So we came down to Homer for my birthday weekend (the big 34) and I purposely drove the Bronco 1 for adaptive cruise and 2 I really wanted to take it out on the beach. The drive down was about 230 miles from home. My 2.7 SAS managed 19.8 MPG the highest I've ever seen and that was with multiple...
I think its highly dependent on location and weather.
I'm In Alaska, we don't treat the roads locally just gravel/sand them. So my Bronco was in 4A or 4H for over 6 months, only 3 weeks ago did I put it in 2wd for the first time since 2022.
I rented a 4dr Wrangler in AZ last summer, spent 10 days and roughly 1200 miles with it. I found the interior very crampt, steering was like my 2002 Excursion a lot of slop and vague. Top was super noisy but that was because of a broken latch, which caused it to leak terribly in a downpour...
You know I didn't even think of it when I originally read this post. Last summer my 2.7 developed an oil leak from the driver side valve cover. The oil was dripping directly on to the catalytic converter and causing smoke. Luckily I caught it very early, but it could have resulted in a fire...
Not seeing 4A as an option on the regular Ranger, which is a huge let down. This is the reason my grandfather still has his 08 Sport Trac and not a new Ranger. Gm has had it on the Colorado since the last generation.
oh Jesus christ dude. I've seen a hundred posts of people running them like this on the highway, do some research on your own. I pulled up the first post I could find. Do whatever the hell you want. You're worse than the towing weight crybabys on every forum when people post their setup.
My Bronco is my first brand new vehicle, I ordered it exactly the way I wanted it. I don't get rid of vehicles, I just add to the collection. I plan to keep my Bronco forever, hopefully that's the rest of my life but at 34 who knows? I know I won't willingly sell it.
For me it was the GoRhino power steps. These allowed my 83 yr old Grandma to finally be able to get in the Bronco and go for a ride with me after a year and a half of ownership. We are waiting for warmer weather to take the top off and get ice cream.
I've put around 9,500 miles on my 2021 2.7, last fall I took it on a 1k mile road trip around Alaska and loved every second of it.
prepare best you can and go have fun. If something happens it happens but don't let fear stop you from living. This is your Thursday therapy session...