Report your new 2011 Ford Edge or Lincoln MKX delivery here!

[wilsons66604]

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Edited September 11, 2010 by wilsons66604

[luvford]

Finally! After 4 long months I got my 2011 Edge Limited in Bordeaux Reserve Red Mettalic today! All I can say is it is awesome! :happy feet: Took it out for a spin of course. The engine is so smooth I was doing 70 before I knew it. Luckily I caught it before the policeman behind me decided to bring it to my attention. :yup: It is so quiet and the ride is awesome.

 

It took 2 tries to connect my phone... but it was my phone's fault... I didn't have the setting right. And I had to go to the manual to figure out how to lower the voice volume on the navigation. FYI just say Voice Volume decrease.

 

Now if I can just get the Homelink to recognize our ancient garage door opener I'd be all set.

 

My only negative... the cargo cover SUCKS! I have never seen anything so pathetic. I'm glad I got the rubber floor pad and bumper cover but the cargo cover... come on FORD it looks like someone sewed it in their garage.

 

Here are a few pictures!

 

[choff1138]

Finally! After 4 long months I got my 2011 Edge Limited in Bordeaux Reserve Red Mettalic today! All I can say is it is awesome! :happy feet: Took it out for a spin of course. The engine is so smooth I was doing 70 before I knew it. Luckily I caught it before the policeman behind me decided to bring it to my attention. :yup: It is so quiet and the ride is awesome.

 

It took 2 tries to connect my phone... but it was my phone's fault... I didn't have the setting right. And I had to go to the manual to figure out how to lower the voice volume on the navigation. FYI just say Voice Volume decrease.

 

Now if I can just get the Homelink to recognize our ancient garage door opener I'd be all set.

 

My only negative... the cargo cover SUCKS! I have never seen anything so pathetic. I'm glad I got the rubber floor pad and bumper cover but the cargo cover... come on FORD it looks like someone sewed it in their garage.

 

Here are a few pictures!

 

 

drool drool drool..... These pic's make me so happy - I am so excited about mine coming now. I am so excited for you. Please give us a report tomorrow how you feel about it.

[ddp68]

Finally! After 4 long months I got my 2011 Edge Limited in Bordeaux Reserve Red Mettalic today! All I can say is it is awesome! :happy feet: Took it out for a spin of course. The engine is so smooth I was doing 70 before I knew it. Luckily I caught it before the policeman behind me decided to bring it to my attention. :yup: It is so quiet and the ride is awesome.

 

It took 2 tries to connect my phone... but it was my phone's fault... I didn't have the setting right. And I had to go to the manual to figure out how to lower the voice volume on the navigation. FYI just say Voice Volume decrease.

 

Now if I can just get the Homelink to recognize our ancient garage door opener I'd be all set.

 

My only negative... the cargo cover SUCKS! I have never seen anything so pathetic. I'm glad I got the rubber floor pad and bumper cover but the cargo cover... come on FORD it looks like someone sewed it in their garage.

 

 

 

Here are a few pictures!

 

 

 

Congratulations! Glad your wait is over!!!!! Great pictures, love the colour...

I didn't get the cargo package, hoping I can purchase the bumber cover seperatley!

Enjoy your new ride!

[FabulousWu]

Finally! After 4 long months I got my 2011 Edge Limited in Bordeaux Reserve Red Mettalic today! All I can say is it is awesome! :happy feet: Took it out for a spin of course. The engine is so smooth I was doing 70 before I knew it. Luckily I caught it before the policeman behind me decided to bring it to my attention. :yup: It is so quiet and the ride is awesome.

 

It took 2 tries to connect my phone... but it was my phone's fault... I didn't have the setting right. And I had to go to the manual to figure out how to lower the voice volume on the navigation. FYI just say Voice Volume decrease.

 

Now if I can just get the Homelink to recognize our ancient garage door opener I'd be all set.

 

My only negative... the cargo cover SUCKS! I have never seen anything so pathetic. I'm glad I got the rubber floor pad and bumper cover but the cargo cover... come on FORD it looks like someone sewed it in their garage.

