Kinda what I was wondering.How do they steal cars with all of the current anti theft baked into the keys and ECU programming?
Its not like these are mid 90s Hondas.
Must be pros thats for sure.
Kinda what I was wondering.How do they steal cars with all of the current anti theft baked into the keys and ECU programming?
Its not like these are mid 90s Hondas.
Must be pros thats for sure.
How do they steal cars with all of the current anti theft baked into the keys and ECU programming?
Its not like these are mid 90s Hondas.
Must be pros thats for sure.
Depends on who's account. Personally, I wasn't a fan of the Explorer Sport we had with the second row. Also just had a friend get rid of his Explorer Sport due to fact he had to move the passenger seat forward with a child seat in the second row.Explorer has plenty of room in the second row.
Check in on the Durango. It's got a good amount of room in the second row and plenty of storage room (also has a 3rd row). Should be able to lease one for the money you are looking at. Our 16 RT was mid $40K with all the bells and whistles. My mother in law has a new explorer and I'm surprised to see all the comments about how much room you have in the second row. With my son in his car seat in the second row my wife's knees are nearly hitting the dash in the front and she's only 5ft 6inch tall.
For the best in back seat room you can't go wrong with a F150-250.
I have a '12 MKS EcoBoost (same as the SHO more or less) and the leg room in front is plenty with the rear facing car seat I currently have (Chicco Keyfit 30). Will be moving to a convertible seat in the next week and that should give me a little more room. If you go EcoBoost, you're going to need a tune to get a similar feel as your SRT8 from at launch. Also, might consider an EcoBoost Flex or Lincoln MKT (a lot of bang for the buck).
Yea I've heard several times now, since Friday, that that particular shopping center is bad. It's La Cantera in San Antonio, which is a fairly affluent area. I was parked outside of a Cheesecake Factory and Perry's Steakhouse, haha.
But yea, they have to be professionals. There was only one other car parked in the 12-14 car section we parked in, and every space had filled within the hour that it took to eat lunch and come back out, so they were very quick/efficient at it.
My 2008 SRT8 was stolen from a shopping center on Friday while I was eating lunch with my wife.
Looking at options to replace it with. We have a 19 month old toddler, and the seating space in the Jeep was surprisingly small. Even with the seat moved up enough to make it uncomfortable for my 5'9" wife to sit in the front, my daughter still had very little room in front of her. So, I'm definitely looking to avoid that.
That said, while my passion is sports cars (or sport suvs or sport trucks), I don't think my budget allows for something newer that is fast and comfortably seats a convertible car seat behind the passenger, unless there's something I'm just not thinking of. My budget is about $30K, or I would look at lease options with a monthly payment of somewhere around a $500/mo top end. I may also consider a higher mileage F250/350 diesel if they are worth considering.
Here's some ideas of things I'm planning to read up on:
Used:
Ford Taurus SHO
Chrysler 300 srt8 (read some complaints about rattles in the 2012s)
Ford Explorer Sport
Ford Edge Sport (not sure if there's more seating room than the Jeep or not, will have to go look at one)
Higher mileage Raptors?
Cadillac CTS-V?
New:
Edge Sport
No idea what else really. I'm not yet sure what can be had in my price range.
Suggestions and personal experience welcome.
Have a 2016 Explorer Sport with 2nd row buckets. Rear facing child seats (Cybex Cloud and Nuna Rava), I'm 5'10", wife is 5'8". We have tons of room in the front and ride around with front seats nearly 100% back. Rava takes up less room than the newborn Cloud seat.
Great power, even in the mountains. Drives like a nice car, not a truck. The IFS rear definitely helps with driving manners and with seating room.
Now, the roof rack is just a shit design from Ford. Been back 4 times for the dealer to replace the clips, and one time the whole roof rack, to try to keep the black covers attached.
For those complaining about lack of room in the back of the current Explorers... have you tried moving the rear seats back? They are on tracks just like the front buckets. Also, maybe they just have very large child seats?