Roger, I would be sorry to see you leave. Ford Escapes have a known issue with there transmissions. I have a 2007, but mine is a hybrid, and has a different transmission. I know you are upset, but in Dan's original post he did mention that the topic was not related to the purpose of the forum, and you have to admit that it is not. Most of your posts and comments always are. I hope you were not too mean to DanB in your e-mail so that things can be patched up. It is a loss for all of us here if you go, and DanB provides a service that you have benefited from by using this forum all of these years. Please do not make a rash decision on this while you are already frustrated about the truck. I can relate to that. I promised not to go back somewhere when I was upset a while back, and since I said it out loud, I will not go back there, but in hindsight I wish that I had not acted in haste. Rich