No Reserve: 2000 Ford Explorer XLT Sport on BaT

[SID297]

I have a soft spot for these, and this one is as good as it gets IMO:

No Reserve: 2000 Ford Explorer XLT Sport

Bid for the chance to own a No Reserve: 2000 Ford Explorer XLT Sport at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #101,333.

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[Double"O"]

5.0 too...damn

Ill go 3k lol

Seriously...that thing is mint but i hated them until about 06 lol

 

[mariusvt]

Ah the late 90s to early 00 explorers. The vehicle we have to thank for tpms.

 

[Blk04L]

Bummer. Was hoping it had original Firestone tires

 

[Klaus]

My dad had one just like this but black and with a five speed. It was a cool truck. Only stick explorer I ever saw.

 

[svtfocus2cobra]

My mom had an Eddie Bauer new in the Burgundy red. I really liked that one.

 

[04YellowGT]

I had a 1997 Explorer XLT 5.0 AWD in highschool and that thing was a beast. I didn't appreciate that truck as much as a should have but it was a great SUV. I bought it with 87k miles and sold it with around 140k and barely put any money into it.

 

[Tractorman]

I thought sport meant 2 door model in this generation? Either way, loved those trucks. I remember a friend in HS was driving one of these and was power sliding the hell out of it.

 

[josephcostello]

I love my daily, one owner 98 expedition with the 5.4. I am convinced if the car market stays where it's at i will be driving that thing for a very long time.

 

[CobraBob]

Even today, the 2000 Explorer XLT has classic SUV styling that looks still good today.

 

[BOOGIE MAN]

Pops had a 99 explorer 4 door v8 (don't remember the trim level) when I was a git. Loved that thing, first vehicle I ever went triple digit speeds in. Like others have said, it's still a good looking SUV and I'd rock one today. Always liked the the Lincoln aviator when it came out too; I imagine those had "nicer" interiors.

 

[offroadkarter]

its wild what clean explorers go for now, both first and second gens. Its very very hard to find these in good shape anymore due to most of them being driven into the ground or of course being one of the most popular trade ins for cash for clunkers. My brother just picked up his 5th explorer a couple of months ago, a 94 eddie bauer with a factory 5spd, first eddie bauer 5spd I've ever seen in my life. Back in college he had a 98 XLT 5.0 with a mac catback and torque monster headers. Never see "street truck" second gens anymore, most on explorer forums these days are ratty V6's with wal mart mud boggers.

I thought sport meant 2 door model in this generation? Either way, loved those trucks. I remember a friend in HS was driving one of these and was power sliding the hell out of it.

This is a xlt sport which was a trim that got you the fender flares and larger wheels. You're correct that the sport model was the two door.

 

[SID297]

its wild what clean explorers go for now, both first and second gens. Its very very hard to find these in good shape anymore due to most of them being driven into the ground or of course being one of the most popular trade ins for cash for clunkers. My brother just picked up his 5th explorer a couple of months ago, a 94 eddie bauer with a factory 5spd, first eddie bauer 5spd I've ever seen in my life. Back in college he had a 98 XLT 5.0 with a mac catback and torque monster headers. Never see "street truck" second gens anymore, most on explorer forums these days are ratty V6's with wal mart mud boggers.

This is a xlt sport which was a trim that got you the fender flares and larger wheels. You're correct that the sport model was the two door.

That one looks good.

 

[J.Rovirosa]

Our family had a '95 and '96, both totalled. Miss them.

 

[DSG2003Mach1]

I thought sport meant 2 door model in this generation? Either way, loved those trucks. I remember a friend in HS was driving one of these and was power sliding the hell out of it.

I was expecting the same, a 98 2 door sport was my first car with the 4.0 SOHC. I was seriously thinking about trying to put a 5.0 with a centri in it, ended up getting the Mach 1 instead. The explorer went to my stepsister in Ohio and eventually died of the winter weather up there

 

[01yellercobra]

We picked up a Mercury Mountaineer after my second deployment. It was our compromise vehicle as I wanted a 5.0, but we needed the room for the kids. I put a Mac catback and intake on it. I think we bought it with around 80k and traded it in at almost 200k. I think the worse thing that happened was the cam sensor died. Everything else was just maintenance. The only reason we traded it in is our son was growing like a weed and he was outgrowing the back seat.

 

[SID297]

We picked up a Mercury Mountaineer after my second deployment. It was our compromise vehicle as I wanted a 5.0, but we needed the room for the kids. I put a Mac catback and intake on it. I think we bought it with around 80k and traded it in at almost 200k. I think the worse thing that happened was the cam sensor died. Everything else was just maintenance. The only reason we traded it in is our son was growing like a weed and he was outgrowing the back seat.

Rust killed way more of those things than mechanical failures did. IMO, a 5.0 one had about the perfect amount of technology. Just enough to make it easy to live with, reliable, and fairly economical; but not so complicated as to have weird technical issues.