Bought my 2000 7.3 Eddie Bauer Excursion new for $42000. Sticker was $47995.00. Sold it last year with 79K miles on it for 20k. Put it on Craigs list and it sold the first day. Guy flew up from Texas with cash. All depends on who wants one bad enough. A treasure to one is junk to another.

Sam

supply and demand folks....Clean, low miles, 7.3L, they just dont make em like that anymore......

actually they do...... http://www.customautosbytim.com/2011FordExcursion.html

Still lacking the 7.3.

What is the V10 actually like?

Is it reliable? My neighbor wants to sell me a V10 for $7500 125,000 miles.

What mpg did you get with the Excursion, towing and non towing?

Thanks,

Padraig

I bought another 2004 - 2500 suburban 4x4 with 62k and 8.1L for $14,900 two years ago. Looked at excursions then again and went with the burb. Not the same, I agree but much more economical. Tows my 10,000 lb travel trailer just fine at 7-8 mpg and gets 14 on highway. That savings will buy a lot of gas and no diesel maintenance! At the time, a comparable excursion was at least $10k more, just couldn't swallow it for how well my other 2004 8.1L is doing.

It is a beautiful looking truck though!

9-10 towing, 14-16 all situations could pull a 17/18 if driving light footed. My 8.1 a little less towing and never saw better than 16 averaged 13, the problem was around town really bad single digit mileage with the Burb. Going up the same boat ramps with the same boat, I preffered the Excursion 7.3. Traveling over distance on a highway with the same boat, the Excursion is planted and more controlled but the Burb rode better. Around town, the Burb is more agile and user friendly. Neither one required expensive repairs while I owned them. The Ford had leaks and the Chevy electrical issues. Fix one problem another starts, both brands not immune to issues. In the end I prefer the diesel, but both did the job.

I had airbags on my 2500 Avalanche (same as the Suburban) and I never felt the vehicle was overmatched by the boat (11,000 lbs). Gas mileage while pulling was not great- 9 mpg. But really I dont believe these people who claim they get 16 mpg pulling a 12000 lb go fast- I think the only way that would happen is if they lassoed a semi and towed behind one....

My uncle has a 2000 with 476k! They have a running bet about it rolling over to 500k. I will without a doubt. If you walked by it in a parking lot you would think it had less then 100k on it. Still running the factory engine and tranny.