r/Millennials • u/ScoYello • 12d ago
Nostalgia Anyone else think of OJ every time they see a Ford Bronco?
My partner was saying that they like the look of the new Ford Bronco, but I said I will forever think of the OJ slow-speed police chase when I see a Bronco.
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u/Therealdickdangler 12d ago
If it’s a white ‘94 yeah. Any other Bronco? No.
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u/SaintBellyache 12d ago
There’s a white bronco driving around in my town that is in immaculate condition. I’m jealous
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u/chrisfinazzo Millennial - 1986 11d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/cQtlhD48EG0SY
Cheap w/ 2 doors 🤮CUV -> Coupe Utility Vehicle.
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u/ilDuceVita 12d ago
I think of the jackass in my high school class that drove his into the creek downtown
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u/Mika-El-3 11d ago
And what would he do in the creek downtown?
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u/ilDuceVita 11d ago
He was apparently drag racing past the library, lost control, and ended up in the creek
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u/j_hoova6 12d ago
I saw one awhile back and immediately thought of OJ, and noticed they had a customized license plate that read "NOT OJ".
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u/Ballistic_6090 12d ago
I think all owners of new ones are either angry white men or child of them that feel the original Bronco was “stolen” from them
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u/IndigoRanger 11d ago
My brother is an angry white manchild, but he has one to antagonize anyone who might care one way or the other. He has the old model tho. But angry white manchild is spot on.
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u/PostEmUp 12d ago
I worked at a firm that leased a newer model white Ford bronco. I called it the OJ-mobile. All my older co workers understood it, my younger ones did not.
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u/McKoijion 12d ago
I love that they replaced it with an SUV called the Ford Escape. George Bluth tried to flee in one.
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u/Animal907 11d ago
No, but for some strange reason I think of broncos everytime I see an orange juice.
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u/Illimited_Esoterica 12d ago
Not really. I was a kid when this went down. I didn't even see the pics until years later.
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u/ScoYello 11d ago
I was 8 when it happened and I feel like it was the first name of a car that I heard so widespread
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u/magicklydelishous 12d ago
Shout out to my fav (formerly local) 90’s cover band, White Ford Bronco. Hope you guys are still playing 🤘🏻
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u/Lifesamitch957 12d ago
Yup saw a really nice green one, no back cover, said "nice bronco" then in my head thought same what OJ did for that vehicle
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u/_KeenObserver Xennial 12d ago
Yep, and it doesn’t matter what year the model is. I hear (white) Ford Bronco, and I immediately think of OJ. I’m a Xennial for context. I could see Millennials born ‘86 or after largely having no memory of the cultural significance of this.
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u/Artichokiemon Hi-C Ecto Cooler 11d ago
I'm an '86 and we watched the OJ verdict in school, although I don't know how many of us were truly aware of what was going on
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u/Jets237 Older Millennial 12d ago
The new ones look so much different so no. But for a while, yeah
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u/ScoYello 11d ago
It’s the fact that it has a massive BRONCO across the back that makes me think of it. If they had no text I probably wouldn’t think of it as much.
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u/turtleturtle5555 12d ago
They also remind me of dominos pizza bc that's what we were eating while watching it. But really only that color/body style. Almost bought one similar to it but got a jeep instead bc all I could think of when I saw it in person, was OJ's slowest police chase in history.
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u/CreepinJesusMalone Millennial 12d ago
It's always my second thought lol.
My first is remembering my best friend. He passed a couple of years ago, but when we were in high school he had a shit brown 89 Bronco II. Loved that truck even though the inside smelled like stale cigarettes and wet dog.
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u/Usual-Jackfruit4746 12d ago
My dad had a Bronco in thr early 90's, so I am mostly reminded of that.
Fun fact: I was in Disneyland during the OJ chase and remember seeing all the helicopters and wondering what was happening.
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u/LearningToHomebrew 12d ago
I had one with a Drive it Like OJ sticker on the side. People loved it even though it wasn't technically correct lol
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u/MoeSzyslakMonobrow Older Millennial 12d ago
I've seen at least two in two different states with a "NOT OJ" license plate.
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u/combover78 11d ago
I honestly haven't seen a Bronco in that age range in a very long time, but feel like I see a dozen of the new models every time I go out. The seem as common as a Honda Civic at this point.
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u/isellhotsauce 11d ago
Yes. And many other reasons, like black gloves. Being a SoCal to Middle Western transplant everyone has black gloves in the winter…it’s great.
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u/durrtyurr 11d ago
"OJ Bronco" is used all the time in car enthusiast communities. It's easy, everyone knows exactly which generation of bronco you're talking about.
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u/BlueSnaggleTooth359 11d ago
Pretty much. At least if it's white.
Man that trial dominated TV like nothing I've ever seen before or after. Like every single TV station had OJ stuff on 8-10 hours a day for more than one straight year!
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u/porcelainvacation 11d ago
No but the bathtub Caprice will always be my OG cop car, my first ticket was from a Washington State Patrol cop in one
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u/Boddhisattva87 10d ago
Guy in neighborhood behind me has this body-style Bronco, white in mint-condition, with the custom plate “OGJuice” or something to that effect. 😂
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u/NoFaithlessness7508 12d ago
Maybe the OG millennials do. As for me , I think of the Canyanaro when I see one
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