Edgy one Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Bought this new 2011 for my wife on Saturday the 11th of Dec. All I can say is WOW. This is truly the best Ford yet. Traded our Expedition and no regrets. Almost went for the Nissan. I feel that would have been a mistake Cannot wait to play in the snow with AWD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Congratulations on your purchase! Playing silly bugger in the snow is great especially when you have the AWD readout showing which wheels are getting power. Have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgy one Posted December 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Congratulations on your purchase! Playing silly bugger in the snow is great especially when you have the AWD readout showing which wheels are getting power. Have fun. There Is an AWD read out? I need to find this. Can you tell me where it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 There Is an AWD read out? I need to find this. Can you tell me where it is? Oh, DO be careful...it's like being inside a real video game, LOL. Go to the 4" screen to the left of the speedo and into the display submenu. There are 4 choices I believe (you will see 4 little boxes in the top right corner of that screen showing you which subscreen you're on). Go to the last one...that is the AWD readout screen. It shows all 4 wheels and which wheels are getting power. You can see how it changes if you deliberately understeer or oversteer into a corner. Go into a corner a little hot in slippery snow (make damned sure you're away from curbs, etc...do it in a parking lot even better) and as the vehicle starts to slide, point the wheel where you want to go and gun it. You will see the power spike to the front wheels and you'll feel it pull you out. Go too hot and you'll engage traction and/or stability control...that defeats the purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridbidge Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Oh, DO be careful...it's like being inside a real video game, LOL. Go to the 4" screen to the left of the speedo and into the display submenu. There are 4 choices I believe (you will see 4 little boxes in the top right corner of that screen showing you which subscreen you're on). Go to the last one...that is the AWD readout screen. It shows all 4 wheels and which wheels are getting power. You can see how it changes if you deliberately understeer or oversteer into a corner. Go into a corner a little hot in slippery snow (make damned sure you're away from curbs, etc...do it in a parking lot even better) and as the vehicle starts to slide, point the wheel where you want to go and gun it. You will see the power spike to the front wheels and you'll feel it pull you out. Go too hot and you'll engage traction and/or stability control...that defeats the purpose. Just use common sense... remember no amount of electronic babysitter can thwart the laws of physics... but they sure do help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgy one Posted January 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Oh, DO be careful...it's like being inside a real video game, LOL. Go to the 4" screen to the left of the speedo and into the display submenu. There are 4 choices I believe (you will see 4 little boxes in the top right corner of that screen showing you which subscreen you're on). Go to the last one...that is the AWD readout screen. It shows all 4 wheels and which wheels are getting power. You can see how it changes if you deliberately understeer or oversteer into a corner. Go into a corner a little hot in slippery snow (make damned sure you're away from curbs, etc...do it in a parking lot even better) and as the vehicle starts to slide, point the wheel where you want to go and gun it. You will see the power spike to the front wheels and you'll feel it pull you out. Go too hot and you'll engage traction and/or stability control...that defeats the purpose. Richey, I found it. This is way cool. Now all i need is snow and an empty parking lot. Oh and my Edge back. Got called in on the Recall. Should have it Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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