red & tribby

you guys are getting like ford & firestone. lets hope this stays out of the courts.<br><br>as a non-owner, but someone who did a lot of research on the trib/escape, to me (and a lot of others who are not technical people around cars), after you get past the sheetmetal, I see the major components of the two cars the same. In my mind its like the taurus/sable comparison.

I agree with tinoman - seems to be a lot of scrapping over not much. For me, the Escape was never really in the running - both my wife and I do not like the dash on the Escape with the black numbers on white face. Cosmetic? Of course. But it is right in your face all the time.<br><br>The escape also is a little to 'trucky' for my taste - I much prefer the styling of the Tribute which appears to be more 'high-end' to my eye.<br><br>Also tinoman - thanks for the information on the rail stuff, but it turns out I won't need it - I am picking up my light parchment gold ES V6 today!! Ordered it in April. Very exciting stuff.<br><br>Thanz

Point to Mr. RedEscapeMan. Thank you. You purchased the Tribute for cosmetic reasons, and good ones at that! As for me,I wanted the Escape precisely because of its more "truck like" appearance.<br><br>Mr. Tribby, not a word here about those wonderful mechanical differences?? My, oh, my.