2018+ Post Pictures Thread!- Lets see those shiny new trucks!
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That's what I'm talking about!
NOw the question is, did you drive all the way through that with her?!
NyackRob79
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It makes it look like a station wagon on steroids is what!
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Are you kidding me?? That is one of the BEST "Expy in action" pictures I have seen. That's what I'm talking about! You could submit that to Ford's marketing department for use in ads. Nice
Scottorama
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In all honesty....its pretty sad that they market this vehicle to the off-roader crowd, but the front air dam is pushing water in what, 3 inches of water? There is no off-road capability for these vehicles, unless you want the first big rock to rip off all the plastic on the front end.
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I respectfully disagree, I don’t think Ford markets this vehicle to the “off-roader crowd”. I believe they market this vehicle to people with large families, who also want comfort on long trips, capability to tow, lots of room, and capability to go light off roading, and capability to go through virtually any bad weather/snow to safely get you home.
I would consider Jeep as marketing to the “off-roader crowd.”
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You almost got my point......Drive one of these through 4 inches of snow....and you are going to be pushing snow with that front end. Its not just a Ford issue, all the manufacturers put their air dams down so low now that there are very few vehicles that can drive through 4+ inches of snow and not receive front end damage. Now drive one of these through a road where 5 inches of slushy snow had been driven on and roughed up...and then it dropped below 0 and all the tracks in the now have frozen.....that front end isn't going down that road without receiving some damage. We used to buy SUV to handle the bad snowy weather....the foot deep snow covered roads because they had the clearance and 4 wheel drive to be able to handle anything. Now a full sized SUV is nothing more than a station wagon with 4 wheel drive and no ground clearance.
The reason Expedition, Suburbans, Tahoes, Excursions all became popular were because they were pickups that had room to seat your entire family. They could tow, they had full time 4 wheel drive, and they could go pretty much anywhere. Now to get that same capability you will have to look at someone like Range Rover to get a true SUV type vehicle.
Where I grew up we had 2 vehicles we ran during the winter months, an old Suburban and a Jeep Cherokee. When it snowed it could be days before you would see a snowplow clear the roads. If you wanted to go somewhere we would lock the front hubs on one of the vehicles (most of you youngsters on here probably have no idea what that even means.....), get going as fast as you could and your drove as hard as you could through the snowdrifts to get through them. If you went to slow, you would be shoveling yourself out.
The fronts on these vehicles were still metal back then.....you could hit a snowdrift hard and nothing would happen to the vehicle...the vehicles were designed to handle it.
Now imagine taking out one of these new Expeditions out if the same situation. First snowdrift you hit, you might as well take out the checkbook for $2000-$3000 for the front end damage that's going to happen, as its all plastic up there and the first snow drift will crack it all to hell, and most of it will fall off.
SUV used to mean go anywhere, handle anything type of vehicle. This current version of the Expedition is not an SUV, its a glorified minivan at best.
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