Cyberdave

I have been looking to get some kind of crossover vehicle and having rented a Ford Edge and liking it very much I was thinking of buying one. Based on what I read for example on the 2011 redesign I was going to look at 2011-2012 pre-owned. Then I read about all the problems with MyFord Touch. I am a techie by trade but in the car I don't bother with any of that stuff. I only want or need an AM/FM radio with a CD player and minijack. At first I thought well I can just rip that thing out and put something else in it's place but then I read that the console is tied into other functions like climate. I really like this car and want to get one but on the other hand I just can't be bothered with this thing and all of its problems and not knowing what you get when you buy a car until you've had time to work with it. But I thought I would ask just in case it's possible. Has anyone had any experience with or know anyone who has of ripping the thing out and replacing it with something else? Is it even possible?! Thanks a lot for your help!

I registered to this forum just so I could respond to this!! (No I'm just kidding I have a real question about the Edge which I'm posting in a different topic area.) I live in Utah and just about every other car you see is a Subaru. Considering 90% of Utah folks are some kind of conservative, the math is that most of those people are not Obama voters - but they might be granola eating veggies!!! I haven't done extensive research on the AWD capabilities of the various vehicles but I see a version of this video released every year or two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaIrVPu0RN4 which appears to say the Subaru implementation of the AWD system is best. Since this is just a test, someone driving in any vehicle in snow may not notice a difference of course if they can get through just fine! I have a 2007 Forester and if I didn't hate it so much for a variety of reasons I would get another one - so my observation is that it's good for two things - it's AWD and reliability!