The Ford Expedition is a big SUV that can carry lots of people and things, making it great for families or trips. It’s strong and can pull heavy trailers, like boats or campers. People often talk about how comfortable and useful it is for everyday driving and adventures.
LED headlights are special car lights that use tiny bulbs called LEDs. They are brighter and last longer than regular car lights, helping you see better at night.
An active air dam is a part under the front of the car that moves to help the car go faster and stay cool. It moves down when the car is fast and up when the car needs air to cool the engine.
Power deploying running boards are steps that pop out automatically when you open the car door to help you get in and out easily, then hide away when you close the door.
A panoramic view roof is a big glass roof on a car that lets you see the sky and lets sunlight inside. Sometimes it can open up so you can feel the breeze.
22-inch wheels are the big round parts your car rolls on, and 22 inches means how big around they are. Bigger wheels can look nicer but might make the ride a bit rougher.
A 24-inch driver info display is a big screen in front of the driver that shows things like how fast the car is going and where to turn. It helps the driver see important info easily.
The Nissan Armada is a big SUV that can fit many people and has a strong engine to help it go up hills or carry heavy loads. It was recently improved to have better features, but it might not be as good on gas or have as many fancy gadgets as some other big SUVs. It’s good to look at all options before choosing.
The Ford Mustang is a famous fast car that many people love for its strong engine and cool look. Ford also made a new version called the Mustang Mach-E, which is an electric car that doesn’t use gas. This shows how car companies are making cleaner, electric cars while keeping popular names.
A frunk is a special storage space in the front of an electric car where the engine usually is in normal cars. Since electric cars don't have big engines up front, they use that space to store stuff.
The Toyota Century is a very fancy and expensive car mostly used in Japan. It looks simple but is made with a lot of care and has a smooth, quiet ride. It’s like a special car for important people who want to travel in comfort and style.
The Honda Accord is a popular car that is easy to drive and doesn’t use too much gas. Some newer models that use both gas and electricity had a problem with their computer system, so Honda asked owners to bring them in for a fix. It’s important to check for these fixes to keep the car working well.
The Cadillac Lyriq is a new electric SUV, which means it runs on batteries instead of gas and is very fancy inside. Some of these cars had problems with their computer systems, so the company asked owners to bring them in for fixes. It’s important to keep the car’s software updated to keep it working well.
Subaru is a car brand that makes cars good at driving in snow and rain because of special engines and all-wheel drive.
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Believe it or not, it's the award-winning In-Wheel Time talk show.
Just ahead, our story of the week.
No, maybe we don't know.
The auto industry is TV debacle.
We'll talk about that.
Morris will review the new Ford Expedition.
Jeff will have the crews in and events calendars,
and I'll bring you the stories making automotive news headlines.
Howdy, along with Mike on of this World Mars over there in Neaterville, Texas.
Jeff, we always need more Jeff Seaton.
Chief Engineer David Ainsley on Dawn Armstrong.
Glad you could join us today here on the In-Wheel Time talk show.
It's a beautiful day here in Houston.
Good day for a parade.
I think they had one downtown this morning.
It should be just about over with. It's 11.30 now.
So the rodeo is officially underway with the parade.
They had a little, I think, a jogging 5K run or something.
And then all the bands and the wagons, the horses, everything is all headed over to NRG Stadium Center for...
Night number two of Hangover.
Yeah, exactly. After the barbecue event.
Night number two.
And the barbecue event concludes this evening.
Then tomorrow they use it as a cleanup day, and then the rodeo starts on Monday.
I think that's the way the schedule is.
Anyway, next two, three weeks, it'll be rodeo time.
Yep.
All right, let's do our car review now.
Mr. Mars has one.
Yes, Mars has a car review.
Hope I didn't catch you off-guard, Mike.
It's the Ford Expedition.
I never catch you off-guard, do I?
I got it, Mike.
Not hardly.
More than once or twice a day.
So yeah, so I had the chance to drive the 2025 Ford Expedition.
Now, this is the cream ranch version that we had, and it is the new for 2025.
It's been redesigned in 2025, and it actually kicks off the fifth gen of the new Expeditions.
So its final assembly location is in Kentucky, USA, which I thought was kind of strange.
We usually see them in...
Some reason they're all Mexico or Canada or somewhere.
Anyway, so it comes in seven trim levels.
