2015 Ford Escape - Amazing vehicle in not only quality but price
Wonderful vehicle. It was brand new off the lot and I have had zero problems with it. The gas mileage is amazing and it has eco boost which makes it even better since we vacation a lot. Most of our treks are a couple thousand miles round trip and the gas price to travel that distance is far less than any vehicle I have ever owned. The oil usage is great and I must say that for a "bigger" vehicle, it drives and parks like a small car. All the mirrors are useful and I can weave in and out of traffic with ease and feel safe while driving whereas my older vehicle, which was twice as big, was very hard to drive and especially park. Performance so far has been great. We are about 15,000 miles in within the last full year or so. No hiccups with the vehicle at all and have kept up with oil cha...
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Wonderful vehicle. It was brand new off the lot and I have had zero problems with it. The gas mileage is amazing and it has eco boost which makes it even better since we vacation a lot. Most of our treks are a couple thousand miles round trip and the gas price to travel that distance is far less than any vehicle I have ever owned. The oil usage is great and I must say that for a "bigger" vehicle, it drives and parks like a small car. All the mirrors are useful and I can weave in and out of traffic with ease and feel safe while driving whereas my older vehicle, which was twice as big, was very hard to drive and especially park. Performance so far has been great. We are about 15,000 miles in within the last full year or so. No hiccups with the vehicle at all and have kept up with oil changes and regular maintenance. Literally nothing has stopped working or broke with heavy usage and travel across various terrain. The only thing I would say that I dislike about it, is that the oil it takes is a special kind and sometimes places during travel will argue to use another kind in it and say it is ok, but we always have to MAKE them use the right oil.
Watching the air show at the waterfront! The hatchback area is perfect for me and my wife to sit and enjoy ice cream/food while we watch things. This particular even was an air show and fireworks show on the waterfront where we live. We could literally park by the water, open the hatch, and enjoy a meal together while watching the show. It was great.
Watching the air show at the waterfront! The hatchback area is perfect for me and my wife to sit and enjoy ice cream/food while we watch things. This particular even was an air show and fireworks show on the waterfront where we live. We could literally park by the water, open the hatch, and enjoy a meal together while watching the show. It was great.
My favorite thing would have to be the roomy trunk area with the hatch back and the camera on the dash for backing up. The dash area is very nice and modern and the camera comes on automatically when you start backing up. It gives you plenty of space to move around your surroundings and not harm anyone that may be driving or walking by. It is a very great feature and one that I have never had before. I do not think I could personally go back to driving without one now that I have used this one for so long. Now the hatch is something new to me as well and I adore it for many reasons. We ca...
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My favorite thing would have to be the roomy trunk area with the hatch back and the camera on the dash for backing up. The dash area is very nice and modern and the camera comes on automatically when you start backing up. It gives you plenty of space to move around your surroundings and not harm anyone that may be driving or walking by. It is a very great feature and one that I have never had before. I do not think I could personally go back to driving without one now that I have used this one for so long. Now the hatch is something new to me as well and I adore it for many reasons. We can actually tailgate, and even do it in the rain. Popping up the hatch and sitting inside the back is such a fun thing we do while camping or even going to the back. There is plenty of room back there to stretch out and enjoy the view. It is also great for stacking groceries and having the rest of the car free for people to ride in. The trunk/hatch space is pretty big for such a small SUV. I would say that those two things are my favorite things about the vehicle.
My actual only negative thing is actually one of the positives as well. The hatch. While I LOVE the hatch, it is very hard to pack certain things in this vehicle. On a recent trip to Florida, we rented bikes while we were down there to ride around the town we were in. We wanted to pack up the bikes and take them somewhere a little more bike friendly and ride them. We literally tried everything to fit TWO normal sized adult bikes in the back (with the seats folded down of course) and we could not do it. No matter how we altered the bikes we could not get them to fit. We took the handlebars ...
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My actual only negative thing is actually one of the positives as well. The hatch. While I LOVE the hatch, it is very hard to pack certain things in this vehicle. On a recent trip to Florida, we rented bikes while we were down there to ride around the town we were in. We wanted to pack up the bikes and take them somewhere a little more bike friendly and ride them. We literally tried everything to fit TWO normal sized adult bikes in the back (with the seats folded down of course) and we could not do it. No matter how we altered the bikes we could not get them to fit. We took the handlebars off, the tires off etc and they still would not fit. The car was just a little two small on the wide side and just would not hold them. Now, I know a bike rack is possible, but the bike rack would also cancel out the rear camera, which I personally need now for driving. So for me, this vehicle cannot work with bikes. Besides that flaw, I love everything else about it. It would not even be a deal-breaker if I were to be purchasing the car all over again. Just something that while on vacation was very annoying and made the day very frustrating as we THOUGHT they would fit. But we were wrong and didn't really understand how small the inside area was until then.
