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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
On a similar note, we test drove a 2005 Expedition and 2007 Armada yesterday. Absolute night and day difference. The Ford had obvious cheap hard plastic, fuzzy cheap fabrics, and glaring quality issues. It bounced all over the road, had a soggy brake pedal, numb steering, jerked when shifting gears, and had a rough, weak motor (5.4L). The Armada was nice and tight, awesome motor and transmission, good interior materials, and felt like a vehicle that actually had some thought put into it. Why anyone would buy an Expedition is absolutely beyond me. My wife's comment, "I'd rather keep my SRX".
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This is just an observation...but reading your posts you sound like you're saying anything to justify the Armada. No problems - you need to buy what you want. That 2005 Expedition sounds like a mistreated POS. We owned a '03 4x4 Eddie Bauer Expedition and at 40K+ miles was opposite everything you just said except for the numb steering. The 5.4 was meaty and flat out cruised at 80 mph on long freeway drives while getting 17-19 mpg. Tires make a GIGANTIC difference with SUVs. I tossed the crap stock General tires for Michelin LTX M/S - what a difference! The entire ride was dramatically improved. Interior held up great and that's with 2 young kids in sports. The only issue we had was the reverse sensors in the rear bumper. Oh and the DVD crapped out twice but then I don't know anyone with a working factory DVD in any make car.
But then what do we know...we sold the Expedition and went back to a Land Rover Disco - less room, 80 less HP, worse mileage, that British reliability...but the wife is happy and that's what counts.