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Kirby, I suspect your doubt the 6F tranny in the Edge/MKx has an adaptive feature is accurate. But, I have noticed a change in the shifting since I bought it Certified used last week (at 12,020 miles). In the 1,000 miles I've driven it, the trans doesn't hunt nearly as much now as it did when I 1st got it. Some of this, I'm sure, is because I've learned a bit about the shift patterns. Also, as is usual, it gets considerably better MPG by foot rather than when using cruise-control (27.5 vs. 25.2); probably because Humans can be more gentle on the pedal and anticipate hills whereas the cruise-control is reactionary; which will cause more frequent down-shifting. The ability to make the trans shift down when out of O/D is nice (have you noticed this)? But, I would have much preferred the ability to actively select gears simply by tapping the shifter like with Hyundai, Toyota and Jeep transmissions. There's certainly enough room on the information center to indicate which gear the trans is in. All my other Fords at least had a #2 position. Having had 9 Ford vehicles in the 20 years Ford's been serious about quality ("Quality is Job 1"), I am pleased with the Edge as well. I traded a 2004 Navigator in on it and aside from a few relatively unimportant features (to me), the Edge SEL has it beat. Good job, Ford. Now fix the transmission.

This may have been addressed before but I thought I'd offer/ask comments/observations/questions: It seems the Edge/MKX transmission is "adaptive" insofar as it acts like it learns a driving style. Especially so when descending a hill or slowing down. When the OD is turned off, tapping the brake pedal causes the trans to shift down, controlling (more or less) the rate of deceleration. In lieu of being able to manually select transmission gears, this is, for me, a nice capability. Is this a "Hill descent" feature? Also, as the engine is not large by any definition and has marginal low-end torque (the old Cubes=Torque ploy), the engine/trans combo gets very busy when driving country roads. Especially so when using cruise control. Although it made no real difference when I 1st got the car last week, I found that, after only 500 miles of driving it, if I manually/gently use the accelerator, the engine won't down-shift nearly as much when ascending fairly gentle grades. Has the transmission learned my driving style here? Am I imagining all this or is the trans really adaptive (like the Allison 6 speed in my MH)? Regardless, I am well-pleased with this new acquisition and actually like it better than the 2004 Navigator I traded in for it at nearly a wash.

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Has Sex with it? I don't onow if it was good for the Edge but it sure was for me.