Is XLT The Perfect Trim? // Ford Expedition Review

Is XLT The Perfect Trim? // Ford Expedition Review


Is XLT The Perfect Trim? // Ford Expedition Review

Among giant SUVs, the Ford Expedition is now the oldest next to the Chevy Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon twins, and the Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, though… The Expedition still gets the formula right, and Ford is able to bestow upon it all the goodness of the Ford F-150. With a new Ford Expedition on the horizon, does the current Ford Expedition still hold up compared to its larger competition? And how does Mrs. JAX feel about the Expedition after having driven a number of competitive SUVs since we last had the King Ranch trim Ford Expedition (which remains one of her favorite press vehicles of all time)? Let me know what you think in the comments, and thanks for watching!


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0 -> foreign
8.96 -> [Music]
9.96 -> this is a big one this is one of Mrs Jax's  favorite giant SUVs and she's a big fan of  
17.58 -> giant SUVs and I don't think she stopped  talking about the Ford Expedition King  
22.98 -> Ranch that we had a few years ago early on in  the channel ever since we had it to test and  
28.68 -> she got to drive it to the beach well guess  what Ford loaned us the 2022 Expedition and  
37.44 -> guess where we got to drive it to the beach  again so we got to take this one to one of  
43.26 -> our favorite vacation destinations  Highway 30A on Florida's Gulf Coast
51.6 -> foreign this is a more kind of I don't know  what you would say popular XLT trim I sort of  
58.98 -> called it a loaded XLT so it's a little more  mainstream than that King Ranch one that we  
64.56 -> had a few years back now that means it rings  in at 65 000 which was significantly cheaper  
70.86 -> than the King Ranch so does Mrs Jackson's  former Summer Romance still hold up a couple  
78.12 -> years down the road after we've had some  other vehicles to test well let's find out
86.1 -> thank you now what about the styling because the  Expedition is the oldest of sort of the big three  
93.3 -> large truck-based SUVs and I think that in some  ways that's sort of good for the Expedition I mean  
99.66 -> honestly the expedition's always been a handsome  SUV and it's sort of almost conservatively styled  
106.26 -> compared to the Tahoe not that the Tahoe is wild  or something but the Expedition sort of truckish  
112.62 -> conservative styling looks pretty good still  even though it's the oldest one and I think it  
117.48 -> looks better sort of overall than the Wagoneer  which looks good from the front but sort of has  
123.42 -> dumps like a truck truck truck from the rear  yeah 90s people you know what I'm talking about  
131.1 -> okay so I had the pleasure of taking the Ford  Expedition to the beach for a a week and we drove  
138 -> well I drove six hours down six hours back and  first of all love the way it looks like I love  
144.24 -> like a Truckee truck like I don't want a truck  that looks you know oh it's so pretty I don't know  
149.28 -> I want it to look like a big truck and that's what  I feel like this does on the outside especially  
154.2 -> um I just I love The Styling I love it and I  love this color I don't even know what this  
158.1 -> color is dark gray or something but so that I  was very satisfied with I really really like  
162.3 -> that way it looks and I'm very picky about looks  the inside awesome I love the interior it's very  
168.72 -> roomy and I drive a Suburban as my daily driver  so I I know what a roomy car feels like but I  
173.82 -> felt like this was like even roomier like had  room for my purse next to me I had like I just  
178.02 -> felt like I've got a lot of space which I loved  driving six hours so my the seat was a little  
183.96 -> uncomfortable at about hour five but I mean I  think I would have been uncomfortable in any  
188.64 -> car I had driven so the steering wheel feels  awesome tons of room in the back the kids had  
193.62 -> plenty of room my six foot one 16 year old was  sitting right behind me and I'm five nine so  
199.56 -> it's pretty long and I loved it I can't complain  I would definitely drive it Wanna Give me one  
204.72 -> I thought you wanted a Bronco oh I want that and  this oh well the channel needs to do a lot better  
211.5 -> so oh and one more thing the petals were like  a little high is that where you can adjust them  
218.28 -> well because you went to the beach before me okay  well the pedals were high but you can adjust so  
222.78 -> who knew I also think the interior holds up well  the materials are decent you've got some you know  
227.94 -> good leather fake leather soft touch Plastics  around the harder Plastics aren't necessarily  
232.68 -> offensive the interior benefits from sort of  Ford's expertise with these types of vehicles  
238.5 -> the controls are all logically laid out and  easy to access everything's exactly where  
243.6 -> you think it would be the seats are supremely  comfortable for longer Journeys Ford has been  
249.06 -> doing a really good job with seats lately and  you know having had a number of vehicles at the  
