Are civilian-spec Ford Explorers as reliable as the Police Interceptors?
no apparently they are shittily made and an anon here complained about the chevy traverse (thin panels, noise on the road) too even though it comes with a cool off road packageKia Sorento 2.5T now without the infamous dual clutch transmission will do ya much better.
>>28873825The ST models have the same turbo V6 as the police ones. I can't speak for the explorer specifically, but my Lincoln with the same drivetrain hasn't given me any trouble the past decade, and I drive it pretty hard.
>>28873832>The ST models have the same turbo V6 as the police ones.I assume the police ones have some mods to the cooling system and oilpan and ventilation. Lincoln isn't real. It's the exact same cars with a different badge and leather. Stop letting them abuse you like this.
police cars stopped being cool when they stopped being police cars
>>28873912police cars were never cool because they instruments of ZOG
>>28873825Neither one is reliable
>>28873917counterpoint: police cars were cool when 'police package' was what the manufacturer called 'we want to sell you a 400ci V8 but corporate won't let us advertise it the way we want'
>>28873832How many miles, and have you changed the transmission fluid
>>28873825I wouldn't really say there *reliable* when you have infinte tax dollars to fund the maintenance and/or get a new one every other day when they flip/pit maneuver somebody driving while black
>>28873832>>28873835police models rarely use the 3.0 Ecoboost engine, they are usually the hybrid NA V6 with 318hp. some cars were shipped with the 3.0 during COVID due to parts shortages and it's available to police as an option but most used police cars you come across are going to be the base hybrids.the 3.0 is a great engine and worth it if you can find it, ST's have been easily tuned well past 500hp and the Lincoln Aviator had a hybrid version with 494hp off the lot.
>>28873928They used to sell way bigger engines than 400ci. The 1970s Caprice could be had with a 400ci small block and they never advertised it special. They sold way more powerful engines and advertised the shit out of it. Ford once sold a galaxie with a 428 and called it the 7-litre.
>>28873825The benefit is that there's about 100 shitzillion of them you can scavenge parts off of.
i think the only fundamental difference is that the police models have some frame reinforcement for doing PIT maneuvers
>>28873825The pig spec Exploders are not reliable which is why most PD's are switching or have switched to F-150's or Tahoes.
ALL FAGS WHO BUY COP CARS ARE GAY. Fuck you you larpanigger, either sign up for the local police academy or stop larping.
>>28873917So niggers should just run free commiting infinite crime? You are a faggot
>>28875610No, they shouldn't be in the fucking country in the first place. And if you see one committing a crime any White male landowner should be able and encouraged to perform summary execution upon the negroid at once.
>>28875844without the police, as shitty as they are, the reverse of that is far more likely to happen
I drive explorers for a short haul logistics fleet. Drive train wise they seem to be able to handle the abuse. We have a few with 300k+ on them accumulated over 3-4 years. It's been the ancillary components that break regularly, often for no reason. Power lift gate bug that prevents it from closing (but still opens just fine): this requires a warranty replace of the power unit for some retarded reason. Infotainment screen glitches constantly, which wouldn't be that bad if the climate controls and most of the important settings weren't solely controlled by that screen. Remote keyless entry works properly ~80% of the time. The computer is extremely fussy about cleanliness of the front radar sensor and camera, will lock out adaptive cruise on the fly if it's not happy. Lane keep assist sensor on the steering wheel is so sensitive about hand position it's useless. The start stop behavior on <2022 models was insane, it would cut engine if you just barely came to a stop to wait for a right turn in a parking lot (fixed following gen). Overall? A little better than Mazda, equivalent to Chrysler, worse than Toyota.
>>28873832>>28874154Meds, Lincoln schizo.
>>28873825They all have the same weakness, that transverse cyclone engine with the water pump driven by the timing chain and mounted internally. Guaranteed to ruin the engine at some point.
