I talked to the guy in Atlanta about his. It was originally listed as an 04 until I pulled a carfax and told him the bad news lol. He sent me pics of the interior and more of the exterior. Small ding in a door, roof pain is completely jacked. No rust but no clear coat either lol See pic below. All interior seats had leather slip covers and he "couldn't tell me" the condition of the leather underneath....5 owners, no records of maintenance....no thanks.

 

Be glad your not this happy excursion buyer.

2000 Ford Excursion

 

So here's the story morning glory. Went to check out the excursion in Newton NC today and had to pass. It was indeed a first responder/volunteer guy's EX. The wiring for the LED lights had been cut to take them out of play, and there were freaking bolts sticking up out of the roof where mounted lights used to be. The leather was busted up in several places, there was all kinds of jerry rigging with the wires, velcro and glue all over stuff, and generally speaking the truck was filthy. What it is it with people not cleaning a vehicle to sell it?? Food crumbs all inside, thats like the 5th Ex ive seen that looked like homeless people lived out of it

Even though I knew I wasn't going to buy it I still test drove it to feed my wanting of an EX lol. Man this thing rode like CRAP! It vibrated you to death and jolted on even the smallest bumps. This EX was certainly misrepresented by the pictures and it was obvious that the previous owner dogged the truck, it creaked and popped and jerked going from 1st to 2nd. No thank you please. On the internet it looked like a 8/10 but in person that thing was a 3/10.

So me and the wife were about 1.5 hours from home, grabbed a late breakfast at IHOP and hit up craigslist and autotrader looking for potentials since we were out and about and had a babysitter for the day. Long story short I found an EX about another 1.5 hours from where I was, made a trip, cut a deal, and now I've got myself a new-to me EX

Here is the original craigslist post....

https://winstonsalem.craigslist.org/cto/5742071366.html

I wasn't big on the mileage but since it was one owner and he was religious about maintenance and had all the documentation to back it up I felt good about it. I did all the necessary checks and everything is working and good to go (no rust, all bolts intact, every feature working). This thing is huge! It makes my F-150 look tiny.

I negotiated it down to $9,500 which I am happy with. So thank you all for helping me with FMV on these things. Now I've got to break out the steamer, carpet cleaner, and buffer and make this thing like new again! Oh and will be making the list of mods to make to it and knocking them down one by one

 

Congrats to you and your family.

 

Congrats on both making the right call on the first one and then finding your "keeper" EX. Looking forward to watching it evolve.

 

she's a hurricane special. Salt water floods suck

Who buys a used vehicle with out crawling under it ? That guy got robbed.

 

Congrats on finding your Ex and for what looks like a fair price.

I know you are probably excited to start doing all the things to it you have been planning but I'm going to add a boring one to your list.

Those pro-comp splined lug nut are junk ! More specifically the thin and brittle socket they make to get them off is junk. Do yourself a favor before you have a flat tire and the socket breaks leaving you stranded. Get some quality hex nuts and replace those lug nuts.

Quick story. I had them. Got a flat on my way to a wedding ( I was the best man ) broke both sockets trying to get them off. Called a tow, hitched a ride to wedding as tow truck took it to tire store who butchered the nuts and then said they couldn't get them off... Towed to another tire store who butcher it worse. Had it towed to my house where I had to use my plasma cutter to get the wheel off. Oh ya.. My best friends bride was none to happy her wedding was delayed and I was a dirty mess..... Best friend just laughed his *** off.

Moral of the story.....change your nuts

 

BigMESA, it looks like you made the right call and found a heck of a deal. Congrats on your new addition!!

 

Thanks for the heads up,let me go ahead and move that mod to the #1 spot lol. Any recommendations on nuts? That doesn't feel right saying...

 

Yup

The ones your typical tire monkey will put on you need to use a 3/8 drive 13/16" thin walled socket to fit in the lug hole of the rim, These are a as dumb as the splined nuts because at 165ft lbs many of those sockets also break.

Have them use a lug nut with a 3/4 hex nut and then you can use a 1/2 drive impact socket.

As you can see, a 1/2 drive 3/4" socket ( the black one ) is the same outside diameter as a 3/8 drive 13/16" socket but the 3/4 is vastly stronger and will not fail when you torque those nuts to 165 ft lbs.

Fwiw... Black 3/4 nuts are hard to find, you can just spray paint the chrome ones. Ya they scratch easy but after my $1200 tire change I was pretty much over the black lug nut fashion.

****edit Don't forget to put a 1/2" drive breaker bar, a 1/2" extension and a 3/4" socket in your excursion.
And if you have a stock spare tire make sure you have 8 stock lug nuts since they are completely diffrent.

 

Congrats, very nice looking truck.

P.S. I knew there had to be something going on with the one in Atlanta, at least now we know why all the pictures were taken in the shade.

 

Ditto. After buying ours 10 months ago I still am of the mindset that spending a little more for a good truck is worth it. We haven't had any major issues and still drives and tows beautifully. Even though I spent more than some guys on here would've I walked away smiling and I'm still smiling. That's what matters.

Congrats on your new truck!!