I looked at an Eddie Bauer Expedition last weekend with just short of
100,000 miles, 20-inch rims, Borla 3" exhaust, 2nd row Captains Chairs, 3rd row seating, video display system, 6-disc changer, and probably everything else offered when it was new.One thing it had on the Overhead Display was the fuel consumption. I assume this display is the average rate of consumption since the last time anybody bothered to press the reset button. I'm troubled that it said 9.6.
If somebody on a test drive before me hit the reset button and drove around the block, then the number would easily be 9.6. (I did not press the reset button.) But, if the button had not been pressed in a long time, then this number is troubling.
I drive a '97 F150 with the 4.6 Triton motor, the Expedition has the 5.4 Triton motor. I carry construction tools -- I estimate about 1000 pounds -- in my truck, and get 13-ish mpg in city traffic and around 16 on the highway.
What mileage do people with an Expedition get? I was hoping for at least what I get with my overloaded F150 with the small motor working its ass off, but the only one I've test driven so far was well below what I was expecting.
The seller of the Expedition is a school teacher that lives about a mile from her school, so driving such a short distance would show up in low mpg numbers.
I'm trying to avoid looking at this as a defective truck, so if you guys are saying you get 15+ then I will keep looking at an Expedition to stuff into my garage. If 10 is all I can expect, then I might have to rethink my strategy.
My wife and I are thinking we want an SUV, and I was dialing in on the Expedition because I like the price point, and I enjoy my F150. We are thinking we want a 7-passenger because grandbabies will be arriving soon, and we want to be ready to fit car seats and diaper bags. My kid already has an Edge, and four adults and a carseat has proven to be a very tight squeeze.