I said lightweight, plastic, vented vanity cover.... Vehicles have had those for years. If I had a soybean-based piece of foam on my 2.0 I would swap it out in a second for what I've described (and have been on engines for years). It was a cost cutting move, no more, no less.
Am I the only one that is surprised that the aftermarket hasn't moved in with a better alternative? I would think that a lighweight, plastic, vented vanity cover would sell as fast you you could make them. Ford could slap a Bronco logo on it and it would probably be one of the hottest...
I'll probably get flamed for this.
I find the rear hatch opening window useless because of the size of the actual opening. I would prefer a non-opening window that had a better field of view (even just not having the big bump for the latch assembly).
To be honest, I'm surprised it wasn't...
If the Maverick Tremor would have been around when I ordered my Badlands, that would have been the tipping point for me. I really liked the utility of that Maverick bed.
Either way, I would have kept my old F150 for when I really needed to do truck things.
I honestly wouldn't put it in the same wheelhouse, since this doesn't require any wiring. To even get the wiring in my Badlands I would have had to buy the wiring harness which was another $60 minimum. You have to put a price on your time. This got me what I wanted in a few minutes for not a...
My Badlands with the poverty package doesn't have an auto dim mirror or HomeLink. I have 3 overheads that I deal with on a regular basis, so I really didn't want to have to carry around 3 transmitters.
Not the cheapest solution, but definitely the easiest (one screw). The RAV4 HomeLink mirror...
I'm sorry, the Sport version is awful and I can imagine the crap I'm going to get for owning a Sport when people see these things in the wild.
The Sport version should have been a throwback to the BII that came from the get go with an Eddie Bauer trim level. Tan top, Tan Pin Stripe, Tan...
I didn't necessarily feel like tracking the trains either. Got a text from a friend of mine at the dealership.
Dealer: Hey, your Bronco hit the local railyard offload yesterday(July 11). Should be here July 29th +/-
Me: 18 days to go 18 miles? You need me to go pick it up?
*crickets*
Odd...
Badlands Poverty Package for the win. The only thing I wish I could get out of it was the heated wheel (dear Ford, please package heated seats, wheel and block heater as a cold weather package). For leather seats, it's cheaper for me to spec out some Katzkin leathers and I'll end up with a...
Or buy a Big Bend and install some Katzkin leathers...way better leather and if you don't care about some of the OB features, still save yourself some money. That's my plan on my BL poverty package after having some awful experiences with Ford's "leather" in an Edge.
I'd wait. I think everyone is losing their minds whenever there is a mention about somebody dropping a feature. There is no way that Ford is going to drop heated wheel or heated seats. Now, what I see them doing is delivering heated seat/heated wheel capable vehicles without the modules...
$1000 off makes the wait a lot easier to stomach and disappointment in how the local dealer Big Bend orders were being optioned. $1000 off on the Badlands gets me really close (in price) to the Big Bend I wanted with way more vehicle. Also figured it was good karma for a guy that's owned 4...