You've got the active, you've got the max active, which is the longer extended version, the platinum,
the max platinum, again, the extended version.
The trimmer is more of an off-roading type vehicle, and then the king ranch and the max king ranch.
And we were driving the king ranch.
Now, this is a full-size three-row vehicle.
Seats seven people.
And so for this year, again, it's new for 2025, but the most of the changes were on the interior and in the technology.
There were a few modest updates on the exterior.
It does have LED headlights up front, of course.
It's got an active air dam.
It's got a signature grille lighting and tail lights that really look cool at night.
And the signature grille, I mean, it's got some power deploying running boards that work really well.
They're pretty quick to kick out.
You can open the door, and they're generally there by the time you want to step on it.
You don't have to wait on them, and I thought that was really good.
It has the panoramic view roof.
Now, this is the roof that opens up all the way back down and lets in lots of sunlight.
It rolls on some nice 22-inch bronze aluminum wheels.
They've got a bronze look to them because of that king ranch, and it looks different.
And overall, I like it because it's got a nice professional, I guess you'd say classy look to it because of the lines on it.
And we had the black, so it was definitely there.
On the interior, we had the Mesa Del Rio leather trim seats.
Really nice to sit in, comfortable.
Has the 24-inch driver info display.
Now, this thing is massive.
It goes all the way across there.
It's got a 13.2-inch center stack touchscreen that kind of ties into it to control all your infotainment and your convenience controls.
The second row, we had the heated and power folding tip and slide bucket seats.
Captain's chairs, whatever the proper term is these days, really, again, really nice and comfortable to get in and out of.
The third row is a 40-20-40 flex folding.
Now, this is a power folding seat.
I didn't make it that far back.
I can't tell you how comfortable they are, but they look pretty good.
Now, the technology, again, they did a lot of things on the technology for this vehicle.
It's got the BlueCruise, and it also has the Ford Copilot 360 2.0.
It's got the wireless charging pad.
It's got touch screens, and it had the B&O Unleashed 22-speaker audio system.
I tried to figure out what it would be like leashed, but I couldn't find that part.
Now, up under the hood, it has a 3.5-liter V6 that provides it with the power.
And I will say that it does provide it with plenty of power.
It was very responsive for a very large vehicle, and it's not a race car.
Never intended to be a race car.
It does have a 10-speed automatic transmission, and properly equipped, it will tow 9,600 pounds.
Now, the EPA says in the city, you're looking at about 15 miles to the gallon highway 22 combined 18.
I drove the vehicle 220.3 miles a week.
I had it, and I got 16.8 miles per gallon average over the course of that week.
And again, it does respond quite well to the throttle out on the highway, passing around town.
And I also felt like driving it, I was honestly impressed because it manages the road really well.
Whether you're out on the highway, you're in town, and I really enjoyed the steering in it.
A lot of people saw some things where people said the steering wasn't very responsive.
I thought it was particularly the turning radius.
It seemed like I was driving, or it felt like whenever I was turning the steering wheel, I was driving a much smaller vehicle.
I really liked that part of it.
Now, the base trim price for a vehicle like this is $83,655.
You've got to remember, we're driving the King Ranch Edition, so it's in the upper levels of the trim range.
Now, the MSRP sticker price has to do with $85,600.
We can have very many options.
King Ranch has a lot of things built into it.
Of course, you can get into an expedition, which a lot of people do look at it because of that active.
It's kind of like a volume leader, if you will.
A lot of people buy that because it's $64,995.
It's still not cheap by any means, but now you're talking about a seven-pasture full-size SUV vehicle.
If you're looking for something to compare this to, you might look at the Chevy Tahoe.
$59,000 for the base entry level to get into that.
I've always liked the Tahoe, but I also think that after driving this for a week,
I could definitely see you need to look at both of them.
Nissan Armada, $57,520.
It's been updated recently, but it's definitely something you'd want to look at.
If you go across to the Toyota Sequoia, this is a hybrid.
It's the only way you can get it now, so it's going to be a little more expensive at $62,425.
I firmly believe, again, after driving it, if you're looking at a full-size three-row SUV,
this expedition really should be one of them that you include in your search.
Well, I'll tell you what, going down I-10 from Neaterville to Houston, Texas,
that's got to be like a limo going down the road.
Oh, it is. It's nice, but you don't have that big car feel.
That's what I was really surprised.
