GearHead_1
Long Time Member
I hesitate to post this but I’m a little jazzed. My newly married daughter’s husband hit some debris on the freeway and blew out both drivers side tires and did an endo in the barrow pit in his 2008 Civic. Fortunately, he was not injured but the car was totaled. Insurance paid off but not really enough to get into what I considered a safe car. They are very frugal and have just purchased a new home so not a lot of money in the coffers. They needed a replacement. Well... what’s a Dad to do? I have a Ford Edge Titanium, it had all of 15,600 miles on it. I let them take the Edge at a “too good to be true” price. Well now Mama’s out a car.
We went over and ordered it’s replacement today. She wanted to go a little bigger as she wants grandkids and a place to put them.
We ordered a 2021 Explorer ST with all the bells and whistles, track pack and all minus the sunroof. I don’t like sunroofs. It comes with a twin turbo 3.0L engine with 400 HP and 415 lb/ft of torque. We drove one that was on the lot and it would scoot in a straight line and the Track Pack should make cornering acceptable for a boat. Sadly, it still comes in at 4600 lbs. Ehhh... what can I expect? It will seat 7.
Here’s the part that is out way out in left field for me. The last 10 vehicles I’ve owned have been white, my wife wanted something different. We bought Rapid Red. This is quite a step for me. Anyway it won’t even be built until March but it’s paid for. I’ve done business with our dealer for years. He let us take a loaner that was much like our Edge Titanium. This is a stock photo of what our new one should look like.
We went over and ordered it’s replacement today. She wanted to go a little bigger as she wants grandkids and a place to put them.
We ordered a 2021 Explorer ST with all the bells and whistles, track pack and all minus the sunroof. I don’t like sunroofs. It comes with a twin turbo 3.0L engine with 400 HP and 415 lb/ft of torque. We drove one that was on the lot and it would scoot in a straight line and the Track Pack should make cornering acceptable for a boat. Sadly, it still comes in at 4600 lbs. Ehhh... what can I expect? It will seat 7.
Here’s the part that is out way out in left field for me. The last 10 vehicles I’ve owned have been white, my wife wanted something different. We bought Rapid Red. This is quite a step for me. Anyway it won’t even be built until March but it’s paid for. I’ve done business with our dealer for years. He let us take a loaner that was much like our Edge Titanium. This is a stock photo of what our new one should look like.
