FORD’S EDGE

The original plan for the Big Island, Hawaii trip was to rent a sub-compact car, the cheapest vehicle in the car rental lot. Public transportation was not very efficient in this side of town so car rental was a wiser option. Had we opted for a sub-compact car, we would have gotten a pretty red Nissan Versa instead we opted for a compact SUV in the guise of a white Ford Edge.

The Ford Edge is a very capable vehicle. Its direct competitors are the Kia sorento, Hyundai SantaFe, probably the Toyota Fortuner and the Mitsubishi Montero. It is s not offered in the Philippines though.

It was equipped with a gas guzzling V6 engine but that was compensated by the visibility offered to the driver and all the passengers. The size and ride was similar to our personal compact SUVs – Honda CRV & Subaru Forester, so driving adjustment was minimal.

We logged a total of 275 miles, X miles on day 1 and Y miles on day 2. On day 1, the farthest point that we reached was the Chain of Craters road inside the Hawaii National Volcano Park located south of Hilo, Big Island and on day 2, the farthest point that we reached was Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site and Spencer Beach Park which was north of Big Island along the Kohala Coast.