The interior is very comfortable with more than ample head and leg room. They help me keep a safe distance from cars ahead of me and in my own lane. like adaptive cruise and lane keeping options. Have no complaints about the vehicles performance esp. Haven't filled up the tank yet, and it looks like I'm burning gas at a rate of about 1 gal/month. Most driving consists of daily trips of less than 30 miles. Owned the car for 4 months averaging 500 miles per month. Also found spinning the shifter would cause a fault so I don’t do that anymore. There is a flapping sound occasionally coming from right rear which appears to be vents for air flow. All depends on temperature, driving conditions and accessories. Get excellent mileage electric or hybrid as stated before. Update - I’ve owned this car over a year and am very pleased. Hope it’s more reliable than my last Ford mariner hybrid. Ideally the seat would be a little softer, it would have active noise control like my equinox, ride a little better and have a prettier interior more like the Kia Sportage hybrid but overall I’m pleased with the vehicle. In summary it’s a pretty good car and very efficient, very roomy. I thought they might have run out of parts during assembly. The exhaust is surprisingly throaty sounding. My previous hybrid didn’t save much gas in cold weather with the heated seats, heater, wipers, etc all on. I drive the fwd equinox in the winter anyway with snow tires and will only drive this in nice weather. AWD is way over rated in my opinion and with good tires FWD is no issue in snow. I’ve hit the windshield wiper button a couple times reaching for it. The push button is a little awkward but I use my thumb to start. On old pitted pavement road noise is evident. My equinox rides better, is quiet with the active noise control and is more comfortable but the Escape is ok in those areas. I have only used 10 gallons of gas in 2200 miles of driving. In hybrid mode I would estimate about 40 mpg. Normal all around driving yields 37 miles electric. I’m sure if I drove high speeds the electric range would be less than advertised. If I do expressway driving I tend to save or charge the battery with those options. The electric range can vary but driving around town like the old man I am in 70 degree weather I’m getting 42 actual miles per charge.
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