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  1. Why does the auto start stop feature bother so many people?

    Regrettably.. Metal wear aka Tribology is something I’m quite familiar with…. Worked in a materials lab for a couple of decades…. Gears turning an engine over (especially when it happens in the same spot… (which it can happen .. I’ve seen it first hand) … again has a life expectancy when it...
  2. Why does the auto start stop feature bother so many people?

    it’s like a PTSD reflex… that when an engine shuts off at idle… ā€œsomething is wrongā€ā€¦reaction… Secondly…In my world, starters and especially ring gears have a lifetime….. and starting and stopping the engine constantly can not be good for either… I totally get the government compliance and gas...
  3. HVAC Temperature Digital Readout Dials Are Back For 2023 Broncos!

    I don’t know. Why don’t you ask FORD why they brought them back… Ford wouldn’t go to the trouble of bringing them back if (they thought) they weren’t better!!’ Reason or no reason, what Ford has done is make the ā€˜22 MY Bronco a ā€œbastard childā€. As one of the Bronco Nation staff referred to...
  4. You Know You Drive a Bronco When…

    You’re getting gas…. And some toothless red neck meth head with a cowboy hat and a freshly lit Marlboro hanging off his lips…. Comes up… puts his arm around you…. and with a smile showing what few teeth are left in his head….and…. with the worse breath known to mankind,….(looks you straight in...
  5. Lake Tahoe Traveler

    Bay Area Broncos

    I order/purchased my Badlands from Walnut Creek Ford —- sister dealers part of Stead Auto Group. From the Richmond Rail yard…It all matters on how many cars are ahead of you waiting to be trucked…. For example there were at least 50 cars ahead of me when my train car landed at Richmond…All of...
  6. Bronco Raptor Billet Tie Rod Kit by Foutz Motorsports

    yea… over Twenty years working g in a DOE/ University of CA/LBNL Material Science Laboratory and a decade or so of Racing fabrication ….might give ā€œmy opinionā€ some credibility!!!! IMO I respect you and your business!!! I’ve just been involved in enough Failure Analysis law suits to realized...
  7. Bronco Raptor Billet Tie Rod Kit by Foutz Motorsports

    ALUMINUM???? Even if this was heat treated 7000 series aluminum… it has the strength of mild steel…. Seriously…this is DOT approved….???? If so my hat is off to you… I not your going to kill someone!!!! bad idea… racing is one thing …. Those parts are swapped out continuously….but parts for...
  8. Anyone else change their driving habits after getting Bronco?

    ā€œI've noticed that ever since I got my Bronco, I drive quite a bit slower. I used to speed everywhere, but now I consistently realize that I'm barely doing the speed limit.ā€ Ditto…. I totally stare at the Turbo boost in Gauges!!! Like playing a video game I try NOT to engage the turbos…...
  9. Lake Tahoe Traveler

    Bay Area Broncos

    Asking Shahram… WCF was slotted aka allocated 10 B-Raptors…. All were ordered for Reservation holders ( probably day one or First Edition orders that never got built) all of these B-Raptors sold or when delivered, will sell for MSRP.. Trucks (Raptor’s)a different story… Huge mark up… But...
  10. Lake Tahoe Traveler

    Bay Area Broncos

    Make sure you get the correct wheel offset. I’m pretty sure RTR gives you a choice.
  11. Survived the WILD in my 6G - but at a cost

    Mitch… -The editing is incredible… -The ā€œwildā€ footage is fabulous -Singing in the car… ah… yea… well???( maybe —not so much) ( although I do admire you putting yourself out there!!!) -aerial footage incredible All your videos are all next level and well appreciated… Huge Fan!!! -Tahotrvlr...
  12. Ellis Peak. Two Broncos, Seven Jeeps, and an FJ

    … thanks … your Bronco is a šŸ‘šŸ¼Too!
  13. Ellis Peak. Two Broncos, Seven Jeeps, and an FJ

    My wife and I did the Full Blackwood Canyon connecting with the Lower section ( last 5 miles) of the Rubicon… (which starts from barker pass where you all staged… same initial road) The next Day we did Genoa Peak on the other side of the lake… Also, near Tahoe City behind the golf course is...
  14. Lake Tahoe Traveler

    Bay Area Broncos

    Shahram ā€œisā€ absolutely ā€œthe bestā€!!!! If I was having a son… he would be named after him in his honor!!!
  15. Lux Charging Pad OVERHEATS PHONE FAILURE!!!...SHUTS DOWN CARPLAY... PHONE NOT OPERATIONAL...FORD IF YOUR LISTENING!!!!

    The hard top has never been off…( ā€˜22 Badlands…lux) (Only owned for a few months…) Previous ā€˜21 Bronco soft top had mid package (Hard line USB charge)
  16. Lux Charging Pad OVERHEATS PHONE FAILURE!!!...SHUTS DOWN CARPLAY... PHONE NOT OPERATIONAL...FORD IF YOUR LISTENING!!!!

    I actually ran CarPlay Off Road in the Sierra… Once on Blackwood trail over to the lower section of the Rubicon… worked flawlessly… Also, the next day ran it off road (with Carplay) to Genoa Peak….(cell phone tower). It worked flawlessly keeping me from making a wrong turn…(which historically...
  17. Lux Charging Pad OVERHEATS PHONE FAILURE!!!...SHUTS DOWN CARPLAY... PHONE NOT OPERATIONAL...FORD IF YOUR LISTENING!!!!

    About a year ago.... (before I recieved my Bronco) The Town and Country FORD Bronco internet infulencer Mitch Watts, reported in one of his walk around videos about the charger heating up... You would think someone with his influence would have Ford trying to figure this issue out. Heating up...
  18. Lux Charging Pad OVERHEATS PHONE FAILURE!!!...SHUTS DOWN CARPLAY... PHONE NOT OPERATIONAL...FORD IF YOUR LISTENING!!!!

    All phones that have been on that charging pad have been exceedingly warm. (wife's iphone and daughters iphone all different models) I don't know what model phone my friend had which failed on his Bronco lux charging pad.
  19. Lux Charging Pad OVERHEATS PHONE FAILURE!!!...SHUTS DOWN CARPLAY... PHONE NOT OPERATIONAL...FORD IF YOUR LISTENING!!!!

    FORD MOTOR COMPANY... FORD IF YOUR LISTENING On Sunday I had my Apple car play on, displaying Google maps as I drove… awesome graphics….. really cool!!! Anyway, I left my phone on the charging pad on the console expecting it to charge… after driving back from the beach 50 plus miles … Car play...


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