However, the pudgy, homely, disproportionate car you see in this photo would have to do a helluva lot to gain a place in my heart. Behold, the Ford Eco Sport.
My Focus, which I will say has gained my respect if not my love, had a couple of factory recalls outstanding that I have waited years to take care of. Yesterday, I dropped off the silver hatch back to finally get those taken care of. The super-nice folks at Sunset Ford offered a rental car while mine was getting the love, and I couldn't refuse a rental car since I still gotta work.
In the cold, dark, misty night, the Enterprise rental guy led me to this off-red (sorta pinkie looking red) lump. He apologized, perhaps seeing the disappointment on my face. I took the keys, knowing that there was no reason to be upset because I just needed transportation.
The Eco has 2k miles on it, so it's essentially new. Yet, that is the most positive thing I can say about it. I mean, just look at this thing. I has the most unpleasing shape of any modern SUV (high-car, if you'd like) on the road. I found out pretty quickly that the only difference when pushing on the gas pedal lightly and pushing on the gas pedal violently was more agricultural, farm equipment-like noise from the front of the car. No difference in speed, really. Just more noise. Checking out the sticker price which was still on the window, I was surprised to see that they wanted $24k for this thing, farm noises and all. Must be because the tractor engine under the hood is a turbo. A turbo THREE CYLINDER 1.0. Wow. One can only wonder what the outcome would be if they DIDN'T have the turbo on this beast. Seems like a heckuva lot of money for an engine that is missing it's 4th cylinder. Don't get me started on the auto start/stop feature.
Can't wait to get the Focus back. I will gladly hand the Eco's keys back. There are some things, however new, that just aren't worth it.
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