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You should be able to park your Renegade in the back of an Edge Sport! LOL! They really are fantastic cars with a lot of space!! Like, no joke amount of space....

When my Edge went to get winter oil November last year (yes i change oil based on the season - because polar vortex), they informed me that there was a recall on my car for the rear window shattering. Didnt ask details, just gave the go-ahead. Seems like there is some kind of recall every 6 months on these cars...

Try cleaning the blades properly. There might some dirt/mud/insect guts/tree sap or something dodgy causing this. Worst case, you will have to replace the blades.

Best thing to do in a deep freeze, is take that EcoBeast out for a drive! We are also in the grip of that polar vortex (-32C without windchill....) Congrats on the new ride!

Got this from some random website: "When you engage Park but do not engage the parking brake, the weight of the car is held by only the little parking pawl lever inside the transfer case, as opposed to the car's actual parking brake. When you start your engine the next time, you can feel an unpleasant "thunk" when you move the selector out of Park, if there was even a tiny unevenness to the pavement. This is because the little parking pawl is literally FORCED out of the lock, overcoming the weight of the car. It is always recommended to engage the parking brake first, to let car's weight rest on the brake, before moving the selector into Park. That way, the next time you start the engine and move the selector out of Park, there is no more "thunk" because the weight of the car is held by the parking brake, not by the little parking pawl. (Unless you release the parking brake first, without holding the brake pedal, before moving the selector into Park. In that case, you would actually feel the car move a little, its weight falling back onto the engaged parking pawl.) After arriving, recommended to 1. Engage parking brake. 2. Move selector into Park. 3. Let go of the brake pedal. 4. Stop engine. Before leaving, recommended to 1. Press the brake pedal. 2. Start engine. 3. Move selector into Drive (or Reverse). 4. Release parking brake. There will never be that rough "thunk" moving out of Park when these steps are followed, because the car's weight will not rest on the parking pawl that locks the output shaft."

Had a quick look, its not auto disqualification but if it results in your tire hitting the curb it is.

As far as I know, its an automatic fail if your car rolls at all once you have parked. And yes, they specifically test parking on incline/declines.

That is very strange...

Even my Sport does this. When you put the car in park, apply the parking brake before letting go of the brakes. Applying park on the transmission does not apply brakes; the roll and then stop you feel is the transmission stopping the car from rolling, not the brakes.

Ford just launched the refreshed Fiesta ST in Europe and a refreshed Focus ST is due very soon. There was also a whole bunch of photos doing the rounds of the new Mondeo. Ford is only getting rid of sedans/hatches in America. Europe will continue to get the sedans and traditional ST's whilst we get ST Badges on SUV's. I think given the European nomenclature, the sport should have remained and given the option of an ST-Line appearance package. But what do i know

I had a run against a new base Porsche 718 in my Mustang and gave him a proper hiding. At the end of the run we both shared a laugh and thumbs up. If he offered me a swap right after that race, i would probably have fallen over my feet trying to give my keys to him fast enough.

And after spending that $10k on the Ford, you would still not have a Porsche....

I have no motivation to trade my Sport at this point in time... In fact, I am enjoying it more now than when I got it!

Wasn't surprised by any of the comments....

Edit above: Pulling and holding the paddle on the 6spd does not resume auto. Just drove the car to double check. It goes back to manual faster by just keeping your foot steady on the accelerator.

Temporary means just that; if your car is in D and you use a paddle to upshift or downshift, the car will be in "manual" shifting mode for a short time period, then it will revert back to full auto if you stop using the paddles. E.g. If you are driving 60mph in D + Auto and you start applying your brakes with the aim to come to a complete halt, you can use the paddles to downshift for some engine braking. Whilst you are doing this, the car will be in manual mode and allow you to shift (ignoring the built in shift logic) until the car thinks you are done using the paddles e.g. when you stop shifting down when you got to 3rd gear and came to a complete stop. Same thing with upshift e.g. if you are parked and you want to pull away in 2nd, pull the paddle, the car will shift the car to 2nd but if you do not upshift yourself using the paddle, the car will takeover. In S, once you use the paddles, the car will remain in manual mode until you shift the car to D or press and hold the right paddle. The car will not hit the rev limiter, it will auto upshift and it will not let the engine labor by auto downshifting - even when in S and you have engaged Manual mode by up or down shifting. In the Edge you will probably not damage the engine or gearbox with the paddles so feel free to experiment with it till you have it figured out.

Very nice review. I really enjoyed it. Thanks.

AWD will not make you brake or steer better on snow and ice. I had the unpleasant experience of driving my Edge Sport on a 400km trip on a snow and ice covered road (with all season tires) and not once during the trip did I think "I wish I could accelerate faster". The couple of times AWD did help was for me to maintain my speed on steep inclines. If you drive in deep snow, un-ploughed roads or offroad, then sure. For general use, FWD with a proper set of winter rubber will be better than an AWD on all seasons.

I have this only after driving on Snow\Ice for extended periods of time. From what I can tell, it seems like the snow and ice flung up by the front tires cake to the bottom of the rear doors where they meet the body (this is actually slightly underneath the car). I use de-icer on this seam to open the doors.

We went up north this weekend to visit some family and over the course of the visit we got around 15cm of snow with -10 degrees C temperatures. Not usually a problem except for the fact that we are still on the Pirelli All Seasons that has now covered a relatively hard 37 000km. We managed to maintain a safe speed of between 80 and 100kph without the traction or stability control needing to intervene once on the snow and Ice covered pavement. The only way you could tell there was some clever trickery going on was by looking at the Intelligent AWD display that showed how the car moved the power from the front to rear axles to keep the vehicle tracking straight and true. Had the car been fitted with its winter tires I am confident we would have been able to stick to the posted 110kph speed limit the entire way. If you are in the market for an AWD SUV and you stumble upon this whilst you are researching options, you will not be disappointed in how the Edge handles these tricky situations!