 

Here are a few pictures!

 

[FabulousWu]

Wow luvfod I LOVE the color! Reminds me of black cherry.

 

I wanted to reach right out of the screen and then I reminded myself I ordered black!

Please update all of us to let us know about Sync and MyFordTouch...if it lives up

to the hype (I hope so!).

 

Congratulations!

[pmc47]

Finally! After 4 long months I got my 2011 Edge Limited in Bordeaux Reserve Red Mettalic today! All I can say is it is awesome! Took it out for a spin of course. The engine is so smooth I was doing 70 before I knew it. Luckily I caught it before the policeman behind me decided to bring it to my attention. :yup: It is so quiet and the ride is awesome.

 

It took 2 tries to connect my phone... but it was my phone's fault... I didn't have the setting right. And I had to go to the manual to figure out how to lower the voice volume on the navigation. FYI just say Voice Volume decrease.

 

Now if I can just get the Homelink to recognize our ancient garage door opener I'd be all set.

 

My only negative... the cargo cover SUCKS! I have never seen anything so pathetic. I'm glad I got the rubber floor pad and bumper cover but the cargo cover... come on FORD it looks like someone sewed it in their garage.

 

Here are a few pictures!

 

 

Just love that bordeaux red! Enjoy!! Thanks for the information on the cargo cover. You are going to so love driving your car. I got mine last week and am having fun driving. This is my first car with sirius radio; now I would never be without it in a car. Great driving!

pat

Edited September 12, 2010 by pmc47

[wilsons66604]

I'm wishing I chose the wine color (im a BIG fan of red wine but I ordered black)

I'm happy for you Luv Ford and I hope your new ride continues to make you happy.

 

Now...I only wish I could relate. Hopefully mine will arrive before end of month.

[Ctrl-z]

Hi again,

 

First hope you will forgive, like I stated before my English mistakes....The 2011 is by far one of the best car I ever owned. I was looking between the Mercedes GLK350 and the Acura MDX when I took a trip with a friend who owns a 2010 MKX...love the car so much I start last year to look for my first American car in decades ( my last US made car was a 1995 Jeep Cherokee). Since I'm also Canadian, I was pleased to know the EDGE as the MKX is made here in Oakville. So I ordered on May 14th my Edge Limited FWD.

 

I took delivery Thuesday, so far the vehicle is simply Awsome. Improvement for quality material and ergonomics over 2010. Few things I was really impressed by the quality of the custumer service at Oakville from Johanne who was always kind and professional every time I called to know when I would expect my truck. The other thing I was impress when I took the Edge is the paint. Wow realy impressive. Sound and handling is also 10/10. Nothing to say and I drove BMW and Mercedes before. Just a little wind noise from the window on highways, beside that the new Edge is a temple and a shrine for quietness.

 

Ok, As for the Sync issue. First I can't find the web browser in the system. I was told we could surf on the internet with the 8inch screen. I can't hook the wi-fi on my network. I see my router but can't connect with the sync....I also own a Iphone 4 and can't also connect or tethering with it.

 

Also, Sync is slow...ok we are now use to Smart phones and ipads, but sometimes the screen go crazy and when you want to go back to a previous menu it go back to the main menu.....I also have a minor issue with the Nav system, maps are really outdated. My house was built in 2005 and still no street on the sd card. I found a thing strange to, my sync is set in French, but when the lady voice announce a coming street with the nav system the mesure are in imperial (like in 1/4 of a mile turn left) but all my settings are in metric....weird....found no place to fix that.

 

And finally, I have over 500 songs in my Iphone, when I play some mp3 not all the pics of the albums show on screen...some do some don't....even if all my song have album covers in my phone.

 

One last thing, I'm afraid the power lift gate won't last long...when I open it, it wiggle and make strange noise...will report that to my next service....

 

But don't be afraid to buy this all the sync problems will be fix with the next update.....I'm sure....

