Farewell 09 Escape
Decided to let go of my 145K mile 2009 Ford Escape limited V6 after 9 years of ownership. Was contemplating the past few months whether to keep it with the ongoing constant repairs or go with a new car. In the past year I replaced a leaking transfer case, fuel pump, alternator, tie rods, fuel injector, lift gate actuator, and battery to fix loss of power steering. The upcoming costs I saw coming were new tires, brake job, possibly 5 other fuel injectors since I had to replace one already, rust repair(wheel well, trunk, underside), exhaust/pipe welding, and water pump. That would be around 10K more or less of costs, so would rather put that in another vehicle. My top 4 choices for a replacement was a Mazda cx9, cx50, Lincoln Corsair, and a Ford edge st. Went with a Corsair and traded in the escape, I probably could've gotten more selling it but dealership only gave me a grand, I was expecting at least 2 based on the KBB value, but took it as is, didn't want to deal with the selling process. I've had the Corsair for a day so far and I like it, only things I don't like is there not being a lot of DIY repairs on YouTube yet, and how small the storage inside is. The vehicle is half a foot longer than the escape on the outside but the storage spaces are small on the inside. I could store my backpack contents in the center console on the escape but now just about a pencil case in the corsair. In the trunk area I used to put coolant, wrenches, and tools under the floor board in the escape, that wont be the case now. My solution now will be getting a trunk organizer and putting it all there. Anyway, hoping I can get 9 years out of it like I did the escape, but will sure miss having the escape.