The Ford Excursion Is a Massive SUV With a Cult Following
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The Ford Excursion is a massive SUV that's developed a cult following. Today I'm reviewing the Ford Excursion, and I'll show you all the quirks and features of this behemoth. I'll also review the Ford Excursion driving experience, and show you what it's like on the road -- and why so many people love the Ford Excursion.
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"Full sized SUV?" This thing qualifies as a minibus in my country
No wonder USA CO2 emmisions/capita are like double that of Europe when they drive cars like this.
im guessing ur from europe?
Full sized suv for my country well thats the country
USA vehicle market in a nutshell
They are massive even here in the US. My SUV looks like a Mini Cooper in comparison lol
This is the real life version of how you draw an SUV as a child
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Underrated comment
ur not wrong
*Thhhissssssss
@@jj_cars99 exactly
Growing up being 1 of 7 kids when my parents bought their excursion was heaven for our road trips. We regularly went to national parks and would camp 2 - 4 weeks at a time. Parents sold it finally as we all grew up and moved out. Had a little over 500k on it.
I can remember sitting in the third-row seats for hours on end when our family would go on road trips in our excursion. My dad has been daily driving his for around 20 years and its racked up over 300,000 miles. I have the sound of the diesel engine engraved in my mind as he would pull up to the house and the rumble from the engine would shake the walls.
My first new vehicle was a 2000 Excursion. No need for a tent, a double air mattress fit perfectly in the back with enough room at my feet to keep all my gear warm and dry. I never got tired of hearing "It's so big!" when girls got in for the first time. My response was always the same: "That's the only time you'll say that tonight."
🤣
Girls: "It's so big!"
Me: "That's what she said!"
No, Mike Clark, if by girls, you mean women that you dated, I would have said, "Well, I hope that is not the only time that you said that phrase around me today."
😂😂
Oof
20 years ago my dad bought a brand new 2001 Limited with the 7.3 diesel. I now own it with 375,000 miles. Still runs like a dream and tows like a champ. I plan on keeping it as long as I can.
7.3 is where is at, I had a change to get one for 2k a few months ago but my wife said no . Now I cant find one for under 10k. I still have nightmares of when she said no
@@butterfinger4393 I would’ve done it anyways and begged for forgiveness
@@STLCarGuy she would have kicked me out but you know what they say, you can sleep in a car , you can't drive a house
Do.not.sell.
What..what is the gas mileage like?
I love those old Owners Manuals, they actually sounded like they were written by a human. They told you all the same stuff that the modern ones do, but they didn't sound nearly as robotic and corporate. A great example are the Manuals written by AMC in the '70s. They actually encouraged you to maintain the car yourself, instead of just taking it to the shop, for example telling you how to properly store the car for long periods of time (draining the tank or telling you to pour oil down the carb, yes they actually said that!). The entire Manuals were written in a down to earth tone, as if you were talking to a friend not a corporation. Sadly these things faded out in the late 90's.
Damn, I miss AMC.
I’d love to see a scan of those some day
The 90's were really the last era of cars that you could feasably work on yourself, and i mean proper maintainance, not just fluid changes. Wouldn't dare touch anything on my 2017 lancer, but ill gladly work on my 93 f350 all day
Unfortunately everything good faded out in the 90s..
And then the 2010s came with smartphones and social media which destroyed everything.
Instruction manuals are full of idiot pictures today and that's it..
I always enjoy when Doug just does the local cars you would see daily on the road. For some reason, I find it way more relatable and interesting versus when he does the elite-type model cars.
Me too I just stopped watching Mercedes Gullwing to watch the his instead...and I hate SUVs.
Yeah these are always his best videos
Those are very hard to see
@@goldenretriever6261 THey are all Mom mobiles or cheap wanna be gang banger hoopties
Collectible..couldnt sell me on that with a free toaster! lol
Imagine if there has been a luxury Lincoln version of this called the conquistador or something like that
They really need to listen to your idea
lol that's actually pretty funny
haha, Antonio Banderas could be the spokesman for the commercials...or maybe Cheech?
Wiuld buy it
Oh that would be flipping awesome!
Im watching this on my phone while sitting in my 05 Excursion. Life has come full circle it seems.
Ha! Same here! It’s interesting to note the subtle changes from the ‘00 to the ‘05. Like mine has an in dash cd changer and the pop out cup holders are slightly different.
