Still loving my '16 Expedition

[MidwestBoater]

Posts like this don't pop up often. The only purpose of this post is to convey how very happy I am with my purchase of our 2016 Expedition last November.
This has been the first season of boat hauling for the Expedition, and it has performed flawlessly. When we do day trips on the weekends to "local" lakes it's a 180 mile roundtrip, leaving at 8am with a truck full of older kids, our chocolate lab, coolers, etc. Everything fits, everyone is comfortable with plenty of room, and hauling the boat is so much easier now that I have a vehicle with SO much torque delivered right where it's needed. My wife has even made the comment while we're climbing a hill "it's so quite, it doesn't even sound like it's working that hard". This of course is in comparison to our previous tow vehicle, a 2014 Ram 1500 crew cab, which had the hemi, 8spd, 3.92 gears, and all the towing options.. While I did really like that truck, you knew you had a load behind you when you'd hit a hill, and being a pickup truck it just didn't accommodate our family very well, nor did I have confidence in it after it left us stranded last summer towing the boat when the transmission failed at 5x,*** miles, nor after the rear differential began to whine at highway speeds...neither of which were ever properly repaired under the factory powertrain warranty.

In daily driving I'd call the Expedition my "man van", it has a comfy ride, plenty of room to take multiple coworkers to lunch (now that I have it, it's always my turn to drive), fold flat floor for when I need to run to the hardware store to get supplies for a house project, it's surprisingly capable off road, and if I end up at a stop light next to a kid in a matchbox car revving his fart can exhaust I can embarrass him when the light turns green (it's 5* tuned with an SCT XCAL).

I'm not sure i'll ever be able to go back to a pickup truck, and I know i'll never be able to have a unibody vehicle again (they ride like ass in my opinion), so I think i'm stuck with big body on frame SUVs from here on out.

 

[RenegadeBad_Dog]

Posts like this don't pop up often. The only purpose of this post is to convey how very happy I am with my purchase of our 2016 Expedition last November.
This has been the first season of boat hauling for the Expedition, and it has performed flawlessly. When we do day trips on the weekends to "local" lakes it's a 180 mile roundtrip, leaving at 8am with a truck full of older kids, our chocolate lab, coolers, etc. Everything fits, everyone is comfortable with plenty of room, and hauling the boat is so much easier now that I have a vehicle with SO much torque delivered right where it's needed. My wife has even made the comment while we're climbing a hill "it's so quite, it doesn't even sound like it's working that hard". This of course is in comparison to our previous tow vehicle, a 2014 Ram 1500 crew cab, which had the hemi, 8spd, 3.92 gears, and all the towing options.. While I did really like that truck, you knew you had a load behind you when you'd hit a hill, and being a pickup truck it just didn't accommodate our family very well, nor did I have confidence in it after it left us stranded last summer towing the boat when the transmission failed at 5x,*** miles, nor after the rear differential began to whine at highway speeds...neither of which were ever properly repaired under the factory powertrain warranty.

In daily driving I'd call the Expedition my "man van", it has a comfy ride, plenty of room to take multiple coworkers to lunch (now that I have it, it's always my turn to drive), fold flat floor for when I need to run to the hardware store to get supplies for a house project, it's surprisingly capable off road, and if I end up at a stop light next to a kid in a matchbox car revving his fart can exhaust I can embarrass him when the light turns green (it's 5* tuned with an SCT XCAL).

I'm not sure i'll ever be able to go back to a pickup truck, and I know i'll never be able to have a unibody vehicle again (they ride like ass in my opinion), so I think i'm stuck with big body on frame SUVs from here on out. [emoji3]

We too have a 2016 that we purchased back in late November. Took a trip to New York back around March about a 1600 mile round trip and the truck handles the mountains like a champ.

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[crector080862]

I feel the same way even after the pain of getting some things fixed on my 07 Eddie Bauer you can look for my thread on that if you want to read up on it this is a very capable truck I feel like you can go anywhere I've lifted mine and put truck tires on it 10 ply tires on a regular Road highways I noticed no difference rides great still it's not squirrely now on Oklahoma roads it felt like I was going off road but I love this truck and I believe it is a truck not just an SUV I can haul just about anything a truck can I have a 26 ft pontoon boat that I take all over the place I wish the mirrors extended out but I did see on eBay that you can buy Ford truck mirrors that are made for it that pull out for Towing so those are probably be the next step

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[Boostedbus]

We are loving our 17 EL also. We have a little getaway Cabin in WV about a 230 mile round trip. We try to go there every weekend and since we bought the Expy the ol F150 has become a ornament in the driveway. The Expy hauls our dogs, grandkids, and any and everything else effortlessly and when we have to tow something it’s just built for the job! Hills? What hills!

 

[coolzzy]

I'll echo that, my 17 EL pulls effortlessly loaded, unloaded, hitched, or unhitched. And by itself on the highway will pull down 21mpg consistently at 80mph. I do miss my F150 at times though when a dirty job requires a bed that can be swept or washed out. Or when I need to throw a kayak and generator plus firewood in the back (strictly speaking of a pickup here, kayak won't fit inside the Expy with passengers)

 

[ExplorerTom]

Heck, I have a 2000 that I’m still very happy with buying 3.5 years ago.