Some of the big three rows you know you're driving a big monster truck.
This didn't feel that way.
Well, if you remember way back in the day, basically all they did back in the day,
back in the day, which is a long day ago,
they took a truck chassis and kept everything the same underneath
and put a body on the entire truck chassis and just left it alone.
They don't do that anymore.
It's all custom-made for carrying passengers and not loads of gravel in the back of it or something like that.
So it really, if you've not driven one in a long time, I would say go check it out.
I think you'd be surprised.
I was very surprised with it, so I agree.
Congratulations and thank Ken Peabody for giving you some cars.
Awesome stuff.
Good stuff.
All right.
I've got some news stories that I'm going to stick in here.
Go for it.
No, you go right ahead.
Okay.
Speaking of Ford, buyers of the Ford Mustang Mach-E now have to pay extra if they want to put some junk in the front.
The 2026 model of the electric crossover no longer offers a front trunk as standard equipment.
Instead, it's a $495 option, though the starting price of the vehicle has been lowered $150 to make up for the lost underhood storage.
We were learning the customers were using the frunk, but perhaps not as much as we had originally intended, according to Teddy Ankeny, Ford's Mustang Mach-E brand manager.
He was telling the electric duo on YouTube.
So in order to kind of preserve that customer choice, they made it optional for the 2026 model year.
Ford, Tesla, and other automakers have long chatted the utility of their electric vehicles front trunks, which turned the space where the engine normally would go into storage compartment.
Well, shortly after releasing the Mustang Mach-E in late 2019, Ford put out a news release demonstrating how the 4.8 foot frunk could be packed with ice to tailgate with crudites or cocktail shrimp,
then emptied via a built-in drain.
That'd be cool.
You're going to put fish up front, dead fish up front, up front.
You've never had fish in your frunk?
No, it's awesome.
Alternatively, Ford suggested filling the space with more than a thousand chicken wings,
spraying it down after the game with a hose.
Martha, what's that smell?
Is that raw chicken wings that are up there, Martha?
Oh, I'm sorry, honey.
I forgot those.
That was from this last week.
They've been in there for three or four days.
And if you live in a place like Denver, you get bears.
However, the vehicle lost 40% of its capacity for shellfish and poultry on the 25 model because Ford needed to fit a larger heat pump.
I thought that was a pretty funny story.
Let me check this math.
So we're going to take away the frunk and we're going to give you $125 credit if you want it.
$150, yeah.
But if you want it back, if you want that $125 value that we put on it back, you're going to pay $450 to get the $125 trunk back.
Yeah.
So the $150 will basically go for your first load of crawfish or shrimp or something like that or some raw chicken wings to take.
You're going to get on a 658 mile road that doesn't have a bathroom.
That's right.
Let's go cross country in this wagon.
Kind of stoga wagon.
I don't think that the marketing department really thought that through when they're doing it.
It's a cool idea.
Dude, the chicken wings are crawfish.
Yeah.
Can you imagine?
Even if you spray it out afterwards, you ever smelled an igloo cooler after you've had raw fish in there?
It's even cooked fish.
Crawfish or something like that.
Whatever.
It still stinks.
It ruined.
And you know, we didn't want to finish up the show today without being really part of the entire Jeffrey Epstein thing.
So I found the Jeffrey Epstein story on automotive news.
Great.
Jeffrey Epstein had his eye on the Toyota Century limousine and took a keen interest in the arrest of former Nissan chairman Carlos Gown,
or Goson is what I call him, even directly contacting Goson's attorney.
Emails in the redacted Epstein files indicate the convicted sex offender trying to import a century through a connection with an executive vice president at the car maker and seemingly probed billionaire Tom Pritzker.
Probably not the right use of words there for Intel on Goson's downfall the week after Goson's November 2018 arrest in Japan.
Epstein wrote, the Nissan guy Goson is being held in Communicado in Tokyo.
He added, can you ask around?
Riy.
Why?
Regarding why?
Well, yeah, maybe he thought he could use it like Goson did to get out of jail separately in late 2014 and early 2015 Epstein was preoccupied with procuring new limos.
Outside of the girls that he was procuring.
Oh boy.
In November 2014 Epstein asked another friend for help in importing to New York City a Toyota Century, a luxury limousine not sold in the U.S.
He wanted a black exterior with a light colored interior.
The apparent contact.
