This vehicle is large enough to carry me, my daughter, and my service dog along with anyone else who wants to come along. The only thing I wish was that it got better gas mileage. Those trips to Disney are comfortable, but expensive. I have over 100,000 miles on the car and the most money I have spent on it was $300 for a new alternator. Not bad, I believe.

For an SUV I've had for almost 18 years with only 80,000 miles on the clock, this Mercury Mountaineer has held up incredibly well. The interior of the car was state-of-the-art in the late 1990s and still holds up well to this day. The 6 CD changer is great for the long car trips I go on with my family. The driver's seat is incredibly comfortable, and the car handles well both in town and out on the open road. For an older SUV, the car gets decent gas mileage, sometimes topping 25 MPG in nicer weather on the highway. This can be attributed to keeping up on the car's maintenance. The V8 engine has a lot of kick and accelerates well when needed. This car has had very few problems for a vehicle of its age and has only needed new batteries twice and new tires once. In addition, this SUV can also double as a moving van. With the back seat folded down, I was able to fit an entire living room's worth of chairs and side tables inside! The Mountaineer is also a great kid-mover too, going between after school activities, this SUV gets around with ease.

It is a 4x4 luxury SUV that I purchased Cash in hand from a private party. It has it's pros and cons. While this does excellent in the snow it has not much room in the driver seat. While it has full range of motion it is controls seem to short out according to the forums this is common. As well as that I have had to replace the intake gasket and have the IAC cleaned multiple times to keep it idling well. It meets highway speeds easily but it is a gas guzzler with a 22 gallon gas tank. My particular model has the V6 4.0 L SOHC I have taken it off road many times and it always does it's job has never gotten me stuck and I understand that wasn't the explicit purpose the people that designed this vehicle had in mind since it is a luxury SUV but it does work for that. It takes any off road accessories that a Ford explorer takes and that makes it very versatile on that end. I have a light bar and fog lights installed as well as a full CB/HAM setup. the issue comes once again with cockpit space around the drivers seat, with the seats so close and the large center console it feels cramped compared to a dodge Durango (but runs much better with the reliability you can trust from Ford/Mercury) Since the mountaineer is just a rebadged Explorer.