Miss Ruby Red, a 2014 Ford Explorer, has joined our family! Isn't she pretty?!
With two children (who travel in two very large car seats), we simply outgrew our awesome Saturn VUE. Also, the VUE only had air vents in the front, so the backseat was just too hot. Miss Ruby has vents galore and the backseat is nice and cool.
She also has third-row seating, so we can technically fit up to seven people, which is NICE! My mom just moved here from Washington and it is great that we can fit all of us!
Miss Ruby Red is a computer on wheels! There is so much she does, it's crazy! We're still trying to figure it all out. Ford even sent a person to our home to show us everything. One of our favorite features is a rear-view camera that activates when the vehicle is in reverse. It shows up on the screen in the center console.
We also have a navigation screen, which is a permanent feature, rather than a trial feature.
And we can talk to the car, too! We can tell her what radio station we want to listen to, or the temperature/fan speed we desire, etc.
This Explorer was the only red one at the dealership, and she happened to come with leather seats (which was high on my desire list - but having fabric seats wasn't a deal breaker, either). I know it seems crazy to have leather seats in Phoenix, but they have not been too hot to sit on ... and I don't wear shorts, so I'm not sticking to the seats.
I liked the idea of leather for easy cleanup. And we were quickly shown we made the right decision when Christian gave Scarlett an unopened container of BBQ sauce from his Happy Meal and she squeezed it open. Sauce all over her, and her car seat and some onto the leather seats. But it cleaned up nicely! WHEW!!!
In the end, we're good with the trade-in amount we got, and are good with the price of Miss Ruby Red!
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