My 2003 Prius has had it. At 230,000 miles it was time to trade it in. It served me well and we went places I had no business taking it (read “some pretty nasty dirt roads”). But it wasn’t really a good car for landscape photography. Nevertheless, it never complained.
So around the end of last year I started thinking about a car that would be great for the kind of photography I do. I had some basic requirements:
- Cargo space (to carry all my gear including the stuff I need for workshops)
- High clearance (for those nasty dirt roads)
- Good gas mileage (I was addicted to 45 mpg from the Prius)
- 4WD (again, to go those nasty dirt roads)
A survey on the internet turned up several makes and models but the Ford Escape hybrid was at the top of the list. I visited the dealer and none were to be found in all of Southern California so on January 11th I placed the order. The decision looked good on paper but would the actual vehicle measure up?
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