1997 Ford Escort LX review from North America

The biggest problem I have had is that the seats are very uncomfortable for long-distances. I have only had this car for about 5 or 6 months and I have already put 17000 miles on it, one trip of 1500 miles one way and two of 850 miles one way... needless to say, my toosch is a bit sore in the end.

Also, during these long highway trips, the noise is uncommonly loud.

On a trip to ND (I live in GA) I was again thankful for my 400+ miles per tank however, for unknown reasons, during my stay up there (three weeks) my fuel economy dropped to about 270-300 per tank!! I changed the air filter before I left though and it eased back into its wonder 400+.

I need new struts, but that is because my travels aren't strictly limited to the highway. I love going on those mountain dirt roads... and even across the occasional creek or log.

Oh, my tape deck has went out also.

I love my little car!!

As I have mentioned, I drive it a LOT and I have had no major problems.

I change the oil and filter every 3-5000 miles, throw a gas treatment/fuel injection cleaner before every long trip and give a car wash every so often and it does me quite well.

I get an average of 32-37 mpg and I love it.

It has a nice, little engine that gets me where I go when I need to get there and the good handling keeps me on the road when I'm going faster than I should.

I have the wagon model and I love the room that it offers. I have more than once put the seats down and taken a little snooze. I've also had it packed slam full on a couple of moves. I had to strap some on top, but it did it!

Overall, as I have said, I love my little car. The only qualm I have about it is that it seems to nice to take it some of the places that I do... maybe I should get a truck also, but I'd never get rid of my little purple car.