Originally Posted By: nnichols
Originally Posted By: Ddub
I am about to receive the same vehicle same engine as a company car and will probably take delivery of it late this year, Deep Impact Blue(replacing a 2008 Explorer). Looking forward to it.
It will receive a steady diet of Kendall SynBlend and Firestone filters every 5K miles because that's how the fleet maintenance agreement works. With alomost 80K miles on the current Explorer, all looks and performs well.
How do you like your new Explorer? I have never driven one, but I do like the way they look on the outside and am looking forward to trading the old and underpowered 4.0L V6 in a 5000lb truck for the new and imporved 3.5L in a vehicle that weighs a few hundred lbs less.
Ours is the Deep Impact Blue. We went from a 1998 Explorer to this one. It is a completely different vehicle. The old Explorer was truck-like, whereas this one is more like a car. In fact I think its based upon the Taurus platform.
We got it back in August and we've driven it from Oklahoma to Florida and back. It drove great. Its really quiet, gets good mileage, and overall seems to be a good vehicle.
I'm a little disappointed in the MyFord Touch component. Even after several years of tweaking Ford hasn't got all of the kinks out of it yet. Specifically the bluetooth stuff has a lot of quirks. The turn signals are also a bit different. Half-way down for momentary signals, and push down hard for standard operation. I tended to flash my brights when using them until I got used to it.
Cool. Thanks for the reply. My current one is a Limited, but my new one will be the base model so I will not have the MyFordTouch. I did pay a little extra out of pocket for Sync because I am used to all of those functions (especially the Bluetooth) on my current one. I am looking forward to it. Sorry I wasn't much help on the oil question, but I can tell you anecdotally at least, that the Kendall SynBlend and Firestone filters agree with my 2008. I always check the oil prior to it being changed, and it is always light in color, does not use any oil I can tell during a 5K oci, and looking down the fill hole is nice and clean. All unscientific I know, but I am not going to conduct a UOA on a company car. Based on how I treat my wife's car, your 7K OCI with Motorcraft SynBlend and Motorcraft filters sounds like a solid and dependable plan. I'll check back to see if you post a UOA later. I also use a bottle of Techron fuel system cleaner every OCI; just my preference and it certainly doesn't hurt anything.