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1955moose said:

Some day, no time soon they'll figure out how to get a near 6,000 pound vehicle down the road at an effortless 130 mph, and return 25 mpg on regular fuel. The last 7-10 year expeditions do all right. Theirs going to come a time real soon that our cars and trucks are going to look and drive like George Jetsons foldable briefcase car. Enjoy your behemoths, and their 8-15 mpg while you can. I grew up during an era when you could buy 102 leaded octane gas. If you had a trick enough 11.5 to 1 compression car, you needed it. Ah the good old days! Compared to now they were that good. At least we could work on 90 percent of everything!

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edizzle said:

i have no skin in the game. i could give two ***** what people online think of me or my opinions. i would ABSOLUTELY admit it if something i bought was a dud.

that being said...... 3.5 EcoBoost is a hell of a motor!!!! I have beat on my latest harder than most will beat them in a lifetime. 60,000 HARD miles in two years!!!!! I have ONLY changed my oil. It is the strongest, most reliable motor i have ever owned. there are millions more just like me. i have several dozens friends and tradesman who do the same. most with well over 100,000 miles.

keep in mind, they sold 894,000 f150s last year alone!!!! this was double the closest competitor. the more of something there is, the more likely you will hear something negative.

no denial here, just real world first hand experience from someone who knows more than your average joe about vehicles.

if you are not buying a new expedition because of what you stated, you are doing yourself a major disservice.

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edizzle said:

i have no skin in the game. i could give two ***** what people online think of me or my opinions. i would ABSOLUTELY admit it if something i bought was a dud.

that being said...... 3.5 EcoBoost is a hell of a motor!!!! I have beat on my latest harder than most will beat them in a lifetime. 60,000 HARD miles in two years!!!!! I have ONLY changed my oil. It is the strongest, most reliable motor i have ever owned. there are millions more just like me. i have several dozens friends and tradesman who do the same. most with well over 100,000 miles.

keep in mind, they sold 894,000 f150s last year alone!!!! this was double the closest competitor. the more of something there is, the more likely you will hear something negative.

no denial here, just real world first hand experience from someone who knows more than your average joe about vehicles.

if you are not buying a new expedition because of what you stated, you are doing yourself a major disservice.

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rjdelp7 said:

I would not buy one, because you beat one and it did not fail. The are plenty of people who had timing chain problems. That kind of, out of warranty stuff, is a turn off. I would hope a new engine would be problem free, in its first two years. Ford only sold, so many, because of EB rebate on the F150. I had read many on this forum, unhappy about the EB, being only engine choice in the EXpy.

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edizzle said:

you are not doing the math right! in Jun 2016, ford had sold 1,000,000 ecoboost f150s!!! there are over 1.5 million 3.5 ecoboosts on the road!! the tiny number of complaints you have heard and read online dont amount to anything. literally nothing. there were much larger problems with the 4.6 and 5.4l with cam phasors, blowing spark plugs, breaking sparkplugs, etc. you know the only thing you will read about is the negative. that goes for anything. the people with issues are going to be much more vocal than the people who are satisfied. if you have found 1,000 examples of dissatisfied people, that is .06 percent of the number of engines on the road!!!! DO THE MATH!!!

edit; my numbers are way off. there is WAY mor than 1.5 million of them on the road. i didnt realize how many other vehicles had the 3.5 EB in them.

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