2006 Escape 4WD Hybrid mileage

[Battery Boy]

Guess I'm first, welcome me

I live in Michigan and have been getting between 29 and 33 miles per gallon in my 2006 Escape 4WD Hybrid. Mostly secondary roads about 30 miles per day to work and back. Almost 80,000 miles on it now; with no problems.

Much better than my 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 (10-13 mpg).

[tcooper185]

Welcome to HybridChat!

Good to hear your results of the Escape...been thinking of getting one as a family vehicle. Plenty of space for trips?

Tim

[Battery Boy]

I have a wife and 3 kids and we all fit pretty well. I would say the size is just right.

[Maggiei]

Technically I guess this is not the right place but I saw you owned a 2006. I am considering a purchase of a 2006 with 26,000 miles for $19,995. Consumer reports gave the brakes the worst possible rating. Has anyone had or heard of an explanation for this?

[Battery Boy]

I would guess that it is more about the feel and less about the performance. The vehicle stops just fine and 80,000 miles with no problems. But they do take a day or so to get use to the way they feel.

[Abishai100]

I think the Escape hybrid is as edgy and fun to drive as the Toyota HiHy.

You can get the HiHy in 2WD, but why bother?


Toyota is engineering its eco cars very well, which will make it difficult to compete with, however, the Escape handles just as well, and like you said, the mileage is competitive.

Chevrolet is designing hybrids such as the Equinox, which will re-assert American cars in the eco-hybrid automobile market (which is growing as fossil fuels disappear). Right now, I'd bet on the Escape, if not only for the mileage.

"The Andy Griffith Show" is popular in America and to the rest of the world, to a much less degree. If we have this edge, what's delaying us in taking over the hybrid vehicle market??? As Andy would say, "This vehicle just keeps on going on just about nothin'."