dave-m

I'll second the Weathertech liner. Absolutely perfect fit.

I'm in Vancouver BC, Canada. Oh and I should have mentioned...mine is AWD. You're right, the rubber makes the difference.

The same thing happened to me on the 18's and Conti tires. I was quite surprised and it made me alot more cautious driving in slippery conditions. I was going quite slow at the time too. I've given some thought about snow tires, but we really only get about a half dozen days of snow a year around here, so I'll probably just be more careful in those conditions.

Is your opinion of the stopping distance based on "seat of the pants" experience or from something you read? I read the reviews, noted the comments about long braking distance. When I test drove it we tested the braking under panic conditions on a deserted road. Smooth controlled braking, brought the Edge down from a good speed in a predictable manner with no fuss. I didn't feel it had a long braking distance at all. Too many people get hung up on "how it looks on paper" Stopping distance is more defined by your reaction time and awareness of your surroundings than a statistic on a website that was determined by a professional driver in a controlled environment.

I don't have any! I'm not anticipating any, I'm not listening for every squeek and rattle and I'm not searching the internet forums looking for problems that someone else might have and wondering if I have them too. I'm enjoying my new vehicle Seems a few people around here should do the same! Internet forums tend to bring out the worst. All you hear are the problems and you think it's an epidemic. Of course there will be problems, that's why there's a warranty. Not too many people post up that their car is great and there's nothing wrong. So I just did. PS. Take that manual in the glovebox and read it cover to cover. It will allow you to spend more time enjoying your car and less time searching on the internet.

Neither does my 8 month pregnant wife, she has never understood the complaints. I would be neat to just press a button though.

What does that do to your warranty?

My wife has commented that she she sees a blind spot in A pillar/side mirror area. I didn't notice it, but I'm a bit taller. It's probably just a matter of getting comfortable with a new car as we've only had it a couple of days.

Grills are nomally made of plastic. Chrome wheels on an expensive vehicle aren't usually plastic covers.

So I guess I must be the only one that thought the hillbilly thing was kinda funny. Either that or hillbilly just isn't as insulting up here north of the 49th. I though internet forums were supposed to be an escape from the seriousness of "real life"

Is there a sense of humor button that some people need to push around here?

The blue tint thing is about the biggest sales pitch there is. It's marketted towards people that want their car to look like it came with expensive headlamps. The blue coating on a non HID lamp actually reduces it's lumen output, and blue is one of the least visable colours in the spectrum. It also causes problems with glare towards oncoming drivers. They are also illegal in a lot of areas, not because they are too bright but because they are dangerous. You may think they are better, but you actually just spent a bunch of money and got poorer lamps. HID lamps emit a blue color as a byproduct of igniting the gas in the lamp. The lamp technology provides a more intense output per watt, not the blue tint. It's not a lamp change. HID systems require a lamp and ballast kit and generally use completely different reflector design in the lamp housing itself. Basically, if you want HID lamps, but a vehicle that comes with them, or buy the complete lamp housing assembly. Anything else is just window dressing.

Aluminum wheels can be chromed, also polished and clearcoated. Chrome doesn't have to mean steel.

I have to agree with a few people here about the cheap factor. I bought the full load SEL AWD and I get plastic wheel covers. That just doesn't seem right, this isn't a Kia.