Andry

What do you do to prevent theft? Do you have a car alarm? Are you careful where you park? I had the Pioneer Avic 700bt and it was stolen in plain daylight while eating lunch at a restaurant. It was partially my fault for parking somewhere secluded where it also had huge signs of how the restaurant is not responsible for auto theft. I did not see the signs nor did I know that this restaurant was known for that. But now that I have been through that and have my new Pioneer z110bt, I got a black wooden cover to place over it while parked. And I am also very careful where I park and am more aware of my surroundings. Even so, should I add an alarm to my car? Many people tell me that if someone wants to steel my stereo it will be stolen regardless, so I have not purchased one because of those comments. Let me know what you think or how you handle/take care of your own against theft. Thanks!

I have this same unit as well and well, I don't know all the technical terms you were referring to, but I have a DVD above also and it is neat the way I can play movies that are on my ipod (in my middle compartment box) and have them mirrored to the rear screen automatically. It is awesome. It also works vice versa where if my kids put in a DVD in the back, I can also view it in the front. The mic for phone conversations works well also. Much better than the last unit I had (previous model Avic). It syncs well with my iPhone. I purchased and had this unit installed from a local Audio store here in Houston, TX. They have installed this unit and the previous model I had prior to it which was stolen not to long ago.

Yes, I have installed a couple of months ago. I used to have the older model since June 2008 when I bought my car, but it was stolen in plain day light while I ate lunch at a restaurant and now since insurance covered, I had installed the Z11BT. It is AWESOME! I have loved it from the start.

Is this the same as alignment? Mine were perfect when I bought it and then within the first week I was still adapting and was having trouble estimating the largness of the vehicle and I clipped a curve with my front wheel. After that it kept shifting to the left on the highway only. So, I told them they aligned it. But I sort of feel as if it is beginning to shift to the left again after a couple of weeks. I am frustrated too even though it's not much to go on. I didn't know it could be the tires.

Welcome aboard and congrats on your new Copper Edge! I also love the color. When I got to the dealer and told them I wanted a Copper ford, they said, you mean the color that no one else wants? Not your typical way of getting a sale, but I agreed and said, yes, that one. They gave me a good deal on the SE as well because it had been sitting there a big long too. Enjoy your new Edge! Andry

I sent them pictures in e-mail of the faulty bumper saver they sent me. I will have to now buy the Edge one that is more a sticker than a bumper saver. Here was there reply: On Jun 18, 2008, at 8:42 AM, asl wrote: good morning andrea, we received your pictures, thank you very much. i apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. unfortunately, i have just been informed, that they are no longer producing this item. we will credit your card in the full amount for $43.52 and you do not have to send the bumper pad back. you can just throw it out. thanks. ~ josephine... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrea To: <sales@aslauto.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 9:29 PM Subject: Faulty Bumper Saver? I purchased a Bumper Saver for my Ford Edge and when I was about to install I noticed all the cracking and flacking of the top layer of the plastic. Whatever the material might be, it is cracked and pieces of it are coming off. Please let me know if I get a replacement that it will not be like this one. I really like the thickness of it. Thank you.

Has anyone who bought this bumper saver from Auto Sunroof of Larchmont experienced getting a faulty one? Mine has the top black layer cracking and flaking all over the place. I noticed it when I was going to install it with my husband. At first we thought it was just where it was folded in half in the box, but paying more close attention I found the whole thing was cracking and soon to be flaking too. It's weird. They told me to take a picture of it. I forgot to last night, but I will tonight. I hope if I get another that it won't be this way because I really like it. It's thick and sturdy looking.

My Edge does it too. I hate it, but now that I read that I'm not alone and it sounds like it's a pretty normal thing I'm not worried anymore. It's mainly in the mornings when I first turn it on and it only lasts about a minute.

Okay, so does this mean that the Ford Dealer Tech's had a problem with the fact that they knew it had been adjusted? Will it eventually be a problem if something is wrong with your car?

Okay, I know no one likes my after market leather seats, so need to comment on those. But I had camel interior before leather seats were put in and I paid $400 to change my camel carpet to charcoal. I mean, there was a small black stain already on the seats when I purchased the car, plus the first day my kids got in the car the carpet was marked with tennis shoe foot prints. I could tell it was not going to be good. So, I made the decision of swapping out the carpet. And since I'm kind of all out of money I left the camel floor mats for as long as they will last me without looking totally horrible. So far so good and I love the way everything inside the car is two toned. The camel mats look good. It's sort of the opposite of what everyone else is talking about here, but it works for me. I also have the weathertech mat in the cargo area and to answer the person who wanted to know how folding down the seat and the mat getting in the way works out. For me, it has not been a problem so far. I folded the larger section of the second seat down to put in my photography studio lights and the lip that sticks up right at the edge of the mat actually helped me so that the lights did not slide all the way to my dash. :-) So far so good.

