Posts tagged BOULDER
2022 Ford Escape Hybrid
Aug 23rd
You are starting to see more Ford Escape Hybrids abound Boulder County now because they are available and can be purchased same day or with a very short wait at your dealership. Boulder is a hyper EV and hybrid conscious community and we want anything that smacks of electric now.
The Ford Escape Electric Hybrid was one of the first small SUVs to come out back in the early 2000s. I owned a 2006 Escape hybrid during the last gasoline crisis. Then congressman Polis bought one of the first 2005 Escape hybrids and drove it for years. The early models would run electric for 20 miles at less than 30 mph and got overall 30mpg or 420 miles per tank.
The new redesigned 2020 to 2022 Escape Hybrid gets 44/37 mpg. The hybrid is powered by a 2.5-liter four-cylinder paired with an electric motor and battery; total system output amounts to 200 hp. Zero to 60 in 8.7 seconds. Not bad.
It earns a 5 star NHTSA safety rating which is excellent. It has the most front leg room in its class. I like the non plug-in version for around town , but the plug-in for commutes to Denver . The plug-in, adds a larger 14.4-kWh battery pack and delivers 221 hp. It is also capable of up to 37 miles of electric range, and 105 mpg-e combined driving on gas and electricity or 520 miles on one tank of gas. That’s driving from here to SanteFe for the weekend with fuel to spare.
Prices Range from $31,000 to $41,000 depending on trim levels, powertrains, plugin and dealer markup. I was able to purchase one without much trouble.
The Gun Crazies will come after Boulder Again
Jun 8th
Boulder city Council passed 6 gun control measures last night which is good, but I am concerned still.
Next the council must insure there is police protection in our schools. we need SROs back in all schools. School Resource Officers….. There is too much chatter on the gun forums about shooting up more schools. Boulder has a target on its back . The gun people will come back after us the way they did during the last assault weapons ban. The held 3 armed protests then and it is a wonder no one was shot . The police were out gunned .
Then Alissa came with an assault weapon and armor and killed ten of us. They wont stop. They will be back to kill more of us. The Boulder police needs to be ready and proactive.
Correction: The Mayor wrote to me and said “a majority of council actually voted in favor of working with the FBI on the Joint Terrorism Task Force. The MOU with the FBI was finalized recently. ” So my First impression was not accurate but some of the council members appeared to give the chief of police a hard time over the FBI. Have no doubt. We need the FBI and the ATF too now in order to make Boulder safe from shooters.
December Car buying on the web by Jann Scott
Nov 26th
The best deals come this time of the year when “Program cars” come back. Dealers snap them up at the dealer car auction in Denver every Monday. Program cars are LEASE and Fleet vehicles being turned back in. . Usually same year or 1 or two years old. This is also the time of the year when they come in. December is the slowest month of the year for car sales. Dealers have to clear everything out by January 1st to end the year; in order to get better bank rates for them(not you) and better order allotments from the manufactures.
The best place to find cars right now is on the web. Look for the specific car 2018, 17 or 16. Example I found my son a 2 year old program car at Boulder Toyota for $7000. We did a wide search and it popped up. It is not that we wanted to go to Boulder Toyota. they had what we were looking for. we did a search for a 2015 vehicle for $7000. We bought it that Day on Dec. 27th. They had to move it.
Is the dealer is your friend?
You have to work the numbers online. Car dealers are like strippers and prostitutes. You are the John. You think they love you.. lol… but when you leave the club , all of your money is gone.
Online car purchases and research is far more sophisticated. they can’t get into your head. and they are excellent at it,
I bought my 2016 VW Jetta in June 2016 for $15,800 (7000 under retail) from O’Meara VW on 104th. VW was pushing the cars out in the aftermath of the diesel scandal but the petro version is a perfectly good car and get 40 mph highway. But I did an online search.
do the Research online and buy a “program car”
If you want to buy an old car: ie 2015 or older, then forget it.. there are deals as in an actual deals.
How do I know all this. Among my many talents, I have been an automotive reviewer since 1969, a member of IMPA and RMAP and worked in the car industry for a period.
But with the interweb anybody can find the car they want for the price they need to pay… and have the dealers ship it here. or set the price with you online and then you go in and buy it. . good luck
the term Good Deal in the car business is synonymous with taking all of your money. don’t use it. Just work the number on line 🙂
(ps I worked for the Daily Camera and Colorado Daily in 2002 – 3 as their Auto Reviewer. They fired me for articles like this and Ford seriously threatened to suit me when I discovered a malfunction in the front wheel drive Saab turbo. a few years later Saab went broke.) ps I also reviewed cars on cable tv and online.