FordShelby
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- September 4, 2015
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- City, State
- Blue Ridge mtns VA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2016 Sport
I'll give my version of a short review after owning this vehicle long enough to drive it around town and also a 600 mile trip.
To preface the summary, this thing is an absolute pleasure to drive. I cant believe how smooth and responsive it is considering its size.
This thing is NOT under powered anywhere or in any of the many circumstances you find yourself in while driving on the highway.
The ride is incredible and the road noise is extremely low. I was very impressed while passing 18 wheelers at 75mph how quiet the cabin was.
For the recent trip which included mostly highway miles but did have a fair amount of city driving we ended up with 20.48 mpg calculated by hand and not the onboard economy meter. Keep in mind this is in SW VA and NC so we are all over the blue ridge mountains.
Even at 55-60 mph, the transmission doesnt shift itself to death since the engine has enough power as you're in and out of curves and hills.
While driving at night, the front of this thing has more than enough lighting to be extremely comfortable when it's dark.
The adaptive cruise works really well but definitely takes a bit of acclimation. It senses how rapidly you're approaching the vehicle in front of you and will actually slow you down pretty darn quickly. If you're slowly approaching traffic in front of you that is traveling at a speed slightly slower than you are then you can hardly feel it at work and the distance is perfect.
If I had to point out a small negative, I would say the tunnels in the floorboard seem to restrict my feet positioning slightly.
And by far the most epic fail of all is the fact that we cant get text messaging b/c we have iPhones. To me, this is the most foolish miss of all. How many iPhones are out there?? And Ford wont support SMS messaging for them?
Anyway, my two cents on the Explorer Sport and while we paid a lot of money for this thing, we are NOT disappointed.
To preface the summary, this thing is an absolute pleasure to drive. I cant believe how smooth and responsive it is considering its size.
This thing is NOT under powered anywhere or in any of the many circumstances you find yourself in while driving on the highway.
The ride is incredible and the road noise is extremely low. I was very impressed while passing 18 wheelers at 75mph how quiet the cabin was.
For the recent trip which included mostly highway miles but did have a fair amount of city driving we ended up with 20.48 mpg calculated by hand and not the onboard economy meter. Keep in mind this is in SW VA and NC so we are all over the blue ridge mountains.
Even at 55-60 mph, the transmission doesnt shift itself to death since the engine has enough power as you're in and out of curves and hills.
While driving at night, the front of this thing has more than enough lighting to be extremely comfortable when it's dark.
The adaptive cruise works really well but definitely takes a bit of acclimation. It senses how rapidly you're approaching the vehicle in front of you and will actually slow you down pretty darn quickly. If you're slowly approaching traffic in front of you that is traveling at a speed slightly slower than you are then you can hardly feel it at work and the distance is perfect.
If I had to point out a small negative, I would say the tunnels in the floorboard seem to restrict my feet positioning slightly.
And by far the most epic fail of all is the fact that we cant get text messaging b/c we have iPhones. To me, this is the most foolish miss of all. How many iPhones are out there?? And Ford wont support SMS messaging for them?
Anyway, my two cents on the Explorer Sport and while we paid a lot of money for this thing, we are NOT disappointed.