 

So hope I didn't destroy Shakespeare heritage.....

 

Thanks, keep hope for those waiting to take delivery, worth the wait.

 

I'd like to thank you for your report. There isn't a lot of information here on how all this new Ford technology is working for the end user. A few of your points I'd like to address:

 

I have no idea on the web browser issue but if the subject isn't discussed in the owners (or Sync) manual then I suspect the feature doesn't really exist. Or maybe it's one of those features that Canadian customers don't receive. Sync (or MyFord Touch) is built on Flash and it does not provide a fast user interface. I've read that Ford engineers hope to improve the speed with updates but as long as its Flash based, it's never going to be all that snappy. The only way to know if the maps are significantly outdated is to compare coverage with a standalone GPS from Garmin etc. with recent maps. Even the most current NavTech (is that the supplier to Ford?) maps can be missing a lot of existing roads if they've never been reported to them. Regarding the imperial voice directions with the metric navigation settings, does it also do this when your system is set to English? Either way, that is really sloppy programming.

[wilsons66604]

I'd like to thank you for your report. There isn't a lot of information here on how all this new Ford technology is working for the end user. A few of your points I'd like to address:

 

I have no idea on the web browser issue but if the subject isn't discussed in the owners (or Sync) manual then I suspect the feature doesn't really exist. Or maybe it's one of those features that Canadian customers don't receive. Sync (or MyFord Touch) is built on Flash and it does not provide a fast user interface. I've read that Ford engineers hope to improve the speed with updates but as long as its Flash based, it's never going to be all that snappy. The only way to know if the maps are significantly outdated is to compare coverage with a standalone GPS from Garmin etc. with recent maps. Even the most current NavTech (is that the supplier to Ford?) maps can be missing a lot of existing roads if they've never been reported to them. Regarding the imperial voice directions with the metric navigation settings, does it also do this when your system is set to English? Either way, that is really sloppy programming.

In January article on cars.com, they say late availability on the browser...

 

 

Internet Connectivity   

 

Full WiFi capability including Internet “hot spot” connectivity and a built-in browser for use while in “Park” (late availability)

Integrated browser supports tabbed page navigation, “drag” to pan and scroll and a provides a 3-D carousel for bookmark browsing

Support for on-screen and USB-connected keyboards

RSS feed aggregator and text-to-voice reader

Mobile in-car WiFi “hot spot” capability through USB-installed air card or USB mobile broadband modem

[thebrave]

Finally! After 4 long months I got my 2011 Edge Limited in Bordeaux Reserve Red Mettalic today! All I can say is it is awesome! :happy feet: Took it out for a spin of course. The engine is so smooth I was doing 70 before I knew it. Luckily I caught it before the policeman behind me decided to bring it to my attention. :yup: It is so quiet and the ride is awesome.

 

It took 2 tries to connect my phone... but it was my phone's fault... I didn't have the setting right. And I had to go to the manual to figure out how to lower the voice volume on the navigation. FYI just say Voice Volume decrease.

 

Now if I can just get the Homelink to recognize our ancient garage door opener I'd be all set.

 

My only negative... the cargo cover SUCKS! I have never seen anything so pathetic. I'm glad I got the rubber floor pad and bumper cover but the cargo cover... come on FORD it looks like someone sewed it in their garage.

 

Here are a few pictures!

 

Congrats on the new Edge. Thanks also for the help on lowering the Nav Voice. Needed that a bunch. Hopefully, when we get a few more Edges out there, we can work together with tips like that one to help us jump up the learning curve even quicker.

Enjoy!

[luvford]

We've had a beautiful sunny day today here in St Louis. I had the BAMR open and the windows down! Just as a FYI the voice commands don't work too well with the wind noise even though it wasn't that noisy. The microphone is up by the visor.

 

So far everything seems to be working great. I used the "Services" voice command to check for traffic on my drive home. Set home as one of my places on syncmyride. Took a few minutes then was told about construction, the flow of traffic, approximately how long it would take me to get home from the place I was and an alternate route and how long that would take.

