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Yeah, but you gotta have the MGV seats to handle the mud, dirt, and moisture on that guy.

Now that would be a sight... :wink:

White aftermarket top on my Badlands and a sunshade for the windshield.

Which I've done, and which has paid off a few times for different problems on the road. However, my concern is on the trail. I'm not going to do any really hairy trails alone, but you can get a flat even on regular dirt roads. Guess I'll have to try the method shown in the video and see if I...

Depends on the cat. I grew up in an over-the-roll household. No problems with any of my parents' cats in my lifetime, except maybe the first one when I was a kid. I only had one cat, well behaved, after moving out on my own. After she died we found out how much rodent control she'd been doing...

Same here. I really wanted a stick, but Jeeps have poor reliability and I'm no fan of the new Tacoma which I've driven. The Grenadier would meet my needs. The only other bad things about it are the price and the scarcity of parts compared to more popular brands.

Things to consider that haven't been mentioned above and how they related to my own Bronco decision: Some people like, some don't like the Sasquatch 35s. Considering the kind of country I go to, I wanted more durable tires. I can get takeoff fenders cheap to cover them. For some of us, there's...

Just to make sure this is clear to the OP, the Badlands non-Sas does have the M210s. This difference in axles only matters for lower trims where Sas upgrades the axles over non-Sas.

Both my previous 4x4s (39 years combined) had manual transmissions, windows, and door locks. The Camry I inherited from my father had power door locks. They began draining the battery when the car was around 12 years old, but it would have cost 10% of the value of the car to replace them. We...

Yeah, and my mother's hope was to marry a man making $10K a year, a lot of money in those days. I think my parents' first house cost $12K IIRC.

It's going to be pretty hot down on the desert floor and probably OK on top of the plateau. The mountain range is called the Kiavah or Scodie mountains. It's a big plateau at 6500-7000'. There's one spring, McIver's Spring, which should still have water that time of year. Not sure about later in...

I did that one in 1988 IIRC. Looked familiar! I've also hiked in on the Pacific Crest Trail from Walker Pass. I remember one section that was a lot of loose cobbles and small boulders. My skidplates got a workout. Is that still there? Also, are there still a few Jeffrey pines along the...

Modern SUVs - a bunch of bastard offspring, or genetic mis-engineering? Or both? The second generation of the little S-10 Blazer had a fuel-injected 4.3 L engine that was pretty good for that era.

I was sitting behind a Sportage and a Forester yesterday at a light. They looked pretty darned similar, and was thinking how they used to look so different from each other. In biology they call this convergent evolution. In cars, it's just another kind of enshittification.

Nope. Engine braking while on mountain grades (including highways) was one reason I wanted a stick. Sure, autos these days have locking torque converters for engine braking, but only for the lowest gears. Even so, the stick still needs less braking than an auto would. I haven't tried serious...

For me, it's mainly been two cases that are now obsolete with the 6g Bronco: -Starting a manual transmission on a hill, now no longer an issue thanks to hill start assist; -Push/roll starting with a low or dead battery, unfortunately not possible with the 6g Bronco. For the latter situation I...

People have already mentioned the electronic emergency brake. To me it's just a very minor irritation in daily operation. Still, I'd much rather have a positive visual indication that the brake is engaged even when the vehicle is turned off. Also, having a manual emergency brake is something...

Trails often run through pretty rugged terrain, and it's often hard to see ahead much. Out there on the trail you need every edge you can get. That's why I wear these, so when I get out of the Bronco I can see a lot farther up the trail. They also make it effortless to climb into or out of a...

The installer for my Armadillo top found that this shelf interferes with the top to the point where they can't both be installed as-is. They had to modify the shelf to make it fit: Post. The modified shelf works well, though.

Just got back from a two-day road trip. First Bronco I saw was a 1g, and I also saw a Bronco II.