jeff_h

She had an 05 Escape Hybrid and for the 05-08(?) model years the interior was "basic" (the nice term) although some may call it "cheap" (maybe more accurate) -- I think it was the 09 or so model year where they upgraded the interior a bit? But I don't know, didn't keep up much with them. When she would drive it around town she would average 25 MPG, when I drove it I would average 29MPG but I always tried to drive as smoothly as possible. And you're right, when the temp goes way down so does the MPG!

That's true, I think the Escape got a re-design in the past couple years. My wife had an Escape Hybrid and now has an Edge, she likes the Edge better but her MPG has been cut in half, so be prepared for that if you make the switch -- I agree with Mr Kirby, maybe you should take a look at the latest Escape Hybrid and see what you think? Good luck!

We bought my wife's Edge in NJ, got the extra $1k for their financing... a couple days later I started the process with my credit union to refinance, ended up making one payment to Ford Credit, refinance paid off the rest, there was no restriction or penalty.

I hear you, not much fun when it happens at Six Flags either... I love the keypad!

I agree -- I have looked into these before when shopping around, come to find out that in many cases they throw in things like $500 for recent college graduate buyer, $500 military member buyer, etc to advertise the highest rebate amount. Most people do not qualify for those, even fewer would qualify for both of these, however they do a good job of getting you in the door and once you are in the door you get new car fever a little bit more and don't care as much about the final cost since you really really want to drive home the new car. Sorry you felt accosted by the doubting Thomases, so many of us have just seen it/done that many times before. I'm interested to find out what kind of deal you end up with, please let us know!

My wife has a 2010 Edge and we each have an iPod Nano 5th Gen, either one works fine with normal USB cable and sync.

I used to be stuck in the mindset of every 3,000 from following that pattern for 20 years... however I've lightened up a bit and now go every 5,000. Too stuck in my old ways to let it go for 7,500 and 5,000 is both a compromise and very easy to track when looking at the odometer.

The number on the reminder bill I just received (6 months is about up) is 866-849-7474 -- again, good luck!

The data that goes onto the USB from PC to vehicle and then back again appears pretty small as far as USBs go, I think they are normally about 6MB downloading to PC and then less than 100k (maybe far less, I don't remember exactly) to upload the confirmation files. The only issue I've ever had was getting my USB drive to work the first time, which required me to reformat it to FAT32 and try again and then all went well. I don't believe there will be any issues having existing files on the drive but always have those USB files backed up just in case.

I bought 2 extended warranties from myfordwarranty.com which is a Ford & Honda dealer in Rhode Island, it is a Ford Warranty and I saved $600 (on each car) from what my local dealer wanted (ordered online and got the confirmation papers in the mail about 7 days later). I believe these add-ons are where local dealers make a lot of profit because the purchaser is enamored with their new car and most consider all that paperwork mumbo-jumbo such a hassle and just sign so they can drive away with their new car -- but then if they look more closely they see that they've been more generous to their dealer than they thought.

See the linked article below, which states that over 50,000 airbags are stolen from cars each year, and that one may not know if until they get into a crash and there is no airbag in place to deploy. Who knows if this has anything to do with the car you looked at, but when you noted the cockeyed airbag cover that's the first thing I thought about. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-driving-safety/safety-regulatory-devices/airbag-theft.htm

Here is the URL to get the window sticker for new inventory, no idea if it would work for a VIN that is a few years old but it's worth a try, right? Replace the last part with your VIN and see how it goes.... good luck. http://www.inventory.fordvehicles.com/services/inventory/WindowSticker.pdf?vin=2FMDK4KC0BBA29795

No, they are just white plastic frame with white paper-type filter element. Appears to cost about $1 to make but sells for about $10-20 or whatever the OP's Amazon link shows, not much to the filters actually.

You may also want to reboot your iPod and then try again, I've found the Nanos to be more finicky than the old clunky but trusty iPod Mini that I used to have. Hold center button and "menu" at the same time for about 3-5 seconds, screen will go blank and then the apple icon will show, let go of buttons and it will take about 5-10 seconds or so to come back to main screen -- then try to connect to USB and Sync and see how it goes.