 

I set the adaptive cruise control. I love that it shows up in the left hand screen and it shows the speed you've set and the gap (1-3 car lenghts). It even shows a little car and then when another car is in my lane within the gap I've set it shows that car too. My car slowed itself down to maintain the gap and then speeded back up to the set speed very smoothly when the lane was clear.

 

I love the blind spot sensors and the back-up camera. They both have really come in handy.

 

Everything seems so intuitive I've only had to pull out the manual a coupe of times. I even figured out the garage door opener. :hyper:

 

My dealer said that you have to buy a chip to make the car a WiFi hotspot. He also said there was a work around to use the touchscreen as a dvd screen while the car is moving. Someone was talking about that.

 

Hope you all get yours soon!

[wilsons66604]

We've had a beautiful sunny day today here in St Louis. I had the BAMR open and the windows down! Just as a FYI the voice commands don't work too well with the wind noise even though it wasn't that noisy. The microphone is up by the visor.

 

So far everything seems to be working great. I used the "Services" voice command to check for traffic on my drive home. Set home as one of my places on syncmyride. Took a few minutes then was told about construction, the flow of traffic, approximately how long it would take me to get home from the place I was and an alternate route and how long that would take.

 

I set the adaptive cruise control. I love that it shows up in the left hand screen and it shows the speed you've set and the gap (1-3 car lenghts). It even shows a little car and then when another car is in my lane within the gap I've set it shows that car too. My car slowed itself down to maintain the gap and then speeded back up to the set speed very smoothly when the lane was clear.

 

I love the blind spot sensors and the back-up camera. They both have really come in handy.

 

Everything seems so intuitive I've only had to pull out the manual a coupe of times. I even figured out the garage door opener. :hyper:

 

My dealer said that you have to buy a chip to make the car a WiFi hotspot. He also said there was a work around to use the touchscreen as a dvd screen while the car is moving. Someone was talking about that.

 

Hope you all get yours soon!

 

BAMR ! I love it.

I just created a new topic asking about the Vista roof feedback.

 

Interesting comments about upcoming MySync hacks.

Let the fun begin!! I want o Jail Break my car!

[wilsons66604]

Yahoo! Cyberdman is Da Man!

He just told me...

In Transit - Shipped Rail - Railcar # TTGX988857 - Arrived at Intermediate Point (Canadian National Railways ) Loneast, ON Sep-12-2010, 21:50 ET.

[revOevoM]

Finally!

 

After the railcar with my Edge on it sat for 6 (six!) day at a repair facility in Michigan, I just got word from CN that it was picked up by NS yesterday afternoon. I found out late Friday that it was just a minor part failure, but it had to wait its turn to get repaired. But thankfully, all that's done and my Edge has resumed its journey to me, its rightful owner. Hope to have it by week's end.

 

[jgilles]

I just got an update that as of Saturday the 11th my Edge is sitting at Ramp 60 awaiting shipment! Does anyone know approximately how long they typically sit there before they ship? My sticker says shipment method Convoy so I am not sure if that will make a difference or not? Thanks for any insight as the anticipation is really starting to overwhelm me!

[Freddie]

I just got an update that as of Saturday the 11th my Edge is sitting at Ramp 60 awaiting shipment! Does anyone know approximately how long they typically sit there before they ship? My sticker says shipment method Convoy so I am not sure if that will make a difference or not? Thanks for any insight as the anticipation is really starting to overwhelm me!

If I understand correctly, Convoy means by truck and not rail. That's all.

[MoreOverTheEdge]

My new '11 Sport is here! Got the call and was excited until they called me back - some idiot jacked the windshield getting it off the truck (*%$&($*#*@($&@*($&@($(*&

 

 

Sigh...

 

Now what?? If I re-order, it'll be another 8 weeks...

 

They're supposed to call me today to see about damage, repair time estimate, etc.

 

I'm sooo disappointed...

 

I went over to the dealership to inspect the damage and took these pictures.

