Haha, yea there was no damper free option so my tailgate has a damper nowFord was smart and included one from the factory. ?
It's only been two days so far but I absolutely love it. The Sasquatch drives better than I thought it would. Plenty of power to move this big rig. The one thing I have to get used to is the increased stopping distance required over the Ranger. Probably has to do with the large wheels. I've been babying it so far until I really get used to it.
Merry Christmas to you as well! I will post a follow up review in the future. Gonna let the new car shine linger for a bit before I take her off-road. My cousin is supposed to be getting his Bronco this week as well, and once we both get used to our rigs we will be doing a bunch of off-roading all around Florida.
I have a somewhat loaded Badlands on order. It has the high package but not the Sasquatch package because I figured the 33's would be a good start and I could upgrade later. Now since I have a Jeep coming sooner and with all the delays from Ford I was thinking I might go down to a Base SAS and just add the Aux switches. I do like all the tech but I have that in my Ranger and the Jeep will too. Plus like you said it'll give me a blank slate to work with and about $12K less than the Badlands. If Ford keeps price protecting them I'll most likely go this route.
Dave, you starting a dealership or sumthin? Your neighbors are going to start thinking you have cartel connections ?
I'll still have room in the driveway for one more before I need street parking. lol
My exact build is Base SAS with mod bumper and Aux switches. I call it the "meat and potatoes" build. Everything you need, nothing you don't. It's ripe for the upgrading and costs much less than the Badlands, as you pointed out. The only thing you don't get that you may or may not need (I won't need it) is the disconnecting sway bar. I believe that is Badlands only. If you don't need the sway disco then I would highly suggest going BaseSquatch.
I bought mine in '19 for $32K. Drove for 2 yrs and 30, 000 miles, and got 29,500 in trade against a '21 just like it except it has 4wd. Looked on the dealer website yesterday and they have my old truck listed at $37k...
Yea the used truck market is wild right now. I paid $29,500 (before tax, title, license) back in June of '19 for the Ranger (new). I traded it in this weekend for $29,400. So it depreciated 100 bucks in 2-1/2 years. It only had 25k miles on it.
I'll still have room in the driveway for one more before I need street parking. lol
Naaw I figure I'll keep my Bronco order until Ford decides not to price protect it anymore. By the time I get mine in 2024 either the Ranger or the Jeep will be on the way out. Although if there's a Ranger Raptor all bet are off.
