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  1. J

    Why Won't Ford do This....?

    True, but you could say that about 4x4 F150's as well. Plus a wrangler is capable off road to a degree that a F150 can't touch, if ever needed. Oh and it can go doorless and topless pretty easily. But if you want a car like ride and great MPG, stay away from a Wrangler.
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    Why Won't Ford do This....?

    I'm sure Ford has priced a fully loaded Jeep JKU Rubicon. I saw one at the Jeep dealer that was $49K+ on the sticker. The dealer frequently sells them with several thousand dollars in add-ons (lift kits, wheels, tires, etc) on top of that. Jeep is expanding the Wrangler production line. They...
  3. J

    Bad or Burnt Exhaust smell in cabin during hard acceleration.

    The other day as I was coming to an intersection in my Jeep I smelled that familiar smell and laughing thought "there must be an Explorer up there" and there was!
  4. J

    Interested in a sport, so how do they drive?

    I'd say that the lag is more throttle related than turbo lag. As you drive it the computer will learn how you drive and map the throttle to match your style, to point. Past that point you'll probably need a third party tune. Mine has an issue with just "punching it" as the seems to a second...
  5. J

    2016 Sport or XLT , Lease advice .

    If you like having power the Sport will make you happier when you drive it. Another way to look at the difference. What would you have to give up to pay the extra $110? A few dinners out, cable tv, nothing?
  6. J

    Talk Me Into a New 16 Sport!!!

    Almost no TQ steer with the Edge. The Ex moves around a little but it felt like it had a ton more power.
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    Talk Me Into a New 16 Sport!!!

    I left TC on for both Edge and the Ex. I don't drive around with TC off. A couple of reasons are that I'd be worried that if i was in accident and the pulled the computer they'd use that against me and when I need the power the TC is there to correct for road conditions I might miss.
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    Talk Me Into a New 16 Sport!!!

    Yeah, I checked the sticker. It would briefly spin the tires from a stop. It was the freeway on ramp acceleration that was unimpressive. I was expecting it to be so much better. Like I said it could have been a bad example and it just wasn't running correctly. A long time ago I test drove T-bird...
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    Talk Me Into a New 16 Sport!!!

    I test drove a FWD Edge Sport with 500 miles on it. By the seat of the pants my EX Sport with ~9500 miles was noticeably faster. The Ex gives you a strong pushed into the seat feeling and the Edge Sport did not. The wife and I were both disappointed by the lack of power. It felt much like a...
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    Talk Me Into a New 16 Sport!!!

    I understand where she is coming from. Visibility in the Ex is not good. Rearward visibility is almost delivery van like, it gets worse when the back window gets dirty and you only see through the area wiped clean by the rear wiper. However, with a backup camera and BLIS I don't see that as...
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    Talk Me Into a New 16 Sport!!!

    IMHO, you should look at an Edge Sport also. They come in FWD and AWD so if you want AWD make sure you're driving an AWD. I wasn't sure when I got my 15 EX Sport so I did a 3 year lease, If I was to do it over I'd do a 2 year lease with nothing down. The thought is that if I don't love it I...
  12. J

    Bad or Burnt Exhaust smell in cabin during hard acceleration.

    Today we test drove three Ecoboost vehicles. 2.0 EB Escape and Fusion 2.7 EB Edge Sport All three had the sulfur smell when you exited the car, we were running them to test how much power they had compared to our Ex Sport. Interesting to me is that the smell with all three was stronger at the...
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    Bad or Burnt Exhaust smell in cabin during hard acceleration.

    I remember when they first came out. You should only smell them when you are behind them :) Actually not even then because that is a poor implementation of engine management. Easily explained away for cars made decades ago but not now. I think it is possible that vehicles can get exhaust...
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    Trying not to be angry dealing with Ford Customer Service...

    Why isn't the mud caked everywhere else? That seems odd. I'd guess it's because it stuck to the oil leaking out of the shock. The rest of the undercarriage looks normal to me. I've gotten 100X more mud under my truck when I parked in a front yard at wedding and it rained during the ceremony.
  15. J

    Zero throttle response

    Took it in last week. Could not duplicate and no error codes. No surprise there, it's not real easy to duplicate. On the way home tried it myself and it acted great.
  16. J

    Bad or Burnt Exhaust smell in cabin during hard acceleration.

    fwiw... I can't remember smelling exhaust from the car I was driving in any of the Fords myself or family has bought new since the 80's. Since 2000, 2 Taurus, Edge, F150 EB, 2 Mustang GT's, and a V6 Mustang. I've had a few loaners/rentals in that time frame including a 2013 EB Escape, ~2010...
  17. J

    Zero throttle response

    I've had this a couple of times. Getting on the highway, timing my insertion into traffic. The vehicle is moving but has basically idled down as I am coasting. I see the opening and gun it.... and nothing. Literally nothing, no engine response for a couple of seconds and then it typically picks...
  18. J

    Bad or Burnt Exhaust smell in cabin during hard acceleration.

    Just got back from a long trip... Without flushing the cabin by opening the windows it takes a long time to clear. Essentially it clears when the people in the cabin have absorbed the chemicals plus what ever the cabin air turnover flushes out. In a case with four people in the Ex it took...
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    Bad or Burnt Exhaust smell in cabin during hard acceleration.

    Hi Tricia, I'm going to let my local dealership have another try at it first before calling in the big guns. Having read through most of these posts I'm not hopeful of a positive result even if they do the TSB's. It'll probably take another week or two before I can be without the Ex for a few...
  20. J

    Bad or Burnt Exhaust smell in cabin during hard acceleration.

    I've been driving gently lately and as such had not the issue for a while. Yesterday there was a long on ramp that went a little uphill and I was at about half throttle accelerating nicely up to 70 to merge onto the highway and thinking that this was why I got the sport :) About 10 seconds...
  21. J

    Has the ecoboost been fixed?

    I had a 2012 F150 with the 3.5 EB engine. Great truck, just wanted something smaller and that great EB engine was why we even looked at the Explorer. The issue in the F150's was that the intercooler would condense and collect water in it. If you had enough water in the intercooler and then went...
  22. J

    Is this a good deal on a new Explorer?

    Do a search on Dodge truck recall and you'll know why :)
  23. J

    User reviews on HID kits (consolidated)

    DDM 35w 5000K w/relay harness, not can-bus. Auto works 90% in cold weather, 100% in warm weather. Issue only occurs at engine startup. Installed 12/14 Kit is inexpensive, I had to do some minor trimming on the locking tabs on the bulbs. I reported the issue to DDM last December but I do...
  24. J

    User reviews on HID kits (consolidated)

    on mine the socket and bulbs are keyed so that they only go in one way. There's two big tabs and one small tab on the bulbs.
  25. J

    HID Conversion Kit... eh, rethinking the install

    If you have a set of calipers, measure the stock bulbs and the HID bulbs. What I found was that the three tabs on the HID bulbs were thicker. A few passes on them with a file and they went in nice.
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