 

 

[LIVIO]

My new '11 Sport is here! Got the call and was excited until they called me back - some idiot jacked the windshield getting it off the truck (*%$&($*#*@($&@*($&@($(*&

 

 

Sigh...

 

Now what?? If I re-order, it'll be another 8 weeks...

 

They're supposed to call me today to see about damage, repair time estimate, etc.

 

I'm sooo disappointed...

 

I went over to the dealership to inspect the damage and took these pictures.

 

 

 

MoreOverTheEdge - What the heck happened?

 

In that first photo it look's like it's rusting already.

 

I feel so sorry for you......I would re-order another one.

 

Sorry to hear this.

 

Livio

[MoreOverTheEdge]

MoreOverTheEdge - What the heck happened?

 

In that first photo it look's like it's rusting already.

 

I feel so sorry for you......I would re-order another one.

 

Sorry to hear this.

 

Livio

 

That's just it, nobody I have talked to actually saw it happen. The rust looks up close to be transfer only - not from within. I actually just got a call from my sales guy (who feels horrible, unlike the manager) who said "We got lucky - it's all cosmetic. Should be ready for this weekend"

 

Here's the original photos if you're curious...

 

 

[choff1138]

Oh I want to cry for you... keep us posted what happens. Good luck

[djaoki]

Here are the photo's..............beat you to it!

 

I took photo's of a red MKX as well.

 

Livio :shades:

 

 

I ordered the white Sport. I'm still on the fence if I like black better. Either way, I'm excited to see this truck in my driveway soon!

[LIVIO]

That's just it, nobody I have talked to actually saw it happen. The rust looks up close to be transfer only - not from within. I actually just got a call from my sales guy (who feels horrible, unlike the manager) who said "We got lucky - it's all cosmetic. Should be ready for this weekend"

 

Here's the original photos if you're curious...

 

 

 

MoreOverTheEdge, first off.....I would have a few words for the Manager and then I would tell him to keep it.

 

I personally would then ask him to order up another one because that glass took a pretty good hit and I know I wouldn't want a brand new vehicle that now needs paint work and a new windshield installed.

 

If you decide to keep this vehicle make sure you go over it with a fine tooth comb and ask for a significant discount because of all this.

 

I too feel so sorry for you and anyone who this could happen to.

 

Livio

[LIVIO]

I ordered the white Sport. I'm still on the fence if I like black better. Either way, I'm excited to see this truck in my driveway soon!

 

djaoki, I ordered mine in black for several reasons but to tell you truth the Sport colours are all really nice.

 

I even don't mind the silver and I am not at all a silver kind of guy.

 

I have not yet seen a red one in person but I would say these are my favourites colours in this order.

 

1) Black

 

2) White

 

3) Red

 

4) Blue

 

5) Silver

 

Good luck and don't forget to post your pics!

 

Livio

Edited September 13, 2010 by LIVIO

[revOevoM]

... some idiot jacked the windshield getting it off the truck...

 

My wife was buying a new [non-Ford] car in April this year. She knew what she wanted; we test drove; she completed all the financing.

 

We drove the one at the dealership that was spec'd out like she wanted except for Nav. "We have one coming in in just a few days..." Well, it came in. But, like yours, was damaged - hers beyond sellable. Another large truck (not sure if it was a vehicle transport) clocked the rear corner of the transport hers was on - at that exact spot. Because they're cinched down like a hurricane's coming, the car didn't budge, but the rear axle did. Bent it and the frame.

 

Silver lining: she bought the one we test drove, got an aftermarket Nav installed (which functionally was much better than factory) including steering wheel control, plus a rear camera and window tint - for the same price as the factory Nav would've cost. She ended up with a much better vehicle.

 

Now, I'm not saying that your outcome may be similar. Believe me, I feel your pain. Just relaying another auto ownership mishap. I wish you the best. (Ya know, if it was me, I'd ask for a new one. Waiting is painful, but having a pristine new car is worth it.)