Ya'all know by now I like to peruse eBay once in a while for "2008 escape"

Say this listing today for a salvaged 08, says it was a rollover. If that's true, it looks dang good! Sunroof still intact, impressive!
The sickening part, you see the odometer at like 468Mi!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-...spagenameZWDVW

 

Given the location (Brighton MI) I'd guess this was a slow speed rural road rollover in a deep dirt/grass ditch. In any event, the roof rigidity looks excellent. I always wondered what the side airbag deployment would do to the seats (don't want to try it). This looks like a great project car for someone who wants to do something completely different with a FEH chassis.

 

Look again . It is not a Ford Escape HYBRID.

 

You are right Bill.

It looks to me like it was T-Bone'd and pushed over on it's side.
No actual "roll over" onto the roof.
It is "XLT" and not hybrid.
I was 'almost' interested in a parts car for $6500 or whatever.

 

My FEH had only 437 miles.

Here is link to pictures.
http://picasaweb.google.com/fastford...tSoGreatEscape

Link to my original post.
https://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/...ght-feh-15495/

 

I notice on both of these Escapes the moonroof is still in one piece even when the area above the windshield has been crushed.

I like how strong the roof/frame seems to be even with a piece of glass in the center.


On a mildly related note, I once wrecked a rental car (wasn't my fault) that had less than 200 miles on it... Good thing I got the rental insurance. Kinda funny to hand the keys back to the rental clerk and say, "I don't think you'll be renting that one out today..."

 

Its not even an XLT, the ad says 4cyl - thats XLS?

 

Last I knew... your own auto insurance covers that kind of damage in almost all cases. I was pretty srue the rental insurace they offer you at the rental counter is a scam because you are already covered as an insured driver.

 

That's the kicker... I didn't own a car at the time and thus had no personal insurance... I did get a call from the head office asking for my personal insurance information, I could hear the dissatisfaction when they realized there wasn't anyone to push this off on.

I kinda miss the days when I had mass transit readily available and only had to rent when I needed to. It was so much cheaper. This was all before Zip car. It would be even easier now.

 

There is a wrecked 07 Escape Hybrid awd (mere 4,000 km!) for sale in Quebec, Canada. Don't know the price, but here's the link: sorry don't know how to 'hot it' you''ll have to paste. If you want the dealer will email you photos, did for me.

http://www.canadatrader.com/result/d...9&pgno=1&srt=1