Literally the day after I bought mine, I was heading into town on Hwy 301 here in VA and wondered why everyone I was passing was giving me the thumbs up or waving. Turns out it was a large convoy of Expeditions going to some meeting somewhere. They all had a large sticker in the back window with numbers and the name of the group.
Are there ever meets?
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Don't mean to be too mean....but if we are grouping together because we all own drive expeditions....we probably need a new hobby or vehicle choice.
Just sayin, they aren't Corvettes, Mustangs, Trans Ams, Camaros, Buick Turbo Regals, Subaru WRXs (I barely put them on the list), old cars, muscle cars, Ferraris or Lambos or other exotic or super cars, lifted off road trucks, crazy belching diesels, VW Beetles (should I have even put them on here....sure lots of old one that run 10s and do wheel stands), or dare I say....Teslas....I'm SURE they all have get togethers and hand out while they plug into a vst array or charging ports! He he
Just sayin, they aren't Corvettes, Mustangs, Trans Ams, Camaros, Buick Turbo Regals, Subaru WRXs (I barely put them on the list), old cars, muscle cars, Ferraris or Lambos or other exotic or super cars, lifted off road trucks, crazy belching diesels, VW Beetles (should I have even put them on here....sure lots of old one that run 10s and do wheel stands), or dare I say....Teslas....I'm SURE they all have get togethers and hand out while they plug into a vst array or charging ports! He he
IT WAS GUNS!! Guns.. Ohioans for concealed carry I think.
Not a car show meet. Just a bunch form the forum getting together to eat and converse.
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Hell, Expeditions are far better than all of those you named. It's the only RWD body on frame truck-based SUV that Ford still sells... Old school style!
Plus the Expedition is a rebaptized 4 door Bronco since the 1997 model year. It makes treehuggers wonder why anyone "needs" an SUV that big in 2019 (because we CAN, that's why!). The lineage legacy and land yaht size are pretty damn "classic" all in themselves!
For these reasons alone, I LOVE my truck!
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I've hosted meets for clubs in the past, being in Indy it was relatively easy to get to. Had someone from as far out as Iowa make it. Nothing too crazy, just like minded people talking cars and eating some food at a local place or grilling out somewhere that had parking for all of us. If there was interest I'd be down for it late spring or sometime this summer. I've done them at the house, a local park that has a HUGE lot and things to do and a nature preserve close by that let's you stretch the legs a bit.
I have hosted a regal meet here at the house. Later models, I dont know anyone with a gnx anymore. I used to have a reasonably quick 2000 before someone took it out running a light.
I have hosted a regal meet here at the house. Later models, I dont know anyone with a gnx anymore. I used to have a reasonably quick 2000 before someone took it out running a light.
I like them too. I just like the first and second generation better than the Third but when the first ones came out in 97 I said that will be the truck to have in a few years there when they're cheap enough when I'm going to pay what they're going for.Hell, Expeditions are far better than all of those you named. It's the only RWD body on frame truck-based SUV that Ford still sells... Old school style!
Plus the Expedition is a rebaptized 4 door Bronco since the 1997 model year. It makes treehuggers wonder why anyone "needs" an SUV that big in 2019 (because we CAN, that's why!). The lineage legacy and land yaht size are pretty damn "classic" all in themselves!
For these reasons alone, I LOVE my truck!
Funny how that's only the way I see things. When the new Z28 came out in 1993 and brought muscle cars back! Yes. It was the F body GM cars that brought muscle cars back! Not only did I just really not want to pay the 18220 grand to get even a base model with cloth with a 350 LT1 but the point was when they're new and under warranty it's not the best idea to start modifying them and ripping the heads off and stuff like that.
I said in 6 to 10 years these cars will be super cheap and there will be tons of modifications you can do to make them faster so they will be the card I have. They unseated the Mustang 5 liter GT as being the king of the commonplace roads.
And then in 98 after only 5 years the LS1 replace the LT1 which was a great Improvement.
So the expedition's today being the last full frame SUV that Ford makes or whatever, in 15 to 20 years there should be lots of car shows with mint condition and fully restored examples of them lining the lots to show off!
I'm really not impressed with anything new. Even though it seems the new Corvette will be absolutely badass, anybody can go buy a new car.
The Dodge Demon and Hellcat while very impressive for factory offers and I'm surprised they pulled it off and actually sell them dr. Doesn't really impress me. Anybody can go buy one of those. Heck, my 22 year old son has perfect credit if you go buy one tomorrow if you wanted to.
I'm much more respect the person that takes an old one and either pays to get restored or stores themselves and puts a badass motor in it or even takes a new one just a base model or a standard RT Challenger and then build it to be even faster and more awesome than what the factory offers. That's just the way it was always done and that's the way I want it to be.
But I can see why in this world we live in where everyone wants instant gratification, wants to push a button on their phone and have food show up their house, has an entitlement nature that they expect and deserve everything... Why fewer people under 40 years old don't really have the desire to build something and make it their own anymore. They'll just buy one and then maybe put a pinstripe or a graphic on it or get an extra set of wheels so they can customize it to their liking I'll still having the factory when standing up in their garage.
