Me and the wife just picked up our brand new 2006 Ford Escape XLT to replace her aging 1997 F-150. Redfire Metallic, gorgeous color, with the 3.0L V6 and 4WD. 6-CD disc changer, power everything, and they're having a moonroof installed next week. We got it for just over $24,000 with my discount through CompUSA. And with 0% financing for 60 months our payments are only $407 a month!

Very, very nice. Those are great small ute's, and I still like them a lot more than some of the newer ones, especially the GM's with their odd steering/suspension and sometimes iffy build quality. My neighbor bought a used '01 Escape XLS V6 and loves it.

Good luck with it! :AH-HA_wink:

Congratulations, bowtie dude. Thanks for keeping it close to home.

Congratulations, bowtie dude.  Thanks for keeping it close to home.

Word. I wish we could have made it an Equinox, but I get Ford vehicles at dealer invoice and that combined with 0% financing just made it too good a deal to pass up.

I'll probably be getting myself a Mazda3 5-door or Ford Fusion within the next six months. I sat in a Charcoal Beige (BEAUTIFUL color, btw) Fusion SEL V6 and it is NICE on the inside. The dash materials are fantastic, I came away VERY impressed.