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hurple

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9. I hit a deer about 8 months ago...

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 12:17 PM

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And insurance totalled my 2013 Ford C-Max hybrid. It was tip top of the line for its day. My favorite car ever.

I replaced it with a 2023 Ford Escape hybrid. Also the tip top of the line, every option available. Beautiful car. But, even 10 years newer it has fewer bells and whistles than the 2103. The ONLY thing that's "better" is that the Escape is larger but gets almost 10 mpg better mileage. Other than that, the 2013 blows it away in amenities.

Crazy!

But I still miss my C-Max.

(I was looking at Toyota Rav-4s but found the Esacpe by accident and it was a unicorn. $25,000 for a vehicle that sold for $60,000 new. It was even less than a nearby Ford lot had a 2021 Escape of a lower tier amenities package. And we are Ford people. My oldest daughter was the manager of our local Ford dealer for a decade or more.)

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