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2021 Ford Bronco - shots fired

mrzuzzo said:
Yeah, I have a Ford Ranger which is basically the Explorer but with no passenger row and a 6ft bed. I was actually thinking of upgrading to the Sport Trac but that bed is pretty useless so decided against it.

I thought it came with a bed extender that basically makes the bed 6ft.
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It did, but then it's basically unsecured at that point and not suitable for carrying rifles.


Kornholio said:
I've honestly never understood why people think a half a foot seems to make or break a truck when you can just lower the tailgate and use one of those "bed extenders" to carry whatever you need...assuming you really need that extra half a foot. I'd suspect most truck owners do not. :dunno
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It matters if you're carrying "sensitive" items like $4000 precision rifles.
 
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Abacinator said:
Since this is a Ford thread, I saw a Mach-E today. It's not terrible looking but it just seems wrong.
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OK, I'm living under a rock obviously but that's the first I've heard of that shit. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. Having owned 3 Mustangs that really offends the shit out of me.

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ScorpioVI said:
OK, I'm living under a rock obviously but that's the first I've heard of that shit. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. Having owned 3 Mustangs that really offends the shit out of me.

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You and every other college girl who owns/owned a V6 Mustang their parents bought them.
 
The plywood sheet measuring thing doesn't make any sense anymore. Almost no one really uses a modern truck to carry a sheet of plywood. If you say otherwise, I'd honestly ask you to take pictures or I'd basically call you a liar. :x
 
Kornholio said:
The plywood sheet measuring thing doesn't make any sense anymore. Almost no one really uses a modern truck to carry a sheet of plywood. If you say otherwise, I'd honestly ask you to take pictures or I'd basically call you a liar. :x
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It does if you still build stuff!
Sheetrock and Atvs are the same size..
 
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buellistic said:
It does if you still build stuff!
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I've had multiple contractors in my yard for months and not a single one of them have ever brought in sheets on their work trucks. They're always delivered by a delivery service. I've even asked the contractor why he does that and he said it's cheaper and easier to use the local delivery services than for them to go get the stuff and bring it themselves. He also said if he really need to carry plywood sheets, he'd just use the rack on his truck to do it and strap them down. The bed is for heavy stuff. :dunno
 
Kornholio said:
The plywood sheet measuring thing doesn't make any sense anymore. Almost no one really uses a modern truck to carry a sheet of plywood. If you say otherwise, I'd honestly ask you to take pictures or I'd basically call you a liar. :x
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Nobody uses a modern truck to carry a sheet of plywood because the beds are too small. Duh. :laughing
 
Kornholio said:
The plywood sheet measuring thing doesn't make any sense anymore. Almost no one really uses a modern truck to carry a sheet of plywood. If you say otherwise, I'd honestly ask you to take pictures or I'd basically call you a liar. :x
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Go ahead and call me a liar, then, because I'm not going to dig up photos :hand
And the company truck that my husband drives is a "modern" truck and you won't see any photos of plywood in the bed because it doesn't fit.

buellistic said:
It does if you still build stuff!
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Yes!

Kornholio said:
I've had multiple contractors in my yard for months and not a single one of them have ever brought in sheets on their work trucks. They're always delivered by a delivery service. I've even asked the contractor why he does that and he said it's cheaper and easier to use the local delivery services than for them to go get the stuff and bring it themselves. He also said if he really need to carry plywood sheets, he'd just use the rack on his truck to do it and strap them down. The bed is for heavy stuff. :dunno
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Local delivery services don't really dig driving an hour up the twisty mountain roads to our house.

ScottRNelson said:
Nobody uses a modern truck to carry a sheet of plywood because the beds are too small. Duh. :laughing
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:laughing Exactly!
 
I'll even go so far as to say that the small amount of people that may actually use a modern (can't stress that modern part enough) truck to carry plywood sheets aren't going to buy enough trucks to make it worth designing it for their specific needs. No, modern trucks have become "lifestyle vehicles" with far less focus on having a large bed rather than towing capability and interior comforts.
 
Since we're already diverging from the Bronco and talking pickup trucks....have you guys seen the Canoo yet?

Check this thing out, full EV pickup :

https://vimeo.com/522176934



Speaking of high functionality and modularity...skip to about 8:45 mark for the obligatory plywood references.
 
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You guys know I’m the furthest thing from a Tesla fanboy. But I’ll give them this...at least they have a car to market. Not everything they said (still not holding my breath on the Cybertruck), but you can at least buy a Tesla.

All these startups. All. Of. Them. Nikola, Rivian, Byton, Farraday, Nio, dozens of others, and now what will almost certainly be the same for this Canoo? We’ve been getting “shown” these vehicles for years now. Where the fuck can I buy one?!?!. If Lucid doesn’t come to market pretty soon here, you can lump them in with this group too.

Ford is selling the Mach-E now. It’s real. There are cars on the road that don’t have “mfg” plates on the back. It’s not out yet, but I have full confidence that GM will come out with the Hummer EV as they said. VW has the iD4...a bit underwhelming, but it’s real too. But Ford, GM, and VW are big established car companies who know what are the final steps involved to bring a car to market beyond just making a rolling prototype and filming an overglorified sizzle reel and calling it a media launch event.

So forgive me if I am the jaded villager who’s tired of the boy who cried wolf. But I’ve seen this vaporware act for too many times over the past several years now. I’m not paying too much more attention to these things until someone introduces something and it’s actually a product you can buy.
 
TheRobSJ said:
So forgive me if I am the jaded villager who’s tired of the boy who cried wolf. But I’ve seen this vaporware act for too many times over the past several years now. I’m not paying too much more attention to these things until someone introduces something and it’s actually a product you can buy.
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Wait a second! Does this apply to the Bronco as well?

I've ordered mine, but nobody can buy one yet. :cool
 
TheRobSJ said:
You guys know I’m the furthest thing from a Tesla fanboy. But I’ll give them this...at least they have a car to market. Not everything they said (still not holding my breath on the Cybertruck), but you can at least buy a Tesla.

All these startups. All. Of. Them. Nikola, Rivian, Byton, Farraday, Nio, dozens of others, and now what will almost certainly be the same for this Canoo? We’ve been getting “shown” these vehicles for years now. Where the fuck can I buy one?!?!. If Lucid doesn’t come to market pretty soon here, you can lump them in with this group too.

Ford is selling the Mach-E now. It’s real. There are cars on the road that don’t have “mfg” plates on the back. It’s not out yet, but I have full confidence that GM will come out with the Hummer EV as they said. VW has the iD4...a bit underwhelming, but it’s real too. But Ford, GM, and VW are big established car companies who know what are the final steps involved to bring a car to market beyond just making a rolling prototype and filming an overglorified sizzle reel and calling it a media launch event.

So forgive me if I am the jaded villager who’s tired of the boy who cried wolf. But I’ve seen this vaporware act for too many times over the past several years now. I’m not paying too much more attention to these things until someone introduces something and it’s actually a product you can buy.
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Yeah I agree, so much vaporware. Looks cool though.

Looking forward to the Tesla Cybertruck - should blow the F150, Bronco, etc etc out the water in pretty much every way possible.
 
mrzuzzo said:
Yeah I agree, so much vaporware. Looks cool though.

Looking forward to the Tesla Cybertruck - should blow the F150, Bronco, etc etc out the water in pretty much every way possible.
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I'd say except build quality........but we're talking about the new Ford...:rofl
 
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