On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:16:49 GMT, "George" wrote:

Yep, sitting straight up is a good thing, and some people are long enough to
have to recline to drive cars like the wife's. Then there's the nice
all-wheel capability in my Escape that gets me over unplowed areas like the
three miles to the ambulance garage.

Of course it's 22 mpg only with the V6, and no tax advantage at all, but
it's safe, roomy and comfortable.

Most SUV discussions don't refer to Escapes, Foresters, Hollanders,
CRV's, RAV4's, etc... They're really referring to the boats, even
though the smaller vehicles are still SUV's.

FWIW, My 2.5L, 4 cy. 5 spend manual, '01 Subaru Outback only got 23
MPG, with my 4 bike Yakima rack on top, so the Escape is doing very
well! The Subie towed a 1500-2000 lb. trailer nicely! I only ditched
it for the Tacoma when I bought a bigger trailer and realized that I
was tearing up the interior with wood. That Subaru was by far, the
best snow car ever... I really wanted to keep it and ditch the wife's
Wrangler.