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We have two 2017s that are identical but for the 1.5 and 2.0 engine and the exterior color.
I feel that the 1.5 is adequate for most all driving but since my wife drives the 1.5 in mostly city driving it's average MPG is at 23.3 after 2500 miles (since June) and my 2.0 gets more highway time and it's at 30.4 average with about 3000 miles (since July) right now.
They are comfortable and drive nice. 0
My wife's biggest derogatory comment is that it drives more like a mini-van to her. She says that her old 2008 Escape 4cyl AWD. drove more like a truck. I am only reporting...not agreeing.
The stop /start feature isn't too annoying but it invariably has to restart within 3 seconds or less of when it stalls at a traffic light. Either the light is going to change soon after it stops or the cars in the line tend to stop for the red light and then they inch up a bit. I don't think that this is a local thing. People just do this. and if you don't close ranks then the guy behind you gets ticked. There is also another issue when the car stops and the steering wheel is turned, it kicks.
My big issue? Ok, a minor issue after a bit of history. I learned to drive on a simpler car. Wind-up windows and vents, no air conditioning, no power steering or power disc brakes on all fours. I mean, my grandpa's 49 Dodge had this lever that you pushed and a vent rose up in front of the windshield for forced fresh air...I think that there was a heater but the seats were wool and there was an old USMC wool blanket in case it was cold out.
So, a lot of features are nice on these new-fangled buggies but not all that important to my old mind. For example, the backup camera is nice but now I feel that I have to check my 5 mirrors, one camera, I also have to turn my head to the quarter panel windows to check while backing up from a parking space because none of the mirrors or that camera look to the left and right for the texting walkers in the Walmart parking lots.
There is a tendency to pack too much of these neat features into the electronic gadgets,
& Trying to navigate the on-screen controls isn't worth the danger and distraction while driving.
Sooo...since it's getting into the 50's F in the mornings and the air conditioning is needed in the afternoons in Ohio at this time (early September)...I need to figure out how to change from air conditioning to just plain vents and heater on the automatic climate control. This car isn't equipped to do this with one button it seems....
If I hit the "auto" button then the air conditioning turns on and I can set the global or zones temperatures to a nice comfy place but when it's colder outside,
I want to turn off the automatic and go into just heater or vent.
So, Logically,
1) pushing the "Auto" button turns off the auto but...
2) then the air conditioner remains turned on and goes into polar mode as the fan kicks into hyper freeze and 747 jet blast.
3)Turning off the air conditioner next turns on the auto light. Fan's still at Force 10.
4) Turning off the auto and then hitting the floor and chest vents. and finally I'm good but my wife yells about the temperature and spooling F18 afterburner fan speed...and opens the window.
Is there an installation procedure for that new Amazon Echo Silver device so that I can just tell O'Dessa what I want the car to do?

As a side note, my 2.0 turbo rocks on acceleration.>
I feel that the 1.5 is adequate for most all driving but since my wife drives the 1.5 in mostly city driving it's average MPG is at 23.3 after 2500 miles (since June) and my 2.0 gets more highway time and it's at 30.4 average with about 3000 miles (since July) right now.
They are comfortable and drive nice. 0
My wife's biggest derogatory comment is that it drives more like a mini-van to her. She says that her old 2008 Escape 4cyl AWD. drove more like a truck. I am only reporting...not agreeing.
The stop /start feature isn't too annoying but it invariably has to restart within 3 seconds or less of when it stalls at a traffic light. Either the light is going to change soon after it stops or the cars in the line tend to stop for the red light and then they inch up a bit. I don't think that this is a local thing. People just do this. and if you don't close ranks then the guy behind you gets ticked. There is also another issue when the car stops and the steering wheel is turned, it kicks.
My big issue? Ok, a minor issue after a bit of history. I learned to drive on a simpler car. Wind-up windows and vents, no air conditioning, no power steering or power disc brakes on all fours. I mean, my grandpa's 49 Dodge had this lever that you pushed and a vent rose up in front of the windshield for forced fresh air...I think that there was a heater but the seats were wool and there was an old USMC wool blanket in case it was cold out.
So, a lot of features are nice on these new-fangled buggies but not all that important to my old mind. For example, the backup camera is nice but now I feel that I have to check my 5 mirrors, one camera, I also have to turn my head to the quarter panel windows to check while backing up from a parking space because none of the mirrors or that camera look to the left and right for the texting walkers in the Walmart parking lots.
There is a tendency to pack too much of these neat features into the electronic gadgets,
& Trying to navigate the on-screen controls isn't worth the danger and distraction while driving.
Sooo...since it's getting into the 50's F in the mornings and the air conditioning is needed in the afternoons in Ohio at this time (early September)...I need to figure out how to change from air conditioning to just plain vents and heater on the automatic climate control. This car isn't equipped to do this with one button it seems....
If I hit the "auto" button then the air conditioning turns on and I can set the global or zones temperatures to a nice comfy place but when it's colder outside,
I want to turn off the automatic and go into just heater or vent.
So, Logically,
1) pushing the "Auto" button turns off the auto but...
2) then the air conditioner remains turned on and goes into polar mode as the fan kicks into hyper freeze and 747 jet blast.
3)Turning off the air conditioner next turns on the auto light. Fan's still at Force 10.
4) Turning off the auto and then hitting the floor and chest vents. and finally I'm good but my wife yells about the temperature and spooling F18 afterburner fan speed...and opens the window.
Is there an installation procedure for that new Amazon Echo Silver device so that I can just tell O'Dessa what I want the car to do?
As a side note, my 2.0 turbo rocks on acceleration.>