With liability at 250/500K, and coll with 1K ded, comp 500, I pay under $500/yr for my 2023 buggy. I find that to be very reasonable. No increases the last 2 years. But I am retired and don't really drive that much.
You're trusting that it will last that long. I certainly hope so but Ford does a terrible job at corrosion protection. I have seen countless of expensive F150's that have rusted out fenders. From what I can tell, Toyota and Nissan do a much better job at protecting the metal.
BTW, I see that you have a 2004 Ford Escape. I had a 2005 version and I loved that vehicle. I put on 320K miles on it and would have loved to keep it longer except the right rear wheel well rusted out and then the rear shock mounts disintegrated. Common problem on that body style. The newer Ford...
Everytime I turn the key on my 2023 XLT, the display shows a picture of a Lariat. I want one of those because I won't have to use the key to start it anymore. Oh, and I like the wheels a little better too.
This made a lot of folks nervous.
The Ford Explorer and Firestone tire issue was a 1990s and early 2000s scandal involving tread separation and rollovers caused by a combination of factors, primarily defective Firestone Wilderness AT tires and the Ford Explorer's susceptibility to rollovers...