>I went to the dealer the
>other day Koons Ford in
>MD and I saw about
>55 Escapes. I did not
>know they were on back
>order.


Go back and look again - are they the XLS or the XLT? I'd be willing to bet that the majority are XLS. The XLT has ABS standard, and these are in short supply, which is holding up production of the XLT. I waited over 4 months to take delivery of mine (ordered it on 10/30/00, picked it up from the dealer on 3/6/01; check out the picture of mine under "Production Problems"). There are folks who placed an order with the same dealer before me who haven't received theirs yet.

So unless you want an XLS without ABS you have to place an order. And wait.