I've been stalking this site doing research on my next SUV purchase. Lots of great information here.
To be honest I was looking for a Sequoia as I traded in my 07 with 146,000 trouble free miles but yikes the price on the new and recently used ones is crazy. They start $8,000 + more with similar mileage and setup. For me it really came down to bang for the buck. I was using Carmax and autotrader to search for vehicles and prices, I found most Ford dealers locally had much higher prices than Carmax's advertised ones. If I don't see a good price on their website I don't even bother contacting them. I hate the game they play. I even searched for leftover 2017's with incentives as the redesigned 18s are out. I was surprised at the dealer asking prices on them.
I found a local small independent dealer who had one as well as car max. I let them know they were competing for my business and the small dealer won.
I purchased a former rental 2017 Expedition EL XLT, it's entire history was in Tennessee. It was $35k (asking price before trade) with 26,000 miles on it! It's the basic rental model, no leather seats or upgraded towing package. It checks out mechanically and the interiror and body are in great shape plus I still have Ford's remaining warranty.
It's been quite awhile since I owned an American brand as I've had much trouble with them. I'm talking about you dodge & chevy. While the Japanese brands I've owned have been nearly flawless.
So far so good but want this rig to last another 125,000 miles with normal maintenance. I do want to brag about how great a vehicle Ford makes. I am concerned and may purchase the ford extended warranty as a good friend of mine is having drive line(IWE) issues in his 16 F-150 4x4 Platinum that the dealer is have trouble fixing after multiple attempts. It didn't show up until he passed 30,000 miles. I looked through the F150 forums to see many were having a similar issue. I didn't see it reported here. So hopefully it's not a problem with Expeditions.