Okay, so, I received my plates and it seems to be the bad luck that I have...nothing I've ordered for my car I have gotten just the way I would want it to be. I never figured the specialty plates too! They are no longer embossing the letters in the plates anymore. Are they doing this just in TX? I mean, my dealer plates were embossed, why not the specialty plates. Supposedly that is the way things are going to be from now on. But my regular plates that came in before to the dealer are embossed and it hasn't been that long since then. So, I did something illegal. Since I used to have the same plates many years ago and I had kept one that I had previously lost and then found after the rear plate had already been turned in, I put on my old embossed plate in the rear of my car. Sure it doesn't have the same Texas in Blue (like as the license plate #) and sure it has the little squares embossed on each corner for when we used to use stickers on the plates, but they are empty now and it is the exactly same number (letters) on the plates. So, I hope I don't get in trouble for it. :-)

Okay, lets say there was a passenger in that seat, as there normally is a child in that spot in my case. What do you suppose would have been the damage that person? Cut by glass I could tell, but would they have been smooched with metal and seat, or maybe bruised? What do you think?

I got the one with rails and really don't want them either. We tried taking them off but didn't know the first thing on what to do. We also realized we did not have the right tools. I would have loved to have a Copper Spoiler as apposed to rails. I wonder why some cars have black spoilers and some have the same body color tails. I can't even have it painted because it wouldn't be the same texture. :-(

Mine will say Andry and they already have them at the court, except they will not give them to me because supposedly my VIN # is not registered yet with the state with the Andry plates. Something of the sort. They said it will take a month or two before I can pick them up and put them on my car. :-( I used to have Andry on my first Ford Ranger Splash (red/orange) truck when I was 16 to about the time I was 18. Now I will have them on my Copper Ford Edge. I can't wait. I skipped putting them on my two mommy mobile minivan's that I had. Didn't fit. My small business is Andry's Photography, so it works just perfect. :-) Andry

Oh, I didn't know it had an info center. I lost my manual before I could read it. So, even the SE has an info center? I'll take a look today.

So you think it will be tacky even just leaving the Katzkin without the letters that follow? I kind of like it. Maybe I'm a tacky person though. I had the option of putting on my own logo, but since I do not keep my cars very long, after a few years I figured nobody wanted a car with my logo stitched in the seat. I thought it looked sportier with the Katzkin letters, as long as they take off the other line and lettering underneath.

Wow, I have a lot to learn. Never heard of this Octane stuff. So, are we saying that Regular gas at Chevron is the 87 Octane gas? And what if I stopped at any other gas station where their mid grade is the same price as Chevron's Regular, is that the same as the 87 Octane. Now that I'm saying all of this, I do remember seeing 87 and other numbers on the button to choose the grade level. Never paid much attention to that. Guess it never mattered with the old cars I was driving. :0) Thanks for the help. I lost my owners manual the first week I got the car. I think it's in a bag when I cleaned it out to get the rental when getting my leather seats put in. :-( I need to find it. I have been wondering whether or not I should be keeping the Overdrive on or off on the highway because it sort of felt smoother/lighter when I had it off.

If you go to one of their retailers you can probably get some between $900 to $1500 installed. It depends what you want. There are many options. There are also nicer leathers, I got their lowest end. They have their Suede Skins that are really nice and only about $100 more. Go to their website to find more info... www.katzkin.com. They actually tear off the cloth to install these. They don't look like covers at all. Really nice. I got mine through the actual dealer. I paid $1300 I do believe although I would have gotten them included for free had I gone with the upgraded SE that had Sync and Satelite radio etc. They had added the leather package that would be installed for the discounted price they were already giving me for the car. But I still got a good deal on this one at $23K+Leather $24K. Not bad.

I'm new to buying gas at Chevron, but now that I bought this Edge, I would like to give it some good gasoline other than my usual Kroger, HEB or Valero. I noticed that the mid grade is as much as the higher grade from the places I'm used to. Can someone please tell me what grade gasoline will be okay to put in my Edge from Chevron? I put in the middle grade from Chevron, the next one up from Regular and it was a little over $4 bucks per gallon this morning. Anyone who can educate me on this would be wonderful. Thanks, Andry

I put up pictures on my profile gallery. Stuff I have done and stuff I'd like to add and stuff that's being swapped out..... I added but will be replaced: 1. AVS Side Window Deflectors - Switching them out with Ford ones, I did not like these glued on ones. 2. Front AVS Bug Shield - Again swapping for Edge brand and even then might not keep it at all, I don't really like the looks of it which the only reason I bought it. for the sporty look. 3. Custom Katzkin Leather Seats - Getting front two seats replaced because I requested the Katzkin be printed on the leather not their entire company name. It's enough that I'm already giving them some free advertisement, they had to go and ruin it. They will be replaced next week. Taking off/replacing: 1. I don't like the look of the racks and have a feeling I will never use them, so I'm taking them off. Not sure if I will sell them yet though. 2. Would like to replace the wheels with bigger ones, but maybe next year. 3. Would like to replace the stereo because I didn't want to pay for Sync, but I do want a USB connection for my Ipod. :-( 4. Will probably replace the camel mats that it came with with something else. Purchased but not using: 1. I purchased the side door moldings, but I will not be putting them on after all. Do not like the looks of it when I taped them on....see pictures. I think I will risk going without them. (door dings) I will send them back if I don't find anyone in Houston who wants them. Waiting for delivery: 1. Bumper Protector - will add when it gets here. Added: 1. Side door protectors. 2. Weathertech Cargo Liner 3. Black carpeting because it was camel. 4. Covered the center console as well because it was camel too. Pictures on my Gallery and a couple here:

I have no clue what MPG I get or how to estimate it. Sorry, I haven't done my research on that part. I hear it's not really great for others who drive an edge anyway, so i don't even bother trying to figure it all out. Yes, they did fill my first tank.