• they usually stand up fairly well

    From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to Rob Mccart on Mon Dec 29 10:43:00 2025
    Hello Rob!

    ** On Monday 29.12.25 - 08:12, you wrote:

    I thought all Ford Escapes were some form of 4WD. Ie.
    SES 4WD, AWD etc..

    Apparently not all.. At times I wish I had some sort of
    AWD.. Mine is the Turbocharged 1.5 Litre engine, higher HP
    than the 2 Litre engine, which also worried me a bit but
    it sounds like they usually stand up fairly well. No
    estimate on how long the Turbos last since so few have
    failed. I haven't had any problems with it so far, but
    mine only has about 72,000 km on it.

    My Rav4 is 2.4L. I think I would miss that size. Factory
    mileage has been pretty consistent between 10L/100km and 9L/
    100km. Winter driving and winter fuel grade is dragging it
    down to 12L/100km though.

    Mine has just squeezed past 145K km since 2007.

    Most of the Escapes I see at the local dealer are all 1.5L.

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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to Mike Powell on Mon Dec 29 10:46:00 2025
    Hello Mike!

    ** On Monday 29.12.25 - 09:29, Mike Powell wrote to ROB MCCART:

    My other "car" is a 1993 Dodge Dakota. It is nice to
    drive in part because it has no "modern goodies" to speak
    of. The radio doesn't even work. :D

    LOL. :D

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