Mitch1972

So has anyone actually damaged there 22'' polished aluminiums, had them repaired so that they look brand new. I scratched both my rear wheels in one day in a rather dark multistory carpark/parking lot where the curbs where ridiculously tight. I had them smoothed to the bear metal at a body shop, so that they're not that noticeable at first glace, but as has been pointed out- the color match is different. Plus - has anyone had the rim completely done bearing in mind the difficulty with the black inserts?

I had mine for a little over a week (Sport 2011), I have no issues whatsoever - I love it and would obviously not sell back :happy feet:

FAT 32 - no folders, all single tracks dropped straight onto HDD Give it a try

Yes it works perfectly :happy feet: It must've taken about 45 minutes to completely index - it seemed to be stuck at 2500 or so, I just ignored it, then after a while it said indexing complete, and then began building the voice command data for each track - I think that must've taken about 10 minutes (for the 11,000 tracks) I'm glad I spent the time yesterday properly tagging - I used a program Helium 8, which is an audio manager, it lets you tag by file name, I just went for the Artist first, then the song, but you can also add Album, track number, Album art if you want. The HDD is a Western Digital 500GB USB 2.0 - I deleted the handling software, so for all intense and purposes, it's just a generic storage device. Good luck

I'll let you know tomorrow, I finished the tagging and connected it up for about half an hour - it was up to 2500 of 11,500 when I got bored of waiting, I left it connected so hopefully, it'll carry on syncing the rest. It didn't like the new HDD3.0, so I used an older 2.0 one, but still 500GB. Finger crossed

I finally got my White 2011 Ford Edge Sport AWD yesterday - I've only driven it very briefly and have spotted none of the obvious problems (yet) Other than a slight scratch on the Speedo glass, and a couple of unsmooth leather work areas on the passenger seat, I've 100% satisfied. I knew living out here now that the Nav would be a no-go, but I still have my trusty Garmin (so don't really care) - the MFT and Sync seem fine - I'm guessing I have 2.8 since it was built in May/June and there's none of the infamous lag on mine. USB works fine! Speech recognition works very well with my British English accent to. A couple of differences I've noticed from what I was expecting (not necessarily hoping) is no privacy glass (it might have something to do with the tinting laws here, although, I notice older imports here do have the privacy glass. No matter, I've just put 3M 50% - looks great! (which is technically illegal here - 35% blocking is the max) on the sides and back and didn't have to worry about matching up. The mirrors are chrome not body colour, again, I had no preference so don't care. I've just bought WD 500G harddrive to transfer all my music, I'll spend today tagging the music properly so I can take advantage of the speech recognition (which I think is a fantastic feature). I post some photos later - but it's pretty much factory other than the tints. Future investments - Hids - not a fan of the yellowish glow - not with a white car! Clear windshield/screen film to keep the car cool - Dubai is basically a desert after all. This afternoon - I'll try and get my head around the keyless entry fob.

Hi everyone. Been reading a multitude of your posts. Love the Forum, seems very much to be a mixture of people who love their Edges, lists of possible things that can go wrong and faults, and people with cool ideas on upgrading - all very interesting reading. I'm originally from England, but have worked in the US for a few years (North Carolina) but now live in Dubai UAE. I understand that the UK isn't selling the Edge, but I remembered it fondly from my time in NC. Here at the moment I have a Lancer, and was thinking of sticking with Mitsubishi, I've never had a problem with either of my two Lancers. However, I've always been found of Fords, I've had (UK models) a Cortina MK4, Sierra, Capri 2.0S and a little (but very reliable) Escort. Out here in Dubai, fuel is very cheap, and many locals and ex-pats are driving big 4x4s. I wandered into the Ford Showroom, and immediately fell in love with the newer Edge, particularly the Sports wheels. Initially, I couldn't make my mind up about colour, I was dithering between Silver and Blue, and even considered the Candy Red (normally, I would 'do' red cars.) One of the assistants took me underground to their storage where I could see what the colours really looked like from some Edges and Lincolns in stock - I settled for a white. Now, having seen pictures of people white Edge Sports - I know I made the right choice - gorgeous. Mine doesn't even enter the country until August, so plenty of time to think about what to do with it. I will definitely tint to two remaining side windows with 30% - but will hang fire with everything else. Locking nuts might be worth while, but I've not heard of anyone here ever having wheels stolen - it just doesn't happen here. I'm not quite sure about Navigation - I don't think it was an option here. The Middle East seems a little behind on that front - I'll play it by ear and might just settle for a portable Garmin. I'd prefer a TomTom, but their newly released maps for Dubai are very poor. Anyway, great furum :yup: