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Thanx for that insight. As far as being humble, I'm actually active in quite a few forums of older car models and it's nothing wrong with wanting a detailed answer in them. I wasn't trying to be pompous by no means, but a short simple answer isn't always a good one.

All these interesting details you're adding because you're annoyed with my responses are actually the details I was fishing for in the first place.

I was looking in Owner Impressions, your not the most friendly guy on here, huh? Appreciate the advice, and I never questioned your honesty. "Durability Standard" sounds like an industry term, I just wanted to make sure beating up the powertrain on a 95 degree day for a few years doesn't bring up problems. Domestic automakers have had trouble historically with reliability. Things are changing though. Thanx for going into more detail also.

Eh...sounds like an answer from Ford honestly. I wonder if your average lead foot soccer mom (or dad for that matter) can do better "durability standard" testing. From what I've seen in forums there's quite a difference between real world & factory durability testing traditionally. Maybe things have changed.

Between the 2.0 ecoboost & 3.5 V6 there's quite a bit of differences in technology & internals. I was looking to see which one is more likely to be able to take stop & go abuse over the course of 180K miles without powertrain failure.

Hello Edge owners (prospective as well), I have been looking at many midsize SUVs (XC90,Forrester, Journey, Sorrento, x5, q3, cx7, and Equinox) and have begun leaning towards the Ford Edge. My reasoning for leaning is the reliability and the repair costs. The questions I had I'm not sure if its best for Owner Impressions or Buying. I'm wondering which year from 2008 to 2012 was best at reliability and cost of repairs. I understand the Ecoboost 2.0 can help save on $$ in the long run, but how bad is MyFordTouch? All wheel drive would be nice for Michigan but if an axle or transfer case goes & costs me $3000 it's not worth it. I'm between going for an older 3.5L AWD or a newer 2.0 ecoboost. I'm really set at spending $12 to $13K. Also, how important is it to stay away from Edges' with 70 to 80k miles if I want it to last 10 years. Thanx for any input