I thought this one having a factory DVD AND VHS unit was super cool. Though mine only has the DVD player. And one screen for the middle row :/
Also by 05 the Limited was a single color, two tone was an Eddie Bauer. Mine also does not have the screens going to the back though honestly that looks aftermarket or dealer added. I have the single screen for the 2nd row with oberhead DVD player and the inputs are on the DVD player too.
@@mikel3162 plot twist you guys are both in the same truck! Bump bump bumppppp
@@thegentlemansmith5411 😂
“Not as big as I expected ” the lady in the other car jaw dropping as Doug drives by 😂 20:04
22:00
Growing up my family burned through two of these! Both v10 and we'd haul the whole family cross country towing a 2 ton boat! I eventually learned to drive in our 2005 limited. When prom rolled around my friends and I (lovingly calling it Olga) opted for the Excursion instead of the limo! This beast brings me tons of nostalgia.
Hoovies Garage Wasn’t lying when he said that the excursion could fit 8 full sized Doug demuros in it lol
9 if you optioned the front bench seat.
@@aaronw8606 True .
And a Dog Demuro in the back.
In the fully extended 6'4" configuration
20:03
Doug: "...it's actually not as big as I was expecting..."
Lady in the car next to him: (thinking) "That's the biggest fucking thing I've ever seen."
😄 and the lady 22:02.
That’s what she said
@@Thb202 I was about to say that
He is 2 meter tall so...
He’s just repeating what he heard from his wife.
I drove a 2004 F350 super duty for a work truck back in the day and it had that same dash layout, including the pullout cup holder tray and the power point with the little roll up cover. It was a freaking workhorse, I drove it every day for over 500k kms with no problems. Ford knows how to build a truck.
There is a kid at my school that drives a lifted Excursion and it is massive. It makes my F150 look like a mini truck
One can only imagine a 2021 excursion with the 7.3 Godzilla or 6.7 powerstroke with the 10 speed.
Ford brought back the Bronco, so maybe a new Excursion will appear someday. The 1050 lb-ft of torque from the modern Powerstroke diesel would create an SUV with unrivaled towing capability.
Matt’s RV Reviews viewer?
V10 Triton
@@mitchellbarnow1709 I am however the gas 7.3 is pretty commonly nicknamed the Godzilla engine outside of just Matt's channel
@@nickzalan4762 Ford calls it that. They made a crate version of the engine and literally called it "Godzilla" publicly.
So, little Johnny and his friends could play his GameCube and watch Shrek at the same time? What a time to be alive.
The nostalgia is real...even though I never had screens in my family cars growing up lol
I never had screens either. If we acted up, the car was promptly stopped, we got what we had coming & deserved!
Nowadays you got gaggles of stinking kids running around & behaving like banshees. The rude, narcissistic parents think the rest of society should be forced to tolerate it & suck it up. Future of America? What a joke!
There are different climates and time zones in this bitch!
We never had screens in our car when I was younger, but I had friends that did. God I miss those days
We used to play Ps2 games on a tiny box TV in an excursion lol. My friends parents had the middle seats out and we had a whole room back there pretty much.
Before there was an Excursion, there was a company that converted a crew-cab into a giant SUV. It was expensive, but I recall seeing them in the 1990s. It was called the Centurion.
Or could find a ford f650 XUV
Those were Broncos that they converted to four doors.
Ford centurion c350😂
20:05 I like how the lady is just admiring the hugeness of the excursion.
Maybe she's saying: Hey it's Doug DeMuro in that huge Expedition.
who else thinks that doug's reviews of older cooler weirder cars like this are more enjoyable than his reviews of new cars just coming out
Newer cars are pretty boring, most "quirks" are almost exclusively in the infotainment system.
I do, but not necessarily because I think all new cars are bland or the same. It's because with a review of a 1995 XYZ model, it's an interesting look into what cars were like in 1995 or 2003 or 91 or 85, etc. Like the Bronco one was interesting because you saw that car bumpers even by the mid 90s could still just hang off the end and people were fine with it. Or you're reminded that minivans only had one sliding door. You see a handful of 2021 models, you get a sense of what remaining 2021 model videos are going to be like. And you're already familiar with most of the features of new cars from your own experience.
The high $ cars none of us will be able to afford as well.
