Suggestions on Winter/Tow Car
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Suggestions on Winter/Tow Car
Looking to replace my 99 Ford Exploder with something used that can basically fulfill the following:
1) Tow my 8 on a 1000lb trailer for 1000 miles
2) AWD/4WD to get through NE Ohio Winters
3) Cost between 7.5 and 12.5k
4) Get 15mpg or better
5) Not fall apart in 4 years
It'll get driven close to 6 months out of the year. Right now with the tow requirement I'm basically looking at staying with Explorers. The '04 XLT models go for around 10k used with 30-50k mileage and can tow 5000k with the V6 or 7500 with the V8. I've never towed anything more than a small camper so I'm not sure if the V6 will be sufficient or if getting the V8 would make towing significantly easier.
Just looking for opinions/recommendations from other people with experience trying to meet those requirements or at least some of them. Specifically if you can mention model variants that'll help narrow down the search.
1) Tow my 8 on a 1000lb trailer for 1000 miles
2) AWD/4WD to get through NE Ohio Winters
3) Cost between 7.5 and 12.5k
4) Get 15mpg or better
5) Not fall apart in 4 years
It'll get driven close to 6 months out of the year. Right now with the tow requirement I'm basically looking at staying with Explorers. The '04 XLT models go for around 10k used with 30-50k mileage and can tow 5000k with the V6 or 7500 with the V8. I've never towed anything more than a small camper so I'm not sure if the V6 will be sufficient or if getting the V8 would make towing significantly easier.
Just looking for opinions/recommendations from other people with experience trying to meet those requirements or at least some of them. Specifically if you can mention model variants that'll help narrow down the search.
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