I love my Four Wheel Drive truck

[alltherage]

Anyone here have anything to say about the Ford Escape's 4wd? I will likely be getting a new smaller SUV in the next year and I really like Fords. I have a 4x4 Explorer right now, and I rarely if ever use the 4 low. Maybe when I go camping.

[Dion]

I own a 05 Ford Escape and I find the AWD system works great in the winter. Have had no problems getting around High River the past few days. It's a lot better that the Ford Explorer I used to own.

[kootenayguy9]

Originally Posted by alltherage

Anyone here have anything to say about the Ford Escape's 4wd? I will likely be getting a new smaller SUV in the next year and I really like Fords. I have a 4x4 Explorer right now, and I rarely if ever use the 4 low. Maybe when I go camping.

I also have a 2005 Escape and it was awesome getting around today. Still looks like a war zone in many places out there.

[DJ_NAV]

hahahaha at the porshe

[bossy22]

We're shopping for a new vehicle, so yesterday ended up being a good day to do some test driving.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by greyshep

Winter tires help with traction, but cars sit way too low even with winter tires to get through this kind of stuff. I had to shake my head at the number of idiots in their front wheel drive cars (winters or not) trying to get around in this stuff last night.

Bah, my car is low to begin with and I lowered it further. All you have to do is plan to have enough speed when you hit the big drifts to make it through. (AWD not FWD for me though).

I feel like I should be billing the city with all of the roads my car has been plowing for them

My skid plate is going to be a mess, especially when this starts melting/freezing, that's for sure.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by bossy22

We're shopping for a new vehicle, so yesterday ended up being a good day to do some test driving.

What are you going with? Please tell me you tried the Escape, and maybe even a...Ranger? Lol...

But seriously, Ford Escape is where its at right now. Especially seeing as the ones on the lot right now were being built by workers in an industry fighting tooth and nail to keep their job. I would wager the quality is well above average, and in most cases outstanding.