I dont like the rhetoric on newer cars being more boring since I think newer cars are more of a necessity to record for the incentive of being new so he records lots of newer vehicles that don't have many quirks since they're mass market and have less of a niche buyers with some obvious exceptions. However with older cars he gets to pick and choose and quirky old cars will still prove profitable with views normally, and he won't necessarily review something like old camrys or old rav 4s since whats the point? There are aspects of newer cars that can make them more bland like increased regulations, but overall lots of those regulations from a strictly non enthusaist standpoint are pretty helpful especially since those impact cars that enthusiasts wouldn't normally be the target audience for such cars.
I do enjoy the more common cars and older cars that we dont often get to see.
Doug forgot to mention the neighbor that hauled horses didn't own a trailer. They just put the horses in the back 🤣
🤣
I got the horses in the back
The back seat!
Horse stock is attached
😂😂😂
When I was growing up my friend's dad had one of these, he also had a Viper, an NSX and an S series for the wife + I think 1 other practical car. He only had 2 kids, but he'd drive the Excursion and just give everyone rides home from wherever his kids were hanging out at
I remember having these over seas when I used to be a contractor, Armour plated and sun roof converted into a .50cal turret
Never happened
Doug: "It's not as big as I was expecting"
**Old lady intensifying stares** 20:00
Lol
@@michaeltadros3151 22:02 *Karen stare intensifies*
Doug said that to his boyfriend on their first date
Damnit! Beat me to it... *That's what she said!*
🤣🤣🤣
At 20:06 Doug says “it’s really not that big” while an old lady stares up at him from her CR-V in the other lane 😂
If no one else mentioned her I was going to have to. That expression is priceless XD
She said 👁️👄👁️
She was probably 90yrs old when the Excursion was brand new and was thinking, wow, haven't seen thoes in years.
Great eye!
@@Demonaxis my thoughts exactly lol
my family used to have one of these as a kid. i remember messing around in the huge cargo area while on the freeway. never really thought how insane that was for a passenger vehicle until later in life
that must have been cool as hell
My Jaws drop flat down the ground seeing all this, must be the best review I've ever seen SCREW THE SUPER CARS THIS IS THE BEST!.
Doug speaking at a funeral: There are so many things to say about the deceased, but before I get started, let me tell you about my new site, cars and bids.
Hilarious!
Then talk about their quirks and features
Can i film a video with your cool coffin?
Email me!
Or.. your next of kin!
He's only giving the eulogy because the deceased is for sale "right now" on Cars and Bids
@@lamplighter5545 Cars and Bods
ONE thing not mentioned: the tail lights came straight from the Econoline
Omg i know i hate those nasty lights
@@a.ortega4505 they look nice
Nice to know! I need headlights!
I thought it looks a lot like an E-series from the B pillar back with the square side door, and that rear profile view looks like the 80s Econolines.
I'm sure that the whole back end came from the Econoline
To anyone that owns an excursion: My uncle owned one brand new, and the biggest upgrade he did to it was switch out the springs to F250 springs at the dealer. The techs thought it was pointless, but as soon as they drove it, said it felt way better and overall more stable. It’s such a simple thing to do but helps it drive way better, especially today since I assume now most excursions have very worn out suspension.
How much did that cost? I’m looking to pick one up soon
@@ericmims7135 Don’t know, probably around $1000 if i had to guess but it was also back in like 2004 at the dealership
when I was a kid these interior features were top notch. you were the envy of all your friends if your parents had a vehicle like this. today just about every car in production has a touch screen and a bunch of bells and whistles, but these were some seriously premo features in the 90's and 2000's. my aunt had an expedition with a built in screen and VCR, my cousin and I would sit in the way back watching movies on long trips.
"Not as big as I'm expecting"
The grandma @20:06: 😳
Oml thats hilarious
Sheesh bro that's cursed.
Btw if the Evo in your profile picture is yours... I'm, in fact, jealous.
came to make this very comment. LMAO her face!
22:01 the soccer mom was shocked too
@@deskejtx6211 saw that too lmaooooo
Doug “Not as big as I will expecting” lady in her Honda cross over stares at how huge it is. 20:00
GOOD EYE😂 That's hilarious
The biggest car she saw in her day was a 1960s Cadillac
also at 22:05 lmao
Doug: “Not as big as I will expecting”
Lady: "It´s massive" .. that´s what she said
Hahahaha
My parents bought an eddie bauer one brand new in 2002 and that was our family car. 450k miles later, my mom still uses it as her daily driver and actually prefers to drive it over the porsche cayenne turbo they bought lol
I personally think it was done a little dirty in the fun category of the score. Doesn’t need to drive fast and corner well to be fun. You put me and my boys in that with camp equipment and a campsite 6+ hours away, that ride is gonna be nonstop fun
The simplicity of this SUV design is gorgeous, especially in that paint, with those rims. I think it looks absolutely amazing.
