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Sure it’s big, but it’s a great piece of hardware.

I HAVE JUST GOTTEN MY PERSON SUV FROM THE USA. IT HAS THE TICO PLATES

ALL TAXES HAVE BEEN PAID

SEATS 8

44 GALLON GAS TANK

LEATHER SEATS

CD WITH 8 DISK HOLDER

MILES: APPOX 85,000 VERY LOW FOR THIS SUV

ONLY DROVE CAR 300 MILES IN 2009 AND 1700 MILES IN 2008

Body type: SUV
Engine: 10 Cylinder
Exterior color: TAN
Transmission: Automatic
Fuel type: Gasoline
Interior color: Tan ( I HAVE SHEEP SKIN COVERS ON THE 2 FRONT SEATS, SO YOU DON’T BURN YOUR SKIN AT THE BEACH )

3RD ROW SEATING W/ 2 ZONES OF AIR CONDITIONING

THIS SUV CAN TOW 10,000 LBS AND HAVE ELECTRIC BRAKES FOR THIS REASON.

THE SUV HAS ROOF TIE DOWNS

Everyone likes to joke about the new Ford Excursion. It is, indeed, the biggest sport-utility vehicle on a planet chock full of SUVs. Its size has drawn sharp criticism from some quarters, charging it with lackluster fuel economy. But the Excursion is no larger than the hundreds of thousands of Ford Super Duty pickups that share its platform. And there are, indeed, some folks who can put a giant sport-utility vehicle to use. They tow heavy trailers, haul bunches of people and move acres of cargo. So who are we to judge? We’re here to evaluate, not judge. Besides, we like the Excursion.

Ford did an excellent job on this vehicle. It rides impressively well for a three-quarter ton truck. It is capable of carrying an enormous amount of cargo. Six people and their baggage can travel in supreme comfort; eight or nine people can be belted in when necessary. Best of all, the Excursion provides an exceedingly stable platform for pulling trailers of up to 10,000 pounds.

Model Lineup

Ford’s new Excursion comes in two levels of trim, XLT and Limited. XLT sports a nice cloth interior with comfortable seats that offer good support for long drives and a high level of standard equipment. The Limited trim adds leather and a few more goodies that are optional on the XLT.

Three engines are available,, a V10 And, of course, there’s a choice of two- or four-wheel drive.

Walkaround

Based on Ford’s new Super Duty F-Series pickup trucks, the 2000 Excursion is more than seven inches longer than the Chevy Suburban, the former SUV heavyweight. Inside is a comfortable interior. It doesn’t matter whether you’re sitting in the front seats, second row or third row, all of the seats off generous legroom, headroom and elbow room. The dash is attractive and well-designed and all of the controls are easy to find and operate.

Excursion’s rear cargo doors are split three ways. You can swing the glass hatch up for quick access to gear. This same glass hatch offers much better visibility rearward while driving than traditional split doors. The rear doors are half height, like Dutch doors. Split in the middle, they can be opened when you’ve got a trailer attached and can be swung nearly 180 degrees for easier access.

Excursion 4×4 models come standard with Ford’s 6.8-liter single overhead-cam Triton V10. It generates 310 horsepower and 425 foot-pounds of torque. Ford expects 70 percent of all Excursions will be sold with the V10. A 5.4-liter V8 is available as a no-cost option, but few will be built; it puts out 255 horsepower and 350 foot-pounds of torque.
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If you drive off the pavement or on snow-covered roads, you’ll want to opt for the $250 limited-slip, the $255 all-terrain tires, and the $75 skid plate.

. Ford says the Class IV receiver hitch, which comes standard, is designed to prevent smaller cars from going underneath the rear bumper, while a specially designed BlockerBeam is designed to accomplish the same goal up front.
Interior Features

The Excursion comes with a nicely designed interior. The seats are comfortable and, unlike the Ford Expedition, there’s lots of legroom and headroom in the Excursion whether you’re in a first-, second- or third-row seat. Six adults can ride in comfort with 48 cubic feet of cargo space left behind them. For shorter trips, like going to a restaurant, the Excursion can seat eight people — or nine if you order the front bench instead of the bucket seats.

Remove the third-row bench seat, and the Excursion can carry four or five people and a lot of gear. Removing the third-row seat is easy: Flip the seatback forward, yank a bar at the foot of the seat and pull the seat toward the rear of the vehicle; it glides along on rollers. The seat weighs 75 pounds, but in short order I pulled it out and threw it into the back of another SUV on a cold Montana morning.

Set up as a two-seater, the Excursion can carry an outlandish amount of cargo. A sheet of plywood slides in easy and lays flat on the floor. Two people could sleep in comfort on the huge, flat cargo area. Believe it or not, we managed to fill an Excursion. We were finishing up a three-day float down Oregon’s Deschutes River. As planned, the river guide in charge of setting up camp had arrived at our vehicles ahead of us. He quickly stuffed all of the supplies from base camp and e