raginpitbull

No, believe it or not, it was a Visa Gift Card available for use anywhere Visa is accepted! Wife already spent the $75! Looks like Copper, Triple White and Vapor are the front runners...

While attending the Motor Trend Auto Show here in Phoenix in November, someone at the Ford booth approached me to see if I would like to schedule a test drive of any Ford vehicle for a $75 gift card. I said absolutely and scheduled a test drive of an Edge at my local dealer. My wife is so in love the the car that I was going to buy one even without the test drive, but after taking it for a spin, I'm convinced it's the right vehicle. Coming from a performance motorcycle background, I have a good idea of how stuff should work and came away impressed with the Edge. It was fast enough, road firm (which is how I like it) and handled well enough for a vehicle of it's type. I came away most impressed on how the brakes felt. I guess just about anything with four wheel disks will feel better than the disk/drum set up of my '85 El Camino. But the Edge's brakes gave excellent feedback in my opinion. Close to that of a motorcycle, though not even close in power.

Which rental car company did you rent the Edge from?

Just wanted to drop in and say hi. I'm hoping to purchase a brand new '07 Edge for my wife in the next few weeks. I joined the forum to read up on what's going on with Edges. My background is in motorcycles and the motorcycle industry. I hope to be contributing to the forum in the near future.

One thing to remember when calculating MPG is that it gets better as you put more miles on the engine. The way you break it in is also important. I have experience with engines that start getting sweet at about 3,000 miles and some that aren't broken in until they hit the 15,000 mile mark. Most of you are reporting MPG figures with only 500 - 1,000 miles on the clock. It should get better with mileage. I would be interested to hear from someone that has 10,000 miles + on their Edge.