Finally broke down and bought something v.Ecoboost.

[TCG Member 5219]

Yeah its true. But not for me. The wife has been driving our old van for almost 5 years. It was her time.

So I grabbed a 2017 Oxford White Ford Explorer XLT 4WD with the Ecoboost engine. Brand new. Got a screaming deal. First order of business get the front windows tinted to match the rear. And its done. Its so nice.

Penfed supplied the loan. Took about 20 minutes on the phone. The check should be in tomorrow. But they let me take the car today. I have to head back tomorrow to sign everything and pay for it. Man that was easy.

Im going to keep holding off on what I want. I was minutes away from buying one of those red tag camaros a few days ago. Some dude put a deposit on it while I was at work, and when I headed over there it was gone. The car was a $46,650 sticker, selling for $33k. There is only one more out there in the midwest and its black ofcourse. NOPE> cant do black. Oh well it was not meant to be. On to the next.

Pics of the new explorer on the way.

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[Rent Free]

camaro deal didnt work out buys a ford for wife.



guess you might as well keep looking at gt350s so the collection all keeps the same badge.....



nice score on the exploder wish my wife was in one of them i fucking hate the edge she has now.

 

[2QuikTA]

I've heard good things about penfed

 

[Mook]

White is right

 

[1quick]

Congrats

 

[FastKatt]

CongaRatz

 

[boostedguy05]

Glad you like it
I have heard hit and miss stories about the likeliness of them.

 

[FastKatt]

I've had a '16 Sport for 4k miles. I am really enjoying it, so far.

 

[Tight Lines]

Congrats

 

[EmersonHart13]

Be sure to change the plugs

 

[crooks]

congrats

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Congrats...love the new Explorers!

 

[bimmer4life]

Pics of the new explorer on the way.

No pics? This thread is useless.

 

[TCG Member 5219]

No pics? This thread is useless.

Deal is done. Its so nice with that ecoboost engine. Man it screams. Getting the front windows tinted to match the rest on tuesday.

 

[bimmer4life]

Well I am jealous. Explorer looks great in white.

 

[TCG Member 5219]

One thing I want to do is find a set of those black explorer sport wheels.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Which Ecoboost engine does it have??

 

[TCG Member 5219]

Which Ecoboost engine does it have??

2.3L Ecoboost I-4 - 280hp, 310tq.

Shes a stay at home mom, and the kids ride the bus to school. So its going to be a grocery and coffee running machine. Ill probably drive it to work on bad weather days too since its 4wd. But for now Ill rock our 09 caravan until spring atleast. No need for me to buy a summer car right now and make payments on it while it sits in the garage all winter.

Besides there are some cars coming out soon I might want. Since I lost that 2SS camaro, I have been looking into the 1LE version of the 6g camaro more and more. Its pretty well loaded for being based off of a 1SS. But manual tho. I really didnt want another manual. But for this kind of performance, I can make an exception.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

so its fast ?

 

[TCG Member 5219]

so its fast ?

Not saying it's fast, but for a 4500lb 4 cylinder SUV, it's pretty quick. I can hear the turbo too and that's awesome.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

ya I've seen em on the road and seem pretty fast

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Surprised it doesn't have the 2.7L V6TT. I didn't think you could get the 2.3L in the Explorer.

 

[TCG Member 5219]

Surprised it doesn't have the 2.7L V6TT. I didn't think you could get the 2.3L in the Explorer.

Here's the sticker.

http://services.forddirect.fordvehicles.com/inventory/WindowSticker.pdf?vin=1FM5K8DH9HGA56385

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

looks good, I 2nd the sport wheel idea

 

[TCG Member 5219]

looks good, I 2nd the sport wheel idea

Funny thing a very small part of me wants to skip the sports car, and get an explorer sport with the TT Ecoboost V6. Get it loaded up with every option you can get and just rock that from now on.

I know I would miss having a sports car like I do now, but man those new sploders are nice. Even my wife's not being a loaded one, is still VERY nice. I thought about a tahoe too, but now we are approaching $70k for an SUV.

Oh btw they had a white shelby GT350 there for $60k sticker. They would take sticker too Im sure. It was hidden in the back in a separate garage already detailed and ready for delivery. It was a special order, but the dude backed out because he found a GT350R.

Oh and I saw this at the dodge dealer when we were looking at durangos the other day. Whoops.