Welp, I did the research today and from what I can tell, no dealership from Palm Beach County to Jacksonville to Crystal River to Clearwater (and everywhere in between - I live in Orlando) has an '08 FEH available to test drive. No huge surprise there, but it would have been nice.

For me, the experience of test driving a car is partially to see how the car drives but moreso to make sure that I "fit" in the car when driving (some of you may recall from past posts of mine that I'm a very short woman and I need to make sure I can reach the pedals, see over the dashboard and not sit too close to the steering wheel, all at the same time and all comfortably, while driving). If I were to test drive a regular, non-hybrid '08 Escape, would it be "close enough" to the '09 FEH so that I'll know I'll be able to drive the thing?