deves2
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- 2003 ford lightning
I'm retired and live at the base of the mountains in NC. My wife in her old age decided she needed a 4 x 4 due to the bad winters. (not really but she thinks so)
We got a 2007 Limited with 70k miles on it and I LOVE it. everything about it. The 2007 will be totally hers and is actually to nice to beat around in the woods. ( i have an F-150 for my duties) but after driving hers I wanted to get an old explorer, 1997 - 2001 to play with. It will go on old logging roads or fire roads and only the dogs and I will probably ever get in it. So here is the problem 2 door or 4 door???are the 2 doors that much more maneuverable in tight places? and I would like to get 4 x 4 but see a lot of AWD for sale . is the AWD ok to head for the woods or is it just for a little snow or mud on asphalt roads? v6 4x4 compairable to v8 AWD????? manual vs auto trans.?????I will never be doing any Rock Crawling but would like to go into the woods on some VERY primitive logging roads that havent been used in over 10 years.
I have never owned a 4x4 prior to the wife's 07 we just got so I dont know much about them.
Any suggestions from you explorer owners
We got a 2007 Limited with 70k miles on it and I LOVE it. everything about it. The 2007 will be totally hers and is actually to nice to beat around in the woods. ( i have an F-150 for my duties) but after driving hers I wanted to get an old explorer, 1997 - 2001 to play with. It will go on old logging roads or fire roads and only the dogs and I will probably ever get in it. So here is the problem 2 door or 4 door???are the 2 doors that much more maneuverable in tight places? and I would like to get 4 x 4 but see a lot of AWD for sale . is the AWD ok to head for the woods or is it just for a little snow or mud on asphalt roads? v6 4x4 compairable to v8 AWD????? manual vs auto trans.?????I will never be doing any Rock Crawling but would like to go into the woods on some VERY primitive logging roads that havent been used in over 10 years.
I have never owned a 4x4 prior to the wife's 07 we just got so I dont know much about them.
Any suggestions from you explorer owners