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Old Aug 19, 2017 | 08:33 AM
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Sorry to hear about this, glad your wife is ok. Fight the insurance company, they do not have your best interests at heart.

My airbags also did not go off in my front end collision.
 
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Old Aug 19, 2017 | 09:11 AM
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Glad everyone is safe! It sucks to loose the truck but it could be worse

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Did someone say parts?
 
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Old Aug 19, 2017 | 09:14 PM
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That's a shame, looks like a very nice truck. I searched for nearly a year for my "perfect" 2WD V-10, they are getting so hard to find now.
I've fixed wrecks for over 40 years, and this is very fixable, IMHO. Impact was high and right of the frame horn. If there really is any frame damage it is very minimal. If it was the truck I own, I would be repairing it. But my situation is not yours.
Good luck with your claim.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2017 | 01:21 PM
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A little closure for this thread. Ended up walking away with $8500 from the Excursion, which I felt was fair. Make sure you save all of your receipts for every dollar you put into your vehicle... that can help raise the settlement amount. I saved the VIN and will be watching for it to pop up again for sale. Copart is supposed to be getting it so I'll see if it pops up for auction. Eventually, I see it ending up fixed and at a buy here/pay here lot.

We wanted another large SUV, but we were done with domestic offerings. Our Ex was great but so many small things broke on it that really shouldn't have. Thought about an Expedition EL, but the styling is a bit uninspired for us. Obviously nothing European because they make me nervous as the mileage goes up. Pretty much left us at the GX460 because we hated the styling on the Nissan Armada and the Infiniti Qwhatever.

Ended up with a 2012 GX460 Premium. Fully loaded and a bit high on the milage (104k), but presents well and has a great Lexus service history.

I enjoyed being a part of the Excursion community and will miss it. I'll still be around from time to time and I have a few leftovers to throw up on the Free Parts section.

Thanks for the good times!

 
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Old Sep 8, 2017 | 01:32 PM
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It'll end up at whatever insurance auction service Farmer's uses... I think the agent mentioned Copart. I will buy it, put it back together with the front half of a late model Super Duty and then put it on the road.

I received the first offer of settlement from the insurance company, though I feel it was a bit low, so I'm waiting to hear back again.
There, fixed it for you....
 
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Old Sep 8, 2017 | 07:35 PM
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Looks like the Ex died a hero. That's the only thing that matters.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2017 | 08:53 PM
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Smart choice with Lexus if you were looking for reliability!!!

Who is cop or detective from your family? I see PPV Explorer on driveway
 
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Old Sep 10, 2017 | 10:32 PM
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Smart choice with Lexus if you were looking for reliability!!!

Who is cop or detective from your family? I see PPV Explorer on driveway
I caught that too.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2017 | 11:58 AM
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Smart choice with Lexus if you were looking for reliability!!!

Who is cop or detective from your family? I see PPV Explorer on driveway



My dog-mobile...
 
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Old Sep 11, 2017 | 01:47 PM
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hope the dog got a good pay in food/a treat for his modeling
 
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Old Sep 11, 2017 | 03:06 PM
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Is he a sniffer or a chaser? Dual-purpose? Handsome fella...
 
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Old Sep 11, 2017 | 09:08 PM
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Is he a sniffer or a chaser? Dual-purpose? Handsome fella...
Chases people and sniffs for firearms.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2017 | 09:15 AM
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Random thought. Now that weed is legal in many places, do the sniffing dogs have to get retrained to ignore it?
 
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Old Sep 12, 2017 | 09:46 AM
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Random thought. Now that weed is legal in many places, do the sniffing dogs have to get retrained to ignore it?
They can't ignore it. You could never use that dog to sniff for narcotics of any kind again.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2017 | 11:04 PM
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Ok now I have to ask... why would a dog not trained to alert on weed also not alert on any other kind of narcotic?
 
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