I was an Escort wagon guy too. I loved that car. If they still made them, I would get another. It was great on gas, great in the snow and maintenance was cheap. I could even carry 2 canoes on the top with an add on rack. I have an Escape now but I miss my Escort.
My truck got 10 mpg, at best.
What do you think of your Escape? Do you like it? Mileage, etc? I will downsizing (in a few months) from a Chevy extended body Trailblazer (before that an Explorer that I loved). I just like to find ‘real people’ opinions. Thx in advance.
I was an Escort wagon guy too.
Egads. We had one and it was a lemon. It was in the shop so much we thought Ford was an acronym for "fix or repair daily." We bought it because we wanted to buy American. The final straw was when it died while my wife was taking the kids to school. We took it to the dealer for repair. We called to see if it was done and they said yes, "but it don't run so good." When we arrived to pick it up, we discovered that meant they had to push it out of the service bay.
Then and there we decide we would never buy another Ford. Bought Hondas ever since. Will continue to look at them and Toyotas. My daughter just bought a Corolla - we did a road trip from Rochester, NY to Tallahassee, FL on just a bit over 2 tanks of gas. It was surprisingly roomy and peppy - but a tad underpowered on asteep hill. Still, I am quite impressed.