With winter quickly approaching and an expected severity not seen in the last 100 years in this part of the country, Kelly and I decided it was finally time to part ways with her beloved Convertible V6 Mustang. We had been researching compact SUV's for the last several weeks and just could not come up with a vehicle that we both loved, so the decision was not quickly made. However, this weekend we saw an ad for a 2011 Ford Escape 4x4 at quite a good price, so we went and took a peek. It turned out that one was a manual transmission, which wouldn't work so well for Kelly, so we looked at the Escape on the showroom floor. Sun/Moonroof, Sync Audio System, All-wheel drive, V6 engine with 6800 lbs. towing capacity (insert Tim Allen grunt), and enough safety features to keep my wife as far out of danger as possible. Done deal. The first vehicle that Kelly and I were both super stoked about. We drove that thing home with huge grins on our faces and McDonalds in our bellies (we were starved after a 6 hour test driving and negotiating process). I spent a few hours watching the Huskies prove how terrible they are (41-0 to Stanford at home, I hate those smart kids), and Kelly wrote a paper for school. We didn't make it more than a couple hours before we both hopped in the Escape and went for a late night ice cream run so we could play with the Sync Audio system some more. It's very awesome, very confusing, and very fun. Around 11pm we realized that we never carved our pumpkins. Whoops. No problem, we didn't get a single trick or treater anyway. I'm beginning to think we'll never get rid of the leftover candy from the candy bar at our wedding. Oh well. If you want to go for a spin, we are looking for any excuse to take our new toy out. I call driving!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Our Newest Toy
With winter quickly approaching and an expected severity not seen in the last 100 years in this part of the country, Kelly and I decided it was finally time to part ways with her beloved Convertible V6 Mustang. We had been researching compact SUV's for the last several weeks and just could not come up with a vehicle that we both loved, so the decision was not quickly made. However, this weekend we saw an ad for a 2011 Ford Escape 4x4 at quite a good price, so we went and took a peek. It turned out that one was a manual transmission, which wouldn't work so well for Kelly, so we looked at the Escape on the showroom floor. Sun/Moonroof, Sync Audio System, All-wheel drive, V6 engine with 6800 lbs. towing capacity (insert Tim Allen grunt), and enough safety features to keep my wife as far out of danger as possible. Done deal. The first vehicle that Kelly and I were both super stoked about. We drove that thing home with huge grins on our faces and McDonalds in our bellies (we were starved after a 6 hour test driving and negotiating process). I spent a few hours watching the Huskies prove how terrible they are (41-0 to Stanford at home, I hate those smart kids), and Kelly wrote a paper for school. We didn't make it more than a couple hours before we both hopped in the Escape and went for a late night ice cream run so we could play with the Sync Audio system some more. It's very awesome, very confusing, and very fun. Around 11pm we realized that we never carved our pumpkins. Whoops. No problem, we didn't get a single trick or treater anyway. I'm beginning to think we'll never get rid of the leftover candy from the candy bar at our wedding. Oh well. If you want to go for a spin, we are looking for any excuse to take our new toy out. I call driving!
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If you need help with the SYNC... gimme a call. I'll show you every aspect possible as I worked on the development team for it last year ;)
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