Steve557

I never said I hate the Bronco, I will probably love it based on what I have seen so far but IFS is a deal breaker for me. If Bronco was SFA would have probably bought one as a daily and kept my 17 F350 but now will just upgrade to a Tremor in a year or so.

Hmm I must have missed the part where I brought up anything on rock crawling??? Plenty of advantages to SFA in addition to being better suited for rock crawling but the IFS trolls are misinformed and equate SFA to rock crawling.

SD’s are a great example... GM builds an IFS HD that no one buys while Ford sells a whole lot of SFA SD’s. Just look at 1/2 ton sales number which market share percentage wise GM is a whole lot closer to Ford but get’s crushed in HD’s because of IFS. We are not talking about radically different vehicles... plenty of people buy SD’s as nothing more than daily drivers and prefer the SFA. The only advantage of a Solid Axle is rock crawling??? ?Perhaps you should do a little more research....

Someone might want to let Ford know so they can discontinue the SFA in the Super Duty that crushes GM HD’s in sales in large part due to the SFA that supposedly no one wants???

Not really buddy, I have probably spent more on new F-350 Lariats in the past 7 years than you’ve spent on vehicles in your lifetime...

The problem I have with IFS is what advantages does it offer over Solid Axle?? We know SFA offers plenty of advantages, just don’t understand the reasoning behind saddling it with IFS.. And don’t give me on road manners as Ford has gotten the Super Duty to be every bit as good as GM HD’s when it comes to on road driving. No reason they can’t do it with the Bronco they just decided to cheap out.

Maintenance is more costly with 6.7 or any modern Diesel. I’ve seen way too many threads of people stuck with 6.7 repair bills in the teens to be comfortable owning a new Diesel out of warranty. Unless your towing the “fun factor” is very minimal for the most part as 6.2 and 6.7 are pretty much dead on 0-60. If you have the money to burn or tow heavy regularly go with the Diesel, but in the long run it has a much higher chance of costing a whole lot more compared to say a 6.2. Looking for to getting getting into a 7.3 in next year or two, happy with my 6.2’s but still missing some of the low end torque that I was used to in the old 7.3’s before I (or should I say the EPA??) switched to gas. The nicest part was being able to move up to Lariat’s with all the money I saved over the old XLT Diesels I used to buy.

Along with the front suspension (how can they still think IFS is acceptable after getting blown out for thirty something years in HD market??), transmission, interior, and just look at it ?.

I would think GM and Ram just don’t do the volume in big trucks/van’s to justify a big V8.

To my knowledge GM has never offered the premium transmission with gassers while Ford has allows you the option at minimum of the big Torqshift with gas. No excuse for then to not atleast have the 10 speed as an option but typical half ass for Gm’s HD’s. Big reason my 17 is a 350 and not a 250 was to get the real Torqshift (6R140).

TTB may be IFS but is a lot cheaper and easier to lift compared to control arm IFS setups.

Hopefully the Rubicon/Hardcore Off Road competitor has a solid axle available in the Bronco. 7.3 is going to steal some Diesel sales.

She has had two Altima’s since and no issues ?‍♂️. Ford did not seem to care about the Focus having a junk transmission either.

Ford deserves every bit of flack for these piles of crap. We were an all Ford family until my parents bought my sister a new 2012 Focus as a graduation present and the transmission was a pile, now driving Honda’s and Nissan’s. I will say Mom’s old 2009 Fusion is still a spare at parents house and has been pretty much bulletproof with 100k on it.

Do any motor homes actually use the Transit over the E-Series? I can’t think of much in the way of advantages it would have.

Every time I hear about electric this and that I remind myself of stuff like this: https://www.wwaytv3.com/2018/01/14/duke-energy-asks-customers-to-reduce-electricity-use-during-cold-snap/ No thanks, I will keep my ICE vehicles.

Found the inspiration for the ugly truck today at a Mobil Station!? Tesla can take the electric junk and shove it, can’t wait to get my hands on a 7.3 F-350! ??

6.7 is definitely going to take a decent hit in 250/350 at MSRP of $10.5k vs $1700 for 7.3. Funny thing is other that the development costs to be recovered the 7.3 is probably cheaper to build than 6.2. I think I will wait a year, engine doesn’t worry me much but new transmissions worry me first year.

I would love to see Sport package or LED lights offered with the Supercab, don’t have any use for a Crewcab but get stuck without a bunch of options that I would like with the Supercab.

The 350 has the 10R140 (6.2 and 7.3) standard while 250 has the 6R80 w/6.2 standard. 10R140 only 7.3 or Diesel with 250. So with 250 you are paying for 7.3 and 10R140 upgrade for $2045 while with 350 the 10R140 is already baked into base MSRP so $1705 for 7.3 alone if you will.

Supercab availability would be enough to get me out of my 17 350.

Hopefully there in about 15 years when I am due for my midlife crisis. In the meantime why did I sell that mint 91 notchback 10 years ago ?.

Same here, they ever discontinue the regular ole V8 Mustang GT I will lose my loyalty to Ford. Still such a great performance value.

I hope this is not the end of the 6.2...

Meh I still prefer the E vans for reliability over the Transits along with a slew of other things. Would have been nice if they kept one of the Vans (350?) around for those who prefer and don’t feel like spending the money on a cutaway body ( $$$$ versus the old vans). Could have even dropped the 5.0 in.