If you're looking for long term estimated post-constraint data, have a look at Ford's own lease residuals.
Lower trims have higher residuals, and 4dr residuals are 5% over 2dr.
Why are more expensive models holding their value worse? Well that's actually pretty common. The more expensive the...
There is no aftermarket for hardtops at this point. It will develop, but nothing yet. That being said, I'd go softtop if I was able and I live in a place where it can snow over a foot (not common, but possible). Can't imagine the need for a hardtop in florida.
If i were personally ordering a 4door, you couldn't convince me to order a hardtop at this point. The wait times for hardtops are insane. If you change that MIC to a soft top i bet you're driving it in 3 months tops. If you stay a hardtop, you might be looking at a year.
If they offered a...
sold my 15 K900 when I ordered because used car values are nutty. figured my 12 civic would last me until bronc showed up. But 12 civic has 170k miles and I just didn't trust it what with repair parts being backordered on lots of cars, so I took the Chapman gladiator lease buyback offer.
So now...
Ford can't even make the Lions relevant, doubt they'll have much help for you. There were longstanding rumors the Ford family bought the Lions for William Clay Ford so he'd have something to do that kept him away from FoMoCo. Been 7 years since the old man died and the team is still garbage though.
There's a lot of overlap in Bronco, Wrangler, Gladiator, Tacoma, FJ, Defender, and 4Runner people. If the new Ranger gets some real chops, i don't see any reason why that can't be added to the list.
But don't let any rationale or reason get in the way of your gatekeeping
Presenting a realistic scenario against your unrealistic one is not being unfriendly, it's just being honest.
As for "we are trying to give a fellow member here some hope"... i disagree. What you are giving him is a laundry list of things to do that will cost him money (lawyers aren't free) AND...
i can't imagine routine fire road driving without mudflaps. It's the very first mod I'm doing on mine when I get it. Long before lighting and katzkins, i'm getting mud flaps.
You wrote an awful lot... about a process you don't really understand. The small print on the reservation very specifically outlines that none of what you've said is actually true. And the laws of pretty much every state of the union protecting dealers fill in the blanks.
You have no legal...
i wish this was true for me too, but unfortunately the one thing I need more than any other is a manual trans, and the base 4dr doesn't have it. I probably would have sacrificed the 2door thing months ago if i could keep my stick.
The Jeep Wave had a place back when they were an uncommon sight on the roads. Pre-2007 when the 2doors were the only Wranglers.
Now? They are fucking everywhere. I can't leave my house for 10 minutes and not see a dozen Sahara body colored hardtops driving by.
The niche that the wrangler was...
never understood the passion for cupholders some of you have. In my K900 my front cupholders spent 99.9% of their driving time closed over, and the rear cupholders only came out of the rear center console once when I was going to pick up buddies for a road trip.
Maybe you guys have older kids...