Daily Driver Acquired...

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  1. Maverick73

    Maverick73 Senior Member

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    As some of you may know, I have been searching for a 1998-2001 Ford Explorer 5.0L V8 2WD for my daily driver / future tow vehicle. Well my dad and I went to look at one in Leesburg which is 80 miles from Lakeland on Saturday, looked at it for awhile as well as test drove it for awhile. Took it to a Goodyear and had them check it out also. Came back to the dealer and signed my full name about 20 times and drove back home. The dealer put 2 new blackwall tires on the front, the rears are (RWL) Michelines which will need to be replaced fairly soon, so I will end up buying a set of 4 (RWL) tires for it. I haven't taken any pictures of it myself yet, but here's some from the Autotrader ad. I sure am glad to finally have it. :cool:

    Here's the run down on it.

    1999 Ford Explorer XLT
    5.0L V8 2WD
    80,000 Miles
    Leather Seats
     

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  2. Mavaholic

    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    Nice truck. Gonna pull the rear out and put it in your Mav? :D
     
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  3. Bob Wiken

    Bob Wiken Chronologically Gifted

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    I bet he just got it for the GT40 heads
     
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    looks like a nice truck. how bad did it hurt your wallet, if u dont mind me asking :)
     
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  5. Jamie Miles

    Jamie Miles the road warrior

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    Nice truck! Clean!
     
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  6. dmhines

    dmhines Dixie Maverick Boy

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    Should have got a sweet deal on that ... Used car lots are almost giving SUV's away here ...
     
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  7. Dave B

    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    Same thing around here.
     
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  8. mean_maverick

    mean_maverick Senior Member

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    same here. got a great deal on mine :)
     
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    Maverick73 Senior Member

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    It was $7005 Out The Door, Got them down to $5130 Out The Door. The truck itself was $4620 but with sales tax, tag/title it came out to $5130. This was at a new car dealer.
     
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    Thats a GREAT price. And low miles too. Good work :cool:
     
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  11. mean_maverick

    mean_maverick Senior Member

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    that's not too awful bad..... best thing about it is the 5.0 :D
     
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    What did you get yours for, if you don't mind me asking?
     
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