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akirby

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  1. Rebates change and vary by location. If you take true dealer invoice minus your eligible rebates, you should expect to pay between $200 below to $500 above that price.
  2. They're asking if it can be programmed so that it closes all the way with one press of the button rather than having to hold it down. Which isn't possible based on Waldo's explanation.
  3. The 2.7EB is also available in the Edge sport.
  4. Then you are definitely running E-10 - 90% gasoline, 10% ethanol.
  5. Are you saying you use 100% gasoline, not E-10? That's pretty hard to find nowadays. Maybe you're thinking about E-85?
  6. You can't really go by that if there is a trade-in. E.g. If the dealer lowballs the trade by $2K the gives the new one at $1K below invoice it sounds like a great deal but you lost $1K. Or they charge MSRP for the new one and bump up the trade-in to pay it off.
  7. http://www.fordfusionclub.com/showthread.php?t=644801
  8. I've heard some of the aftermarket axle shafts don't fit right and can cause vibrations.
  9. Agreed. I view holdback as the bare minimum profit level the dealer deserves as well as the plan spiff checks from Ford. I don't understand people who think the dealer shouldn't make anything at all on a sale. I usually ask them whether they would work for free. A lot of U.S. dealers are selling vehicles at or below invoice with minimal doc fees. If you believe the folks that are posting prices. Apparently they're making their money on service and used car sales. Doesn't make sense to me.
  10. It's pretty simple. Go to edmunds.com or somewhere that posts invoice prices and figure out the invoice price for the vehicle you want including destination charge. Add $500 to cover the advertising fee that gets added to the invoice by Ford but isn't shown by the internet sites because it varies by location, but $500 is a good guess. This is the true dealer invoice price. Now subtract any Ford rebates. You should be able to purchase an Edge for somewhere between $200 below to $500 above this price depending on the dealership and stock levels. The dealer still makes 3% holdback even if they sell at invoice. You also have to be aware of the doc fee - this is additional profit that often isn't advertised up front but could be as much as $700 - just be sure to add that to the cost since it varies by dealer. X plan - for comparison - works out to around $150 over true dealer invoice with a $100 doc fee limit.
  11. Please use the official engineering term for the Vista roof: Big Ass Moon Roof (BAMR)..........
  12. You need the switches AND the software. It's possible the software is already there looking for the signal from the switches but it's a longshot.
  13. Apparently they didn't put the pinch sensor in the Edge like they did in the MKS. Nothing you can do about it.
  14. It will advance the engine timing to take advantage of the added octane yielding a bit more power.
  15. Really? Hadn't heard that but it doesn't surprise me. The real failure is when they bet the farm on MFT being ready for the 2011 Edge and when it wasn't they didn't have a backup plan. I'm sure that's why Sync 3 is a drop-in replacement for MFT so they don't get caught between that rock and hard place again.
  16. That didn't stop them from launching MFT on the 2011 Edge.......
  17. Oh I agree the videos are probably really close. Just advising the people looking at colors on the Ford website (or any other pictures) that you can't go by what you see there.
  18. Even real pictures will look different depending on digital filters and your monitor settings.
  19. On vehicles later this year and rolling out across the portfolio doesn't say which vehicles or when. I believe it will be on most 2016 vehicles including Mustang and Edge but Ford has not said that specifically yet. In fact he was very very careful NOT to say that.
  20. There is no confirmation of any of that in that article. Just speculation.
  21. It doesn't do it if you use the driver's door.
  22. If yours was built previously then it wasn't a retail order. And those vehicles are all reinspected and repaired only if necessary prior to shipping - doesn't necessarily mean there was a QC problem in general. They could have built 4.5 days worth of perfectly fine vehicles then messed up on one but they need to be checked.
  23. Don't forget the trade-in. You can make several thousand reselling the trade-in especially if you lowball the trade-in value.
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