 

[cullinan18]

I've got about 18k miles on my Expy in 13 months. It's a daily driver, plus the family weekend vehicle because it is so much more comfortable than my wife's Forester. We drove to CT, NJ, NY earlier this summer (a bit over 2k miles R/T) and it's fantastic. We could have saved about $100 in gas taking the Forester, but everything else would have been tougher. Great vehicle.

 

[ElliottM]

I'll hop on the bandwagon here too. Like OP, I really love our 16. I've put 67k miles on it since May 2017 (roughly 170 miles per day, 1200 miles per week, 4800 miles per month) and it's performed flawlessly. We have a roughly 4000 lb. boat and a 8000 travel trailer, and when we take both trailers we tow the boat with my wife's Toyota Highlander. It is such a wimp compared to the Ford - the Expy pulls the travel trailer better at twice the weight than the Highlander pulls the boat. I do miss my old F350 for the dirty jobs, as mentioned above, and the only real issue that I ran into was hauling our generator and gas can to use when boondocking. It left the Expy smelling of gasoline for a week, so I mounted a hitch and cargo tray on the travel trailer to carry the generator and fuel on future trips. I'm hoping to keep the Expy for many more miles.

 

[Penumbra]

I have been towing a loaded down 14’ trailer for a few years now. I’ve been to all corners of the U.S. 4 times over and am just shy of 60k miles. First with the Transit 350 which towed it like a dream but I hated the vehicle so I traded it for the 2016 Expedition EL because I needed 4x4 and wanted bigger wheels. The only issue I have is not being able to get the auto leveling in the color of vehicle at time of purchase. Have looked at adding air ride or even the stock auto leveling system...just haven’t pulled the trigger as I’m very very busy and may just wait till I buy my next one. Big whoopty whoos on freeway will causing my tires to bump fender wells accasionally which has caused minor damage...very minor which doesn’t bother me. Overall my wife and I love this vehicle. I have towed through 120 degree west coast deserts, steep mountain grades (brake upgrade was a huge difference), hail storms, blizzards, icy roads, torrential rain, mud, gravel, loam you name it. I’ve pulled my trailer at speeds in excess of 90 mph at times up hill. No issues.

 

[Scott2015]

Our '15 4x4 EL is our go everywhere car. Camping, skiing, hiking, biking; it hauls everything we need, is comfortable, and nearly gets 20MPG. Has worked flawlessly from -10 degrees to 115 degrees, from -200 feet to over 12,000 feet, from around town to light off roading. Could not be happier with it!

 

[jeff kushner]

Congratulations....there's a pretty good feeling when you truly love driving the vehicle that you bought. I also love hearing that other guys who had choices, choose to drive an Expy just because they like it. Functionally, other than a set of switches for the rear seats, the 17 is the same as the 16 and I've got nearing 46K and love driving it. Make no mistake, it's no luxury vehicle but it sure has been capable. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been driving them for nearly 20 yrs. Like many, I feel that I was fortunate to get the "final rendition" of this gen. Everything gets better...true with everything (except appliances...funny how that is) so while I have no doubt the new 18 is a better truck, I'm feeling pretty good. Of course for a true perspective, let's see how I feel at 190K.

jeff

 

[JExpedition07]

Congratulations....there's a pretty good feeling when you truly love driving the vehicle that you bought. I also love hearing that other guys who had choices, choose to drive an Expy just because they like it. Functionally, other than a set of switches for the rear seats, the 17 is the same as the 16 and I've got nearing 46K and love driving it. Make no mistake, it's no luxury vehicle but it sure has been capable. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been driving them for nearly 20 yrs. Like many, I feel that I was fortunate to get the "final rendition" of this gen. Everything gets better...true with everything (except appliances...funny how that is) so while I have no doubt the new 18 is a better truck, I'm feeling pretty good. Of course for a true perspective, let's see how I feel at 190K.

jeff

Oh don’t worry Jeff, vehicles are headed down the appliance road too! Many cars are throw away and ford and others are catching on they make more money that way. Take a look at ford 3.0 diesel......

 

[ltharley]

Love reading these type posts. We have a 2004 Eddie Bauer with 180,000 and it has been great. I just picked up a used 2017 Platinum with 36,000 and hope to have the same experience.

 

[powerboatr]

well we have had ours now 27 months and i truly dont look at other suvs with anything other than a passing glance. we can drive all day and i still feel pretty decent when we get there and i have a truly fluckered up lower back
my favorite is i can load the vehicle down with our road drinks, dog and still have room to stretch out. its usually just the three of us and its fits us fine. but toss in four other adults and its still roomy and comfortable.
i still have not ridden in the far rear seats....only twice now in the second row....but i hear they are nice for long trips.
my mom loves the deployable running boards, makes it easier for her to get in

mpg is awesome for 6400lbs of comfort
tq is dead one and boot scooting to 75 plus is quiiiiccccccck

 

[JExpedition07]

Glad many of you enjoy these trucks well beyond purchase, feel the same here.