Yep. Doug says it doesn't look great because it doesn't have swoopy lines and such, but also says he loves boxy SUVs. This is probably one of the most handsome boxy SUVs of its time.
@@LS3ftw15 i love the excursion for just how masculine it looks. not a lot of other SUVs look as beefy in my opinion
Its capable. Just not pretty
I love that traditional boxy SUV design. Probably why I love the XJ Cherokee even though it was unibody.I
My best friend's family had one with the 7.3 growing up. I can remember being in the 3rd row on a 9 hour trip to the beach just being ridiculously comfortable and unbothered. They had like 7 or 8 kids and that thing would haul everyone and a week's worth of gear no problem. What a beast.
Haha I had the same one growing up. Memories dawg😭😂😂
We’ve taken one 300 miles through the mountains fully loaded with 7 people and all their ski gear and clothes
I have 299,500 miles on mine.
2000 model 6.8 V-10
Most reliable vehicle I have ever owned.
And 2000 was the BEST year. I've never blown a spark plug out as they always talk about.
I've had nothing but great success with mine.
9000 lbs camper dragged all over the United States.
Today I just put a new alternator on.
The last one was in 2008.
Thats it!
Even that's a very easy job.
The engine/ transmission has never been opened up.
If you can find one, get one!
Remember, 2000 is the best year!!!
You can upgrade the headlights to the 2003 model to give it a newer look.
2000 Ford Excursions are the best!
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!! Growing up, my mom drove a Silver 05 Limited Excursion and I LOVED IT. She’s 5’4 and 120 pounds and she drove that Excursion, lifted too by the way, like nobodies business. She traded it in back in 2013 for a Limited Expedition and I was devastated. I always wanted it to be my car when I was able to drive but sadly never got the chance. I know it would be completely impractical to have now but I would die to get my hands on one. I’ve never been in a car that was so comfortable and spacious as that. I miss it sooo much. It truly remains unmatched.
"What kind of MPG you get for this?"
"No"
That’s true mine gets 10-13 mpg
On a good day, I got 11 mpg on the freeway.
@@JohnDoe-nz6bk Straight pipe helps
Not Gallons per Mile?
The disels engines had pretty good mpg on the highway
My 2000 Ford Excursion now has 260K Miles and I love my truck! I have no plans on getting rid of it.
Lovely! Keep using it brother!
nice
Back in the early 90's, I had a Suburban 2500, terrible ride, 13mpg town, 18hgw. It actually echoed inside, & grand canyon amount of int. room! 😲
LOL I remember being on the YMCA swim team as a kid, and one of the moms bought this absolute HOSS of a vehicle. We always loved when it was her turn to carpool us to practice, because holy cow it was luxurious. I remember geeking out about it so hard back then, upon learning it had a V10 engine, I remember exclaiming (knowing basically nothing about cars), "That's the same as a DODGE VIPER." Haha, the epitome of early aughts excess. Gotta love it.
my mother is maybe 5’2 max yet she INSISTS that this is the right size of car for her and that anything smaller is, “too small”
Buy one, then make her pay for gas just for 1 week, she’ll get tired of it soon🤣
Lol, I can’t imagine it being all too easy to park in the city.
@@horrerahashmi8306 deleted and tuned 6.0 diesel gets very good milage for a 4 ton vehicle however the 6.8 v10 gasoline engine in this video gets terrible mileage
@@moto6ixmoto83 it’s definitely a nightmare 😅
@@moto6ixmoto83 best of luck with that in european cities
11:30 those hookups were used for Gamecube and PS2 back when I was a kid! take your favorite games and play back and forth with your sister or friend while going on a long trip. What a time.
if you can play smash bros in ANY car, its worth every penny. even this
SupermashBroSister
didn't the discs get scratched from road bumps?
We still hook up my 11in CRT and gamecube to suvs on our way to smash tournaments!!
My aunt & uncle had one of these when I was a kid. We took a summer road trip with the back seat down the whole back space dedicated to Kids' Thunderdome.
Enjoyed the video. I own a 2001 7.3 Diesel. Converted the front end to a 2016 and changed the interior. It is a super fun vehicle and a head turner now. Thanks again. I enjoy your channel.
Back in the day, we used to call this dinosaur the Ford Extinction.
