My family just bought a new (to us) 2021 Expedition Max Limited. Aside from the WeatherTech mats we get for each vehicle, any other items you all recommend?
I keep a pair of gloves, a towel, a sweatshirt, and a blanket in the back. Other than that, the Expedition really does it all. I’m currently shopping for my next Expedition after having mine for 12 years.
@Jai
I’m still driving my 2001 XLT 4×4. Looking at Raptors now.
@Jai
Wow, that’s awesome! I’m hoping it lasts a while. It seats 3 kids much more comfortably than the Explorer did. Good idea about the items. Thanks.
Congrats! I miss my Expedition. That vehicle does it all while being very comfortable.
Zephyr said:
Congrats! I miss my Expedition. That vehicle does it all while being very comfortable.
I’ve driven older (mid-teens) models for work before and liked them for their size, but I was pleasantly surprised that this iteration rides as smooth as it does. And thanks!
There is nothing like a full-size SUV. We love our '22 XLT Max! Congratulations!!
Noel said:
There is nothing like a full-size SUV. We love our '22 XLT Max! Congratulations!!
Thank you! It’s our first full-size SUV; the difference in size and comfort is incredible. The '22s and newer look really sharp. The '21s were more in our price range.
If you are interested in a little bit more performance out of it, I did an ‘87 Performance Tune’ from 5Star Tuning. It makes the already awesome ride even better. It feels like driving a sports car with the amount of throttle response; it really brought the turbos to life. Totally worth it. It took like 10 minutes to upload the tune. Good luck.
@Rin
Interesting, reading up on it now. Did you suffer a hit to your MPG efficiency?
Oak said:
@Rin
Interesting, reading up on it now. Did you suffer a hit to your MPG efficiency?
Well, to be honest, if you drive it normally, the gas mileage is the same, BUT the amount of excitement you feel when you DO press the accelerator—which tends to happen a lot—drops the gas mileage from 20 MPG to 17 MPG. On the overall scheme of things, it is SO worth the small decrease in MPG for the sheer thrill of driving a big SUV like a Mustang.
Oak said:
@Rin
Interesting, reading up on it now. Did you suffer a hit to your MPG efficiency?
Good to know, thanks!
@Rin
How do you hide tuning from the dealer when you take it in? Asking for a friend…
Milo said:
@Rin
How do you hide tuning from the dealer when you take it in? Asking for a friend…
I have the SCT programmer. It saves the original factory tune program. So you can return the vehicle to the original anytime. If you plan on bringing the vehicle to the dealer for service, revert back to the original setting and drive it for a few miles to get some emission codes back in the system.
Milo said:
@Rin
How do you hide tuning from the dealer when you take it in? Asking for a friend…
Your car will show the number of key counts/driving cycles. You aren’t fooling them and you’ll find out when you need warranty work and get denied for the tune. Reverting the tune back to OEM doesn’t hide anything, especially on a Ford. Do some research.
Gorgeous! Did you get the second-row captain’s seats or bench?
Willow said:
Gorgeous! Did you get the second-row captain’s seats or bench?
Thank you!! We got the bench. I wanted the captain’s chairs, but those seemed much harder to find. The main reason was third-row access, but after seeing how the side seats tilt and slide, the bench works just fine.
We’re looking for one also. If you don’t mind, what did you pay and how many miles? There’s not a ton of used ones where I live.
Logan said:
We’re looking for one also. If you don’t mind, what did you pay and how many miles? There’s not a ton of used ones where I live.
37k w/70k miles (OH). A little more miles than I wanted, but it was fairly consistent in terms of pricing within 75 miles of us.
For comparison: to get in the low 50k miles for the same vehicle, the price shot up to 44k-45k, and 30k miles (lowest I saw) was 49,995.
ETA: 2022 or newer was in the 40s no matter the mileage.