jimp
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Just got back from 3500 mile road trip in my 2014.
For the most part I like the new version, but in some cases my 2003 was better.
First thing, cc has a wide range in the mountains. Set on 70 mph it drops to 65 before reacting and then over runs the set point (still going up hill) by over 5 mph. Got me a warning ticket (set on 74 and it hit 80 in a 70, that would have pissed me off). I also like to decend the back side of a pass a little fast, the 2014 would not let me do that, it compression braked the car on the down hill side (it took most of the first day to realize as long as I had it in cruse it would do that, kick it out of cruse and you can coast with minimal engine braking) Also the 03 evey push of the + button gave me 1 mph increase, on the 14 it might accelerate it might do nothing. In it's current state the cc is shit, will have it checked out next week or so by the dealer.
They removed the Oh-Shit Bar for the front seat passenger, it's a 4X4 not everyone uses it to pick the kids up at school. My wife really missed that bar. I also added skid plates when I bought the car, that was a waste of money. The should be called under body gravel deflectors, they are so thin and full of access holes that they added very little protection.
The interior is a lot smaller even with the same outside size. I really miss being able to reach the door pockets without opening the door and the center consol storage is a lot smaller than my 03. It is still very comfortable, just a little small.
The ride was very comfortable. On the highway it's like sitting in my living room chair, smooth ride, handles cross winds and rain well and has plenty of power for the mountains (will see how I feel on that when I pull my jeep out west next year). On the Colorado and Utah county roads it rides real smooth. While it is to new to really off road (3000 miles) we did take a lot of county roads that were mainly 4 to 6 inch rocks set in the mud, at a reasonable speed the ride was very good and with the added ground clearance of the 14 I can take it places the 03 could not go (I am considering the White Rim Trail when the new wears off in a year or two, the 03 never even considered)
It did not have the holding power of my 2003 in low range. The 03 set in low range and 1 gear would decend very steep grades under control without braking. The 14 you need to use the brakes, to bad, I guess Ford has to build for the majority of it's customers.
I really like the weather maps on the navigation system. We headed back and saw hugh thunder heads in our path, checked the weather maps. They indicated hail so we stopped for dinner to let it pass.
Don't like the navigation maps, very incomplete (wife used old Garmin that she was use to and it had much better maps than the Ford system, we have the latest for the 14) Ford needs to beg Garmin for some real maps, I would hate to have to carry the OLD Garmin as a back up. (According to the ford maps I drove in a farm field TO GET HOME, hell the road is older than I am and Garmin has it on their maps.)
Mileage was 17.9 indicated and 17.6 actual for the trip, mountain, back roads and highway, the 03 would have been in the 15's so much improved gas mileage.
Overall I like my new Expedition and am not sorry I got it, just a little disapointed in a few items.
For the most part I like the new version, but in some cases my 2003 was better.
First thing, cc has a wide range in the mountains. Set on 70 mph it drops to 65 before reacting and then over runs the set point (still going up hill) by over 5 mph. Got me a warning ticket (set on 74 and it hit 80 in a 70, that would have pissed me off). I also like to decend the back side of a pass a little fast, the 2014 would not let me do that, it compression braked the car on the down hill side (it took most of the first day to realize as long as I had it in cruse it would do that, kick it out of cruse and you can coast with minimal engine braking) Also the 03 evey push of the + button gave me 1 mph increase, on the 14 it might accelerate it might do nothing. In it's current state the cc is shit, will have it checked out next week or so by the dealer.
They removed the Oh-Shit Bar for the front seat passenger, it's a 4X4 not everyone uses it to pick the kids up at school. My wife really missed that bar. I also added skid plates when I bought the car, that was a waste of money. The should be called under body gravel deflectors, they are so thin and full of access holes that they added very little protection.
The interior is a lot smaller even with the same outside size. I really miss being able to reach the door pockets without opening the door and the center consol storage is a lot smaller than my 03. It is still very comfortable, just a little small.
The ride was very comfortable. On the highway it's like sitting in my living room chair, smooth ride, handles cross winds and rain well and has plenty of power for the mountains (will see how I feel on that when I pull my jeep out west next year). On the Colorado and Utah county roads it rides real smooth. While it is to new to really off road (3000 miles) we did take a lot of county roads that were mainly 4 to 6 inch rocks set in the mud, at a reasonable speed the ride was very good and with the added ground clearance of the 14 I can take it places the 03 could not go (I am considering the White Rim Trail when the new wears off in a year or two, the 03 never even considered)
It did not have the holding power of my 2003 in low range. The 03 set in low range and 1 gear would decend very steep grades under control without braking. The 14 you need to use the brakes, to bad, I guess Ford has to build for the majority of it's customers.
I really like the weather maps on the navigation system. We headed back and saw hugh thunder heads in our path, checked the weather maps. They indicated hail so we stopped for dinner to let it pass.
Don't like the navigation maps, very incomplete (wife used old Garmin that she was use to and it had much better maps than the Ford system, we have the latest for the 14) Ford needs to beg Garmin for some real maps, I would hate to have to carry the OLD Garmin as a back up. (According to the ford maps I drove in a farm field TO GET HOME, hell the road is older than I am and Garmin has it on their maps.)
Mileage was 17.9 indicated and 17.6 actual for the trip, mountain, back roads and highway, the 03 would have been in the 15's so much improved gas mileage.
Overall I like my new Expedition and am not sorry I got it, just a little disapointed in a few items.
