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I took my Bronco on some ranch roads last weekend, that require a lot of stopping and opening gates. Sometimes 2 gates, 50 yards from each other. That's a lot of shutting down the engine with the oil still hot from the turbo. Then I drove in town, having it stop every light and stop sign, 30...

What surprises me is the lack of any information on how the Painted Modular hard top planning is going. We heard last "it should be a 2023 item" when they dropped it about a year ago. That's it. I check in every month or two to see if: A) they are still going to make them B) when they will be...

I know. I have over 200,000 points they've given me when I received my Bronco.

I like the soft top I cancelled my painted hard top for so far. But it's not going to last forever. One way or another, in 3-5 years of Arizona sun, I'll need a new top. Ford giving me $1000 in Ford Points to do the soft top reconfiguration will help. But you have to use the points (or at...

I got my 200,000 points but did have to call the dealer a couple times. If you are eligible (ordered a modular painted top, then cancelled it for the soft top), you will get them. The points are in the "portal" but some dealer IT people don't understand it well.

Between Christmas and New year I took my wife and two dogs on a 5 day trip to New Mexico, where we used to live. The bronco worked great, we camped and drove a lot of out of the way places. The terrain varied from flat mesas with 30 mile views in all directions, to high 8000 foot snowy passes...

I also took a break in trip over the holidays. I have a 4 door Big Bend soft top. I didn't read this entire thread, but will reply I'm getting an average of 22 MPG with 30% highway and 60% state roads, and about 10% real off road. I took at 600 mile trip and got that. But the two differences...

I had to sleep in the back of my bronco last week, wife and I went camping with 2 big dogs. But as we put up the tent, a howling wind started, 50 knots, and started collapsing the tent. I gave up on that and put all the stuff into the tent to weigh it down, and all 4 of us slept in the back of...

Aggressiveness doesn't always work. I wrote Dearborn nasty-grams, called, them, and went on a personal vendetta against Borman Ford (yes, the astronaut) trying to get them to pay for my blown clutch splines (per the repair order) and warped brake rotors (per the repair order). They all told...

You were lucky then. My dealership told me to pack sand. That's the problem with these ESP warrantees, it's up to the dealer to interpret the vague Ford language in them. A good dealer will help you out and take a loss and lose the money for the repair. An normal dealer (90% of them), will...

Did a great NM trip in it over New Years. Was in deep sand taking my sighthounds running, then white sands, then up to 8000 feet in snow in the mountains, all in 4 days. Camped in the back with wife and 2 dogs, then in a tent another night (long story). The Bronco is working out great! It...

Have had it all through Christmas, and used it in some light, rocky and sandy 4 wheeling (I'm in southern AZ). It will crawl up anything, I use 4Low mostly in 1st, and occasionally in Crawl gear. The downhill assist is really nice, you don't have to just rely on the gear and engine compression...

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And I'm liking having a Bronco a LOT better than spending a lot of time here dealing with all the drama, naysayers, and hyperbole here. It's a great truck.

I read what factors are adjusted somewhere in Fords literature. Look around and you should find it, it's about 11 different things. In manuals, less, but still I think throttle response is one. It feels like it. Funny I was in Normal yesterday and driving up a hill at low speed, about 25...

I felt compelled to check in and give a quick report, after getting my Big Bend 4 door, soft top, 2.3 with manual 7 speed. It's great! This from dawn on the first morning, I took it out pre-dawn for a drive too! The fog lights really light up the very close range between the bumper and the...

One thing I vowed to do when I got the Bronco was stop coming here, due to the negativity. I'm sure people are frustrated with waiting, or if they already have their Bronco, with life. But the decision, wait, and now use of a Bronco was exciting and fun for me. Coming to this forum was a...

I had logged into the Ford App to get it set up. It recognized me as a new owner, that's all. I didn't get a text or anything. Just took it for a pre-dawn drive. Amazing. The difference in power and steering input is very noticeable between Normal and Sport Mode. Very.

I got my Big Bend last night. Reserved Feb 2021, Ordered mid March. It's great, almost intimating when you only buy a new vehicle every 10 years or so. So many features and icons and handles and levers to learn! It is sitting out front, waiting for me and my coffee to come take it for a...

You just won the Ignore for Life award! I don't have time for your utterly useless tripe. Learn to think a little before spouting off, and maybe a few people will listen to you in your life.