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I’m going to test drive a Ford Explorer and wonder what people think of them. If anyone has one do you know how long the boot is with the back seats down? Thanks.
Recent cars: Hyundai Kona Ultimate EV; Volkswagen Caddy Maxi wheelchair accessible; Skoda Enyaq iV SportLine; Vauxhall Mokka-E; Kia Soul EV, Hyundai Kona (again)
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Socket it’s high on my list and I’ve had a quick look at it but haven’t driven it yet. I plan to go next week to organise a test drive for both the explorer and Capri, I know not many like the Capri but I do.
We only need a boot big enough for a fold-down wheelchair so I will be testing that out but I’m sure it will be plenty big enough.
The Premium spec has everything I need but I’m tempted to get the Driver Assist Pack I have a notional max AP of £4,000 but I will make a decision on that once I’ve had a test drive.
Looks wise I think both cars are great but I will probably go for the Explorer mainly because the wife prefers it and she is the Motability customer.
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Anything i post over three lines long please assume it is an article lol.A dear friend has had one 4 weeks it’s lovely very quiet great ride easy controls screen says what do you want ie heater do you want warm hands etc ! Boot is massive as are the wheels ! She is getting range of 319 miles
Socket it’s high on my list and I’ve had a quick look at it but haven’t driven it yet. I plan to go next week to organise a test drive for both the explorer and Capri, I know not many like the Capri but I do. We only need a boot big enough for a fold-down wheelchair so I will be testing that out but I’m sure it will be plenty big enough. The Premium spec has everything I need but I’m tempted to get the Driver Assist Pack I have a notional max AP of £4,000 but I will make a decision on that once I’ve had a test drive. Looks wise I think both cars are great but I will probably go for the Explorer mainly because the wife prefers it and she is the Motability customer.
yeah I’d go for that one as well.
Recent cars: Hyundai Kona Ultimate EV; Volkswagen Caddy Maxi wheelchair accessible; Skoda Enyaq iV SportLine; Vauxhall Mokka-E; Kia Soul EV, Hyundai Kona (again)
A dear friend has had one 4 weeks it’s lovely very quiet great ride easy controls screen says what do you want ie heater do you want warm hands etc ! Boot is massive as are the wheels ! She is getting range of 319 miles
Thanks.
Recent cars: Hyundai Kona Ultimate EV; Volkswagen Caddy Maxi wheelchair accessible; Skoda Enyaq iV SportLine; Vauxhall Mokka-E; Kia Soul EV, Hyundai Kona (again)
I’ve currently got one on order to pick up in the next couple of weeks, I had 2 good test drives and it’s a really nice place to be, it’s comfortable and nice to drive, there is some hard scratchy plastics but it’s not a deal breaker.
I’ve previously had 2 skoda enyaqs (80 sportline and 85x sportline) which have both been classed as mechanical failures as skoda couldn’t fix, so the explorer is similar in some aspects.
I’ve gone for premium with driver assist pack in magnetic grey.
If it was as affordable as the Enyaq, I would have the explorer. I found it very comfortable, especially in the back.
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A friend of mine has had a Ford Explorer Premium with Driver Assist pack for almost 3 months and driven about 2200 miles. On a recent 285 mile mostly motorway round trip it averaged 3.2 miles per kWh giving a real world range of 246 miles (with the A/C and heating on at 22 degrees C). It’s their 2nd EV (Previously had a BMW i3S) and they think it is an all round excellent car.
They really like the head-up display and having now got used to it, find the Adaptive Cruise Control with Lane Assist really useful for taking the stress out of long journeys as the car almost drives itself!! They also find the speed limit warning very unobtrusive as there is just a subtle friendly occasional tone.
To answer @Socket’s question on the boot, it partly depends upon the position of the Driver & Passenger seats, however as an approximation it’s about 170cm or 67 inches from the tailgate to the backs of the front seats based on the driving position of a 5’11” driver.
Although the base AP is higher than the base AP for the Enyaq, if one was to specify the same level of equipment in both cars the Enyaq would be way more expensive with non refundable options should anything happen to the car during the lease.
