What SUV? Helping a friend

The Edge is nice. FWD ecoboost makes it the best 4 adult road trip vehicle I have ever been in.

pinchvalve wrote: I think they look pretty cool.

That is a 2014 Explorer Sport - 385 Hp Ecoboost V6.

Here is mine:

Stupid question: How is the Explorer different from the Edge? They look very similar to my eye.

I own a Terrain - its friggin awesome. Pulls down 23mpg mixed avg with the V6 - 300 hp direct injection. Third row? No, but the back seat is huge - my 6'6" 320lb father fits in there with EASE!. Good storage capacity, great sound system, plenty of power on tap. V6 gets AWD and dual exhaust, and can haul 3500lb trailer with the factory 1.25 hitch receiver. The biggie for us tho was the real hydraulic power steering, not the electric stuff. You get real road feedback, not a vague empty feeling in the steering. I want to say sticker on our SLT2 trim terrain (roof rack, premium stereo, towing package, backup camera, leather heated seats, machined 19" wheels, NO chrome or touchscreen) was somewhere around $37k IIRC (we get a family discount due to SWMBO grampa retiring from GM after 30 years, so our actual cost was less).

We have put a lot of miles on ours in the few years weve had it - its a 2010 model, and has 65k+ on the clock (been to Florida a few times, Alabama a few times, Chicago, Gatlinburg several times, Michigan...lots of road trips). Drives great on long trips - very comfy, handles like a car, not like SUVs Ive driven before (Im looking at you Blazer). Consumables are pretty easy - we have yet to replace the factory set of pads - still a surprising amount of meat left, but will probably get done before winter. Factory tires still have plenty of tread depth. The computer calculates oil life and tells you when youre due for a change, so we are getting about 7k miles out of a change - and as long as we get the changes done at the intervals provided by the computer, warranty is intact.

Lastly, a big selling feature is that even tho it has a lot of people room and decent interior capacity, it fits easily inside a standard two car garage: I was able to park my sedan in the garage next to the Terrain and have no issues with spacing.

This gets my vote...great SUV, would buy again

1988RedT2 wrote: Stupid question: How is the Explorer different from the Edge? They look very similar to my eye.

The Explorer is much larger and nicer. Like I stated before, I've never liked Explorers, in fact I couldn't stand them. This one has totally changed my mind. It's nothing like Explorers of old. It drives nice, has a ton of power, and gets fantastic mpg with the ecoboost. The interior is close to BMW quality. Hard to believe it's built by Ford.

My son traded his 2012 Edge on a 2013 model for his wife to drive. The Edge was nice, but it's like comparing our CRV to an Acura MDX. The CRV is great and does everything you need, but the Acura is nicer just a bit better everywhere.