2014 Ford Fusion Hybrid
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Hello again,
Thank you all for your responses.
My wife and I just came back from a day of test driving cars. This is a tough decision as there are so many great vehicles out there. The bar is set so high even compared to a few years ago. The last time we purchased a new car was in 2002.
Here are my impressions;
I loved the driving experience of the Focus hybrid however there was just not enough storage room to make it feasible, so it is off this list.
There was so much to love about the CRV however there was one thing that I just could not get past, and it was such a simple but annoying thing. The emergency brake pedal located on the left side of the foot well trapped my lower leg in such a way that I could not move my leg the way I would like to. This would be a problem on longer drives when I like to move my leg around and the placement of the pedal was in the way when I tried to straighten out my leg. What a dumb place to put this. I may need to omit the CRV as a choice based on this.
The Chevy Equinox was a very impressive car. It was the largest of the bunch and drove very nice. It is your typical crossover doing nothing outstanding but everything pretty good. It had the best choice for bells and whistles. Auto rear hatch door, power passenger seats, you name it it had it. It could a choice that we go with.
Last was the new Jeep Cherokee, the smaller sibling of the Grand Cherokee. Great car with lots of potential. It drove very nice and was very comfortable. There are lots of choices of models in the Cherokee lineup. If this was our choice we probably would go with the Limited model. Less off road capable than the top of the line "Trail Hawk" model but more capable than any other cross over in it's class. We would not be doing any hard core off roading, just easy stuff so more than enough capability.
It will be a tough decision but we are between the Equinox and the Cherokee. I do not think we can make a bad choice. The Cherokee has consistently receives better ratings than the Equinox so that may be the push we need. The price is fairly similar for either.
If anyone has any opinions on these I would love to hear them.
Best,
Stuart & Leslie
Thank you all for your responses.
My wife and I just came back from a day of test driving cars. This is a tough decision as there are so many great vehicles out there. The bar is set so high even compared to a few years ago. The last time we purchased a new car was in 2002.
Here are my impressions;
I loved the driving experience of the Focus hybrid however there was just not enough storage room to make it feasible, so it is off this list.
There was so much to love about the CRV however there was one thing that I just could not get past, and it was such a simple but annoying thing. The emergency brake pedal located on the left side of the foot well trapped my lower leg in such a way that I could not move my leg the way I would like to. This would be a problem on longer drives when I like to move my leg around and the placement of the pedal was in the way when I tried to straighten out my leg. What a dumb place to put this. I may need to omit the CRV as a choice based on this.
The Chevy Equinox was a very impressive car. It was the largest of the bunch and drove very nice. It is your typical crossover doing nothing outstanding but everything pretty good. It had the best choice for bells and whistles. Auto rear hatch door, power passenger seats, you name it it had it. It could a choice that we go with.
Last was the new Jeep Cherokee, the smaller sibling of the Grand Cherokee. Great car with lots of potential. It drove very nice and was very comfortable. There are lots of choices of models in the Cherokee lineup. If this was our choice we probably would go with the Limited model. Less off road capable than the top of the line "Trail Hawk" model but more capable than any other cross over in it's class. We would not be doing any hard core off roading, just easy stuff so more than enough capability.
It will be a tough decision but we are between the Equinox and the Cherokee. I do not think we can make a bad choice. The Cherokee has consistently receives better ratings than the Equinox so that may be the push we need. The price is fairly similar for either.
If anyone has any opinions on these I would love to hear them.
Best,
Stuart & Leslie