They did test drive many EVs before choosing the Explorer, including; Tesla Model Y, Hyundai Ionic 5, Kia Niro, Toyota BZ4X, Volvo Ex30 & Ex40, VW ID3 & ID4 amongst others….
I’m happy to ask them any other questions if you have any.
It’s a nice looking car at reasonable AP I’d consider one for sure but that flipping 2 buttons for 4 windows thing that’s been copied over from the ID cars would drive me nuts lol contrary to some I expect I do use my rear window controls often
Just why penny pinch over 2 switches ffs
Not sure I really agree with the Enyaq cost argument. Ford has done a good job bundling that option with the AP so you don’t lose out if the car is written off, Hyundai was doing that too with the 5 it’s a good plan.
Vast majority of enyaq to Explorer is spec for spec some of that driver pack gives more and you need either the 2250 pack or the 3800 but if you add the Max pack it costs more but you’re getting more tech than the explorer.
Horses for courses if you’re not bothered about options then spec wise both cars are similar (silly window switches aside lol)
For me it was the 85x as wanted the AWD which has already paid for itself this winter on our roads the rest of the stuff in the packs is just fluff tbh aside from the HUD which I’d like.
The new Enyaq does the learned self parking thing which is quite using think there’s some other more refined tech in there too so maybe worth watching if comparing vehicles.
Explorer is a nice looking car and would definitely be on my test drive list hopefully won’t need to for another 2.5 years…..
Had my Explorer on order since September and should be here end of the month.
95% of the time its just myself or me and the missus so rarely used back doors/windows so switches wasn’t an issue for me. Also the haptic buttons was ok on test drives, got used to vol quite quickly but would def have liked a manual vol/on/off but not a deal breaker.
My current Volvo mild hybrid junk does 17-19mpg round the town so home charging the Ford is going to save me prob £60 a week minimum.
Don’t use the 4×4 enough to warrant it anymore (good snow tyres are enough) and RWD will be much more fun in the ice and snow with the summer tyres anyway 🙂
Thanks for your comments everyone.
I’ve just done a test drive of 39 miles in an Explorer Premium, rear wheel drive with driver assistance, on a very good A road, probably averaging just 50mph because of the amount of traffic and lack of safe overtaking opportunities. It averaged barely more than 3 miles per kWh, that’s really poor, my 7 year-old Kia Soul EV averages close to 4 miles per kWh on the same route. I asked them to bring it to me so that I could drive it on a familiar route. Furthermore I got out of it and went straight for an ice pack for my back as I found the mock leather seats too firm, firmer than my Soul, but I have a spinal injury that makes sitting uncomfortable. That was despite heated seats, which my old Soul has. I wouldn’t let a trained masseuse loose on my back, so I wouldn’t leave it to a mechanical roller randomly put in a seat, so the massage button was left alone.
For info I measured from inside the tailgate to the top of the back seat when laid flat, it’s 56 inches. If you don’t need whatever you are putting in to be supported from there you’ve got maybe another 4 inches to the back of the front seat with a 6ft1″ driver.
It drove perfectly adequately, looked fine, better than most, but given that I’m more comfortable in my old Soul, with its fabric seats, I’ll stick with that for the time being, yes it only does 80 miles in cold weather but that’s maybe, given my situation, all I need. But I do like changing cars, so I guess I will one day, again.
Recent cars: Hyundai Kona Ultimate EV; Volkswagen Caddy Maxi wheelchair accessible; Skoda Enyaq iV SportLine; Vauxhall Mokka-E; Kia Soul EV, Hyundai Kona (again)
I had one in December for 3 weeks, one of the works pool cars and the range was insanely good, loads of space feels much bigger than it looks if that makes sense, but the one and only downside I found was that the infotainment system wasn’t the best, pretty langgy, but overall it was an excellent all round car for the 3 weeks I had it
I was looking at the Explorer as an alternative to my current Enyaq.
However, as it’s basically the same car (VW MEB platform) there’s no real advantage in changing, may as well look at the Elroq given that the AP is a lot less than the Explorer.
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
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