Well............. 5 1/2 year later............................................
I thought I was going to be more active on this forum, but I guess 'life' just sort of took over. Now that i'm back, I think I'll be participating a bit more. WHY did I come back? NEW Edge, that's why.
The 2012 continued to serve us faithfully during the rest of 2014, all of 2015, all of 2016, all of 2017, all of 2018, with only one very minor glitch. There was a recall on something - can't even remember what it was.....probably done in early 2018. Also needed a new battery around that time, then earlier this year, it got new tires (Continental) just before turning 70,000 miles.
Took a trip down the Oregon coast from our home in Springfield in early July to go on the Rogue River jet boat excursion. The Edge performed flawlessly. After we got back home, we loaned the Edge to our younger daughter who was here visiting from So Cal, so she could see a friend of hers up in Portland. On the way, on I-5, north of Salem, she was involved in an accident. EVERYBODY was OK. The Edge wasn't. The front frame rails were crunched, requiring replacement, but that cost, plus the other necessary repairs put the total repair cost over the total loss threshold.
I started research on a replacement vehicle well before the insurance money came through. We weren't expecting to have to buy another vehicle right now, and were looking forward to January, when the 2012 Edge would have been paid off. Oh well......... The Mrs. and I talked, and we decided we really liked the Edge - it's size, it's comfort, pretty much a 'whole package' for us. I wanted MORE though. The SEL AWD was fairly plain, and I wanted some more features - leather and a moon roof, primarily. (The Mrs. didn't require the moon roof, and really didn't want leather, but basically you can't find an Edge with a moon roof that DOESN'T have leather.
When we first started looking, it was primarily for 2013 - 2014 units - Limiteds. I also had my eye on a VERY nice 2014 Lincoln MKX with only 49,000 miles on it. The Mrs. absolutely DIDN'T like the MKX front grill, and I just couldn't get her interested in it. It was also about 140+ miles away, too.
I started looking at the gen-2 Edges, and there seemed to be a wider selection of them around - just not in the colors we would consider. We were still going to buy 'used'. I happened to see a couple ads for Titanium models in the 'White Gold' color, and I fell in love! Unfortunately, those two were 300+ and 800+ miles away, respectively. Then, after two straight weeks of Auto Trader / Car Gurus / Cars.com / Edmunds internet shopping, one FINALLY pops up at a Ford dealer about 80 miles away. We can do this! It's a 2018 AWD Titanium with the EB4. Doesn't have much of the extra-cost option packages a lot of Titaniums are equipped with, but it DOES have the panoramic moon roof and ceramic white leather upholstery. Looks SHARP! (I'll get some photos up in a day or two....) We took delivery this last Thursday.........
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I swear - I'm sticking around this time!
Marshall
