onthewildedge

Hi, I was thinking of upgrading my Edge brakes just based on some of the reviews. Have you upgradd your brakes? Why powerslot rotors? How much does it cost and where did you get them? Life is good, Bob

Thanks for getting back to me so quick! I bought the car used on ebay. For an SEL with AWD, in red with tan leather seats etc... I paid just under 21,000. It was a good deal, even missing an antenna mast. The radio was working even without the mast so I didn't know it was missing till I drove it home from Ohio to New Jersey. I was wondering why the reception was so lousy in th ehills of Pennsylvania! On another topic, and perhaps I have to post it as a new thread, has anyone ever upgraded the brakes on the Edge? I see from reading some reviews that the stopping distance for the Edge doesn't get a good rating, and I'm adding a trailer hitch, which means when towing it will of course be worse. Life is good, Bob

Hi, Tjhanks for your post. Would you like to get rid of your old antenna? I just bought a used 2007 Edge. It came without any mast. The dealer gave me a rediculous quote for a replacement. I don't need a stubby one, though I may buy one for those times I do. I'd prefer not to reduce my reception as I'm in a spot where there are many hills. I am surprised I get some reception without the mast! Life is good, Bob. watrousr@optonline.net

Hi, Tjhanks for your post. Would you like to get rid of your old antenna? I just bought a used 2007 Edge. It came without any mast. The dealer gave me a rediculous quote for a replacement. I don't need a stubby one, though I may buy one for those times I do. I'd prefer not to reduce my reception as I'm in a spot where there are many hills. I am surprised I get some reception without the mast! Life is good, Bob. watrousr@optonline.net

Hi, I've only had my 2007 Ford Edge SEL AWD for a week. I bought it used with 18,000 miles on it. The exterior styling is great. The interior needs work. We have a Ford Probe GT from 1993 that has really nice interior lines. The trim in the Probe from the doors swoops around the dash and all the knobs and buttons and door handles don't look like stuck ons. I wish Ford had used the Probe designers for the Edge interior. There is no consistency in the interior finishes. The Edge dash has some trim in chrome, some buffed and some with machine tooling. There are texture changes in the vinyl from leatherette to cloth for no good reason. The lines are lumpy, psuudo rectangular or angular when the exterior is all graceful curves, and clean sleek lines. Prior to the Edge I had a '99 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4, the Laredo low end base model. It had a few things in it that I'm surprised the Ford does not have in this SEL level Edge. In the Ford there are no tie downs or cargo net, nor any cargo area cover. This is a real bummer and I'm looking to custom modify it. Another thing I don't understand is why the rear seats don't fold down totally flat. My Dad's GMC Jimmy from eons ago folded totally flat, as did the old Ford LTD station wagons from the 1970s. Why can't Ford get this detail right in 2007? Under the rear seat the brackets and bolts are exposed and a potential storage space wasted. My Jeep had multile power outlets in the front and we used them both. The Ford has only one. There's no good plce to put the cell phone. If you put anything in that little tray up on the dash it's guaranteed to go flying. The amount of storage compartments in the front of the Edge is is weak, as the side pockets are shallow. The cup holder area in the Jeep had a rubber insert so if you spilled anything you could take it out to wash it. It's a little detail, but it showed that the Jeep interior designers were thinking. Ford only put the insert in the two little trays, areas less prone to spills. Why does the Ford key have to be so honkin BIG! Jeep and GMC keys with all the same functions are much smaller and much less bulky in a pocket. Please Ford, this is not a better idea! The radio has a seek function but not a scan function. so you have to keep your finger out at the radio while driving and looking feor a station. Our little French Renault Megan had these functions on the steering wheel 13 years ago, so you could be bombing down the Autoroute (highway) in traffic with both hands on the steering wheel while also searching for a station. The CD insert and eject functions should be intuitive. They aren't. The lights knob is confusing. How do I know if I have the fog lights on without coing out in front to check?These are all little things, but they show that Ford is forgetting it's slogan of better ideas. When it doesn't incorporate lessons from their own prior successes, or learn from their competitors better ideas, it's hard to innovate better ideas. The exterior designers should get bonuses. Please send the interior designers back to school. Life is good, Bob