254.16 -> end of the year sync remains one of the sort  of most attractive easiest to use like when  
260.76 -> Ford went that route they really did a good job  because sync is pretty great and the Wireless  
264.66 -> Apple carplay and the ability to see your sort  of in dash infotainment nav screen while you're  
271.2 -> in carplay I mean that's just a nice benefit  when you've got Spotify playing or something  
275.4 -> so I just like syncs versatility and I think  the Expedition even though it's getting on in  
279.96 -> years has has a very nice comfortable functional  interior exterior interior okay so the interior  
286.68 -> I I think is beautiful the steering wheel is nice  and big like real which is what I like the center  
292.8 -> console huge has like the charging pad for my  phone it had the room for my cups this little  
298.92 -> thing which I don't know what it's for but  it was a nice little place to set my phone  
303.3 -> um the middle thing is huge and like real deep  you can like secure a person there plenty of  
307.74 -> room this way the screen you said this is not  like the biggest one no but it's like a good  
313.44 -> size and I thought it was really good I like the  dash one thing maybe it's an option I wanted like  
318.3 -> a camera to help me Park is that an option that we  don't have well it's got surround view but not on  
323.76 -> this one oh because the front I felt like it was  like I don't know I'm used to driving a Suburban  
328.02 -> but it felt hard like when I was parking like I  was like I'm not sure where the front of my like  
331.68 -> I couldn't gauge it well I don't know if that's  because I'm sitting different than I'm used to but  
336.36 -> um so I would have liked that option on there so  for sure if you're thinking about that I would get  
339.3 -> that option feels luxurious it feels nice when you  get in and I'm walking up to the parking lot I'm  
343.8 -> like look at that good looking car that's mine not  really but um but yeah so new Tahoe or Expedition  
350.46 -> oh gosh I have always been a Chevy  girl I might I might say Expedition  
356.4 -> you just like that thank you oh well I do want  the King Ranch that's my favorite that would  
360.96 -> fix those uncomfortable seats King ranch's  seats felt like I was sitting in a lazy boy  
364.62 -> and rear seat passengers aren't hurting you're  not hurting in the interior for space you're  
368.7 -> not hurting in the expedition in general for  space the seat has been motored all the way  
373.68 -> back because this has the power memory seat and  I can still easily fit behind myself and this is  
381.72 -> with the seat further back than I would have it  so I think in some ways the Expedition because  
387.36 -> it's smaller than the Tahoe and the Wagoneer is  actually a more right sized large SUV [Music]  
396.66 -> it's just very easy to get comfortable in the  Expedition because the seats are so good the  
410.28 -> driving position is so good everything is just  Within Reach I just like the interior it feels  
416.64 -> like an F-150 and the F-150 is kind of one of the  best laid out Interiors in all of tructum and the  
422.64 -> Expedition picks up on that um I do think that  the sort of analog gauges are pretty Antiquated  
429.18 -> at this point but you got a big digital display  in between them so I don't have any complaints  
434.16 -> for the expedition's driving position or Long Haul  Comfort it's pretty great [Music] I remember what  
445.08 -> I said about the Expedition being a right size SUV  well I think the interior kind of proves it I mean  
450.9 -> this standard wheelbase Expedition is 63 cubic  feet of cargo space behind the second row which is  
456.9 -> perfect for a family of four hour size especially  because we don't have to carry all the little kid  
461.7 -> baby stuff that we used to when the girls were  small that makes it a lot more manageable than  
466.14 -> a more Titanic sized SUV God himself could  not see this ship I mean the Tahoe has a  
472.26 -> whopping 72 cubic feet which is pretty nuts  and the Wagoneer has 71 and I think if 63  
480.18 -> is enough for you then it definitely makes  the Expedition feel smaller than it actually  
486.36 -> is from behind the wheel and some people  might find that to be a benefit [Music]
494.76 -> foreign so the XLT model comes standard with  Ford's twin turbo V6 making 380 horsepower  
503.34 -> and 470 pound-feet of torque and that's running  through Ford's 10-speed automatic transmission  
510.48 -> and in this model it's hitting the ground via  well two wheel drive because you have four high  
516.48 -> four low but you also have two high so you have  the ability to turn four-wheel drive on and off  
521.88 -> and that makes this a pretty versatile Cruiser  and it's not wanting for power now in terms of  
528.18 -> driving if you want some more detailed driving  Impressions from my side of things then you can  
533.52 -> check out the King Ranch review in addition to  what Mrs Jack said but I think it drives just  
539.64 -> like all of Ford's trucks to be honest with you  it has sort of a comfortable ride quality over a  
