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The original paint has held up great as well as all of the windows, lights and other electronics always working for the most part. It sits up nice and high and has acts as a truck and an SUV with the removable top and tailgate, except it turns better and gets better gas mileage and looks way cooler with no top on it. All climate control works and blows very hot and very cold its got great pickup and is very substantial on the road. Seats have never ripped and air filled lumbar supports still hold air and inflate like new. It has a bullet proof motor that rarely if ever will leave your stranded, tons of power, drives well and all electronics has worked great for 20+ years. With a relatively short wheel base and larger v8 engine it tows and drives and reverses with a trailer very easy with some practice and without large blind spots. It has an automatic shift with automatic locking hubs that are very sturdy for your everyday 4wd needs. I love that this truck is four wheel drive. She purred like a kitten, and roared like a lion, depending what I asked of her. After the first time I drove it, I was in love. While the interior was not spectacular, it was clean, and the engine was nice enough that it made up for it. It was beastly enough that I could put my foot in it and get through traffic, and boat-like enough that it always felt smooth, like it was floating down the road. After the first day driving it though, I realized it was one of the most fun things I had ever driven. In that regard, we were lucky to have bought the bronco when we did. Well, I was not obligated to drive the bronco to work every day, there was no other choice. Not long after buying the bronco, I got in an accident with my Volkswagen Jetta, and totaled it. Despite my reservations, we purchased the vehicle anyways, mainly because my husband was so excited about it. Even after we went and took it for a test drive, I was not a big fan of the big blue thing. When my husband first showed me the truck he wanted to buy, I was very skeptical of it.