New ride time for the wife
During the Christmas break, December 29th to be exact we ordered my wife a new car after trying a whole bunch of stuff. my wife's requirements were the following: 1. Seven passenger capacity...
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Bionic Man wrote:
I like the color. The Expedition is a nice vehicle (we have a 2019).
Did you track the MPG on the test ride of the Ex vs the Lincoln? Since it is the same engine, I'm surprised that the actual MPG would be significantly different between the two? FWIW, Fuelly shows them to be basically the same.
Anyway, I'm sure your wife will like it. I have two complaints about ours. One, towing our 7000 pound boat, the engine and tranny temps still get much higher than I like towing over the mountains. It is better than the Yukon it replaced, but still goes over 240*. Second complaint is we got the XLT with with the 202A (?) package, and it just isn't as nice of an interior as I would have liked. You solved that second problem buying the Platinum.
the Navigator has the 3.5 High output from the Raptor, i believe it runs different turbos and the bottom end is slightly different too. On the same test drive route the same day we averages a little over 16mpg for what it was worth. the Suburban average 15mpg and the Audi 23mpg (much smaller vehicle though).
Not overly concerned about the mountain towing ability if I'm being 100% honest as the most i'll tow with it is either my utility trailer and side x side or my buddy's 22ft float with one of my cars on it (either the Plymouth or the Buick) and that might be 6500lbs at most and lets be honest, if i have any real towing to do, the F350 is going to do it anyways.
