Btw Jexpedition, when I’m ragging on newbies who frown on the ecoboost I’ve never directed it at you lol.
Why, Everytime Somebody speaks badly about the EB, he jumps on the bandwagon and starts speaking that the V8’s are better....yet he has never owned an EB and driven it Day in and day out.
I defended with Numbers and Dyno Data, yet he still ignored it, and redirected to a different manufacturer’s engine. Then said the Chevy 6.2 would get better MPG, yet the EPA numbers are quite the opposite. Still nothing.
I love a good V8, but saying the EB 3.5TT is inferior just because it has 2 less cylinders is BS, and that is pretty much his argument.
The OP had one experience with a Rental, that obviously had other Electronic/Mechanical issues, most likely because of mistreatment by a previous renter.
I have a excoworker that now owns a 2017 Expy, because of a Rental he drove in CO in the Mountains on Vacation. Traded his Chevy Truck in on it. That was a year ago, and he still owns it and is loving it. He fell in love with the comfort, MPG, and constant low end power.
Speaking of a Tree(Sequoia). Loved the one I test drove, so did the wife, but the price was ridiculous for the same options as our 2015 Expy. We have a friend that has had several and her kid calls it the Tree cause he couldn’t pronounce the name. Plus, man the MPG’s people report are bad, but that isn’t my first criteria.
I also respect any manufacturer that brings jobs to the US. Drove a Passat TDI assembled in TN for 3 years as my DD before my Edge. Loved it and got a tour of the plant when I stopped by one Summer. Was pretty cool.