Saw one about 6 mos. ago on the fla. turnpike going through broward county. Saw it
in the rearview and since I had no idea what it was I let it go by. That's when I
noticed the ford explorer on the side and knew it didn't look anything like the
ones not the market. It had Michigan Manufacturers plates on it and the guy was on
the cell phone zigzagging all around in his lane. Wish my wife would have been with
me with the digital camera since I noticed crappy spy photos of it 3 mos. later in
sport truck and car & driver. This one was plain as day and a gold color. After I
realized all of this and checked it out I blew by it so as to distance myself from
whatever major safety defect(s) that it has that ford puts in all of their news
models on the road.
Jeff Durling
'01 4x2 QC SLT+
Andy Levy wrote:
> Well, ok, it's a 2002 Mercury Mountaineer (Ferd Exploder). It's located
> at the Merc/Lincoln dealer in Manlius, NY. Granted, it is a Mecury, but
> at least the previous Mountaineers looked like they had a chance
> off-road. This thing is LOW. I'll be stopping by on the way home to
> take a closer look at the rear suspension especially. It's independent
> all around, and to lower the height and remove most of the wheelwell
> from inside the vehicle, they run the rear driveshaft THROUGH a frame
> member. Same for the Explorer. Their lifting days are over, though a
> co-worker tells me that people haven't been lifting many Explorers for
> several years now.
>
> Dak content: GenIII body design may be 5 model years old (almost), but
> still looks better than 9016030267125f the market today. Including this thing.
>
> -andy
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