Ford Excursion XLS

If you do all that with your ford excursion, then I wasn't talking to you. I'm talking to those who CAN'T JUSTIFY ITS USE. And if you're confident you're never going to get into an accident then why does it make you feel any safer driving it anyway?

When gas reaches $3 a gallon????? I run a 2000 Excursion in England where petrol (gas) is the equivalent of $8 a gallon OK so our gallon is 20% bigger than yours but hey it still costs a lot more...our government hiked the price to save the environment??? (Yeh right!!) more revenue more like..Anyway after years of people carriers (Mini vans to you guys)that simply won't do the job (carry me,my wife,three children,4 show dogs and haul a 5500lb travel trailer)We have tried a Toyota Landcruiser with a 4.2 turbo diesel...just not quite up to the job and 21 mpg when towing...our 5.4 excursion gets 17 when towing and 19 highway...Like I said in my review why don't you ask the 18 wheel fleet owner why he don't buy a fleet of vans???...same reason I dont run two cars instead of one. The excursion is not my daily driver I am lucky enough to have a company car (2004 toyota avensis 2litre) which only gets 26 mpg (combined)and my wife has a small fiat for the school runs....I'll be honest I would rather she used the excursion every day so they would all be safer...I want my kids to get the chance to grow up first. The air that they are going to breathe when they get older is secondary to me, I want to give them the best chance of getting older first...OK so I like the prestige of my EX but so does my neighbour who uses a mercedes 500 which only gets 10 mpg as his daily driver. There are more things doing damage to the environment and the world than SUV's,terrorists/governments/dictators...your first post 'shoottokill' was very telling....re if you were driving a semi then you would just come over despite what was in the way...maybe semi drivers should be addressed first? as that seems to be the attitude of most...I know we have different laws here but a lot of highway accidents are caused by those that will not move into another lane after passing a slower vehicle...if driving my Ex up behind them gives them a sharp reminder then I am doing my bit for road safety...If you feel the need to drive into ditches then maybe you should take some more driver training..I have been driving for 23 years and approximately 50,000 miles a year and never once been in a ditch regardless of what I was driving car/van/mini van/4x4/suv/truck/horsebox/sports car/motorhome etc etc perhaps we should be a little more tolerant of those with different views and needs to ourselves and maybe we will have less wars...aw what the hell I LOVE MINE TOO and yours if you ever get one (ofcourse i may be just an insecure large person with a large family of large people who should try to squeeeze ourselves into two mini vans JUST FOR YOU??)

4 full size adults, and my 17 year old sister can fit into a 2,300 pound Subaru Loyale and still have plenty of room for cargo and storage. You must be very large people.

This is a fine automobile. I just bought my 2000 with 90,000 miles on it and it's probably the best I've owned.

Now, we must ignore those who write bad things about Excursions but own Neons. They're simply frustrated. Funny thing about liberal enviro-loons -- they can't tolorate anything that doesn't agree with their way of thinking.

If you're tired of changing tie rod ends every six months in the Suburban, this heavy-dury Ford is for you. Build tough like all Ford real trucks, it rides a bit harsh, but the front end woun't constantly be falling out of it. For mileage, I get 16 MPH on the highway and 13 around town with the V-10, whcih runs smooth.

Yep, this is a favorite of all times. Even my wife loves the thing.

I just bought an Excursion because 'good on gas' doesn't mean squat when a carseat won't fit in the back seat without those in the front seats having to sit with their knees on the dash. My wife had a 2004 Corolla. It sucked. The a/c wasn't cold, the console was plastic, so EVERY time we got out of the car, it was like getting hit by lightening, the road noise was so loud we could hardly hear the radio. Two adults, the carseat (with the baby) and a diaper bag...you're out of room. For what you have to pay for that deathtrap, it's just not worth it. So I say more power to ya for loving the Excursion...well, for those of us who can justify a use for it anyway.