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Vents on both sides of the center stack on the 2008 do not have a closer at the bottom. They cannot be completely closed. Only the side vents can be closed.

Sticker was $36,760, x-plan price was $34,653 plus $500 rebate.

I placed my order on 7/24 but they didn't start production on the '08s until 9/17. Mine was built on 10/9, shipped on 10/11 and arrived at the dealer on 10/19.

Double chuckles. Damn technology.

So finally I've gotten around to taking a few pictures. Just hit the gallery button at the top of the page to view my pictures Even though I've tried, the pictures don't do the vehicle justice. So a few more observations: 1) A HOOT to drive. Plenty of power; very zippy. 2) Brakes work just fine. 3) No problems with door seams. 4) Dash lights just right at night. (I've posted a picture) 5) No problems with filling it up. 6) No problems with right-hand drift. 7) Once you get the hang of it, Sync works great. Just a note - only phones that have in-band ringing will actually play the assigned ring tones through the system. My doesn't but the default ring is just fine. 8) How did we ever survive without satellite radio? 9) X-plan works great. More will follow, as necessary.

Attached is a page out of the 2008 brochure that shows the dash with the camel interior. One interesting note is there was a black limited on the dealer lot with the medium stone interior and the dash was not near as dark as the one with camel.

The major delay is the guy I'm selling my 03 Expedition to is doing a courtesy trade and Monday is the earliest he can do it. I've waited since July so another day or two won't kill me. Don't believe the dealer. They are wanting to sell the '07s. Once the '08 hits the lot they will have to take an even bigger hit to move the '07s. The brochure doesn't go into much detail about anything, pretty much just a glossy over view. I'll see what I can do to get a scanned copy. Oh, and by the way, the 20's look GREAT!

Correct, the entire dash is black. The doors are edged in black if I remember correctly and so are the door pillars. My dealer has the 2008 brochures which shows the dash.

So my dealer called and told me that my Edge was in the garage beginning dealer prep and wanted me to come take a look. It is even better than I thought it would be. Just in the short time I was able to look it over I made some observations. 1) The glare problem has been fixed. Even the White with Camel interior has a black dash and trim. Dark dash - no glare. 2) Sync is going to be very cool. I plugged in a flash drive and within seconds I was giving voice commands and rocking! I think the audiophile system will be more than adequate. 3) The automatic hatch worked great. Easy open and easy close. 4) The White Sand is awesome looking. Even with travel dust is was very sharp looking. 5) BAMR is pretty cool, too. I have to wait until Monday to pick it up. Makes for a very long weekend. More to come.

My dealer just called and told me my '08 AWD White Sand Limited was delivered to the dealership this morning! So with a little luck I might have it tomorrow. :hyper: I will definitely post pictures. :happy feet: Can you tell I'm excited?

If it works like my '03 Expedition it's all or none meaning either all listen to the DVD or the CD/Radio. The only way for the driver to listen to the CD/Radio and the rear seat passengers to listen to the DVD is to put it in Dual Control mode and use the headphones. The CD/Radio will still play in all speakers. The DVD sound will only play on the headphones.