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Originally Posted by BigBologna

I'm looking to get an Excursion for trips with the family to the country. This would be a limited-use vehicle; probably no more than 5,000-6,000 miles a year. The purpose for getting this vehicle is to haul family, dogs and gear, and tow a trailer from time to time.

Any gotchas, aside from gas mileage, I ought to look out for? I understand that with older vehicles with higher mileage things will go wrong, but I want to do a good job of scoping out potential purposes to eliminate known issues.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Edit to add: I need 4WD.

My dad has a 2000 Excursion Limited with the V10. He really likes it but says it only get 11 mpg so he drives the towncar lately.