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Currently have 71k miles on the thing and the gears are shifting at the right rpms BUT you can tell when it shifts its apparent and feels clunky (feels like I'm lurching forward when shifting up). Didn't used to shift like this, so I'm wondering is it the transmission? I know people here have flushed their fluid way before the "lifetime" fluid change. Will that fix my problem or is the transmission just on its way out…. Love the car and has been a joy to drive, and I'm bringing it to ford next week, but I want to know what I should expect from reading on here people say these transmissions are shotty.

First of all I don't need an SUV and would like to get a smaller car but looking at used car prices in the US right now that doesn't seem like a smart option financially. I have been using the built-in eco fuel scores to adjust my habits to start. I can get 30 on the highway if I go 65. Any tips for driving around town? I have a turbo engine, so I'm not sure how slow I should accelerate and how far out I should be braking. Getting 23mpg on a good day and 20 with more traffic.

I have conditions and life circumstances that have led to me having very little work experience though I am hoping to get an associates degree this summer in liberal arts (no focused major). When I was an adolescent I was interested in photo and video editing and would've been happy to follow that path, but I didn't go to the right college for that and stopped pursuing it because I didn't know how to. I was going to major in sociology in my mid 20s but dropped out again and was unsure what career I could have from that degree. Now I'm finishing up an associates because I almost have enough credits to, was thinking something in cybersecurity/IT because I am interested in tech and privacy. But still unsure if I'd regret that path for the monotony and lack of creativity. I can follow whatever path I want to some extent and have means to go to college, but I can't figure out what that path is. How to get find something and stick with it!