Same here, I was in favor of waiting for the 2011 for the better features, my wife said she didn't care and it was going to be her car, so we went with the $4,000 rebate (which would not as been as high on the 2011) and she's very happy.

I was recently reading Edmunds.com and other sites about the changes that were made for the 2011 Edge, and if I remember correctly they designed larger brake rotors on this model since the past few years' models (such as yours) experienced a lot of complaints about brakes wearing out too quickly. So I guess when engineers design these things they may calculate that brakes of size X would be sufficient to stop that much weight and last an estimated amount of miles, but maybe real life experiences prove otherwise and they have to make changes in subsequent years. So it's something that we are definitely keeping watch over on our 2010 Edge.

My wife and I just bought a 2010 Edge AWD (I think the AWD rate may be higher), dealer wanted $1,290 for 4yr/75lk coverage, I got a 7yr/100k ESP online for $1,210 with $100 deductible, used the same dealer that I used when I bought my FFH last year. www.myfordwarranty com is a dealer in Rhode Island and the written confirmation will arrive in the mail in about 7-10 days (email confirmation same day that order was placed).

Yes See the video at the bottom left of this page, and other info: http://www.fordvehicles.com/crossovers/edge/2011/

OK it's official, I'm living in the past! :D Thanks for the info.

I guess I don't understand the build process, I thought the "retooling" downtime that occurs each summer was to convert the assembly equipment to make the next year's model, if model years can be made as noted above, what is "retooling" for?

Well I can't speak for this particular situation, but my Dad has been driving new cars from one dealer to another since he retired 10 years ago. The selling dealer searches in their system to find just the vehicle that the customer is looking for, and then contacts that dealer to "swap" vehicles -- so if a customer wants a 2010 Edge and a dealer 150 miles away has one, the selling dealer makes the call and offers to swap whatever type of car the supplying dealer needs, and they probably haggle over that. So if the one dealer is giving up a 2010 Edge, maybe he's short on the 2011 Mustang and the selling dealer has plenty in stock, so they cut their deal and now dealer #1 will make a sale and dealer #2 will improve the selection on his lot. Once this is done, ol' Dad drives a new Mustang one way and drives the Edge back the other way. Some might not prefer this as they want a "new" car to be "new" when they drive it off the lot, but the cars are treated well during the drive and the only change is 150 miles on the odometer. So if the OP really wants this particular vehicle, you can do your homework and check the online inventories of area dealerships (or maybe call Ford customer care and ask them to locate the model with the options you want), and then deal directly with that other dealer and have someone run you up there. Good luck!

I used to think the same way, which is why I held off on the 2005 Escape Hybrid and bought a 2006 model, figured I didn't want to be their guinea pig and experience quirks. Now almost 5 years and 60,000 miles later, zero problems with the 2006 Escape Hybrid, and haven't read anything about glitches that were uncovered on the "first year" 2005 model. So that gave me more confidence to go with the "first year" 2010 Fusion Hybrid, and after 11 months and 34,000 miles I have had zero problems. I don't have any reservations about the 2011 Edge model, especially since this is really a midlife upgrade rather that a new model. So I will be ordering one in the next couple months, once I can actually test drive a 2011 model rather than a 2010, I want to check out the MyFord Touch first to make sure I like it.

Did your dealer have prices on the model and options, or was this money down for the order to get into the system?

+1 on that, make sure it's in Park and if so move down the Neutral and try to crank, if no joy go back to Park and try again and wiggle the shift selector... I think those switches are made better now than in years past but you never know. Let us know how it goes.

Hello akirby, looks like I'm following you from the Fusion forum -- now getting into the market for a 2011 Edge and waiting for the MyFordTouch, waiting for a 2011 to arrive on a local lot to take a test drive and check it, then order the combo we want. So I'm also interested in the dates for the ordering guide to become available. Jeff