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The person at the dealership must not have known what you were talking about. My 2012 Limited has one like the one in the righthand pic, and my friend's '13 Sport has that one from the pic on the left. Both stock.

My black WeatherTech mats finally came in - here are some pics of them. I'm happy with how they look. Edit: I have no idea why or how they auto-rotated when I uploaded them... That's a little weird. But you can still see how they look.

Yeah i thought it was weird - all the Edges that I had seen on dealer lots had the light stone carpet too. Mine isn't quite black but it's a good dark grey.

After picking up my Edge, I realized the carpet up front is fairly dark - so I changed my Weather Tech order to black lol... I'll still post pics when they come in though.

In my opinion, the tan is a bit too tan, and while the grey isn't a perfect match, it's a good bit closer. I'm getting my Edge today and have some grey WeatherTech Digital Fit liners on the way - I'll take pics and post if nobody beats me to it before they come in.

I don't have my Edge yet, so I can't say much for the Edge mats, but I can totally vouch for WeatherTech and their awesome quality. I've put them in my last 3 vehicles, and they've always been a perfect fit, a great look, and tough as nails. Also, a friend of mine just traded in his 2009 Edge for a 2013, and his WeatherTech cargo liner he bought for his 09 fits in his new one just fine. He did have to get different front mats, tho - his 09 had hooks and the 13 has some kinda snap-looking things.

So, Dingo & akirby, is Gap insurance in addition to my regular insurace, as in a separate thing, or should I just get my insurance agent to add in gap coverage?

Wow, thanks Dingo! So basically, I need to investigate gap insurance and residual. Gotcha. I have the figures the dealer wrote for me back at home, so I know my interest rate (and I'm sure the residual is there too), I just can't quote it off the top of my head. I already did the math on the total price paid as far as selling price & interest, and the lease only came out slightly higher - not enough to make it a deal breaker. And yeah the miles will be irrelevant, as I'm planning on paying it off as soon as the lease is up - I usually keep a vehicle 5 to 7 years, unless it turns out to be a complete POS (which I really doubt the Edge will). Thanks for setting me straight here.

Lound and clear, sir! Thanks for telling me this. Between this and srs148's experience, I'll just keep my down payment then and use that money on my monthly payments.

Tbh, I have no clue what the residual is figured at, I've just been getting as many quotes on a monthly payment as possible. So the whole "losr your down payment if totalled" thing isn't accurate? I knew it was the first I'd heard, but I'm still new to leasing so I didn't know.

Thanks guys! So, Exodus, how much would you suggest putting down? I'd have to put some down to get the lease affordable - otherwise it's about the same monthly payment as financing (with $10k down)... It's not so much the overall price I pay (pretty much every way I've had it figured at dealers, there's been only about a $3k gap in overall price paid lease-to-own vs overall paid finance), but the monthly payment, that I'm worried about. It does concern me though about losing the $10k if it gets totaled... I'm a really safe driver, but other drivers... Whew. And as far as the shorter term, I'm not 100% sure if I can quite save up the remaining $22k + tax (and yeah, I knew that I'd have to pay tax on the remainder as well) by that point. I'd hope and expect to be able to, but I'm just not sure. I am sure I could in 3 years though. I don't plan on financing the remainder at the end of the lease - I plan to just pay it off as soon as my lease is over. And NatG, no, I haven't investigated a loan through my bank yet. They weren't able to beat Toyota's financing when I bought my Tacoma in '05, so I just haven't given it much thought. I'll make that phone call during my lunch break today, though - maybe they can figure me up a good rate!

Hi all, I've been looking to buy a 2013 Limited or Sport, get a 100k mile warranty (I'm one of those guys who always gets the warranty lol) and put $10k down. But after shopping around, the monthly payments (best I was offered was $489 a month) were a bit too steep. One dealer recommended that I lease my Edge for 3 years, at 10.5k miles a year (around $350 a month, still making the down payment of $10k) then once the lease was up, buy it (he said I'll owe approx. half the list price, so about $22k) and thus avoid any over-mileage penalties, and still get to own my Edge when it's all said and done. This seems like a pretty good deal to me, as once it's all over with, including interest, I'll be paying only about $1000 over list, and I'll have a more manageable monthly payment. So I guess my question is - has anyone else done something similar to this? And if so, how did it work out? This would be my first time to lease a vehicle instead of financing it, so I'm curious as to what peoples' opinions are on leasing vs buying if I plan to buy in the end anyway? While it seems like the perfect deal to me, I'm always afraid it'll bite me in the bum at the end - like maybe when the lease was up, they might still make me pay for mile overage, or somehow I'd owe more than half the list price. I don't think a dealer would try to screw me over like that, but then again I'm always cautious lol. Thanks!

Wow... Glad I'm about to pull the trigger on a 2013 instead of waiting til '14. I had been hoping for the 3.5L Ecoboost by then, but I guess not. :\

Wow, I'm in nearly the exact same situation. Except I'm hoping to get my Deep Impact Blue Limited this Saturday. Personally, I'm torn between numbers 1 and 3... Both look pretty awesome. I'm also loosely considering one of these two looks... Oh, the decisions to make!