Ford Escape?
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My wife has a 2008 and she likes it. It has the V6 and gets around 21 mpg. It does ride a little rougher than my 2007 F150 SCrew. We always take my truck on road trips because of the ride and also I feel safer in a bigger vehicle. There have been no major issues with the car. She got it for the better gas mileage than the Durango she used to have. I hope this helps you out.
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We have an 08' in our fleet. It's an xlt with the 3.0 v6 and 4wd. It's been a great lil family suv. As others have said, we average around 20-21 mpg and it ranks very high in safety ratings. In 09' they switched from the old 4 speed auto (which some say is problematic) to a 6 speed automatic.
Most surprising to me is the 4wd (all wheel drive really) system. It has always done great in the snow. Two winters ago we got walloped with a few blizzards, 30+" in one storm. I took the Escape out around in the neighborhood to see how it would do. That thing plowed thru snow no problem with some drifts coming over the hood.
Most surprising to me is the 4wd (all wheel drive really) system. It has always done great in the snow. Two winters ago we got walloped with a few blizzards, 30+" in one storm. I took the Escape out around in the neighborhood to see how it would do. That thing plowed thru snow no problem with some drifts coming over the hood.
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Everyone I know that's had one has had good luck with them. Whatever small problems my mom had on hers was covered under warranty early, otherwise it was great. Myself, the old lady got a 06 Explorer and it is nice, v-8 too! The Escape may be cramped for space in the rear, like for strollers etc so the Explorer worked for us, plus I'm 6'6" tall.
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Friend just had a 02 ( 03?) give up ( they are not the best for vehicle maint ), it had 140K miles on it. She could/would not really tell me what happened, so I think it was end user error that caused it's death ( thinks a dipstick is what you call someone. ). Top it off, she got it used, so the PO treatment was unknown.
This was a true case of drive it like you rented it and it put up with it.
The weekday commute it was put through was 85 miles round trip ( geographically challenged house location ).
This was a true case of drive it like you rented it and it put up with it.
The weekday commute it was put through was 85 miles round trip ( geographically challenged house location ).