car for everyday use....will you recommend the Ford Escape?

[rockiee_s]

hi guys....

want to get your opinion. my mom (celebrating her 68th bday soon) is requesting that she gets an SUV as a gift for her upcoming birthday.

because i already know someone from Ford (kasi Ford Fiesta dapat bibilin ko last February), the Ford Escape was recommended.

do you think its a good SUV for my mom? i really dont know why she wants an SUV (baka iwas baha) or maybe simply because we haven't had any SUV ever since. we live in paranaque and she frequents makati and sta rosa (laguna). and very soon, we will all transfer to sta rosa.

please help me decide. parang, 50% ang decision ko eh. 50% kasi sobrang ganda ang binibigay na promo (laking discount). 50% ayaw ko kasi nadidinig ko sobrang lakas sa gas.

thanks in advance.

[renzo_d10]

I heard the 2.2L Escape does fine. Though in my experience with the older 3.0L V6 Escape, the economy was really bad. As if that's not to expect. Though IMO, there's still a bit of masculinity in the Escape -- design-wise that is. Hence, I would recommend a more unisex-oriented vehicle such as the Tucson, Sportage or the ASX. Both are albeit newer too.

The Tucson Theta II, as per experience has poor fuel economy. But if you're leaning towards the R-eVGT variant then it should do good. About the Sportage's economy, no idea.

Pero pinaka-bagay talaga sa mom mo yung ASX.

[jaymd]

diesel suv for city use. tucson kaso marami blind spots ang liit kasi ng mga salamin. pwde din forester NA. 6 airbags, abs, stability control. may sunroof pag mag tagaytay sya, great all around visibility. asx pwede din due to its compact size and simple interior/controls(less fiddling less accidents) ford escape? wag na lang hehe

[rockiee_s]

thanks renzo. maaasahan ka talaga kahit kailan!

but i checked the prices of those other choices. mas mahal ng malaki kasi. kung malapit lapit lang ang presyo sana.

ford is giving the escape to me at 1.06M tapos more than 100k ang discount.

2.3L pala ang engine nya. first time din namin na magkakaron ng any engine bigger than 2L. kaya wala talaga akong idea kung gano kalakas sa gas.

ASX is 1.2M right? tapos wala pang promo.

[rockiee_s]

diesel suv for city use. tucson kaso marami blind spots ang liit kasi ng mga salamin. pwde din forester NA. 6 airbags, abs, stability control. may sunroof pag mag tagaytay sya, great all around visibility. asx pwede din due to its compact size and simple interior/controls(less fiddling less accidents) ford escape? wag na lang hehe

hi jaymd. thanks.

how much ang forester? may budget kasi kaming magkakapatid. 1M lang (kinukuripot ang nanay!!!) hehehehe. wala lang talaga kaming pera.

[jaymd]

the forester costs 1.4M ata. pwede ka na mag 4x2 na fort or montero kaso medyo malaki sya for your mom diesel pa naman sana yun. the XV is 1.3M ata. asx is 1.25 M automatic. 1M budget for a bnew CUV baka escape lang nga pasok sa budget or GAS na tucson? Pahiram mo na lang yan veloster mo hehe.

[rockiee_s]

naku, malayo talaga sa budget namin.

kaya nga gusto namin ibili ng sarili nyang car, kasi gusto daw nya pang araw araw ang veloster! maselan! at ayaw daw nya ng coolbear ko.

hay....

pero dahil love namin, escape na nga lang.

[jaymd]

how much is the escape ba with promo? my brother used to have 2009 escape na company car. returned it when he transferred to another company and bought another escape early 2011 model 10t kms only for 700k last dec.

[rockiee_s]

1,060,000 less 130k discount tapos all in na. so lalabas 900k plus lang all in na.

regarding the escape of your brother, that means he was quite satisfied with his first unit kaya yun pa rin binili nya. any negative comments you heard from your bro?

[renzo_d10]

Malaki talaga discounts ng Escape. Hindi ko lang alam kung bakit, pero outgoing model na yung ngayon diba ?

Basta comments ko sa Escape, mukha talagang disente from afar or kahit malapitan -- lalo na pag white. Simplistic na ewan. Iba rin yung feel when you drive a Ford. Don't know why, feels expensive kahit saan aspects.

Yun nga lang the economy might suffer talaga. Pero kung kaya naman ni mother dear, go nalang.