Mike Up
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- Joined
- February 29, 2008
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- City, State
- Northwest Indiana in the Chicago area
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '15 Explorer 4X4 3.5L V6
It's been a while since I've been here on the forum.
The last time I had a 2008 Explorer Sport Trac 4.6L 3V.
I also was towing a 2008 Jayco Jay Flight 19BH.
Since then I've traded to a F150 twice and upgraded to a 2012 Jayco Jay Flight 26BH.
The 2008 Explorer was a good truck.
My wife had a 2012 Escape XLT 4WD that was getting high in miles and a bit to small. Never thought I'd go with another Explorer since they changed from a truck to a car platform, but that's what we did.
We traded in her 2012 Escape and now she has a 2015 Explorer Base 4WD with sync, sirius, and tow package. We saved thousands getting the 2015 over a 2016, and to be honest neither of us cared for the new look or the interior of the 2016s. Looks like Ford is trying to copy the Land Rover Discovery.
So far pretty happy with the peppy performance of the 3.5L especially with the awesome gearing and the even better tow package axle ratio. Not quite as quick as my F150 5.0L Crew 4WD, but a lot faster than her old 2.5L Escape 4WD.
Really like the 3rd row seats, much more roomy than my previous 2005 Pathfinder's 3rd row seats.
The one thing that disappoints me about the Explorer other than the downgraded hitch and tow rating is that the 4WD is not really 4WD but AWD. A mislabel system for sure since there's no locking transfer case for equal torque split between front and rear axles.
I guess we'll see how it's AWD does. The Escapes was terrible and use to get stuck in snow, so hopefully this system will be much better.
Otherwise the wife really likes it and so do I.
If it weren't for the lousy small uncomfortable seating in the new 2015 Edge, we might have bought one of them for her. We test drove one for an hour, it had the 2.0L Ecoboost. Her back was killing her from the poor seats. The turbo engine was Ok, kind of like the F150 3.5L Ecoboost, but it had turbo lag as did the F150, and the the Explorer with the Normally Aspirated 3.5L feels much quicker and less strained than the lighter Edge with the 2.0 Ecoboost.
Overall really liked the Explorer better than the Edge but the Explorer was substantially more expensive.
The Wifes Escape was loaded and she never used the features or really cared much for them. For that reason we got the base model as the XLT had features she wouldn't use or didn't want. It worked out great.
So we're pretty happy with the wifes new Explorer. And if we ever decide to go back to a small pop up camper, it should tow it just fine.
The last time I had a 2008 Explorer Sport Trac 4.6L 3V.
I also was towing a 2008 Jayco Jay Flight 19BH.
Since then I've traded to a F150 twice and upgraded to a 2012 Jayco Jay Flight 26BH.
The 2008 Explorer was a good truck.
My wife had a 2012 Escape XLT 4WD that was getting high in miles and a bit to small. Never thought I'd go with another Explorer since they changed from a truck to a car platform, but that's what we did.
We traded in her 2012 Escape and now she has a 2015 Explorer Base 4WD with sync, sirius, and tow package. We saved thousands getting the 2015 over a 2016, and to be honest neither of us cared for the new look or the interior of the 2016s. Looks like Ford is trying to copy the Land Rover Discovery.
So far pretty happy with the peppy performance of the 3.5L especially with the awesome gearing and the even better tow package axle ratio. Not quite as quick as my F150 5.0L Crew 4WD, but a lot faster than her old 2.5L Escape 4WD.
Really like the 3rd row seats, much more roomy than my previous 2005 Pathfinder's 3rd row seats.
The one thing that disappoints me about the Explorer other than the downgraded hitch and tow rating is that the 4WD is not really 4WD but AWD. A mislabel system for sure since there's no locking transfer case for equal torque split between front and rear axles.
I guess we'll see how it's AWD does. The Escapes was terrible and use to get stuck in snow, so hopefully this system will be much better.
Otherwise the wife really likes it and so do I.
If it weren't for the lousy small uncomfortable seating in the new 2015 Edge, we might have bought one of them for her. We test drove one for an hour, it had the 2.0L Ecoboost. Her back was killing her from the poor seats. The turbo engine was Ok, kind of like the F150 3.5L Ecoboost, but it had turbo lag as did the F150, and the the Explorer with the Normally Aspirated 3.5L feels much quicker and less strained than the lighter Edge with the 2.0 Ecoboost.
Overall really liked the Explorer better than the Edge but the Explorer was substantially more expensive.
The Wifes Escape was loaded and she never used the features or really cared much for them. For that reason we got the base model as the XLT had features she wouldn't use or didn't want. It worked out great.
So we're pretty happy with the wifes new Explorer. And if we ever decide to go back to a small pop up camper, it should tow it just fine.