Well,
All I have to say is this. I have been a chev man for about "forever". I was just in the market for a vehicle, with seating capacity for seven. I test drove from A to Z. The vehicle that we chose to buy was the EX. My friends almost crapped in their pants when they found out I chose a FORD. My reason for doing so was it was the best crossover vehicle on the market ( my belief). I researched vehicles for approx 4 mos before I made my decision. I test drove Chev, GMC, Acura, Mazda... no seven seater Dodge pretty much everything. The explorer beat all hands down. I purchased a tuxedo black limited with all the bells and whistles. I have been driving it about 2 and a half months. The only problem I encountered was snow build up inside the 20" wheels which makes the vehicle shake. This happened once over the winter and we have had a ton of snow. What I do know is this. I love the EX. It handles like a car and has a ton of storage space compared to the competition. It rides smooth and technololgy package is out of this world. When we were downtown the other day I let the EX park itself, and it did. All I had to do was operate the gas and gears. Kids loved it. The view through the dual sunroof is breath taking. I haven't experience any rattles wobbles WOTS SPATS or silver back gorrilas at all. Nav package works excellent.... except you can't get traffic updates in Canada. This is no fault to FORD as it is a privacy issue in Canada. Laws forbid people from tracking your vehicle, even though it's not stored on a computer or server. Different story all together. As for the pieces under the rear wheel well. I never even noticed them. Does it really matter that much. I am pretty particular. Seems to me people are picking fly poop out of pepper. What I do know is FORD has a winner with this vehicle, mine works like a charm and I am completely satisfied. I could go on and on, but my keyboard is running out of ink. And that ladies and gentlemen is from a CHEV man.