My first car in 86 or so was a creampuff 73 Buick Century four door with a 350 Buick in a 2 Barrel. Within a week I went to the junkyard and got a 4L and take bought me a used Quadrajet rebuild it and stuck it on. Then I started playing with the timing in the points and got released fun to play with on the road. Then I sold it and got a 68 LeMans with a 350 Pontiac. It was a little faster but was from Arizona and the paint was fully dry as I call it. Was rust free but need an expensive paint job. I'm a mechanic and not a body man. So then after that I got my first nice car in 1989. 67 GTO. 400 Pontiac chromed-out engine and looked great. Custom high quality Body Shop all over paint job with all the Glass and door panels being removed and everything down to bare metal.
I promptly pulled its Factory wimpy Cam and carburetor off and beefed up the engine with the biggest cam lunati made for hydraulic lifters at the time and they split pattern and grind. Put a 750 double pumper on it, true for tube headers, part number 4905 in case you're taking notes, change the 308 rear end for a 4.11 posi out Detroit Locker out of a 70 Buick Gran Sport.
I ran the hell that car for several years. I would do u-turns to four lanes of traffic if I saw some Mustang 500 he thought he was hot stuff. I loved putting the Mustang Boys in their place but I was just as happy to race anyone else in a GM and many Pontiacs. I had so many guys in 68 judges and 68 Pontiac with 455 who thought they were going to beat me. That car was never be in a street race by any other Pontiac!
Only two cars ever beat me on the street and one was a charger with a 440 with a tunnel ram and two fours which I fully expected to beat me and the other one was a 67 charger with a 426 Hemi in it that wasn't all that built and we were running neck-and-neck until he hit the juice and the car squatted again the back tires spun a turn and a half and he shot forward. They were pretty evenly matched about him hitting the juice. Juice Is nitrous oxide for anyone who's not a old Motorhead. He had a 300 horsepower fogger kit on it. And I believe that's part number 3001 for those still taking notes at least for a GM spread bore. Might be different for a Mopar manifold bolt pattern.
That same car walked right away from a 90 ZR1 back in 91 when the lt5 Lotus engine in that car was supposed to be so fast.
Back in 93 I picked up and 87 Buick Grand National that was Modded a little bit and I used to have fun getting my friend to drive the Grand National and me driving the Pontiac and beating him every time.
Still nothing like that feeling of the turbo boost putting you back in your seat and keeping in there like a jet engine.
I no longer half the Pontiac. I bought it in September of 1989 and sold it with its sixth engine in it or at least 6th rebuild or combination of both, in about 2001.
I now have another Buick Grand National that gets 24 miles per gallon on the highway and the last time I raced it I pulled away from a ZO6 Vette at 117 on the highway.
Every car I've ever owned that I liked got built by me. We used to say Blood Sweat and Gears.
I do have a 98 Durango up on 38th in mudders with 18 or 20 inch wheels that I didn't build. I saw it and fell in love with the look so I went to Texas to buy it.
I just couldn't buy something stock that anyone else has. I even looked around the whole country on eBay and everything else when I bought this I only found one other lifted Durango at the time back in 2005 it only had a body lift with 33 s. Mine has 11 1/2 inches of lift.
So I'd guess I just like the personalized, self-built, or super unique vehicles that no one else has.
I guess since I've had front cover magazine show trucks on 44s with hydraulic tilt bed and 12 color custom graphic paint on the side of a giant orange pumpkin 79 Ford F-350, a hovercraft, and an antique fire truck. I kind of have weird and diverse tastes.
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^ Cool, that sounds like you had a blast with all those classic / modded muscle cars! Unfortunately, not everyone has your skills and therefore can't drive the fun stuff.
Plus today's cars are much more factory tuned (by computers) and keeping them stock is often the only way to go, although there are some exceptions. Even the Expedition's 5.4L Triton can't be modded much for performance / reliability improvements. Except maybe for better (metal) timing tensionsers and the high volume oil pump to help with lubrication, I haven't read anything about making that engine any better...
Plus today's cars are much more factory tuned (by computers) and keeping them stock is often the only way to go, although there are some exceptions. Even the Expedition's 5.4L Triton can't be modded much for performance / reliability improvements. Except maybe for better (metal) timing tensionsers and the high volume oil pump to help with lubrication, I haven't read anything about making that engine any better...
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amen.
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FoMoCo has done some stuff in recent years that really is lame....only one body on frame suv that can’t come with a v8...electric four door “mustang”...stupid mandatory auto start/stop that you have to hack to shut off...electric f150s....no more cars (except the mustang)...that “sloped roof” look on the new expeditions...electric dial gear shifts...
Henry must be rolling in his grave.
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I wish I could like this post 100x over!
It perfectly summarizes my utter disgust with where automotive future is going. Ford should just cut down to the chase and produce only 1 fugly plastic shitbox controlled by a giant iPhone for 2021, something like this:
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