Joe Weechi Ito, a prominent venture capitalist who was director of the MIT Media Lab said he would ask a Toyota friend who acted as a intermediary to an executive vice president named Kato, K-A-T-O-H.
Kato.
Green lantern.
Yeah.
At the time executive vice president Mitsuhiso Kito was global head of R&D.
He said he would ask the EVP like executive vice president directly during an upcoming meeting.
It's funny how these things all get to the back room.
Yeah, I'd be pretty cool if you were in a century, Ito said.
Ito later resigned from the MIT Media Lab following revelations the organization received donations linked to Epstein.
In late January of 2015 Ito's Toyota intermediary broke the bad news.
Mr. Kato asked the project general manager of Century about delivery to your friend and the result is cannot deliver it.
He wrote.
The problem was homologation for U.S. regulations.
It didn't meet, you know, bumper standards or, you know, submissions, name and TSA all that.
Yeah, it didn't meet it.
So anyway, so there's my Epstein story to go along with all of the national.
Aren't you glad you weren't mentioning that, Mike?
I hope they haven't got to me yet.
Not yet.
You've been redacted.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Again.
All right.
I think what we're going to do now is we are going to take a little break.
All right.
Are you good with that, Mr. Morris?
I think so.
It's a good time.
Coming up, Jeff has the cruise in and events calendars and I'll have the stories making automotive news headlines this week.
We invite you to stay with us here on the in wheel time car talk show.
We continue right after this quick break.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you for joining us today.
Time now for Jeff's cruise in and events calendar.
There you go.
So we've got driven by giving monthly car show.
This is at Pinstack North Rim in San Antonio, Texas.
It's at 19238 I-10.
I think I know where it's at.
I think it's on the website, but the North Rim and San Antonio, this event takes place every first Saturday of the month.
And they want to raise some money through the charities that they offer through your rides and everything from antique classics to rare exotics that they want coming out there to raise some money for their local charities.
Gears and Grounds next Saturday, 13150 Brenton Ridge Street in Houston.
Clever name.
Yeah.
Gathering promises to display a wide range of vehicles, including classic cars, sports cars, exotics, race cars, import trucks, the whole gamut.
It occurs every first Saturday again of the month, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
And going out there, no loud music, no burnouts, just respect the property and all this stuff around you.
Then we have a top notch Austin Hot Rod Night.
This is in where?
Austin, Texas.
7525 Burnett Road.
Hot Rod Nights is a reoccurring event as usual.
Live music from 5 30 to 9 p.m.
They've got burgers, fried chicken.
They got dining.
They got a dining room there and they got curb service available in case you order something, want it delivered to your ride.
Then next Sunday, you got crazy train car meets.
We should be there.
It goes from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Magnolia, Texas.
Riding on the crazy train.
There you go.
389 25 f.m. 1774 set up to take place there in Magnolia.
It's the second Saturday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
It's open to all automotive and motorcycle enthusiasts.
Bring it on out there.
Family friendly.
Invent.
It encourages respectful behavior as usual.
And then you got a car meet at 403 eats next Sunday in Tom Ball, Texas.
403 eats.
Eats.
Spell that.
E A T S.
Really?
403.
Just like it sounds.
Just like it sounds.
403 f.m. 2920 in Tom Ball.
Speed bump classic is hosting the car meet.
So get on out there.
Speed bump classic.
Speed bump classics at the 403 eats.
I like it.
Yep.
Clever stuff.
I got a couple of stories that I wanted to throw in here before we end the show today.
Okay.
As automakers taught the software to find vehicle transition, which seems to be the new thing now, infotainment
and connectivity remain the least reliable parts of the vehicle.
Owners experience persistent issues connecting their mobile phones to their cars, for instance,
according to a survey released this month.
Additionally, 58% of owners who had received an over the air update said they perceived
no noticeable difference in their vehicle according to a 2026 US vehicle dependability
study from JD power.
Only 27% of those who obtained over the year updates said their experience was improved.
They didn't say by how much.
Automakers anticipate over the year updates will be a key revenue generator via subscriptions.
Yeah, that's coming.
You want it?
You want your car updated?
Oh, that's going to cost you, you know, $600 a year.
Not betting that, huh?
OnStar does that to renewal.
Yeah.
No, we're not doing that.
Betting that drivers will pay for software updates beamed into the vehicle over Wi-Fi
or cellular.