The Ford extinction and the Ford Exploder.
I heard the name "Ford Valdez" bandied about.
Ford Extinction 🤣👍
Whenever they stop making the Raptor that’s what it should be called
@@jghall00 because of the Exxon Valdez?
Sounds like Doug learned the word “utilitarian” the day before recording this video.
It's always been like that, he sometimes uses words like "Gargantuan" etc
When I was little (like 6 or 7), a friend of mine's Mom drove an Excursion Eddie Bauer in merlot red. Rode like a school bus but GOD was little me impressed
These are amazing vehicles. We owned 2 and recently sold our V10 and kept the 7.3 diesel. 350k miles on the same engine and still going strong.
Never going to forget being stuck behind one of these in a McDonald's drive thru for 12 minutes because his order was 11 bags. Not just 11 paper bags, but 11 of the bigger plastic bags you can stuff 2 or 3 paper bags into.
Punch line: dude was alone in the car.
"I’ll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda."
Sounds like the driver wouldn't have fit in a smaller car.
Hate ppl like that.. Take your b*tass inside or use the app nowadays lmao
@@jhoelt2922 , plot twist, it was The Flash that made the order...seriously, that dude burns through a LOT of calories, which is the sad tradeoff for having his powers...on the plus side, though, he gets to eat all of the junk food that he wants without ever getting fat or out of shape.
I seem to recall that after the Excursion came out, GM stopped trying to beat it in size and just said "At least our Suburban can fit in your garage."
Ford could have replied: "Excursion IS the garage"
My family had that EXACT Excursion. Same Trim level, same paint, same pin stripe. Was a great vehicle (I have 5 brothers which necessitated a large vehicle).
One of my best memories from HS was me and my friends taking a trip to the beach in Plymouth, MA at like 1 am to go smoke and drink. My friends parents were super rich, so along with one of these they had a brand new 2018 wrangler, 04 7 series, and a few other cars. I was designated driver so unfortunately I had to stay sober but I was fortunate enough to drive this beast all the way to the beach. It felt like a literal tank. I remember getting in and looking behind me to all my friends… the trunk area looked so far away from the driver seat it was crazy
My dad owned a small Ford dealership when I was a kid. Our 5 person family was sooooo comfortable in our demo Excursion on road trips... Going from Texas to Wyoming was one of the highlights of my childhood and it was made all the better by the Excursion! I still get excited when I see them out and about!
@Jack Torrance 333 Archives I like Ford for the most part. Some of the offerings for the cost aren’t worth it. Especially with the quality issues, there are better options.
I'm gay
@@yeahman3561 impressive
@@GoodlyRogue yeah haters said I'd never do it
@@yeahman3561 I'm happy for you
20:02 "its actually not as big as I was expecting"
*surprised old lady in a dwarfed Honda CR-V*
She remembers a time when cars weren’t electronic shitboxes from Asia..
Yeah, that Honda CRV looked like one of those Smart cars, compared to that Excursion. She had to look waaayyy up at it!!
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we have a big family, our 2000 excursion has kicked ass since new, gone on countless road trips, towed big trailers and even gone off roading with it. Nothing can match how awesome this truck is for a road tripper. even if its just us 4 cruising its unbelievably comfy, you'll never get as good of a sleep than laying in the third row driving across the state
the shocked old woman at 20:06. her reaction is priceless xD
I find these quirky vehicle videos far more entertaining than the videos of princess garage-kept exotics.
Oh god, the fake crypto celebrity accounts have come to RUclips...
Ford Excursion: *Has VHS and DVD with screens for 3rd row"
Doug: "No amenities!!"
Ford Excursion: -_-
Not many of this age, and even today, have 3rd row seat screens
@@rawr51919 or a freaking vhs player period...lol. I thought that was neat and wish mine had one.
@@zacharychavez3482 You could still hook one into it the way Ford did at the time
Yeah Doug is horrible at this car review. His brain is too fried. He's trying to compare this old vehicle that had all the bells and whistles to the vehicles we have on the road today. Obviously captain einstein!! They won't compare at all! But he's just so slow minded that he can't seem to stop and appreciate back in the day these where the best amenities available.
