2013/2014 Ford Explorers

[JC316]

lol, my parents bought one of those brand new when they retired in 2000. Living in Port Aransas with the salt air, everything on it completely fell apart and stopped working within about 4 years.

Man, the salt must have done a number on it. Mine has 210K on it and everything still works, right down to the sound recorder. Oh and I found some pretty interesting messages on that recorder, starting with a happy family and ending with a guy drunk driving and cussing his wife and her "fucking wookie friend". Now I know why it was still full of her junk when I bought it....

[Trip McNeely]

What is this recorder you speak of?

[SMKR]

I think they look pretty good, but I'll be damned if I pay 40 grand for an Explorer.

This, at the end of the day, they are still an exploder

[talisman]

Man, the salt must have done a number on it. Mine has 210K on it and everything still works, right down to the sound recorder. Oh and I found some pretty interesting messages on that recorder, starting with a happy family and ending with a guy drunk driving and cussing his wife and her "fucking wookie friend". Now I know why it was still full of her junk when I bought it....

It completely ate up their brand new RV within a few years too. I don't think it was a quality issue at all. Their plot was literally 1 sand dune away from the ocean.

[JC316]

What is this recorder you speak of?

A lot of Ford vehicles have them, it's on with the home link garage door opener. Basically, you press a button and then you can record messages then play them back later. I have had two explorers and two F150's with them installed.

It completely ate up their brand new RV within a few years too. I don't think it was a quality issue at all. Their plot was literally 1 sand dune away from the ocean.

Didn't realize that the salty air damaged stuff THAT badly, guess it makes sense though.

[UserX]

3 - The turning indicator is stiff as shit. At least mine is...and it's a 2 stage switch.

I hate that! I rent them from time to time and cannot stand the feel of it. It feels like it's gonna break.

[Sean88gt]

I still have the window sticker in an 00 Mercury Mountaineer Monetray on my lot. Sucker cost $35K new, 13 years later I am selling it for 7% of the original cost.

v8 or v6?

[JC316]

v8 or v6?

5.0l v8.

[slow99]

$50k explorer? Good god. What is the inflation-adjusted value? Anyone know how to do that?

[Ruffdaddy]

27k is more like it. Which engine? What does the base include these days?

3.5 V6. The base model comes with Bluetooth, power windows/locks, power drivers seat, power mirrors, 3 rows of seating, Microsoft sync or whatever it is.

Oh and the base also has hubcaps. I hate that shit but whatever, too cheap for much more.

[matts5.0]

im thinking about getting the awd eco sport for the wife, we test drove an edge and it sucked, she really likes the escape though, she has an 09 now and wants an upgrade.

[Binky]

Good info ya'll. i have a 2010 Edge and am pretty done/over it. Its been a good car and still is. Sounds like the explorer is a lot like the edge tho (Fwd, torque steer) which are the negs i was trying to get away from on the Edge. The AWD would be the minimum requirement in that case. The resale is a kicker tho, unfortunate.

[Rreemo]

We thought we really wanted one....love the looks of them, but after test driving a few and then renting one in Vegas for the week of SEMA last year....negative!

I wanted to like it, but just flat did not....at all! the seats are shit, and the way that the drivers left armrest is positioned makes it really uncomfortable. I didn't care for the way that it drove either....very clunky with a lot of torque steer, and almost like the body is over-sized on the chasis....like mentioned above, a car platform that they decided to overload with a bloated SUV body.

[YALE]

$50k explorer? Good god. What is the inflation-adjusted value? Anyone know how to do that?

Real vs nominal?

Chris, why not an SHO?

[Sean88gt]

$50k explorer? Good god. What is the inflation-adjusted value? Anyone know how to do that?

Point taken, and verified (using my parents 92 explorer).