Regrettably..
Metal wear aka Tribology is something Iām quite familiar withā¦. Worked in a materials lab for a couple of decadesā¦.
Gears turning an engine over (especially when it happens in the same spot⦠(which it can happen .. Iāve seen it first hand)
⦠again has a life expectancy when it...
itās like a PTSD reflex⦠that when an engine shuts off at idle⦠āsomething is wrongāā¦reactionā¦
Secondlyā¦In my world, starters and especially ring gears have a lifetimeā¦.. and starting and stopping the engine constantly can not be good for eitherā¦
I totally get the government compliance and gas...
I donāt know. Why donāt you ask FORD why they brought them backā¦
Ford wouldnāt go to the trouble of bringing them back if (they thought) they werenāt better!!ā
Reason or no reason, what Ford has done is make the ā22 MY Bronco a ābastard childā.
As one of the Bronco Nation staff referred to...
Youāre getting gasā¦. And some toothless red neck meth head with a cowboy hat and a freshly lit Marlboro hanging off his lipsā¦.
Comes up⦠puts his arm around youā¦. and with a smile showing what few teeth are left in his headā¦.andā¦. with the worse breath known to mankind,ā¦.(looks you straight in...
I order/purchased my Badlands from Walnut Creek Ford ā- sister dealers part of Stead Auto Group.
From the Richmond Rail yardā¦It all matters on how many cars are ahead of you waiting to be truckedā¦.
For example there were at least 50 cars ahead of me when my train car landed at Richmondā¦All of...
yea⦠over Twenty years working g in a DOE/ University of CA/LBNL Material Science Laboratory and a decade or so of Racing fabrication ā¦.might give āmy opinionā some credibility!!!!
IMO I respect you and your business!!!
Iāve just been involved in enough Failure Analysis law suits to realized...
ALUMINUM???? Even if this was heat treated 7000 series aluminum⦠it has the strength of mild steelā¦.
Seriouslyā¦this is DOT approvedā¦.????
If so my hat is off to you⦠I not your going to kill someone!!!!
bad ideaā¦
racing is one thing ā¦. Those parts are swapped out continuouslyā¦.but parts for...
āI'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
Dittoā¦.
I totally stare at the Turbo boost in Gauges!!!
Like playing a video game I try NOT to engage the turbosā¦...
Asking Shahram⦠WCF was slotted aka allocated 10 B-Raptorsā¦. 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 (Raptorās)a different storyā¦
Huge mark upā¦
But...
Mitchā¦
-The editing is incredibleā¦
-The āwildā footage is fabulous
-Singing in the car⦠ah⦠yea⦠well???( maybe ānot so much) ( although I do admire you putting yourself out there!!!)
-aerial footage incredible
All your videos are all next level and well appreciatedā¦
Huge Fan!!!
-Tahotrvlr...
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 lakeā¦
Also, near Tahoe City behind the golf course is...
The hard top has never been offā¦( ā22 Badlandsā¦lux)
(Only owned for a few monthsā¦)
Previous ā21 Bronco soft top had mid package
(Hard line USB charge)
I actually ran CarPlay Off Road in the Sierraā¦
Once on Blackwood trail over to the lower section of the Rubicon⦠worked flawlesslyā¦
Also, the next day ran it off road (with Carplay) to Genoa Peakā¦.(cell phone tower).
It worked flawlessly keeping me from making a wrong turnā¦(which historically...
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...
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.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY... FORD IF YOUR LISTENING
On Sunday I had my Apple car play on, displaying Google maps as I drove⦠awesome graphicsā¦.. 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...