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I looked it up. The new Ford Explorers are heavier. The old sport I have is 3,600 pounds. So I still shaved off possibly 8% of body weight, but it's not only weight, also wind drag. I had the rear axle replaced with one from a junk yard, it's possible somehow that contributed to the improvement...

I'm not talking about safety I'm talking about built to last. The old cars prior to the 80s were disposable. They didn't last. typical car would be junker in five years, rarely on the road after 10 years. This was due mostly to the body's rusting out and lessly to mechanical problems. However...

Not higher octane gas. Gas from a name brand company like Shell gas or BP as opposed to some guy who bought his own gas station/chicken shack. http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=9011663&contentId=7022107 It's usually an extra penny or two a gallon, but sometimes its the same...

I looked up the safety/crash test comparisons between old explorers from the 90s and the new ones. You can find the video footage on youtube. The new explorers are slightly safer by design. Yet the 90s ones in a front end crash about half of the front will be smashed in. A new explorer the...

I haven't really looked at the new Explorers but I have drove a lot of new rental cars. The small and mid size cars are mostly made for midgets- very tiny. The Chevy Cruz was about six inches off the ground. I mean I'd hate to hit a pot hole or speed bumb in that car. The bodies are some kind of...

I got a 1998 ford explorer sport with basically the same engine. The spare tire was like 100 pounds or something. I could barely lift it. took it off. I took off the inside metal panel under the wheel and left it out (so now my wires are held up there by tape). I took the rear windshield wiper...