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Originally Posted by mechman600
Nice. I've wanted an Escape Hybrid for years. The thing that held me back is that they cannot tow at all. I need to be able to tow a small trailer (~850 lbs loaded with my motorcycle) because I don't have a pickup truck.
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Not rated to tow isn't the same as not being able to. I've seen several posts of people towing with them. 850lbs shouldn't be a problem on flat land.
Jeff- I never got around to doing any more than max sidewall and removing the roof racks. My city commute didn't give me much motivation to pursue any aeromods. I think a belly pan would help a lot, its pretty filthy aerodynamically under there.
The Escape uses an eCVT and atkinson-like engine, same idea as the Prius. However, while the Prius will kill the ICE pretty much whenever you take your foot off the gas under 40mph, the first few years of the Escape need more convincing (slightly tapping the brake). The later years were programmed to act more like the Prius in this regard.