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that’s as fair of an analysis as I can ask for!

Let’s talk depreciation. Let’s say I buy a tricked out Badlands and it ends up being $50k our the door. What would you think the market value is on it in one year? How much has the value dropped? assume less than 10k miles in year 1 and completely stock.

I’m sorry I’m not really grasping what the “rocks and trees” strategy was? Can you describe it with a little more background? I’m interested now to know what it was ?

Huey - thanks for the great perspective here. It's nice to see another engineer finally take the time and do a "full monty" grading as I started out with. It's very interesting that you ranked lower in some categories and higher in others, but at the end of the day we were at similar...

Kinda sorta I agree with you. I do not think they actively "planned" to limit their bandwidth and traffic flow to a point in order to CAUSE a crash as a way to hype up their product. I do believe they knew the response and engagement on reveal night COULD be far higher than anyone anticipated...

Thank you all for the very interesting comments and viewpoints! I would present 1 counter-point to this: You are absolutely correct that forum misinterpretation got the best of a lot of people. HOWEVER, I would suggest the root cause of the "outrage" is actually Ford's inability to provide...

Something else that would have been very helpful is a list of definitions of those same steps/activities. I still don't think I can tell you what the difference between "build and price" and "configurator" is from the customer's perspective. I think it is a bad assumption that the general...

I thought it would be interesting (and valuable) for professionals in industry to have a thought provoking thread discussing all aspects of the new Bronco release from the perspective of industry professionals – NOT an average customer. NO dumb questions about “can I get this option with that...

Here's a link to Ranger5G where you can see some engine bay pics. https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/first-2-3l-ranger-engine-bay-pictures.1214/ Pretty darn full and busy in there. I wish I could better see where the alternator and A/C compressor are located.

Yes I thought it was very informative. I'm particularly interested as to why they switched to electronic wastegate control vs. pure mechanical. What is "TVIC"?

As much as I appreciate y'all's opinions and insight, this isn't quite how I hoped this thread would go... Looking for more objective, informative info. Anyone have some good links to pics/diagrams/tech info of the 2.3? I really like this one I found over at the Ranger5G site, check it out if...

I am very familiar with the 6.0L powerstroke (own an Excursion). I loved learning about this engine because of the wealth of knowledge from resources like The 6.0L Bible, and the ability to get a basic understanding by studying images, charts, technical publications, etc. What type of similar...

Can someone with a more trained eye tell me what engine we're looking at on the 4-door chassis? I'm still learning my ecoboost architectures... :rolleyes:

HAWKEYE LOVIN??? Heck no! GO STATE! ;) From Ames here and going with Granger.

Offering my experience as a positive data point: I literally just got off the phone and was able to successfully change my dealer. Receiving an email to start / complete this process is not a requirement. Stop waiting for an email and just do it. I never received any email triggering me to...

You're not wrong but I think it was bound to happen the way this is going. But to be fair Post #1 is still factually correct and shows all the known differences accurately and concisely. I will update it as we learn new facts. Things get confusing and blown out of the water when people start...

Thank you very much. It's been an awesome rig. I'm looking forward to having a "trail warrior" old Bronco and a "trail princess" new Bronco. Or at least one I can drive to the trail without going deaf (wind noise aside my current bronco tires and exhaust is LOUD!)

The answers you seek are in the "Source" links in post #1. The simple answer is yes.

That is funny as hell there! I thought you were serious for a second!!! Thanks - I do appreciate it. Took a little time but I hope it's more helpful than confusing. The biggest thing it helped me with was for me was overcoming the disappointment that I "couldn't get" Sasquatch on my most...

I have updated the comparison chart in post #1 to show ground speed / 1000 rpm in the crawler gears. Also added a note clarifying the final drive ratio with the optional 10sp auto tranny. True differences between stock Badlands suspension and Sasquatch suspension are unknown.