Well i got rid of my wifes Buick....

[BDWilliams]

Ya the 2004 Buick is long gone..
We traded it in for a 2012 Ford Escape XLT
Its a blast to drive too....
Has the 3.0 V-6 and it is loaded even has the Microsoft Sync too..

[1987cp]

It has a what??? What's anything Microsoft doing on a car? :confused:

[BDWilliams]

haha..nothing with the engine...

[1987cp]

Oh, funky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Sync

That must be the thingy I saw talked about on a Ford commercial a while back that said nothing at all about the car! I'm suspicious of sentient onboard computers, but hey, if you like it, carry on!

[marquisman]

sync has been around for a few years now. i cant wait for when guys with the nav/sync systems, get the blue screen of death and other system/registry errors. lol

[BDWilliams]

no i dont have the nav. system it just links our cell so we have hands free phone pretty cool.
i dont need nav system anyways because i have a Garmin

[pantera77]

Sync isn't that bad, it's MyTouch that sucks ass.


We sell a shit ton of Escapes, easily more than any other model (probably followed by F150's, then Fusion's), I personally like them. It will need stab links by 15K, and front brakes by 25K, possibly axle seals or PTU seals too, but other than that their pretty solid. Nice choice going with the v6, the 3.0 is leaps and bounds better than the 2.5.

[87DeuceVic]

We made a run out to Missouri this past September and we rented a 2011 Escape with the V6 and Sync. I LOVED it personally, I have a thing for shiny new American cars to begin with haha but the interior was great. I loved the ambient lighting (have you used that yet, it lights up cupholders and footwells and you can change the colors) and the built in satellite radio. I drove it myself about 500+ miles and it was a great. Only annoyance was we had to fill up the gas quite a lot. Once we got to Missouri we also made a run to Amarillo Texas and back. All in all we put about 5,000 miles on it in a week and it did great, no issues. I'm considering getting one, or a new Focus, myself maybe this summer. Anyways, good choice and nice car

[BDWilliams]

lol i didnt know you can can the colors of the lights. i have not had a chance to read the manual...

[BDWilliams]

Sync isn't that bad, it's MyTouch that sucks ass.


We sell a shit ton of Escapes, easily more than any other model (probably followed by F150's, then Fusion's), I personally like them. It will need stab links by 15K, and front brakes by 25K, possibly axle seals or PTU seals too, but other than that their pretty solid. Nice choice going with the v6, the 3.0 is leaps and bounds better than the 2.5.

well i have the warranty i will not worry about it..

[87DeuceVic]

lol i didnt know you can can the colors of the lights. i have not had a chance to read the manual...

Right next to the shifter, to the right IIRC, there is a button for the ambient lighting. Push it once to turn it on, and every time after that should change colors. Everything from blue to pink haha, I was changing it everyday

[BerniniCaCO3]

pimp!
I like the lightup rocker panels some cars have/ can have; with the blue lettering

[johnunit]

They're decent cars. Sync is handy for music and such too. It's nicely set up that you don't HAVE to use it, it's not like some of the systems where you have to use voice activation or a touch-screen to tune the radio or turn up the heat.

[1987cp]

^^^ That's good to hear. I despise the idea of having to use a dorky and cumbersome computer interface just to turn on the defroster.

[pantera77]

^^^ That's good to hear. I despise the idea of having to use a dorky and cumbersome computer interface just to turn on the defroster.

Ya, that's MyTouch.