Originally posted by: alkemyst
I didn't know any Bronco that had a Ford Mach Audio System in it. My father owns a 96 EB.
Hey guys. I'm The_Coolness's twin brother. I decided to join here cause the pcmech forums are getting to boring with too many rules.
Intro's aside, yes we put the Expedition on order yesterday at River Bend Ford. It will be ready Tuesday afternoon, just in time for us to drive it to our second class of the day in college which also starts tomorrow.
Now I see this "thx for funding the terrorists" bull as some replies on here. Question is, don't you? If you drive, you fund. Until we get our own gas reserves, or tree hugging a holes get off their butts and let us pipe out our own reserves, we will continue to play slave to the ARAB oil companies.
I see people talking about getting a fusion or 500 for ~25,000$ rather than the expedition. What you have to see sirs, is value. There is more than market value. There is user appreciation. That is the fact that this car (with its larger size, and much higher capabilities) is better than paying 3,000$ more for less. And it works alot like Air conditioners. Why pay for an 18 SER AC when that AC would have to to run for 12 years to pay off its difference in electric bills. Why pay for a fusion when (by my calculations) it would take a little over 4 years to recoup the costs in gas bills. Not to mention you also have to pay nearly $100 more in insurance every 6 months because its a new car.
There's alot of reasons why we HAD to get the SUV instead of the car. They build them for a reason, and that's the fact that there is a need for them. Out here in our area, being 15 miles from a small town (Chattahoochee), 25 miles from a medium town (Bainbridge), and 40 miles for a large town (Tallahassee), you need a bigger vehicle to get you around safely. You also need a big vehicle to do the utility work you need. You don't pay a money hungry company to ship you supplies 40 miles down the road, they charge near 100$ for that. You get your flatbed trailer, and you tow it home yourself.
Also to the guy that said get a car to be safer to others. All I can say is that I'm a safe driver. Never even had a fender bender. Anyone that's driven a bronco knows there ain't much difference between driving the two. In fact, driving a Bronco has made me a safer driver. All my cousins that grew up with these little cars that can weave in and out of traffic are the speed demons. People think that since the car is more maneuverable, they can just drive around as they please. I drive 45 on the main road, 58 on the highway, and 70 on the interstate. That's it, and that's all it ever will be. Driving 85 on the interstate is unnerving to ever do that again (I hate Atlanta). So all I can say is, that if there is a crash, you were probably in the wrong, and you better pray that it wasn't the last mistake you'd ever get the chance to make. I won't be killed by some drunk a hole going 75 in his car in a 45 zone. You can drive your Focus and get creamed by chance happenings if you want, but I'm not that stupid.
And to the guy I quoted, I looked up our Broncos invoice sheet, and it is indeed a Mach 350 audio system. But I also vaguely remember (I was extremely young) that dad might have had that put in special. I'd have to ask when I get the chance.
EDIT: I see here that rather than the Visteon MACH system, it is using the Visteon CD6 system (
http://www.visteon.com/products/automotive/cd6_music.shtml). So what it uses for an amp I can't tell, I do know though that you can hear the amps cooling fan in the vehicle when the radio is on.