OVERKILL
$100 Site Donor 2021
As many will remember, my parents have been vehicle shopping, somewhat casually, for a few years now to replace their aging Expedition. This was expedited recently as a result of their mechanic telling them that it's structurally unsound at this point (frame is rusting in half) and so they started looking more seriously at procuring a replacement.
Their criteria included 3-row seating, in the event that my sisters ended up borrowing it during the summer, since they travel together and have 4 kids between them.
I sent them some pictures of the two HEMI-equipped L's that my buddy had on the lot this past summer, they were the last he could get with the V8.
We closed up the cottage last weekend and early in the week my mom messaged me out of the blue asking if I could bring one of them over. I checked, and he still had them, so I grabbed the dark grey one and brought it by for her to take a look at.
Turns out, my parents had gone up to Ford on the Friday and test drove a new Expedition and found it absolutely huge; too large for them at this point, the same complaint they had about the Wagoneer. Dad was already a big fan of the Grand Cherokee (he loves mine) and liked the WL when he test drove one, which I covered in a previous thread.
The appeal of these two specifically was the traditional port-injected V8 backed by the ZF 8HP with no auto start stop and of course the premium appointments, being in the Summit Reserve trim.
Mom got in, loved it, and the heated/cooled massaging seats sealed the deal for her, so they bought it.
Dealer installed options were the floor mats and the Mopar running boards.
Will do an update once they've had it for a few months, but dad absolutely loves it at this point.
Their criteria included 3-row seating, in the event that my sisters ended up borrowing it during the summer, since they travel together and have 4 kids between them.
I sent them some pictures of the two HEMI-equipped L's that my buddy had on the lot this past summer, they were the last he could get with the V8.
We closed up the cottage last weekend and early in the week my mom messaged me out of the blue asking if I could bring one of them over. I checked, and he still had them, so I grabbed the dark grey one and brought it by for her to take a look at.
Turns out, my parents had gone up to Ford on the Friday and test drove a new Expedition and found it absolutely huge; too large for them at this point, the same complaint they had about the Wagoneer. Dad was already a big fan of the Grand Cherokee (he loves mine) and liked the WL when he test drove one, which I covered in a previous thread.
The appeal of these two specifically was the traditional port-injected V8 backed by the ZF 8HP with no auto start stop and of course the premium appointments, being in the Summit Reserve trim.
Mom got in, loved it, and the heated/cooled massaging seats sealed the deal for her, so they bought it.
Dealer installed options were the floor mats and the Mopar running boards.
Will do an update once they've had it for a few months, but dad absolutely loves it at this point.