I remember once as a kid in the summer of 2005 (I believe I had just barely turned 9 at the time), I was out at what was a Kia dealership at the time in Sandy, UT on 10600 South just west of I-15 and on full display on their showroom floor was a car stereo that had - yes, you guessed it - a VCR! One of the other more memorable experiences I had at that dealership was standing under the path of a major transmission line among the cars they had for sale on their outdoor lot for the 2005 model year and I could actually hear the 60 Hz buzzing of the power lines.
my family had one of these growing up. I was one of 5 we needed it lol! My dad loved it so much he just bought another one for fun. Except now his is lifted and crazy
I drove one just like this as a beater when I worked in construction. That excursion was loaded with tools and got treated like hell towing a trailer all over Texas. And ran flawlessly almost always. Hell of a vehicle.
I unironically want a modern version of this now.
Yes, there are companies that will do a custom build one. No, your rebadged GM isn't a V10 SuperDuty with a SUV body. I also heard rumors that Ford might bring it back.
Modern version with new 7.3 gas and the new-gen Powerstroke please
definitely not happening, no cars have v10s anymore lol
Hell yes! Make it happen, Ford!
If Ford were to bring it back it'll be an EV competitor to GMC Hummer. Doubt it'd ever see a diesel version
@Brian Lee But the new Powerstroke in the updated Super Duty trucks is rated at a class-leading 475hp and 1050 lb-ft of torque in the F250. Car and Driver tested a Tremor (off road kind of package) F250 and got a 6.1-second zero to sixty. Diesels are alive and well in trucks and sometimes the only engine considered in that category
My family has a 2002 ford excursion, with a 7.3 diesel ! It's been in the family since new, and it's my first vehicle !
Nice when a car stays in the same family and what a incredible one too.
I bet your kids had a blast on family trips
Men please never sell it!
Even if you need money at one point, don’t do it!
You will regret this for the rest of your life!
When these become classic cars they will be sought after because of their rarity and novelty status as a huge car with a big Diesel engine(or a gasoline V10)!
This was the pinnacle of big family cars and unfortunately it will never come back.
If you keep it, it will always remind you of a simpler, better time and it will make you smile!
I’ve had a lot of cars and trucks and I currently have that with 14 inches of lift and 42 inch tires. I absolutely love it!
I love the 2001 Excursion limited. It is absolutely, by far, the best looking full size SUV ever. I love the interior and the exterior. I’m am hanging on to this vehicle as long as I can. I only have 90,000 miles on it and it has been very dependable at hauling trailers and boats. I alway get compliments on how beautiful this vehicle looks so I totally disagree with the comment that this vehicle isn’t a good looking vehicle. But to each his own I guess. It is nice to see many people are still buying these used SUV’s.
camping in these things is next level. Imagine having a car, kitchen and bed all in one and at the same time. Insane room.
Yes, I can imagine, it's called an RV.
Sick overlanding vehicle. The modern suburban should do the trick
I remember my dad fabricated a fourth row seat for ours, complete with seatbelts. Room for 11 people 🤣🤣
My dad put a side facing rear seat in our suburban (which is still going) to seat our family of ten. Made for rough road trips with all the cargo at your feet.
There was one like that at our school district. They were morman so we started calling it The morman assault cruiser
@@lm7bird680 Mormon Mobile lol
8 Seats is enough
@@x2e4 not when you have to take some cousins with you on a road trip.🤣
Awesome video! Super nostalgic. We had an Eddie Bauer edition though. Instead of VCR players, when I was a kid we had our PlayStations plugged in!
Also, my father still has no idea. This one was of the first cars I drove and needed the “idiot first driver icons” haha
The center Console had a 10 inch subwoofer in it. Felt crazy what blasting techno when driving.
Thank for this!
Your life sounded Rad
I remember riding in one of these as a kid when they first came out. I seemed to be the only one of my friends who knew anything about it or cared at all. It certainly felt like you were invincible, though even as a kid I thought it was excessive.
I’m in a Ford excursion fb group and I dont even have one 😂
After watching the video I was thinking about joining it for the hell of it
I bet thats an entertaining group to be in😂
@@lofthousehh fuck it I’ll join it. I expect Doug to be in there too
@@troytheboy9144
I m kinda sad i deleted my fb account a while ago!😂
@@lofthousehh I’m only on it for groups and a limited amount of family members lol
Dougs the kind of guy who actually has questions when the teacher asks: "does anyone have any questions?" at the end of class.
#BringBackDougIsTheKindOfGuy quotes
I knew three families who had an Excursion: one showed horses, the second was a family of eight from my church (yes, I'm Catholic), and the third was--inexplicably--a family of four which I don't think ever once hauled or towed anything.
