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Looks great to me. I think classic cars can be over-restored sometimes. I always prefer them to have a slight patina that shows a bit of their history. And definitely for them to be used ; who wants a museum piece?

Love the Thunderbird. That must be worth a bit.

Yes indeed,. It was coined in the elite fee-paying "public schools" of England to distinguish it from the other football played - "rugger". But as a Brit Circatee would never refer to the game as "soccer", just "football".

I've now had opportunity to do a fair bit of motorway driving since the glass was replaced and no, I can't say I have noticed any increase in noise at all. You wouldn't know it was any different.

That's strange. It can be done OK on Sync 3 installed on the European Edge.

Hi. You're welcome!

You can see what the proper, Ford fog light looks like in this pic:

Hi Adam. Welcome to the forum. There are quite a few posts on here about installing the fog lamps we have on the European Edge into the North American Edge. If I remember rightly, the problem isn't so much mounting them in the bodywork but having to cut away some of the metal bumper assembly behind it (which is unique to the American model) and then making the necessary changes to the electrics. If you do a search on "fog lamps" you'll probably find it all.

I had this happen a few years ago with a Mondeo I had at the time. It was really cold, below freezing so I put on the rear window heater/demister to clear it and a few seconds later it there was an almighty crack and the tempered glass broke leaving it looking like a completed jig-saw puzzle! It didn't stay like that for long though, one bump in the road and the whole thing caved in, leaving the back covered in tiny glass fragments. It was a very cold journey! Over here it is normal for all glass to be covered by car insurance with claims having no impact on your no-claim bonus and only a nominal excess to pay. Is that not the same in the US?

Welcome to the forum Tony. That's a fine looking car you've got there. Nice colour too.

Thanks. This works with my 2018 ST-Line. Why aren't these things in the owner's handbook?

Welcome to our forum. Nice looking car.

Thanks. The guy at Autoglass said Ford probably changed the spec because they had so many failures with the laminated glass, most likely due to flexing caused by vehicle movement, or susceptibility to stone-chips.

Thanks Omar, I should have searched the forum first I guess. It looks like there has been quite some discussion about it already. The noise issue is a bit concerning though. I've not noticed anything, but as I've not had chance to take the car out onto the motorway yet, it's a little too early to tell.

I've just had my cracked sunroof repaired (the static glass part rather than the moving part) but the firm who did it were unable to source it in the laminated glass as originally fitted to my 2018 ST-Line and replaced with toughened. They called their supplier who confirmed the laminated glass was no longer available and Ford had replaced it with toughened. Why would Ford do that? Has anyone else come across this when getting their broken glass sunroof repaired?

My Edge has the factory fitted trailer connector fitted on a bracket that pushes up out of the way and out of sight when not in use. Have you checked that yours is not the same?

Hi, welcome to the forum. Great pic, it looks lovely there with those palm trees. Where is it?

Yes, you're right on both.

Wow... that's some heavy consumption. Guess that's why we have much smaller engines in our Edges over here. I don't get anything like the official figures but am currently averaging at 34mpg.

All the European Edges come with front and rear fog lamps. What's the difficulty with fitting the correct switch from an Edge?

Nice looking Edge. Welcome to our forum.

Hi there, welcome to the forum. Where in the world are you? If you have any photos of your Edge we'd love to see them.

Always loved these big American pick-ups. Unfortunately we have fewer than a 1,000 of the F-150 over here - the roads and parking spaces are just not big enough!