Well I purchased this car 3 years ago as a family vehicle. I did not want to drive a mini van but had to have a 3rd row. The look was sporty and sleek. The SUV was so roomy that my husband, the 4 kids, the dog, myself plus camping gear all had more than enough room. The gas mileage was not the best but not the worst either. I kept it tuned up and it was a great truck. The one bad thing was working on the truck as far as replacing spark plugs is horrible. Ford designed it to be taken to the shop. The plugs can easily strip and are extremely hard to reach. You will need a special tool and some time, lots of it. Another issue with this truck is the #3 plug blowing out and this is what happened to me. This is actually the reason I purchased a new vehicle. By the time we fixed it we would have been into much $. This happened at 260,xxx miles though. My expedition took my family on many of our own expeditions and we all hated to see it go. My kids just loved it so much we have been thinking about buying another newer model.