I still can't say why I ordered my Badlands. There's no single reason. I wanted to replace my '17 Escape when the extended warranty ran out. I really didn't like the 4th Gen Escape design.
I want to buy local for my convenience for dealer service. That leaves me with Kia/Hyundai, Chevy Buick GMC, and Jeep. I won't buy any Japanese car. The Chevy Trax, and Buick Encore GX really appeal to me, but I thought they were just too anemic. I was really happy with my '04 BMW X3 until year 13, but the dealer moved 24 miles away from my home and the next closest dealer was 22 miles away but south of a miserable traffic circle (aka roundabout). I'd like another VW GTI but don't like the lack of physical controls for HVAC etc. That dealer is also located south of that accident prone traffic circle.
I liked the 2.0L in my Escape. I found the 1.5L I3 performance acceptable but saw early on the water pump failures and the stupid design/engineering decision by Ford to not have an idler pulley which maintains belt tension.
When I saw the Bronco Sport, it reminded me somewhat of my oldest brother's IH Scout II, which I found attractive. I was never a fan of the 1966 Bronco though.
As soon as ordering for the '24 was open, I ordered my Badlands. I was up in the air about color. I really like the Atlas Blue, and Oxford White, and Cyber Orange (no longer available), but also wanted to go with the style of my '84 VW GTI: Black and a thin red body pinstripe. I added a second parallel red stripe to my '84 GTI, and so that was a given that I would do that. I had intended to do the same to my '17 Escape, but it just didn't have the personality or soul. It was a car, just a good reliable car. The only personalization I did on the car was replace the fender trim with a black one. I'm not a fan of chrome, except maybe on show cars.
And now, the Bronco Sport has become an obsession that I just can't shake. I bought about 2 grand of add-ons (and deletion replacement parts) even before I received the car. I ordered a few things even before I ordered the car. I found black cloth folding headrests on eBay from a rollover about a month after I ordered my car.
I want to buy local for my convenience for dealer service. That leaves me with Kia/Hyundai, Chevy Buick GMC, and Jeep. I won't buy any Japanese car. The Chevy Trax, and Buick Encore GX really appeal to me, but I thought they were just too anemic. I was really happy with my '04 BMW X3 until year 13, but the dealer moved 24 miles away from my home and the next closest dealer was 22 miles away but south of a miserable traffic circle (aka roundabout). I'd like another VW GTI but don't like the lack of physical controls for HVAC etc. That dealer is also located south of that accident prone traffic circle.
I liked the 2.0L in my Escape. I found the 1.5L I3 performance acceptable but saw early on the water pump failures and the stupid design/engineering decision by Ford to not have an idler pulley which maintains belt tension.
When I saw the Bronco Sport, it reminded me somewhat of my oldest brother's IH Scout II, which I found attractive. I was never a fan of the 1966 Bronco though.
As soon as ordering for the '24 was open, I ordered my Badlands. I was up in the air about color. I really like the Atlas Blue, and Oxford White, and Cyber Orange (no longer available), but also wanted to go with the style of my '84 VW GTI: Black and a thin red body pinstripe. I added a second parallel red stripe to my '84 GTI, and so that was a given that I would do that. I had intended to do the same to my '17 Escape, but it just didn't have the personality or soul. It was a car, just a good reliable car. The only personalization I did on the car was replace the fender trim with a black one. I'm not a fan of chrome, except maybe on show cars.
And now, the Bronco Sport has become an obsession that I just can't shake. I bought about 2 grand of add-ons (and deletion replacement parts) even before I received the car. I ordered a few things even before I ordered the car. I found black cloth folding headrests on eBay from a rollover about a month after I ordered my car.
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