Am curious to see impressions of the 15 expy. Mainly from those that traded an older (07-14) expy. We traded the wife's 08 EB over a year ago for a 14 explorer sport with the 3.5 Eco. It is a little rocket. The expy was bought used with a reman engine. I never really liked the 5.4 and 3.31 gears. We had vct issues and I wasn't keeping it out of warranty. With 2 kids ( including a 6' tall 14 year old), I miss the expy. Really enjoy the tech in the explorer and now that it is in the expy, along with the Eco. I am wishing we would have waited. Not sure where the GM twins get so much love. I personally love the looks of the expy 10x better. Anyway, hard to find any real feedback.

 

This forum is slow, I suspect it will pick up over time. I put 150k miles on my 2005 Eddie Bauer Expedtion, and have been waiting for something with a new power plant since they put the 5.0 and EB in the F150. Couldn't wait any longer and bought a new loaded 2013 Expedition 22 months ago. Put 48k miles on the 2013 and picked up a new black/Brunello Platinum 2015 last week. IMHO, the 2015 is even better than advertised, it's much more than just a refreshed 2007-2014. I have 2 upgrades in the garage waiting to go in, a set of Weathertech front mats that I'll use when I know I'll be in a dirty environment, and a brand new set of stock Ford 22" wheels that were a chrome exchange from Detroit Wheel and Tire. While I really wanted the adjustable rear suspension like my 2013, at the end I decided I would rather have the larger wheels/tires along with the CCD suspension. While I've never really been a big wheel fan I really like the looks of the stock 22" Expedition. They really transform the looks of the truck in my opinion. While I prefer the traditional gauge cluster with real tach like the F150, I'm getting used to the Expedition, and the new tach works/reads better than I thought it would.

 

I too like the 22's. When the weather breaks, I plan on convincing the wife to test drive one. Our 08 expy averaged 14-15 mpg in daily driving. 19-20mpg on a trip. But performance wasn't that great. The visibility was better than the explorer. We have MFT in both the expy and my F150. Has worked flawless in both vehicles. NAV has been spot on. The expy was long overdue for the tech upgrades. The explorer has the same type gauge cluster. We have gotten used to it. Lots of info buried in there.
Thanks for the reply btw.

 

Speaking of your wife driving, mine immediately noticed and liked the smaller steering wheel, the texture is better (at least on the Platinum) and the effort is much better than before. Slow speed is easier with the electric PS, while retaining good feel at speed. Hill hold is nice too. Actually had forgotten all about it until I noticed it working yesterday.

 

My take...there's not an upper middle class church, country club or school parking lot that isn't littered with Tahoes, Yukons or Escalades. GM has done an excellent job capturing the hearts and wallets of the stereotypical housewife of this demographic and we all know "her"; 2.5 kids, middle aged, good looking, blingy sunglasses, $250 boots, $150 jeans, Louie Voutton purse, etc, etc. It's as if the protocol once you are sick of your Honda Odessey and can move up in vehicle is to buy a full size GM SUV and it's become the status quo. Ironically, the other common vehicle that accompanies this stereotypical household is the F150 Platinum.

In full disclosure, our family is a member of the same type of church, school and country club too...but our Expy is our contrarian vehicle of choice and it still is heads and shoulders above the stuff GM is currently putting out IMO.

 

Wow. Excellent description! GM has nit a niche market. I see "housewives" 9 times out of 10 driving a LTZ Tahoe (usually white). This seems to be the target GM aimed for and they did hit it. I'm curious to the long term results since they made it more chiseled. It has a more utilitarian look in my eyes. Even my wife, who liked the looks of the previous gen Yukon, said they ruined the new ones. She loved her Expedition. We did look inside of a previous gen Tahoe and the third row turned her off completely.
We vacationed at Myrtle Beach with some friends back in 2012. We live in WV and that year, while we were there, a derecho obliterated trees pretty much from the VA border to the northern part of the state (WV). Power was out along I77. We were due to leave on a Sunday. On Saturday, people arriving at the resort we were staying in warned us of potential gas shortages along our route home. My buddy and his family live 120 miles north of us. We both wanted to get home so we hatched a plan to leave MB Saturday evening.
This is relevant as his family of 4 were in a 2008 Yukon and we were in my 2012 FX4 F150. He did not own a generator, and knowing the stores back home would be out, he bought one in MB. Mind you, he had a turtle shell on the Yukon and a hitch haul. We had to unload his third row seats and haul them in my truck bed. There was no room in the Yukon as the seats folded up, but were still in the way. We did make it home. Had a fuel mileage challenge game where we agreed to drive as far north as Winston Salem to get gas as this allowed him enough range to get home. We agreed to hide our mpg. I had the 5.0 (screw with 3.73 gears). His had 4 cyl mode. So we hit the gas station and we both got out and went to each other's vehicles to check mpg. He was at 19.9 and to his surprise the F150 was at 21.9. Boy we still talk about that to this day. And to add insult, we both exited the toll booths at the same time and he decided to see what the 5.0 was about. All I will say is that 5.3 had zero for the 5.0. As in, no contest. It was after that trip we shopped and settled on a used 08 Expedition.
I am really considering talking the wife into a 15. I am a fan of the EB and the features Ford finally put into the expy.

 

Do it, you won't be sorry. I have 1500 miles on mine in 3 weeks and I still like it.


You can pull that old Mustang with it. LOL