u/risktakerr

They said we'd get an email mid May but I haven't heard anything so far.

They took the photo off the website because I put it on hold but here's a link for a video I was sent of it.

https://landing.covideo.com/WTI6FXgXBE?sms=1

It had one owner, an older couple who didn't drive it much. No accidents. He had the oil changed every 5,000 km. I would be getting a comprehensive new vehicle warranty as well for 4 years. I'm on a tight budget so I wanted an 84 month term. The only bank that would offer that is charging 8.99% so the total loan would come to $28,191.

I've been checking lots of cars in my area, anything at that age and price point or less have double or more kilometres. I don't want to rush into anything but I can only hold it until 1 pm tomorrow.

I made an appointment with my bank to see if they'd give me a loan or line of credit with a cheaper interest rate and then I could buy the car outright. With either option, is the car worth that much? This is the first car I'd ever be paying with my money and I want to make a good purchase. It also comes with a set of winter tires on rims.

My 2010 escape was purchased July 2023. Purchase price plus repairs to make it roadworthy came to $4500. Some of the repairs included the muffler assembly, wiper motor, new tires and some welding. Two days after I started driving it in August, it died, had to be towed and needed a new starter. 

From August 2023 to April 2026, I have spent $6,023 in repairs. Everything from spark plugs, leaking cooler line, ignition switch and rear latch failing, leaking washer pump, a/c broken (mechanic said a common problem with escapes), wheel bearing, sway bars, ball joints, you name it. My friend's dad replaced the two arms that hold up the trunk for me last year as they'd rusted and the trunk wouldn't open, ordered those off Amazon. The vehicle is badly rusted and the paint has started straight up peeling off in places. 

In 2024 I had to pay for a quick exhaust weld to hold it over, I just paid $400 in April for a new muffler assembly. 

Earlier this year the vehicle started dying all the time, the mechanics said it was the battery so I bought a new one. Still dying. Then they said Walmart batteries are trash, get a better one. So I did, still dead! After a friend did research turns out ANOTHER common problem with Escapes is the wiper motor draining the battery. I bought it off Amazon and he installed it for me, otherwise that would have been another trip to the mechanic. 

Driving on the highway mid April, the traction control and powertrain came on. I turned it off and turned my cruise control back on, it switched it off, the warning symbols came back on. It started accelerating and deaccelerating by itself so I pulled over, looked at the symbols in the manual and realized I couldn't drive it home. I got towed home. Took it to one mechanic and my dad's mechanic friend who have confirmed the following: failed ignition switch, cracked serpentine belt, bad alternator which has killed the new battery, motor mounts are gone and the subframe is so badly rusted it's got maybe a year left. 

So basically, it's only good for the wreckers. 🙃

 I don't know what my next suv will be, but it sure as hell won't be a Ford.

My 2010 escape was purchased July 2023. Purchase price plus repairs to make it roadworthy came to $4500. Some of the repairs included the muffler assembly, wiper motor, new tires and some welding. Two days after I started driving it in August, it died, had to be towed and needed a new starter. 

From August 2023 to April 2026, I have spent $6,023 in repairs. Everything from spark plugs, leaking cooler line, ignition switch and rear latch failing, leaking washer pump, a/c broken (mechanic said a common problem with escapes), wheel bearing, sway bars, ball joints, you name it. My friend's dad replaced the two arms that hold up the trunk for me last year as they'd rusted and the trunk wouldn't open, ordered those off Amazon. The vehicle is badly rusted and the paint has started straight up peeling off in places. 

In 2024 I had to pay for a quick exhaust weld to hold it over, I just paid $400 in April for a new muffler assembly. 

Earlier this year the vehicle started dying all the time, the mechanics said it was the battery so I bought a new one. Still dying. Then they said Walmart batteries are trash, get a better one. So I did, still dead! After a friend did research turns out ANOTHER common problem with Escapes is the wiper motor draining the battery. I bought it off Amazon and he installed it for me, otherwise that would have been another trip to the mechanic. 

Driving on the highway mid April, the traction control and powertrain came on. I turned it off and turned my cruise control back on, it switched it off, the warning symbols came back on. It started accelerating and deaccelerating by itself so I pulled over, looked at the symbols in the manual and realized I couldn't drive it home. I got towed home. Took it to one mechanic and my dad's mechanic friend who have confirmed the following: failed ignition switch, cracked serpentine belt, bad alternator which has killed the new battery, motor mounts are gone and the subframe is so badly rusted it's got maybe a year left. 

So basically, it's only good for the wreckers. 🙃

 I don't know what my next suv will be, but it sure as hell won't be a Ford.

My 2010 escape was purchased July 2023. Purchase price plus repairs to make it roadworthy came to $4500. Some of the repairs included the muffler assembly, wiper motor, new tires and some welding. Two days after I started driving it in August, it died, had to be towed and needed a new starter.

From August 2023 to April 2026, I have spent $6,023 in repairs. Everything from spark plugs, leaking cooler line, ignition switch and rear latch failing, leaking washer pump, a/c broken (mechanic said a common problem with escapes), wheel bearing, sway bars, ball joints, you name it. My friend's dad replaced the two arms that hold up the trunk for me last year as they'd rusted and the trunk wouldn't open, ordered those off Amazon. The vehicle is badly rusted and the paint has started straight up peeling off in places.

In 2024 I had to pay for a quick exhaust weld to hold it over, I just paid $400 in April for a new muffler assembly.

Earlier this year the vehicle started dying all the time, the mechanics said it was the battery so I bought a new one. Still dying. Then they said Walmart batteries are trash, get a better one. So I did, still dead! After a friend did research turns out ANOTHER common problem with Escapes is the wiper motor draining the battery. I bought it off Amazon and he installed it for me, otherwise that would have been another trip to the mechanic.

Driving on the highway mid April, the traction control and powertrain came on. I turned it off and turned my cruise control back on, it switched it off, the warning symbols came back on. It started accelerating and deaccelerating by itself so I pulled over, looked at the symbols in the manual and realized I couldn't drive it home. I got towed home. Took it to one mechanic and my dad's mechanic friend who have confirmed the following: failed ignition switch, cracked serpentine belt, bad alternator which has killed the new battery, motor mounts are gone and the subframe is so badly rusted it's got maybe a year left.

So basically, it's only good for the wreckers. 🙃

I don't know what my next suv will be, but it sure as hell won't be a Ford.