My parents have an Escape with the 2.0t. On highway trips along the Jersey Turnpike (perfectly flat road) they are lucky to average 24 mpg

In theory, yeah, but I have found that understressed V6’s in fairly aerodynamic cars are the king of highway mpgs because they can loaf along at like 1300 rpm in top gear

Magic! But also the fact that my 3.5l V6 only puts out 200 hp. I am sure that has something to do with it, but still, especially since it is rated at 26 highway. 26! On pure highway trips doing 75-80 I usually average over 30!

More or less, yeah

I am a fan of my current 2 car setup (pictures are from google, not my own). And somehow the Pontiac manages to routinely average close to 30 MPG even though it is 10 years old with a V6 and a 4 speed auto which is good since it is the commuter. And the Jeep for for good and/or really bad weather

Bond’s Z8 met its demise by being slashed in half by some sort of evil helicopter-saw-thing

Good to know. Good thing the Jeep never goes into the city (learned that one the hard way)

PA has state inspection but emissions is based on what county you are in. Although my Jeep is now 3 months overdue on inspection (it needs new tires and isn’t my DD) and no one has bothered me so I don’t know how strictly it is actually enforced

Wouldn’t you also have to be a full throttle to be accessing your car’s full horsepower?

On a trip from Philly to Chicago and back, we rented one of these (top trim, 4 cylinder, FWD). Over the course of the trip (mostly cruise set to 80 full of people and stuff) it averaged 29 mpg which I found very impressive

Yes, that is a thing. I know people who were in that same situation and they opted to lease again but they didn’t have to put an initial deposit because the “lease equity” covered it

A lot of dealerships will offer to use the net value between the end of lease buyout value and the actual current value and use it like a trade in. When my mom was finishing up the lease on her Rogue a few years ago, this was the case (she ended up just leasing another Rogue and didn’t have to put down an initial…

The Goodyears that came stock on my ‘07 Mazda3 were done at around 25k. Same with the Goodyears (I sense a pattern) that came on my ‘05 Wrangler

We are very satisfied with my wife’s ‘12 Liberty (bought new in Dec ‘11). Only recall was for the headrest restraint and that was fixed during an oil change

This is my favorite fun fact about the 4.0. ~80% of torque available at idle!

Even then I would be worried. Can you imagine how long this probably sat between even being started?

11 years old and only 1,000 miles? I would think every rubber bushing/hose/etc is gonna need to be replaced from lack of use

I don’t know if these were good or bad, but the urge is so strong (and my wife won’t let me because I already have a Jeep)

I had a buddy in college who had one and didn’t change the oil for like 25k+ miles. He neglected to mention that to the Honda dealer when he traded it in for a new Ridgeline

Well of course those have bigger trunks, they are designed to fit a 3rd row of seats (and are just bigger in general)