I was driven home in my dad's 2000 Ford Excursion... 24 years and 300,000 miles later, it is my first car and still running incredibly strong!
My mom had one of these back in the day and she was (still is) such a badass. She used to whip donuts in the mall parking lot with me, my brother and sister in the back seats. She also used to parallel park this tank in front of school like nothing.
@Doug DeMouro fake
They are actually very easy to drive and park....
Is she single 🔥🔥
@@bigmike9527 no
Doug is the type of guy to read the owner's manual to his kids at bedtime
Best one I’ve seen in awhile
This is genius cause they get bored and fell asleep
What a good idea 💡
Unless one is so unlucky that a child stay awake and one gets 🥱
I had a laugh when he mentioned page 92. I wonder how many actually read an owners manual.
And crack dad jokes about seatbelt safety
My best friend's mom had a diesel one when we were in elementary school. You'd always be able to see it in car line because it was twice as long as the other Grand Cherokees, Suburbans, Land Cruisers and Discoveries you'd see. One time we were on a trip from north Georgia to PCB in it. We had myself, my friend, his brother and sister and their two best friends. The second row had a PS2 running Sonic Heroes and the 3rd row had a GameCube running Melee. The early-mid 2000s was genuinely a great time to be alive.
'02 7.3 diesel owner here. 10:18... with the rear seat out (weighs about 100 lbs so bring help and a hernia belt) and the floor all the way flat, you can easily carry 26 sheets of half inch drywall in an Exy. Above that, the spare tire leans inwards slightly and blocks getting more in. Weight wise, it handled it well, and actually rode like a caddy.
Back when Ford named all of their SUVs/Crossovers with the letter E. Excursion, Expedition, Explorer, Edge, Escape, Etc. the 2000s were the Wild West of automobiles.
And they named all their passenger cars with the letter F. Focus Fiesta Festiva Fusion and.... FIVE HUNDRED?????? Taurus became 500 overnight. WTF
Bronco... Taurus... crown victoria... Aspire not all the SUVs were named with E, and not all passenger cars were F I can say that because two of the vehicles you said Expedition and explorer were from the 90s, same with the sedans. also JWC with the five hundred that wasnt originally a taurus, it was actually meant to replace the taurus... but it didnt make sense, since it was just the exact same thing, front wheel drive v-6 powered large family sedan so it was given a rename, the reason it was done was because at the time the five hundred was actually going to replace two cars, the taurus and the crown victoria, since the last year for the crown vic was 07 the five hundred had been brought to market in 05 the original year the crown vic was meant to go away. which didnt happen, but then it still didnt make much sense so they gave up and just slapped the taurus name on it and kept rolling out new models until 2 years ago when they killed the entire car line.
@@jwc3104 “500” was used for many full sized cars that Ford made during the 50s and 60s. Just like the galaxie 500 and fairlane 500.
Ford still does name all their suvs with an e
EcoSport
Imagine how cool an Excursion would look based on the 2021 boxy f250.
You don't have to imagine it. There are a few companies that do a full conversion. You need a 2011 to 2016 crew cab superduty and an excursion. They will cut the cab and fit it to your superduty. It looks factory when complete.
Look up customautosbytim he makes them
The Secret Service has one the Roadrunner than looks badass in black. I do think Ford would bring it back but as an EUV
love the comeback of the commentary on the scores
My family takes a trip to Mexico every year in their excursion, makes it there and back no issues each year to this day. Really is a neat truck
My family had a diesel excursion for 20 years but im still watching the whole video lmao
Edit:
the fuel tank on ours was 40+ gallons and cost $100+ to fill up. Another example of how gorgeously overkill this truck was
My dad had one and it cost him $250 to fill up a whole tank. Though ofc he never did because who wants to spend 250 bucks on gas.
@@Mr._Paleozoic I mean at the end of the day what difference does it make? Fill up once for $250 and last for longer or fill up more often just cause its in smaller lumps.
We bought a used one and whoever had it before us put a 65 gallon tank in it. Was great on trips but sucked at the gas station.
It could tow a house lol
Yeah my friend spends about 120$ to fill his diesel powerstroke excursion.
20:05 "Be careful honey there's a schizophrenic man driving a very large truck next to us."
22:03 also got caught starring.
