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2013s will come with the new version, 2012s will not.

Yep, all Edges have the same hubs/bearings, so FWD owners get the AWD splines for free.

Better keep searching because the nav and non-nav steering wheels do have different controls. They will also need to be re-configured when you switch them.

So from the "I told you so" category, note the driveshaft explosion on a Mustang with the governor removed: http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/19/watch-what-happens-when-a-ford-mustang-driveshaft-fails-at-135-m/#continued

The old nav card won't work with the new software, so you can be sure you'll get a new one.

The 2013 will have a couple new colors but nothing else you'd notice. As akirby stated, you'll be able to update a 2012 with the same sync software that the 2013s will come with.

The dealers are not trained or equipped to reprogram stuff like this. You might luck into finding a dealer that has an expert tech that has gone out and learned how to do it on his own, but being refused by the dealer is not a sign of a bad attitude, they just don't know how.

The new SHO police car will do 148, so you're screwed anyway...

Ford doesn't need your help to Beta test anything, they will soon have over 1000 management lease vehicles running around with the new stuff.

The point is that it is supposed to compensate for the extra noise as you drive faster. So if you don't notice the radio getting quieter, then it is working.

I don't understand why you feel Ford is trying to blame someone else. I've personally sat in front of Ford's Vice President of Product Development and heard him admit it was his mistake.

What do you mean there's no keyhole? It's part of the door handle on the driver's side. There isn't one on the passenger side, but it's always there on the driver's side.

The TPMS system has several different criteria it will use before it triggers a code. One one hand, if it doesn't see any signals from the sensors it is programmed with, it will go x miles before setting a code OR it will go a certain number of start up cycles. When you start the car it does send a "wake-up" signal to the sensors. If it finds the sensors (like it would if you're 22s are in the garage) then it is momentarily happy. But as you drive it will notice that it's not seeing the sensors anymore. So since it knows it saw the sensors on start-up, it will allow more miles to pass before it flips a code then it would if it hadn't seen the sensors at start up. But eventually it will count the number of start-ups where it saw the sensors then didn't see the sensors. But that could take a week or more, depending on how many times you start and how far you drive.

Ford doesn't have employees who go all around the US and write down gas prices or check the weather. They buy the info from other services. If those services were available in Canada Ford would buy them. If you want the services, start your own company and sell the data to Ford, after you get CRTC approval.

A parts list isn't going to tell you how it's wired. But you can be sure it is on the network in the Escape, there really isn't anything that's not on the network anymore. Which is my point, what you're talking about - wiring into the existing trunk release switch - can be done with any old motion sensor.

Why worry about the Escape, just get a motion sensor from radio shack.

Because the active grill shutters are placed where the radar module needs to be. The Explorer doesn't have active grill shutters.

Sounds like Microsoft contracted out the work to other companies. Ford doesn't do very much software in house. Engine controls, brake controls, body modules, pretty much every piece of software in a Ford car is written by suppliers.

The nav unit itself will be the same except for the color of the buttons. All the differences are in the configurations (software). But the THX components are not part of the Nav unit, so it's not like you're going to get the THX sound quality in an Edge just by changing the head unit. There would be zero point in doing the swap, unless something was broken with the unit in the Edge or you just like the silver buttons.

Be patient, it's coming. Right now Ford can't even build enough Explorers to satisfy the demand, so no need to have an extra powertrain for now.

Interesting, but the employees at Oakville don't design anything, all they do is put together the parts that are designed for them in Dearborn. The OPP would be just as likely to get something if they went to Midas.

You'll be safer until your driveshaft explodes. Not saying it would, but just pointing out you don't know if it's capable of handling the loads over 110mph. But you're not going to hit 110 in a 1/4 mile anyway. Guys with modified EcoBoost Flexes are only hitting around 105. You'll be lucky to break 100.

Ever been in Arizona in the summer? They don't do DST and the sun comes up at like 4:30 in the morning. By the time you leave the house and go to your car, you have to open the windows and run the air conditioner to let it cool down - and that's at 7am! But then it gets dark early which is a good thing since that's the only way it ever gets cool enough to go outside. But over here in southern Ontario I wish we had DST year round, I don't need daylight to drive to work, but it would be nice to take my kid outside to the park when I get home.

Well there's always a reason the OEMs limit top speed, and it's nothing to do with speeding laws. Most often the speed is limited by the tire ratings, but it can also be because of cooling capacity, driveline durability, brake performance or even silly things like carbon monoxide intrusion. Unless you know specifically what the reason for the limit is, you're putting yourself at risk by bypassing it.