The central infotainment display is supposed to be the portal to access seamless native
navigation and entertainment.
Ultimately, drivers should be able to install applications from a broad web of developers.
So, you know, you want to.
So anybody's going to be able to get into your car.
Basically, if you say, yes, I want to buy that.
Yes, you're right.
Just like your cell phone.
Yeah.
Now, mine has updates, but it's through General Motors, but they update certain things in
the vehicle.
Right now.
Yeah, right now.
But, you know, three years from now, you're going to say, hey, Jeff, you know, if you want
to stay up to date on all of the updates on your car, then you're going to have to pay
for it.
Yeah.
And you got multiple suppliers that you can choose from.
Yeah.
Okay.
There's something to scratch your head about.
Huh?
He's scratching his head.
Yeah.
Head, not your hair because you don't have any of that.
That's why I'm scratching here.
I still carry a comb.
I just can't part with it.
Go ahead, Mars.
We'll just turn you up.
Go ahead.
Oh, sorry.
No, it's good.
I liked it.
That was, that was...
Make fun of me, will you?
...recordable.
The findings published February 12th are a sobering reminder that the auto industry may
have to iron out some kinks before delivering the software to find vehicle revolution.
You think?
Mm-hmm.
Public software snafus have characterized the push toward SDVs, sounds like a disease,
across manufacturers.
Ford, for example, had issued several recalls in 2025 related to backup camera software,
blank instrument cluster displays and other problems.
Toyota and Lexus recalls covered backup camera issues that stem from software in 2025.
Honda recalled a set of Accord hybrids because of a software error.
GM recalled some Cadillac Lyric EVs because of software glitches that impacted the instrument
cluster displays.
In the JD Power Survey, infotainment had 56.7 problems per 100 vehicles.
That's a lot.
That is.
The next most problematic category was exteriors with 27.5 problems per 100 vehicles.
Other categories included climate, driving assistance, and powertrain.
More than 33,000 original owners answered questions about their 2023 model year vehicles
after three years of ownership.
The biggest connectivity complaints, respondents complained about problems with the Bluetooth
connectivity, wireless charging pads, and automaker app connectivity.
Can you get a car today that doesn't have that stuff?
I don't believe so.
Obviously, the car has had multiple computers in it, mainly for the engine, and there are
some things on the interior.
But the add-ons, for instance, like Blue Cruise, is probably part of a package.
Yeah.
That's an option.
You know as well as I do that that piece of software is in that car just hasn't been
activated.
Well, yeah, because you haven't paid for it.
Correct.
But like the wireless charging pad, not every car has that yet.
Well, my car certainly doesn't have one.
Well, no, either.
But I just had one that did not have one.
It was a stripper model, and it didn't have a wireless charging pad.
I had to find a cable and plug my car.
Well, darn it.
Well, no, it was unexpected in this day and age.
Especially in the cars of the press level.
It's your trim levels.
So it is.
Yeah.
You want it.
You got to upgrade to this trim level.
You want a sunroof.
You got to go upgrade to that trim level.
So it's all part of the steps.
Yeah.
It's like my wife's car.
I wanted the big backup camera screen in the dash when we bought it.
The package to get that you got the sunroof and you got the V6 motor and several other
things.
I didn't necessarily want.
Right.
But you got the whole thing.
You couldn't order it separately.
No.
If you got that, that's the way it came.
I bet you they don't do that anymore.
I don't know.
That was a few years ago.
Yeah.
What year is that car 2015?
Oh, several years ago.
Mike, that's a generation ago.
And if you look at the brand and the model, that's like two generations ago.
Well, what the hell is it?
What did you buy?
And that's all.
Yeah.
Sorrento.
Oh, my God.
It's less than 11 years.
You take care of it.
She's still there.
Yeah.
There's no reason to get rid of it.
She loves it.
So it's going to roll on.
You're her shade tree mechanic.
So, you know, keep it up.
Yeah.
That's the shady tree mechanic.
The shady tree mechanic.
So Mr. Barnes, what are you going to get another car?
You're going to have another car next week?
Yes.
Yes.
So next week it's the Ford F-150 that I had.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
And I got a Mustang right now.
I was supposed to have the big 350 Ford, but it got smacked.
So I got a Mustang convertible GT instead.
Well, darn it.
Yeah.
They called and said, do you mind if we bring this to you?
You mind?
Please bring it.
