If that Expedition was a bit newer I would have asked if you ran into Matt Roloff!
I can’t comment on the Hummer, but those Expeditions were surprisingly nimble to drive around town. IF I had to have an automobile of that size, the Expedition would be at the top of my list.
Doesn’t look like it, I’ve seen some in that color before. It’s not supposed to be bright red, it’s more of a strawberry red I guess you could call it.
Are you sure that isn’t Toreador Red? The badge on the fender tells me it’s between a 1999 and a 2002 model, and Laser Red Tinted was long gone by then. The differences between the two colors is subtle. My Mystique was Laser Red Tinted, but I have had several Fords in the Family that were Toreador.
Hey. it’s a quiet Sunday evening, nothing else better to do than debate useless trivia, right??? 😛
I’m not sure if we can tell if it’s a 1997-1998 or a 1999+ model from this angle and distance. The fender badging was similar, and the badge looks like the earlier design to me, though again at this distance it’s hard to say. The wheel design (2WD model, BTW) was also shared between those model years. We’d need to see the front bumper to tell for certain.
In any case, I’m pretty sure that laser red was still available on the 1999s. The only toreador red I’m aware of that was available on the Expedition was Dark Toreador, which this isn’t.
It’s the same color as my ’95 Explorer. When polished up, its a much deeper red despite being a BC/CC paint – though the CC is getting really thin after 18 years.
Hard to tell on color if one can’t see it “in person”…Richard mentioned Toreador Red for the Expedition, which–if my eye and Paul’s picture serve me right–seems about right…at least in comparison to my Toreador Red ’97 Crown Vic. That was the first “modern” (i.e. non-Curbside Classic) car that successfully united both my love of cars of a rich, deep red color and my love of full-perimeter frame construction combined with rear wheel drive. I just visited the ’97 Vic in the quonset today…needs an oil change…but, with a mere 67,000 miles on it, I’m keeping it around as a Future CC. (And I’m a GM guy, for goodness’ sake!)
But, given the other comments that have appeared, I’m beginning to doubt the probability of the Expedition being Toreador Red…just doesn’t look “deep” enough to be Toreador Red. Then again, an “in person” appraisal is the only way to go…
But the H2 and the Expedition should be roughly equivalent off-road, right?
The H2 was a major step backwards from the H1 with respect to off-roadability. But the buyers didn’t care! Stupid buyers! I park next to an H2 about every day (with rubber-band tires no less) and it still makes me chuckle to see one.
Around here, used Expeditions have not held their value all that well, certainly not compared to Suburbans. I always thought that these rode too tall and were not quite long enough for decent cargo room after the passengers. My mechanic says that these have front end issues, and I am starting to see some body rusting.
Excursions, on the other hand, remain quite expensive given their age, especially the diesels. The Hummers seem to have about disappeared from around here.
If that Expedition was a bit newer I would have asked if you ran into Matt Roloff!
I can’t comment on the Hummer, but those Expeditions were surprisingly nimble to drive around town. IF I had to have an automobile of that size, the Expedition would be at the top of my list.
They were surprisingly well mannered!
Of the three, I’ll take the Focus ZXW.
Me too.
I’m surprised there’s an H2 left (in Eugene, of all places!) that hasn’t been bought up for secondhand export to Russia.
The paint has faded on that Expedition, right?
Doesn’t look like it, I’ve seen some in that color before. It’s not supposed to be bright red, it’s more of a strawberry red I guess you could call it.
Wrong. It needs a cleaning and a polish. That’s not the way it looked new.
It’s laser red tinted clearcoat metallic. Very popular on the first-gen Expedition Eddie Bauer.
Are you sure that isn’t Toreador Red? The badge on the fender tells me it’s between a 1999 and a 2002 model, and Laser Red Tinted was long gone by then. The differences between the two colors is subtle. My Mystique was Laser Red Tinted, but I have had several Fords in the Family that were Toreador.
Hey. it’s a quiet Sunday evening, nothing else better to do than debate useless trivia, right??? 😛
LOL, and this trivia is indeed pretty useless!
I’m not sure if we can tell if it’s a 1997-1998 or a 1999+ model from this angle and distance. The fender badging was similar, and the badge looks like the earlier design to me, though again at this distance it’s hard to say. The wheel design (2WD model, BTW) was also shared between those model years. We’d need to see the front bumper to tell for certain.
In any case, I’m pretty sure that laser red was still available on the 1999s. The only toreador red I’m aware of that was available on the Expedition was Dark Toreador, which this isn’t.
It’s the same color as my ’95 Explorer. When polished up, its a much deeper red despite being a BC/CC paint – though the CC is getting really thin after 18 years.
Hard to tell on color if one can’t see it “in person”…Richard mentioned Toreador Red for the Expedition, which–if my eye and Paul’s picture serve me right–seems about right…at least in comparison to my Toreador Red ’97 Crown Vic. That was the first “modern” (i.e. non-Curbside Classic) car that successfully united both my love of cars of a rich, deep red color and my love of full-perimeter frame construction combined with rear wheel drive. I just visited the ’97 Vic in the quonset today…needs an oil change…but, with a mere 67,000 miles on it, I’m keeping it around as a Future CC. (And I’m a GM guy, for goodness’ sake!)
But, given the other comments that have appeared, I’m beginning to doubt the probability of the Expedition being Toreador Red…just doesn’t look “deep” enough to be Toreador Red. Then again, an “in person” appraisal is the only way to go…
There it is, the disastrous decade of the 2000s, in vehicular form. One badly faded, the other extinct. Good riddance.
Better an H2 than a Brougham-anything. At least the H2 could do off-road.
But the H2 and the Expedition should be roughly equivalent off-road, right?
The H2 was a major step backwards from the H1 with respect to off-roadability. But the buyers didn’t care! Stupid buyers! I park next to an H2 about every day (with rubber-band tires no less) and it still makes me chuckle to see one.
So thats an expedition it lookds like a fat Explorer I really hope it was better than that
Around here, used Expeditions have not held their value all that well, certainly not compared to Suburbans. I always thought that these rode too tall and were not quite long enough for decent cargo room after the passengers. My mechanic says that these have front end issues, and I am starting to see some body rusting.
Excursions, on the other hand, remain quite expensive given their age, especially the diesels. The Hummers seem to have about disappeared from around here.