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There can be additional dealer incentives although the vehicle specific ones are also published on sites like edmunds.com. But what you have to realize is these dealers don't just sell new vehicles - they have service departments and also sell used cars. It's been said that most dealers don't make any money on new cars - it all comes from the service dept and used cars. I think dealers make way more on used cars than new cars.

Vincent is the system that tells the dealer the incentives YOU are eligible for based on your information and a specific vehicle at a specific point in time. Some incentives are based on the specific vehicle and some are based on the customer's zip code, personal offers, etc. Vincent takes all of that into account and tells the dealer exactly what you're eligible for on that vehicle.

I certainly wasn't trying to be snarky. I was genuinely surprised because dealer holdback is now openly discussed on almost every internet article on price negotiations and I thought it was common knowledge by now. Believe me - if I was being snarky it wouldn't be that subtle.

I thought everybody knew about holdbacks, but I guess not. The dealer actually pays 3% less than invoice. It's like a factory to dealer rebate. However, that 3% also has to pay interest on the car while it sits on the lot (known as floor plan). Even so dealers do not make a lot on a new car sale. Invoice plus $599 doc fee is a reasonable price. You can probably get another few hundred off that price but most dealers won't go below invoice (nor should they have to - they need to make some money to stay in business).

Nope - for some reason it's not in the owner's manual which is really strange. But the video does say the lights have to be on (at least the parking lamps).

I don't know the answer but I bet it's explained in detail in the little book in the glove compartment called the Owner's Manual.

If you have Sync but no nav - yes. But you need Sync.

My favorite steak place of all time is What's Your Beef? in Rumson. Ate at a small Italian place downtown one time - can't remember the name of it but it was a really old building with a bar and a few tables. Very good food. Been to Murphy's, Front St. Trattoria and was at Basil T's back in February in between the snowstorms. I used to work a lot in Middletown and would stay at the Oyster Point or Courtyard on Half Mile Road. It's a nice area.

And more importantly - the software fixes can be made available almost immediately and installed by the owner via syncmyride.com . No dealer visit necessary in most cases.

You typically hear "out the door" but "on the road" would indicate the same thing, however that depends on the dealer. Just ask if that includes all taxes and other fees.

It will be like night and day compared to a pickup truck. The tires are better and more importantly the rear end is heavier than your truck. AWD or even FWD with good winter tires is about as good as you can get in snow or bad weather. MyTouch is not just about voice activation - it's worth it even if you don't use voice controls.

Red Edge with a blue grill? Hmmm.............. Throw in some white and you might have something there.

Phober works at a dealer. Dealership employees are not Ford employees - they don't have X plan pins to give away. Not legally at least.

Please don't cross post. See replies in the other thread: http://www.fordedgeforum.com/index.php?/topic/5482-music-from-itunes-to-mp3-usb-flash-drive/page__view__getnewpost__fromsearch__1

As stated just connect your iPhone to the usb port (just like an ipod) and play your music using Sync. Or you can stream your iPod from your iPhone to Sync using Bluetooth but you have to control the iPhone manually.

That won't work for protected content (old itunes songs, etc.). Protected content can only be played via a mp3 player.

Look on Ebay for Navteq update DVDs.

This doesn't sound like the same problem and once fixed shouldn't reoccur. I wouldn't worry - yet.

Not unless they were installed incorrectly and they caused a brake failure.

If you buy "Nav" from the factory then you're actually buying the SD card to go along with MyTouch. That's the whole point of MyTouch and the SD card. Your salesmen are wrong. Here is a third party website quote that backs that up (besides the fact that it makes sense and what the salesmen said doesn't)

Not exactly. It has to have MyTouch and then you can add the Nav feature with the SD card.

I think you need to check the OM supplement and see how it's supposed to work. I don't remember a scan feature either.

Not for the factory warranty. If you bought an extended warranty then it depends on which option you purchased - could be $0 - $500 or more depending on the warranty. Should be in your extended warranty paperwork.

If there is no fuel going to the engine then it's effectively off - there is no combustion taking place. However, it should not cause engine braking and I don't think it would kick in at very low speeds. I'm guessing you were feeling something else.

I didn't mean to imply that it was wrong - it's your money and nobody was saying that you shouldn't spend it. Employee pricing will help with depreciation but on average you'll pay more in depreciation on any car during the first year than any subsequent years, especially if you didn't get employee pricing to begin with. It may only be $35/month but did you end up extending the loan for an additional year beyond the original loan? Again I'm not trying to knock your decision - just trying to educate people on things to consider before making their decision. As an example, if I have a 3 year old car with a 60 month loan and a $500 payment and I trade it in for a new one with a new 60 month loan at the same $500 payment some people think that they're paying the same thing for a newer car. When in fact they went from owing $12K ($500/month for 24 months) to owing $30K ($500/month for 60 months). That's the danger of only looking at monthly payments. People also tend to ignore down payments in their calculation.