Rory, please tell us what costs have been and what your budget is, as well as mileage/condition.

Thank god, an article about a car owned by the staff that isnt about a total pos. This is good! More of this please.

These are awesome vehicles. Unfortunately all these articles and youtubers buying them has raised their already great resale value!

But I want a Focus (ST) on which Escape is based on

Good points..to get a bronco to match what I already own would cost north of 40k. I really, really like the broncos but I just can't pull the trigger when my 4x4 is paid off and in great shape. I'm tempted but I won't. 

Imagine thinking cars aren’t politics in 2020. Ram releasing a truck which achieves ten real-world miles per gallon is a political statement.

Neutral: A Rav4 EV or something similar. 

it’s terrible, it manages the unique GM styling skill of simultaneously integrating things like LEDs and modern tech into a design that looks 12 years old the day it leaves the factory.

Yes, the outspoken Muslim immigrant who is known for criticizing jingoism and white supremacy will say anything to be popular and beloved.

“I’m absolutely sick and tired of politics right now, and Twitch is one of the places I go to escape it all.”

People voted for George W Bush because he seemed like a guy you could have a beer with.

“All because I wanted to replace, as a precaution, a water pump that ended up being in perfectly fine shape.”

Nailed it.

because men are very, very fragile snowflakes in this country, that is why. I agree w/you.. 

Why does it need to look mean? The whole “every vehicle needs to look pissed” thing is WAAAAY overdone. It looks like a Honda, and looks perfectly fine to me. Ultimately, it IS a Pilot with an open bed, so why shouldn’t it look like that?

Most people are intellectual lazy and uninformed / misinformed.

By the way, this asshole you quote so well probably lives in Bumblefuck, Wyoming about 159 miles from the nearest town and bitches about the USPS (even though fair rates for him should be 20 times higher), bitches about communist Amtrak (even though Amtrak makes a lot of money in the NE corridor and then gives away…

“WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT, WELFARE ABUSING, GOVERNMENT OVERSPENDING IS THIS?! A FUCKING MERCEDES IS DROPPING OFF MY MAIL?! I CAN’T EVEN AFFORD A NEW FUCKING KIA, AND I’M PAYING THAT ASSHOLES SALARY TO DRIVE A MERCEDES?! NO WONDER TRUMP WANTS TO KILL THE USPS, THIS IS BULLLLLSHIITTTTTT”

Corey LaJoie at the Daytona Road Course’s sponsors?

Hey, don’t forget about all of the people who get sick, survive, and end up with permanent organ damage. They’ll need to sell their bikes, too.