They sell Escapes in Australia?

Ed

Trentus wrote:

> "Chenz759" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'll be in the market for a new car in the next few months and
> > The Escape seems like it might fit the bill.
> > Does anyone have any experience with this vehicle?
> > Think it could handle this kind of driving?
>
> We had one come along on a 4WD trip run by our 4WD club.
> It didnt' make it through the first part of the weekend.
> And all we'd done was a fire-trail.
>
> The problem was the humps they put on the tracks to make water flow across
> the track rather than down it.
> It kept bottoming out on these humps. And it wasn't long before a bashplate
> was driven up into the works.
> We had to stop 3 times, about 30 minutes each time, to bash the thing back
> down again - not made any easier by the difficult access, and the fact that
> it's mounted on rubber, so all attempts to bash it back were absorbed by the
> rubber.
> They had to come home on the blacktop on the second day, while we all
> continued on with the 4WDing.
>
> Can't say anything about it's sand capabilities, but it's ground clearance
> was woefully inadequate even for a basic Australian Fire Trail.
> It wouldn't likely have a hope in hell of doing anything more severe.
>
> Trentus