Actually, though the design isn't cutting edge, it's a little better than the "super-Civic" looks of the current CRV, and definitely not as "Ssangyong" as the up-coming CRV that they have in the US now.
The Escape is not the most practical of CUVs, but it rides and handles much better than the CRV. Recalls? At least they didn't have Escapes catching fire like a certain Honda used to do...
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November 28th, 2006 03:47 PM #1
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November 29th, 2006 07:12 PM #2may sumabog na ford expedition sa friend ko. pero pinalitan din nman.
grabe, ulitin ko lang, SUMABOG lols
but my choice still goes to escape. mas masarap sumakay. at hindi masyadong kalat sa kalsada. :-)
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November 30th, 2006 02:14 PM #3I was referring to the fact that a number of 2.4 liter CRVs in the US caught on fire because of faulty oil filter designs.
Or, we could talk about delaminating windshields on old Civics (US) that would suddenly crack... or... maybe about local Civics with faulty gas tank straps that could give way (thankfully, they issued a recall for this)...
Expedition? Hehe... it really is a piece of ****. I have four uncles who own them... ghastly difficult vehicles to maintain... but nice and comfortable... a car you could only own if you didn't care about spending $$$ on maintenance. The Escape is Mazda based, so, though it's not problem-free (what Mazda is?), it's not as bad as Ford's US-designed products.
Not that the Escape is perfect... the "melting tail-light" issue is a really bad one... and the tip-over issue is a relevant one... but that's on US-spec tires... our local tires might not be grippy enough to cause that. Tip-over on the CRV? Hehe... the local CRV's tires are so slippery that you'll end up off the road way before it starts to tip over...
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November 30th, 2006 05:49 PM #5Some crash tests results for your reference:
Ford Escape:
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/ratingsbyseries.aspx?id=322
Honda CRV:
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/ratingsbyseries.aspx?id=307
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