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I thought this DEALER scam went away decades ago. My father fell for it in the late 80’s, maybe early 90’s. It’s a form of “bait and switch.” You might try for an easy solution by visiting your salesperson. Be professional, don’t pound on the desk. Explain to him that you negotiated in good faith for the car as it sat on HIS lot. Since you didn’t receive the car in the condition it was in when negotiations were completed you fell that negotiations are not complete and therefore ALL paprework is null and void. If you aren’t satisfied, tell him you need your trade-in and down payment back OR he needs to put the car back to “as negotiated condition.” DON’T BACK DOWN!! ab

YEP… kind of makes you wonder why they put clocks, external temperature, radio station info, etc. Makes my wife nervous when I lean over shade the display with my hand and tell her “look it’s 101 at 11:00!” But that’s the world we live in. Have you ever wondered why these cheaper “point and shot” cameras are called “POINT (and guess what the picture will have in it) and shot?” ab

Take a look at this wiring harness. I’ve used a couple of them (F250 and a Civic) and they ARE plug and play. Should turn a 3 hr, cut and splice job into an easy 1 hr job. http://www.quickconnectproducts.com/Find/find.php Here are a couple of links to help with the dash removal. http://www.fordedgeforum.com/index.php?/topic/3735-pioneer-avh-install/ http://www.fordedgeforum.com/index.php?/topic/4885-my-install/page__p__38142__hl__dash__fromsearch__1#entry38142 ab

Plus letters from manufactures. We received a letter from BMW highly recommending we NOT use it, and if we did we should expect a dramatic decrease in performance and a 25% decrease in MPG. ab

Back in 08/09 there were a lot wheels replaced because of creaking popping and tarnishing (not sure how plastic tarnishes). If you want to learn something about forum does and don’ts then click on BlazedUP. then here. http://www.fordedgeforum.com/index.php?/topic/4187-stay-away-from-retro-solutions-hid/page__st__20__p__32835__fromsearch__1#entry32835

Was your warranty over the first time you took it in for this problem? If you still had a warranty at that time I WOULD be down there in the morning IF THE light is on, make sure they see it before you turn the car off. Then in my most diplomatic voice (seriously) I would say something like this. You told me this could be a very hard problem to diagnose, so as a good faith effort on your part how about putting your best tech on it. OH and another good faith effort on your part, I'll need a loaner at your expense! Good luck ab

I reset our MPG meter at every fill up. I just luv to watch the meter change from 6 to 8, 10, 12, 13 then I REALLY llike to watch it drop at the first light (it’s always red ) 13, 11, 9, 7 then off we go again 7, 9, 11 then it’s time to stop at the NEXT (it’s also always red ) light, etc., etc., and ETC (THEY ARE ALL ALWAYS RED ). Welcome to Ft. Worth, Texas 1 of the top 10 WORST cities in the US for coordinated lights. :wacko: HHhMMm maybe that’s why we only average 15.5 to 17.5 mixed in town, lots of freeways (now that’s an oxymoron (we (Texas) have the HIGHEST # of new toll rd miles))!! ab

If you’re getting 40K out of a set of FRONT tires without rotating :happy feet: NEVER let an alignment shop touch the front end! Like akirby and blumi you need to take your Edge to an Alignment, NOT tire shop! ab

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Greetings and welcome We havent changed our 08 yet but it looks pretty easy??? 10mm wrench takes the cables off and an 8mm for the LONG bolt that holds it in. Are you having trouble getting it past the air filter? You might need to take the top off the air filter??? ab

Greetings and welcome Are you trading something in? We pay tax on the agreed on price 36K minus book value of the trade in. Example: $36000 - $12000 (value of trade in (we already paid the tax on the 12K 3 years ago)) = $24000 taxable ab

Welcome :beerchug: Check your bulbs, a PO may have changed them? Or try something like these, they MIGHT help a little. http://www.sylvania.com/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=136&page_id=918528&query=921&SCOPE=SearchHost&hiword=921 ab

We have 33K on our Pirelli’s, great tire! Looks like we’ll get at least another 10K out of them. However We’ll probably get these. http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/findTireDetail.do?c=1&rcz=76126&ar=50&rf=true&rd=20&rc=TCSINT&cs=245&dVeh=dVeh&tc=YOKRH0&yr=2008&pc=44341&cf=false&vid=013224&sw=false BUT NOT THESE, notice the 1 ½ rating. http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/findTireDetail.do?c=2&rcz=76126&ar=50&rf=true&rd=20&rc=TCSINT&cs=245&dVeh=dVeh&tc=BRIRHA&yr=2008&pc=25726&cf=false&vid=013224&sw=false ab

Greetings and welcome Ours has always worked just fine… North Texas, LOTS of cubic feet to cool! How is you air volume? Lots of air but NOT cold? Not much air but is cold? Have you checked your in-cabin filter? ab

Covers are available, here’s a link where they were discussed last year. http://www.fordedgeforum.com/index.php?/topic/4127-seat-bracket-covers/page__p__32131__fromsearch__1entry32131 Be careful when you order, check your color! ab

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“Good Job” for forcing them to discover that it’s been in a serious accident. 2 kids, student, wife!! :stop: Don’t buy it!!! And DO NOT buy from this dealer. Click here, enter your zip code, make, model and options and it will give you what is a good price for a new 2010 in your zip. Maybe aim a little lower, lightly loaded SEL's are really nice. http://www.truecar.com/index.html MOFSTEEL has a good point, a (newish) used car can end up costing more than a new one. You’ll be paying a higher interest rate for used. ab

Greetings and welcome Depends on which X5. 3.0 or 4.4 This is just my personal impression, the 3.0 is not quick and doesn’t handle very well. We traded an X3 for the MKX and drove a few X5’s when the X3 was being worked on. At the time I was not impressed AT ALL with the handling of the base X5 compared to the X3. The X5 wasn’t even in the same league as the X3. Speaking of “being worked on” the Sport WILL BE a nice change. I suspect you'll find the handling of the Sport just fine compared to the X5. Let us know. ab

Here's a nice long thread about the cabin filter including instructions on changing it and the Ford part # http://www.fordedgeforum.com/index.php?/topic/2967-cabin-air-filter-location/ You'll be amazed at how dirty :wacko: it is!! ab

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The gen 2 will definaitely hurt the resale value on our 08 BUT that’s why we trade every 2, 3, 4 yrs. Newer shiner latest greatest, etc. We had our 08 detailed Monday. Looks better now than new. We’ll BE LOOKING at the next MKX, I like turbochargers! ab

Due to retro-fitters (me) they will be pretty scarce on EBay, salvage yards, etc for a while. Your best bet is your local Ford dealer parts dept. If they don’t have it they can get it within a day or two. ab

Well GOOD, looks like Ford has FINALLY stopped putting the filter on TOOOO TIGHT!! ab

Greetings and welcome “I hate this feature and want it to quit.” This is # 2 on my short list of things that need to be changed! ab