I'll pay extra for it.
Yeah.
Oh, no, don't do that.
Well, yeah.
So you're going to take Becky out in the convertible?
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
And where are you going?
So I want to know all about that.
Where are you going?
Well, we don't go to Walmart.
But, you know, we take her out to dinner one evening.
The weather's been really nice.
I'm going to drop the top down and, you know, hopefully get
some wind in what used to be your hair.
Well, mainly in her hair a little bit because I mind don't blow
so good anymore.
Just take a comb.
That's right.
Take the comb.
Oh my God.
So yeah.
Yeah.
So I'm looking forward to it.
And how about you, Jeffrey?
I don't have a convertible.
Well, that's what happens to your hair.
It blew it all away.
It blew it right off.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And by the way, he probably doesn't want me to say this,
but I will say this.
Jeff has a new hairstyle.
Oh yeah.
And it's looking pretty sharp.
You like it?
Yeah, I do.
I just totally give you a number two and shaved it off.
It's summertime.
I can't, you know, just gets in my eyes.
You know, it gets in your eyes.
Yeah.
I think that the next thing is going to be that he is going
to wind up with one of those shaved heads.
Just completely bald.
A tattoo of hair on my head.
A tattoo of hair.
I think they do that in prison.
I don't know.
How would you know?
I don't know.
I've seen pictures though.
My look, I would go to the tattoo parlor and say,
I want to tattoo the hair on it and say,
H-A-I-R.
Or H-A-R-E.
Yeah.
Exactly.
I don't use the hair dryer anymore.
All my hair, I put up all my hair sprays and all my hair gels
and all that.
Did you?
They're right out of the whole room.
They're right out of the whole room.
Yeah.
All right.
Well, we need to take a little break.
We'll be back here on the In-Wheel Time with our talk show
right after this break.
Houston, get ready.
Sing You Man is hosting a mega car meet at the North complex.
Acura, Mazda, Subaru.
We're collaborating with the car meet network
so you know it's going to be crazy.
And that's not all.
We're going to be raffling off six cars to be able to get
ready so that $1,000 each.
See below for more details.
You're not going to want to miss this Houston March 14th.
We can't wait to see you here.
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About this episode
The podcast dives into a detailed review of the 2025 Ford Expedition King Ranch, highlighting its redesigned interior, advanced technology like BlueCruise, and impressive driving dynamics despite its large size. The hosts compare it to competitors like the Chevy Tahoe and Toyota Sequoia, emphasizing its comfort and power. They also discuss Ford's decision to make the Mustang Mach-E's front trunk an optional $495 add-on for 2026, sharing humorous takes on its utility. Additionally, there's a surprising automotive news segment involving Jeffrey Epstein's interest in luxury vehicles, adding an unexpected twist to the conversation.
Big SUVs aren’t supposed to feel nimble—yet our week with the 2025 Ford Expedition King Ranch told a different story. We break down what Ford changed for the new generation, from the tasteful exterior touches to a cabin that jumps a class with Mesa Del Rio leather, a sprawling 24-inch driver display, and a crisp 13.2-inch touchscreen. Add second-row captain’s chairs, a power-folding third row, B&O Unleashed audio, and BlueCruise with Co‑Pilot360 2.0, and you’ve got a road-trip rig that treats the whole crew well without turning every maneuver into a chore.
Under the hood, the 3.5L twin-turbo V6 and 10‑speed automatic deliver confident acceleration and serious towing capability—up to 9,600 pounds when properly equipped. We share real-world fuel economy and why the Expedition’s steering feel and turning radius surprised us more than the spec sheet suggested. Then we zoom out to the buying decision: where the Expedition sits on price across trims, and how it stacks up against the Chevy Tahoe, Toyota Sequoia hybrid, and Nissan Armada. If you’re shopping full-size three-row SUVs, these head-to-head details will save you time and test drives.
We also get candid about the messier side of modern vehicles: software reliability. From Bluetooth dropouts and lackluster OTA updates to subscription fatigue, we unpack why the “software-defined vehicle” promise keeps tripping over basics. And for EV fans, we discuss Ford’s Mustang Mach‑E moving the frunk to the options list to make room for a larger heat pump—proof that packaging choices have real-world trade-offs. To round things out, we share Houston-area cruise-ins and shows, plus where to watch our live stream and catch the podcast on your favorite platform.
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