This 7 speed has spoiled me!

[wetdog]

2.3
Sport mode
Premium fuel
7 speed
Stupid fun

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[Bigmatt]

2.3
Sport mode
Premium fuel
7 speed
Stupid fun

Sport mode was pretty cool, haven’t put in premium yet.

So does sport +4HI = Baja? Or is that wish in one hand and… well you know the rest

 

[wetdog]

I have the base no baja ,the sport is fun.

 

[AZ_Liberty]

No. The clutch is soft and squishy like the newer Mustangs. I can deal, but stiffer would be better.

I'm going to look into whether the Mustang "helper spring" fits the bronco. Makes the clutch "feel" stiffer.

And the shifter is sloppy, also like the newer Mustangs with the Getrag transmission. Which is of course, to be expected since it's a cable drive and not a top-loader. The TREMEC trannies were much smoother.

But, at least we got a stick.

 

[bodean]

We own 4 other manual vehicles. 2016 Tacoma, , 2015 Golf TDI, 2007 FJ Cruiser and a 1976 Austin Mini with a 1995 Acura Integra drivetrain.

I wouldn’t say the Bronco is significantly better than any of them (maybe the Mini) clutch is a little soft for my liking, but it’s still a great driving experience.

 

[BroncoAZ]

I had to drive my boss’s 2013 Jeep Wrangler with its terrible manual transmission and 33” tires on stock gearing last week, needless to say it wasn’t my favorite. My last manual vehicles were my 87 Bronco, 2015 Passat TDI, and Volvo C30 Polestar. The 87 Bronco drove like a proper truck with the T-18 trans and a heavy clutch. The Passat was overgeared for highway efficiency, so it was easy to stall if you didn’t give it enough revs when starting off but shifter great after that. The Volvo had a weird clutch that picked up too high for my liking, but I loved driving that car. The new Bronco is a very easy manual to drive.

 

[Lakelife36]

The clutch is extremely soft - to the point where it could use a bit more feel - but the throws are just right and the engagement is bang on. Between the throttle tip-in and hill start assist it's hands down the easiest manual I've ever driven and I will have no issues teaching others on it. The auto restart when pressing the clutch after stall will definitely help new learners' confidence too.

 

[wrbix]

Been driving MTs since the sixties and yes this is one of the good ones…..hill start assist is especially helpful in this age of no one realizing the existence of manuals and pulling up to within inches of your rear bumper at uphill stoplights.

Sure glad I don’t have to try to use that anti-ergonomic parking brake in that scenario. Whose idea was that?

 

[2100]

It had been 121 months since I last drove a stick at the time I picked my Bronco up last week. So, so glad I insisted to myself that I get the manual, it is fantastic and absolutely love it. It's definitely much easier than the 90 Bronco stick I learned to drive on for sure.

 

[GToddC5]

I hate to admit this, but I haven't taken the cover off my FJ40 for the 6 months I've owned the Bronco. I just love driving this damn thing everywhere! My legs cringe at the thought of the old clutch and manual brakes on the FJ40

 

[Deleted member 19381]

I hate to admit this, but I haven't taken the cover off my FJ40 for the 6 months I've owned the Bronco. I just love driving this damn thing everywhere! My legs cringe at the thought of the old clutch and manual brakes on the FJ40

 

[long_road]

Glad to hear mostly favorable things about the Bronco manual trans. I've driven nothing but manuals for my whole driving life. I've had Hondas, Subarus, Nissans, Fords, Jeeps, etc. Looking forward to learning a new MT if/when I ever get one.

 

[BigBendBW]

This has to be the easiest clutch I’ve ever driven and the “auto gas” as I call it (because I don’t know what the proper term is) is amazing!

I’ve had the bronco 3 weeks and have driven it exclusively. I pulled my ‘97 TJ out of the garage this afternoon and didn’t stall but damn that clutch is stiff as a rock, as are the brakes. Went down the road and I’m out of sync with the gas shifting (so a nice big rev between gears). I feel like I’ve never drive stick before in my life and my wife is laughing. I used to think the TJ had the easiest clutch of any truck I’ve owned until now, damn am I spoiled!

Also shift throws are short and crisp compared to my past jeeps and trucks.

Anyone else notice this?

 

[HoosierDaddy]

BTW: are you referring to "Hill Assist" where it keeps revs at engagement point for a few seconds so you can get moving from a stop?

On a hill, the brakes hold for a moment or two as you are releasing the clutch, PLUS ...
any time you let out on the clutch SLOWLY , it will pick up the revs and you can easily launch from a dead stop without touching the gas.
Add those two together and you'll find that this thing is a dream to drive in what may have been slightly more challenging scenarios for "some".

Day 1 , I thought it was impossible to stall. I let the wife drive, who is competent with a stick, she agreed ... EASY to learn.
THEN, I let the daughter attempt to learn how to drive a manual ... she killed it about 20 times in about an hour, LOL.

Sure glad I don’t have to try to use that anti-ergonomic parking brake in that scenario. Whose idea was that?

Can almost guarantee it was one of the young engineers who doesn't either offroad or drive a manual.
A nice hand lever manual version would be nice, but I think that would take away some of the other automatic brake functions, just guessing, like the hill start assist, etc.

 

[mul1gan]

ditto, love the manual.... just not the DMV traffic all hours of the day/night

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