Used Ford Explorer for Sale in Big Sandy, MT

This car is great in the snow - there is almost no snow that this car will not get through. Acceleration is not so good. For a V6, it seems rather under powered. Also, for the smaller of the two engines, this car gets rather lousy gas mileage. My car has over 130,000 miles and it drives really well. Low sound, very few rattles and a very smooth ride. It also is great for hauling as the explorer is very spacious. It also features third row seating which is a great bonus. The inside look leaves something to be desired. The inside really isn't much to look at and the car seems to be lacking options for the fully loaded model. No sun roof, radio controls on steering wheel, etc. There are problems with the paint as most explorers in this year have chipped paint on the hood. As for handling, the car does a fairly decent job at cornering and taking turns - about as well as can be expected for a car of this size. Parts on this car seem to fail like clockwork. I know someone who owns the same model and year and we both have the same parts fail at around the same time. Most of these parts are routine maintenance parts like springs, ball joints and belts.

This vehicle when purchased a few years ago was in what could be considered fairly good condition. This ended up being a high point of the vehicle as I quickly found that is was easy to maintain and find replacement parts for. The vehicle is very spacious with an optional third row and hatch space large enough to fit an adult sized bike in. I also found that this vehicle, while not the four wheel drive model, handled magnificently when driving off road. The tight factory steering allowed for easy controlled movements on rock, sand, and in mud.

I loved my Ford Explorer SUV when I first bought it. The vehicle is a very comfortable ride: with leather heated seats and both heating/air in the front and back. It is a big enough vehicle to travel comfortably with family. It is also a very dependable and reliable vehicle. However as time has gone by, I've become dissatisfied. The payments are a lot higher than I'm happy with. I feel $500 a month is too high. The third-row seating is not convenient at all. In order to use them, the person riding in the back basically has to crawl through the trunk. Lastly, the vehicle is a gas hog. It is very expensive to ride around in town. It does get better gas mileage on the highways, but in town it's very expensive. It costs me about $80 dollars a week in gas.