That crv looks like a sedan in front of this rig
@@gamerandcontroller9129 yess lfmaoo she looked so amazed like tf is this a converted f-150 into a suv 😩
she like we used to drive this when we were young
My parents had the 2002 V-10 4x4 great truck, I’ve since joined the army and they’ve sold it in the past 2 years... I will always love the excursion
My dad had a used white on around 2012-15 or so and I gotta say out of all the cars we owned, the excursion was the most reliable, and most fun, car we ever had. I remember driving to every morning in it, going on road trips, etc. It was amazing. To this day whenever I'm with my dad and we see one on the road we start reminiscing about the awesome memories we had with that old thing, and to this day he'll still say that he wishes he never sold it
08 nExpedition, jut turned 93k. Started it up the other morning and was greeted with a main bearing knock
I had more legroom in an 02 Silverado...just cant like this thing dont trust it .SAme with a '13 Lariat with 18k miles .Left me stranded 3 times in 6 mos....done.
My uncle accidentally got one of these off of eBay by messing around on it and putting a ridiculous bid and actually winning it. He ended up giving it to my cousin as a college car. It was surreal riding in it. We fit 9 very large people in it for a buffet dinner one time and I was the 9th person laying in the back on the floor. Ah the early 00s huge suv days.
Your uncle sounds like a nice person
Excursion owner here... Just FYI for everyone, that overhead console for the 2nd and 3rd row is aftermarket.
Im pretty sure it was an option not to many people went with, ours has one for the second row
Nah 3rd row is definitely aftermarket but for the second row it was an option
not actually it was a stock option from ford both second and third row, the screens being branded audiovox was actually because the idea of screens in SUVs was very new, i own a yukon XL denali with stock rear seat screens and its the same way, looks aftermarket, says audiovox but it was put their as part of GMCs parts list.
came here to say this too
I thought it was pretty obvious that it wasn’t a factory piece, but yet I had to listen to Doug the auto expert drone on about it including all his made up ideas about why it was there.
As a person who has a 2000 Ford F-350 Super Duty. I can confirm that the interior (despite the third row, tvs, and electrical features in the back) is practically the same
Which is good i can’t drive yet but when i can i want an excursion idc what trim i just care if it has a 7.3 i want a 7.3.
Love your channel and passion
When this pulls up into the forest, every wild hunt-able animal trembles in fear
it's game over!
Camouflage hood skirt... no deer was safe
hunting is for schmucks. leave the critters alone. theyve already been terrorized by humans in a plethora of other ways.
@@Lakamakashaka are you a vegan
@@Lakamakashaka you gotta tell that to the excursion
I think this was the inspiration for the "Maibatsu Monstrosity" in the GTA universe. It was said you didn't need to drive it to get where you need to go, you simply climb in and get out the other side and you're there.
Remember the commercials & slogans?
"Mine's bigger!"
HEAD RADIO
it would be "vapid" that's the gta equivalent for ford.
Hahahaha what a fun bit of lore
@@coolshift6783 Maibatsu was the make-believe brand the Monstrosity was under...
Two odd things. My family had two of these growing up. The v10 gas which we then traded for the 7.3 diesel. For the 7 tree we got these dope seats for the rear storage area that faced the rear. We had a big family so we needed those. I have a lot of memories sitting in those seats. The other odd thing is sometimes around where I live we see a white SIX door excursions. Apparently some company does a f250 excursion mashup and combines the two. It’s crazy how long it is
This is one of the greatest videos I've seen of yours so far
My old captain in the Marines had an Excursion with the 7.3 powerstroke that he converted to run in vegetable oil that he processed in his garage and got for free from restaurants in SoCal
That’s epic lmao
WOw I ALSO HAVE A FORD X 2002 7.3 THAT I ALSO RUN IN VEGATABLE OIL. I HAVE HASD IT 18 YEARS AND NO PLANS TO GET RID OF IT
What helps is that these would be fit for the military, they have that big rough n toughness to them
This would be an AMAZING road trip vehicle. Endless space, comfy as hell, and you have 4WD for finding a camping spot.
It would be a very expensive road trip because of gas
Can confirm, it’s an amazing road trip vehicle. My family has used this car for vacations since I was in elementary school and I’m in college now and we still use it for vacations.
It was the type of car for the upper middle class family from Chicagoland to go up to their summer home in Wisconsin.
Just point it in the general direction and hit the gas pedal.
@@Yeen125 Or maybe a road trip to Walley World?
Thank you for your APPRECIATION to your subscribers Doug!!
Definitely wasn't in demand a few years ago when I received one through a family member. Took me a year to sell it because litterally nobody wanted it and dealerships flat out refused to make a trade for it.