I bought my car when I moved to Colorado after living in Florida my whole life. I moved out there with a Mustang which I knew would be useless in the snow. I had an Explorer as my first car and remembered how much I enjoyed driving it. It wasn't as fast of course, but a much more comfortable ride. There was plenty of room.

I purchased my Explorer used, and it had extremely low miles for the age. I have been nothing but happy since purchasing her. She may be 21 years old, but she runs better than 90% of these new plastic pieces of crap they roll out. It has outlasted many newer cars. She handles like a dream and has enough ground clearance when I want to get up in the mountains. The gas mileage has been a pleasant surprise as well. She may have some rust on her, but she starts up in the cold, even after not being run for a few days. She was recently in a hail storm, which totaled the newer plastic cars, but my Explorer, I'm happy to say, survived. This may not seem like much, but when cars, roofs, and houses were totaled from this storm, it's rather impressive. Before owning my Explorer, I had heard Fords break down easily and have no longevity. However, my experience has been the complete opposite. She has been a dream vehicle, and I can utilize her for a variety of purposes, there's really no limit to what my Explorer can do. I dread the day I have to have a different vehicle, because I'm worried about the crappy craftsmanship used these days.