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<blockquote data-quote="WP64" data-source="post: 12694072" data-attributes="member: 75984"><p>The cargo area cover is not ridged, it comes rolled-up in a box and yes, with the 3rd row up the cargo cover could be rolled up and stored behind the 3rd row.</p><p></p><p>I looked/test drove a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a pre-owned/lease return 2011 Land Rover Range Rover, I preferred the XSport over both of them. I also test drove a 3.5 EcoBoost AWD Ford Flex but found it to be too metrosexual for my taste, not to mention it's a freaking box...But, the 3.5 EB Flex drives and accelerates very similar to the XSport, if you can't find an XSport to test drive take a 3.5 EB Flex out for a spin.</p><p></p><p>As far as pricing goes, I've seen pricing over on the Explorer forum for the XSport go from $39K with bare bones no options up to $52K fully optioned. The guys that seem to be getting the better deals ask for pricing online from several dealers then play them against eachother to get the best deal. Consider the adaptive cruise control option, it came on the XSport the dealer had on the lot and I wasn't going to get it if I had to order my XSport, but I'm glad I have it, it works and the collision warning with brake assist is a real nice feature that's helped me out a couple of times already.</p><p></p><p>Wheels, I like the factory XSport 20's a lot, the Hankook rubber is pretty good for OE tires, but, I'm already thinking of getting another set of wheels and tires for trips to the snow. There's plenty of room front and back to move up to 9" wide wheels, maybe even 10" wide if you want something bigger.</p><p></p><p>The tune, I PMed back and fourth with Rick at Livernois last week, they are waiting for their XSport to be delivered, I'm going to wait until they work out the tune a little more on their shop mule before I take that plunge. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, not yet, the closest 4-wheel dyno is about 40 miles away from me, I just haven't gotten there yet for base numbers. I have a Magnaflow cat-back exhaust ordered and coming in 3 weeks. Unlike the exhaust, there's no CAI out yet that's California CARB (smog) approved, Magnaflow is a California based company so they always have the CARB approval on their products. The CAI for the Taurus SHO adapts perfectly to the XSport according to pics and reports on the Explorer forum, both the Airaid and K&N CAI's for the Taurus SHO fit the XSport, I'm sure it won't be long before these two companies have a dedicated model CAI for the XSport (I know Airaid is working on it) and both with the CARB approval.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks, the color was a tough decision for me, but after the Ebony GT500 I knew I didn't want a black DD. I probably would have went with a silver XSport if the dealer had one, but white was the flavor they had and I didn't want to wait :burnout:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WP64, post: 12694072, member: 75984"] The cargo area cover is not ridged, it comes rolled-up in a box and yes, with the 3rd row up the cargo cover could be rolled up and stored behind the 3rd row. I looked/test drove a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a pre-owned/lease return 2011 Land Rover Range Rover, I preferred the XSport over both of them. I also test drove a 3.5 EcoBoost AWD Ford Flex but found it to be too metrosexual for my taste, not to mention it's a freaking box...But, the 3.5 EB Flex drives and accelerates very similar to the XSport, if you can't find an XSport to test drive take a 3.5 EB Flex out for a spin. As far as pricing goes, I've seen pricing over on the Explorer forum for the XSport go from $39K with bare bones no options up to $52K fully optioned. The guys that seem to be getting the better deals ask for pricing online from several dealers then play them against eachother to get the best deal. Consider the adaptive cruise control option, it came on the XSport the dealer had on the lot and I wasn't going to get it if I had to order my XSport, but I'm glad I have it, it works and the collision warning with brake assist is a real nice feature that's helped me out a couple of times already. Wheels, I like the factory XSport 20's a lot, the Hankook rubber is pretty good for OE tires, but, I'm already thinking of getting another set of wheels and tires for trips to the snow. There's plenty of room front and back to move up to 9" wide wheels, maybe even 10" wide if you want something bigger. The tune, I PMed back and fourth with Rick at Livernois last week, they are waiting for their XSport to be delivered, I'm going to wait until they work out the tune a little more on their shop mule before I take that plunge. No, not yet, the closest 4-wheel dyno is about 40 miles away from me, I just haven't gotten there yet for base numbers. I have a Magnaflow cat-back exhaust ordered and coming in 3 weeks. Unlike the exhaust, there's no CAI out yet that's California CARB (smog) approved, Magnaflow is a California based company so they always have the CARB approval on their products. The CAI for the Taurus SHO adapts perfectly to the XSport according to pics and reports on the Explorer forum, both the Airaid and K&N CAI's for the Taurus SHO fit the XSport, I'm sure it won't be long before these two companies have a dedicated model CAI for the XSport (I know Airaid is working on it) and both with the CARB approval. Thanks, the color was a tough decision for me, but after the Ebony GT500 I knew I didn't want a black DD. I probably would have went with a silver XSport if the dealer had one, but white was the flavor they had and I didn't want to wait :burnout: [/QUOTE]
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