biglar155
Jetboaters Admiral
- Messages
- 1,577
- Reaction score
- 2,142
- Points
- 277
- Location
- Fredonia, WI
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2009
- Boat Model
- SX
- Boat Length
- 23
Well, the deed is done:
We picked her up yesterday. 2014 Expedition EL XLT with 10,000 miles on her. Exterior color is "Tuxedo Black" which is a metallic flake color. Interior is "Camel." She has option Group 202A (I think) which includes the towing package.
I've never been in and out of a dealership so fast in my life. We had done all the pre-work via phone and e-mail. I think it took me longer to buy 4 bags of water softener salt at Fleet Farm on the way home than it did to purchase the vehicle.
After I got her home I spent the afternoon finding places to put everything, setting things up, and learning how to use various features. The only thing I'm not super-fond of is the menu system on the radio. It's just not intuitive to me. I'm trying to figure out the "quick" way to get it to switch to Sync Bluetooth input for the media to play tunes from my phone. It takes me a few tries to stumble on the right combination of buttons to make it do that - and it always seems like it should be easier.
Ah well, I'll keep playing with it. I'll figure it out eventually.
I'll miss the ol' Suburan. It may be a bunch of steel, glass, and rubber, but after 8 years and 140K miles there's a lot of memories there. She will hold the "Best Vehicle" title for a long time.
While the Suburban was a higher-end model in the lineup than this Excursion is, I have to admit that the Ford has a few "features" that the 'Suburban didn't have (anymore): Rear Defrost ('Burban's hadn't worked in 4 years), functioning air-bag system ('Burban's warning light came on for the 2nd time last fall), power seat switch that does what it's told (buran's driver-side seat moved OPPOSITE of what you told it to for the last 6 months - no idea why), rust-free body ('Burban was looking a little rough in some spots)... you know, FANCY stuff.
One thing that DID confuse me a little on the way home last night: I didn't know it had rain-sensing wipers. I couldn't figure out why the delay settings were acting goofy as we drove home in a light mist. I sat and RTFM'd (Read The *&^# Manual) and it looks like she's fancier than I gave her credit for.
Most importantly, I've got a vehicle that I've got confidence in. I feel it's much less likely that I'll end up stranded somewhere far from home in this rig.
I'm anxious to get her hooked up to the boat!
We picked her up yesterday. 2014 Expedition EL XLT with 10,000 miles on her. Exterior color is "Tuxedo Black" which is a metallic flake color. Interior is "Camel." She has option Group 202A (I think) which includes the towing package.
I've never been in and out of a dealership so fast in my life. We had done all the pre-work via phone and e-mail. I think it took me longer to buy 4 bags of water softener salt at Fleet Farm on the way home than it did to purchase the vehicle.
After I got her home I spent the afternoon finding places to put everything, setting things up, and learning how to use various features. The only thing I'm not super-fond of is the menu system on the radio. It's just not intuitive to me. I'm trying to figure out the "quick" way to get it to switch to Sync Bluetooth input for the media to play tunes from my phone. It takes me a few tries to stumble on the right combination of buttons to make it do that - and it always seems like it should be easier.
Ah well, I'll keep playing with it. I'll figure it out eventually.
I'll miss the ol' Suburan. It may be a bunch of steel, glass, and rubber, but after 8 years and 140K miles there's a lot of memories there. She will hold the "Best Vehicle" title for a long time.
While the Suburban was a higher-end model in the lineup than this Excursion is, I have to admit that the Ford has a few "features" that the 'Suburban didn't have (anymore): Rear Defrost ('Burban's hadn't worked in 4 years), functioning air-bag system ('Burban's warning light came on for the 2nd time last fall), power seat switch that does what it's told (buran's driver-side seat moved OPPOSITE of what you told it to for the last 6 months - no idea why), rust-free body ('Burban was looking a little rough in some spots)... you know, FANCY stuff.
One thing that DID confuse me a little on the way home last night: I didn't know it had rain-sensing wipers. I couldn't figure out why the delay settings were acting goofy as we drove home in a light mist. I sat and RTFM'd (Read The *&^# Manual) and it looks like she's fancier than I gave her credit for.
Most importantly, I've got a vehicle that I've got confidence in. I feel it's much less likely that I'll end up stranded somewhere far from home in this rig.
I'm anxious to get her hooked up to the boat!
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) and the vast majority of used 'Burbans out there have a 3:08 rear-gear which translates to a 5,000 lb towing capacity (the same as my little 6-cyl traverse). The Expedition has a 6,000 lb towing capacity and I wanted the extra "cush" so I kind of locked in on the Ford after that. It was only a few days after making that decision that I found the "triplets" sitting at a local dealer (3 identical machines bought at auction with roughly 10K miles). I test drove one and made sure it fit in my garage - which it did. After that I just picked the one with the lowest miles (the "highest" mile unit only has 13K) that matched the boat!
