

My two favorite stories from the book are the Christmas card and the "flat" paint. You won't believe they are true or that a company could be so f-ed up for either to happen.

There is a great book to read called "Car guys vs Bean counters" (https://www.amazon.com/Car-Guys-vs-Bean-Counters-ebook/dp/B004IYJEA6). it is both hilarious and sad and is a quick read. But it explains that car companies (GM in this case) looked at selling cars purely has a financial...

I hate car payments because it is a depreciating asset so I try to make decisions for long term usage. I was thinking of a Toyo 4Runner instead of the Bronco but decided to give the Ford a run and buying the long term warranty was how I justified the reliability concerns. We will see if it...

My thought on this has more to do with reliability “in general” and not a specific part. “Systems” (and a car is a system no different than a refrigerator or TV set), generally have a “bath tub” curve for failures. Lots of issues at the start, a long period of reliability with few issues and...

I am new to off-roading. I do not go rock crawling but have been off-road in the snow the KO2s and they were great (but have nothing to compare to). At home on pavement, they are quiet and have decent grip. Traction in very wet road conditions is not great, but I've driven in other SUVs and the...

So I take it that you didn't buy the Bronco? I did not see a post from you after this one, so I am guessing that you didn't reach an agreement with the dealer?

So I have a hardtop and use a cable lock connected to a V-Line handgun safe. I stash it under my drivers seat. But it can "slip out" from under my seat from time to time. If you have the top open and/or the doors off, this probably won't work for you...

I have the 2.3L because I wanted the manual and that was the only engine choice. I have towed boats at altitude (5000 feet in Ennis, MT) and have not had issues with "not enough" power. I do have to downshift from 6th gear to 5th or even 4th when going up steeper highway grades but can keep...

They have to have some sort of window drop because of the frameless doors and the need for a rubber "lip" on the top of the door to keep the wind and rain out at speed.

So my issue persisted across restarts, but I finally found the solution and that was to manually re-index the window as described earlier in this thread. It has happened twice in the last month or so and the manual re-indexing solved the problem immediately. Just another one of those things...

Has anyone been able to take a pic of an Eruption Green Bronco next to a new Shelter Green one? I am curious to see the difference.

Ahhh. Thanks.

I need to see a shelter green next to my eruption green. They don't look that different to me...

I thought the manual 7sp was gone for 2024, but it shows up in the table...

This is good to know. I have many droplets in my rear lights after a rainstorm. I will take this in when we get the next big deluge and the droplets show up again.