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Rest in Peace
The new Escape doesn't ride as soft and smooth as the old Crown Vic, but overall, it's much more comfortable, especially for old folks. The seats are at a height that makes it easier getting in and out, plus the higher seats leave your knees bent more instead of your legs sticking more straight out, and there's a comfortable "foot rest" for your left foot. Of course I haven't gotten it over 70 mph, but it'll jump up there so fast, that I do believe it would outrun the Crown Vic. And of course it has some cute little features that aren't necessary, but nice, like no visible keypad on the door, but you can touch the door in the right place and one lights up, and instrument panel readouts with compass heading, outside temperature, wide angle lenses on the upper, outside corner of the outside mirrors, etc.
And Dennis, being a Ford salesman might be good. At least at Bill Utter Ford, you're treated with respect, no high pressure sales tactics, and I was offered a better deal that I was ever offered anywhere else. I took a 2011 Honda CRV for a test drive at the local Honda dealer. It was not only overpriced, but I guess I look old and senile enough that the sales manager thought he could really stick it to me. He offered me $750 trade-in for the Crown Vic, CarMax offered me $1,700 for it (whether I bought a car from them or not), and Bill Utter gave me $3,500 for it, and that was after he knocked another $2,000 plus off their advertised price. Of course it was the same salesman I bought the Crown Vic from nearly five and a half years ago, but he'd had their appraiser appraise it, and I told him to start with about the power door locks not working and their service department being unable to find a new electronic module for it.
And Dennis, being a Ford salesman might be good. At least at Bill Utter Ford, you're treated with respect, no high pressure sales tactics, and I was offered a better deal that I was ever offered anywhere else. I took a 2011 Honda CRV for a test drive at the local Honda dealer. It was not only overpriced, but I guess I look old and senile enough that the sales manager thought he could really stick it to me. He offered me $750 trade-in for the Crown Vic, CarMax offered me $1,700 for it (whether I bought a car from them or not), and Bill Utter gave me $3,500 for it, and that was after he knocked another $2,000 plus off their advertised price. Of course it was the same salesman I bought the Crown Vic from nearly five and a half years ago, but he'd had their appraiser appraise it, and I told him to start with about the power door locks not working and their service department being unable to find a new electronic module for it.
