2011 Ford Expedition 4x4

Ryan03 · Feb 28, 2011

I bought my wife a new buggy today. It is a 2011 Ford Expedition 4x4 with the heavy duty trailer tow package. All I can say is wow, what a pleasure to drive. She has already told me hands off, this one is HERS

Here are a few pics.

Dmace · Feb 28, 2011

Very sharp looking! :thumbsup:
What do you plan on towing with it?

Markcuda · Feb 28, 2011

What motor does it have.
Could you have got a diesel?

Diamondpilot · Feb 28, 2011

I like the Expedition. My dad has had 2 4x4 5.4L ones and my Uncle has had 1 and its brother, the Lincoln Navigator. It is time for a update to the design though. Still a nice truck, just getting a little dated.

Congratulations.

By the way they did not have a single issue with any of them other than my cousin Mandy running into my uncles last one in the drive. My uncle pulled a 8,000# boat with both of his. My father only pulled a 5,500# boat.

Chris

timswi · Feb 28, 2011

Very nice!!! When the wife says "hands off" they usually mean it.

My wife's H3 is hers and hers alone.

Ryan03 · Mar 1, 2011

Dmace said:
Very sharp looking! :thumbsup:
What do you plan on towing with it?

I will still do most of my towing with my 2500 Silverado. We will probably only tow our 18ft open car hauler with either a couple ATV's, or one of our classics cars to yearly club events, the cars weigh 3700 and 3900lbs. Total trailer weight will be around 6k with the cars. It is rated to tow 8900lbs.

This will mainly be my wifes daily driver to work, as we live well under 10 miles from her place of employment, so the gas wont be a big deal. We will also use it for family vacations a couple times a year.

This replaces a 2003 Trailblazer, which was fine for around town, but things got a little cramped with a toddler, a dog, and a weeks worth of luggage on a 12 hour trip. The Trailblazer also was to small to safely tow one of our cars on the open trailer.

Ryan03 · Mar 1, 2011

Markcuda said:
What motor does it have.
Could you have got a diesel?

It has the basic 5.4 Triton V8. It is the only engine available. I beleive it is rated at 310 HP and 365 lb/ft torque. It does not set the world on fire, but the truck is far from under powered. Average mileage so far is around 15mpg with a mix of highway and rural 2 lane blacktop driving.

A diesel would be a great option in one of these, but unfortunately not available.

JESSE1 · Mar 1, 2011

I bought an '11 Expedition King Ranch 4x2 back in December. It's the fifth Exp I've had since '97 and the first that's not 4x4. Excellent vehicles, highly underrated.

CompactTractorFan · Mar 1, 2011

Ryan03 said:
I bought my wife a new buggy today. It is a 2011 Ford Expedition 4x4 with the heavy duty trailer tow package. All I can say is wow, what a pleasure to drive. She has already told me hands off, this one is HERS Here are a few pics.

Nice! :thumbsup:

Paystar · Mar 1, 2011

Very nice. I like those now, especially since they turned my favourite (the Explorer) into a car based station wagon.

They seem to be mostly just wider than my Explorer, not a lot longer?....is it still pretty maneuverable? My wife has a heck of a time when she has to take my F-350 crew cab long box.

Markcuda · Mar 1, 2011

Me bad, I was thinking of the Excursion.
Ford might not make that any more

buck12 · Mar 2, 2011

Nice ride. We are currently looking for a vehicle for my wife. I love the Expedition but she thinks it is too big. She has her heart set on the new Explorer.

Ryan03 · Mar 2, 2011

Paystar said:
Very nice. I like those now, especially since they turned my favourite (the Explorer) into a car based station wagon.
They seem to be mostly just wider than my Explorer, not a lot longer?....is it still pretty maneuverable? My wife has a heck of a time when she has to take my F-350 crew cab long box.

I'm not sure if this is any longer than an explorer, I would guess maybe a little. It looks to be a foot or so shorter than my reg cab 8ft bed fullsize pickup, both in wheelbase and total lenth. As far as manuverability, the turning radius seems pretty good for an suv of this size, but what realy sold my wife on it was how well the visibility is out the back of this vehicle. There are very few blind spots in this compared with her old Trailblazer and the Tahoes and Yukons that we drove. She is so so at backing up and with mirrors, not bad, but not a pro, and she has no problem manuvering this vehicle.

Ryan03 · Mar 2, 2011

Markcuda said:
Me bad, I was thinking of the Excursion.
Ford might not make that any more

No biggee Mark. Ford quit making the Excursion around 04 or so, I think. It left somewhat of a hole in the market since it was the only recent Suv that large that could be had with a diesel, excluding the older suburbans with the 6.5 diesels.

scoutcub · Mar 3, 2011

Ryan03 said:
No biggee Mark. Ford quit making the Excursion around 04 or so, I think. It left somewhat of a hole in the market since it was the only recent Suv that large that could be had with a diesel, excluding the older suburbans with the 6.5 diesels.

05 was the last year of the Excursions. Still commanding a pretty penny. Considered getting one for the wife but just a tad too big for her....but I liked em.....

Ryan03 · Mar 4, 2011

scoutcub said:
05 was the last year of the Excursions. Still commanding a pretty penny. Considered getting one for the wife but just a tad too big for her....but I liked em.....

I passed on a real clean 03 with 45k on it about 2 monthes ago. It was a southern V10 4x4 loaded with leather. A coworker of my wife had it, and was the second owner. Asking price was $14000.00. I passed mostly because of the mileage and to a lesser degree was concerned that my wife would have issues driving it. If it were a 7.3 diesel, I would have bought immediatly.

VTFireftr · Mar 5, 2011

I'm looking for a used 2000 to 2003 Excursion with a 7.3 diesel.

The problem is I can't find one with less than 200K miles on it. I had a 2001 F250 with a 7.3 and it was a great truck except for the front axel. I had it rebuilt 4 times in 150K miles.

I currently have a 2005 F 250 with the 6.0 diesel. No axel problems, but I'm not a big fan of the 6.0. I'll drive this truck until it can't be driven any more, but I would still like to add a large SUV to the fleet.

I'll probably go with a used 2010 expedition with a tow pack.

Good luck with the 2011!

Marc

scoutcub · Mar 5, 2011

I should clarify the 05 diesels I looked at were commanding good money.....around 18-20K with lo miles. I wouldn't mind an 05 6.0, my 06 6.0 has been pretty good.
But with diesel prices and the wife's desires, looks like I'll be shopping for an 08 Honda Pilot......hate to pay the big money for a brand new rig, although they look really nice.

Diamondpilot · Mar 5, 2011

Back in 08 when I bought my Nissan Titan I was looking for a used Excursion with a diesel. I did not care if it was a 7.3 or 6.0. I have had both and had great luck with them all. Anyway, all I could find was used V10's with 3.73's with over 100,000 miles. I like the V-10 but there is no way I am buying anything with that many miles uless its just to beat around in. I gave up after a 3 month search. I may have went for it if I could have found one with 4.10's but the 3.73's are just not enough gear for a 3/4 ton truck with a gas motor. Ok for a diesel, but not a gas in that size truck.

Chris