Former Ford ZM Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 What do you think of the engine? Aggressive near WOT take off from a light http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grrWZoyLfIs Highway passing test http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwJaPj05JHk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92merc Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Thanks for those. The reviewers had remarked that you have to mash the gas pedal quite a bit to get the car going. From the looks of it, the RPM gauge was up there quite a bit when you got it going. I'm guessing if you don't mash the pedal, the computer programming is basically leaving it in a more fuel economical mode. You have to mash it to change into "go fast" mode. Just don't show us any of the "sudden deceleration" kind of videos. I think a few of the guys that have been itching for an Edge would puke if they saw one smashed before they even had a chance to look at theirs. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Ford ZM Posted December 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Some daytime ones for your viewing enjoyment: Merging onto the freeway through one of those loopy onramps. Gotta love how they give two feet of straightaway to get up to speed, no problem for the Edge however. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4D2ZhnGa_w Topping out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2NHBKkKkiU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bri719 Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Thanks for those. The reviewers had remarked that you have to mash the gas pedal quite a bit to get the car going. From the looks of it, the RPM gauge was up there quite a bit when you got it going. I'm guessing if you don't mash the pedal, the computer programming is basically leaving it in a more fuel economical mode. You have to mash it to change into "go fast" mode. yes drive-by-wire systems can be quite an adjustment at first. but these things are designed to "learn" your driving style over time. so after a little while (your first or 2nd tank of gas), it remembers the way that you tend to use the accelerator and after that learning curve tends to be a lot more efficient and responsive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertlane Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Wow - that's a high winding little beast I like a car that can handle and loves RPMs :happy feet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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