Bye Bye Excursion.....the Tribute Thread. Sad day.
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Bye Bye Excursion.....the Tribute Thread. Sad day.
I'm sad to post that i have recently sold my beloved vehicle....the Ford Excursion.
I cant say enough about how good this truck was; Absolutely amazing in the snow, could pull absolutely anything, and reliable as hell. The V10 Engine was solid as a tank and never once let me down. This was hands down the most enjoyable vehicle I have ever owned to drive.
Thanks FTE Excursion owners for all your help!
Owned it for 2.5 years, 70,000km.
276,000km when I dropped it off.
I'm going miss it....
I cant say enough about how good this truck was; Absolutely amazing in the snow, could pull absolutely anything, and reliable as hell. The V10 Engine was solid as a tank and never once let me down. This was hands down the most enjoyable vehicle I have ever owned to drive.
Thanks FTE Excursion owners for all your help!
Owned it for 2.5 years, 70,000km.
276,000km when I dropped it off.
I'm going miss it....
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From: Greensboro, NC
Looks like you had a lot of good times in that thing - what did you get to replace it? Seeing the cars on the trailers brings back happy memories of track events! I had a CSP Miata - was an absolute blast on track.
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Why did I sell? Honestly It was time. Little things here and there (common ex things: paint flaking, door lock actuators, exhaust manifold studs breaking). Nothing was really wrong with it but I wanted to get out before anything did go wrong and i put any more milage on it and would have a harder time selling it.
For what i needed it was the most practical thing ever.
I haven't replaced it yet, but looking to get into an F250 or F350. The 6.0L's scare me though.
For what i needed it was the most practical thing ever.
I haven't replaced it yet, but looking to get into an F250 or F350. The 6.0L's scare me though.
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They didn't scare me. In fact, I searched for 3 months, then drove 300 miles sight unseen to pick up my 6.0 with 165k-mi. Diesel was $6/gal. I traded in my 98 Expedition. I have absolutely no idea what I'll get next other than the F650 XUV conversion. That's quite a few years off, so I'll take my 6.0 to 400k or so. So long as the engine doesn't blow up before then, something like exhaust studs, door actuators, and other misc, are much cheaper than a new vehicle, especially a new-used vehicle, which I don't know the exact history of. I know mine is awesome, because I know everything about it. Don't discount them so quickly, they can be quite reliable beasts as many can attest to.
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Also, those are some bitchen' photo's. I'll have to make a scrap book for mine, I've already missed so many wonderful moments!
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Tuned
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Nice pics, my plan is to drive mine till the wheels fall off....hopefully with proper maintenance that won't happen. I need to take more pictures..
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HOW DARE YOU !!!!!! Sell your property without clearing with us first !!!!
You must be one of those radical right wingers !!!
I am reporting this to the POTUS, sure he will pass along his well earned Nobel Peace prize to me as my reward !!!
Good luck !
You must be one of those radical right wingers !!!
I am reporting this to the POTUS, sure he will pass along his well earned Nobel Peace prize to me as my reward !!!
Good luck !
More Turbo
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Hope you don't regret it. I've had my 00 for seven yrs. It's part of the family now. With 192,000 miles on it ,no one is going to give me anything for it. It still drives like the day I got it. Other than the crappie leather (?) on the seats I'm totally happy with it. Plan on giving it to my son (23) when I done with it. He took it to his prom .
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I'm always telling my friends that I'll be driving my Ex for the next 61 years until
I reach 100 years of age! I will run mine forever unless it gets wrecked or stolen!!
I'm already excited to do a common-rail Cummins swap when the 6.0 dies!
I reach 100 years of age! I will run mine forever unless it gets wrecked or stolen!!
I'm already excited to do a common-rail Cummins swap when the 6.0 dies!