Why did you buy your Excursion?
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I got mine last year before the diesel prices really took off, glad they are coming down now! Its an 04 Eddie Bauer 6.0 PSD, allready had a 4" lift and 315's on it....that helped.
I had always liked the ex's, and wanted a new daily driver because my Audi S4 is becoming more of a track car. I wanted 7 passenger seating and a diesel....kinda narrows things down. I don't tow with it...yet. I have an 03 Dodge quad cab 3500 dually, Cummins, 6 speed for that. That truck dosent go too many places without my 5th wheel toyhauler or our gooseneck horsetrailer behind it. But the Ex will be getting a brake controller soon and may see duty towing the S4 to Audi club events.
Anyways I got it because its big, has a diesel, and ain't no way in heck I'll drive a minivan!!!!!
I had always liked the ex's, and wanted a new daily driver because my Audi S4 is becoming more of a track car. I wanted 7 passenger seating and a diesel....kinda narrows things down. I don't tow with it...yet. I have an 03 Dodge quad cab 3500 dually, Cummins, 6 speed for that. That truck dosent go too many places without my 5th wheel toyhauler or our gooseneck horsetrailer behind it. But the Ex will be getting a brake controller soon and may see duty towing the S4 to Audi club events.
Anyways I got it because its big, has a diesel, and ain't no way in heck I'll drive a minivan!!!!!
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Joined: Oct 2006
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my wife needed a bigger shoping vehicle????
room for 8 plus two dog's
room to get lumber for work on the house
you can put sheet rock and ply wood in the back with no problems
you can put 2 ttr 90 dirt bikes in the back with all the gear for young riders and a cooler
you can tow a TT loaded to the hilt and still have the kids in the back and their friends
you can excelerate onto the highway and get to 65 by the end of the on ramp with a TT
attached it is great to watch peoples faces when you pull out
impressive doughnuts in the winter
even with 2wd you can out perfrom most rice grinder 4x4 in the snow
it is an awsome vehicle when you are the designated driver
it is great to see the daughter boy friend droul over the size
bigger is better!!!!!
it is fun to pull up behind the new kia's and your shadow cast over the kia
best one while waiting to get my kids at school a car hit my trailer hicth i barley felt
anything but when the car backoff the hitch the front bumper of the car was still
attach to the excursion and the hitch
there more but this is just start
room for 8 plus two dog's
room to get lumber for work on the house
you can put sheet rock and ply wood in the back with no problems
you can put 2 ttr 90 dirt bikes in the back with all the gear for young riders and a cooler
you can tow a TT loaded to the hilt and still have the kids in the back and their friends
you can excelerate onto the highway and get to 65 by the end of the on ramp with a TT
attached it is great to watch peoples faces when you pull out
impressive doughnuts in the winter
even with 2wd you can out perfrom most rice grinder 4x4 in the snow
it is an awsome vehicle when you are the designated driver
it is great to see the daughter boy friend droul over the size
bigger is better!!!!!it is fun to pull up behind the new kia's and your shadow cast over the kia
best one while waiting to get my kids at school a car hit my trailer hicth i barley felt
anything but when the car backoff the hitch the front bumper of the car was still
attach to the excursion and the hitch
there more but this is just start
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My 05 Yukon Denali XL was totalled when we were rear-ended by a tractor trailer while stopped in traffic on the PA Turnpike. I wanted to replace it with a similar sized vehicle.
I split my time between two home ~ 200 miles apart, one in the suburbs of a big city, the other 20 miles from the nearest town that has any real facilities. The vehicle needed to be able to move at least 4 people, 2 very large dogs, and a bunch of gear between both locations without requiring that I use my trailer. This limits me to Suburban-sized (or larger) vehicles or full size double door trucks, with a cap on the bed. It also needed to be a 4x4 due to the "roads" where my rural home is located and the fact that the driveway is about 3/8ths of a mile of gravel and dirt with a faily significant elevation change.
Looked at and test drove all of the available options. The low mileage Ex I bought won due to size and value.
I split my time between two home ~ 200 miles apart, one in the suburbs of a big city, the other 20 miles from the nearest town that has any real facilities. The vehicle needed to be able to move at least 4 people, 2 very large dogs, and a bunch of gear between both locations without requiring that I use my trailer. This limits me to Suburban-sized (or larger) vehicles or full size double door trucks, with a cap on the bed. It also needed to be a 4x4 due to the "roads" where my rural home is located and the fact that the driveway is about 3/8ths of a mile of gravel and dirt with a faily significant elevation change.
Looked at and test drove all of the available options. The low mileage Ex I bought won due to size and value.
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From: Stuart, FL
I wanted to get an Expy but they were more than the Ex so I figured that I got more SUV for less money. I'm now on my 2nd one and will drive it till the wheels fall off. But as of now it only has 17k on it so it will probably be a few years until the engine is even broken in.
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From: High Point, NC
I was actually looking for a F250 CC Diesel when it was just the wife, the pug and I. I had an F150 and we were looking to get a bigger travel trailer.
Then we adopted 2 beautiful girls and we wanted something with more space for traveling. At the time I was still looking for a diesel, but $$ wise it just wasn't suitable for us. I got my 01 X, V-10 with 114k on the odo for under $10K and have never regretted it... I love this truck!
Then we adopted 2 beautiful girls and we wanted something with more space for traveling. At the time I was still looking for a diesel, but $$ wise it just wasn't suitable for us. I got my 01 X, V-10 with 114k on the odo for under $10K and have never regretted it... I love this truck!
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While I can say I have been in the backseat at a drivein (quite roomy I must say!), I never knew you could turn the seat around? Will it actually hook into the floor while turned aorund?
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From: Providence, RI
I needed to replace my '97 F-250 Supercab, which I used to tow my truck as well as carry stuff and transport family, and occasionally do errands around town.
If I was going to spend decent money, I'd need to have greater capabilities than my old truck which sat six, but whose 5.8L gas motor wasn't too powerful. I liked an open bed, but could do without.
So, I needed at least seven seats (rules out a crew-cab) as well as 3/4-ton brakes and chassis (down to the Excursion, Suburban or a Centurion, which are impossible to find in these parts).
Then it came down to gas vs. diesel. I would be taking it on long family trips, and with the fuel crisis looming, I want to be able to run it on something other than petroleum-based fuel since I plan on keeping it for quite some time, so I went with the diesel, which left the Excursion as the only viable alternative. The fact that it has been easy to hot-rod is just a bonus.
I was also impressed with the longevity of my previous F-250; it really wasn't brand-loyalty, but rather the fact that the Excursion was the only thing that fit the bill. I haven't been disappointed in the least.
If I was going to spend decent money, I'd need to have greater capabilities than my old truck which sat six, but whose 5.8L gas motor wasn't too powerful. I liked an open bed, but could do without.
So, I needed at least seven seats (rules out a crew-cab) as well as 3/4-ton brakes and chassis (down to the Excursion, Suburban or a Centurion, which are impossible to find in these parts).
Then it came down to gas vs. diesel. I would be taking it on long family trips, and with the fuel crisis looming, I want to be able to run it on something other than petroleum-based fuel since I plan on keeping it for quite some time, so I went with the diesel, which left the Excursion as the only viable alternative. The fact that it has been easy to hot-rod is just a bonus.
I was also impressed with the longevity of my previous F-250; it really wasn't brand-loyalty, but rather the fact that the Excursion was the only thing that fit the bill. I haven't been disappointed in the least.