545.28 -> larger dips and bumps but it gets a little brittle  you feel a little bit more of that road texture on  
550.62 -> sort of uneven surfaces or badly paved roads  right and another thing that I notice is that  
557.1 -> the the off-road sort of biased four-wheel drive  tires seem to make it slightly more noticeable now  
562.8 -> this is a big truck are you really going to care  probably not and it's definitely never wanting for  
567.18 -> power it doesn't really come with much of a gas  mileage benefit though I've had the tank on sort  
572.04 -> of I refreshed at the minute we got the vehicle  so we drove highway miles all the way to Florida  
575.76 -> a little bit around there all the way back from  Florida a little bit back and forth to work and  
580.38 -> the average mileage was about 19 and a half miles  per gallon so there's nothing wrong with this  
586.2 -> powertrain it's fantastic for a base powertrain  the torque is massive but if you're not going to  
592.14 -> save much gas and you definitely should expect  this thing to ride like the truck that it is  
598.32 -> okay so it drove great very smooth the steering  was good um I didn't there were a couple times  
604.62 -> like I thought the brakes were like a little  jumpy is that what you cut like when you press  
607.8 -> on that kind of like they're a little touchy yeah  like a little touchy there you go the gas too  
612.12 -> um yeah I thought the it was a little touchy  but nothing that I would be like Oh I'm not  
615.6 -> buying this car for the side side mirrors  had the little thing that comes on to say  
621.66 -> hey there's a car there which I thought worked  perfectly I mean it was just a very smooth I had  
626.16 -> a very smooth trip all the way down it wasn't so  comfortable that I was like I'm gonna fall asleep  
629.82 -> but it wasn't uncomfortable except for the very  end but you know I'm old what are you gonna do  
635.58 -> no I I loved it I thought it thought it drove very  well much smoother than my 12 year old's version
642.48 -> you want to give me a new car honey  so this Expedition costs just over 65  
648.54 -> 000 and I like to think of it as sort of like a  loaded XLT trim it's giving you a lot of what you  
656.22 -> want and there's nothing wrong with the XLT  trim it looks good enough the wheels aren't  
660.18 -> cartoonishly large it's got a lot going for it  it kind of makes sense to me to be honest with  
665.58 -> you the XLT trim with these higher option  packages gives gives you a lot of what you  
670.08 -> want it's got heated and cooled seats with  memory it's got a heated steering wheel it's  
674.88 -> got four-wheel drive which is a nice benefit it  feels like it's hitting a sweet spot of sort of  
680.7 -> Premium features in a sort of mainstream trim now  personally I prefer the Tahoes ride and handling  
688.8 -> balance but to spec out a Z71 Tahoe with kind of  the things that would really set it apart namely  
697.74 -> the magnetic shocks and air ride would set you  back another couple thousand dollars and I could  
702.66 -> certainly see a number of P people choosing the  Expedition sort of classic good looks and lower  
708.72 -> price with a lot of choice options as opposed  to something that costs nearly seventy thousand  
714.66 -> dollars like the Tahoe Z71 which is actually a  little bit more because I tested it a year ago  
718.98 -> and thanks prices and inflation but you get what  I'm saying so as I always say should you buy a  
725.7 -> Ford Expedition in XLT trim with this sort of  option set well I think a lot of people would  
733.02 -> buy this vehicle mainly because you get a lot of  what you want and nothing that you really don't  
738.36 -> need and the Expedition being the oldest of the  large SUVs with another one on the horizon means  
745.08 -> that as the market sort of begins to stabilize  finally you might actually be able to find some  
751.44 -> deals on these and dealers when the new ones do  roll out will be willing to maybe negotiate a  
758.22 -> little bit so if we can expect a new Expedition as  a 2024 model I think is a safe bet then that means  
765.36 -> these 2022s and 2023s might be able to be had at a  much more reasonable price than some of the newer  
773.46 -> mainstream SUVs like I said given the choice I'd  probably go with the Tahoe but I think Mrs Jacks  
779.1 -> could be convinced to get the expedition that is  assuming that she doesn't give in to that Bronco  
785.88 -> Everglades Trim in Area 51 color that she has  her eye on but in order for that to happen this  
793.5 -> channel is going to have to do a lot better so on  that note please share this with anyone who might  
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803.82 -> and again please share because Mrs Jacks wants a  Bronco Everglades trim and that ain't happening  
809.46 -> anytime soon so I appreciate you being here I hope  you found this useful if you did I hope you stick  
814.26 -> around and if you do I will see you in the next  video alright drive safe peace foreign [Music]

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