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Congrats!!!!! My wife and I have a 1 month old and it is tough. You might need a less expensive payment just to pay for diapers and baby wipes let alone daycare. Being as dad is awesome!!! I would give up any vehicle for it. Good luck to you and your family. The Edge's will be around for you guys to pick up an '09. Get used to little sleep

That is what made us stay away from the panorama roof. It would be nice to have more options on it. We would have loved to open just the front and leave the rear closed to keep the sun off of the baby in back. Nice to see someone else from LA on here. Where about are you?

Sent our story in yesterday!!!

YEAH!!!!!! Who is doing it? Hypertech? I have tried K&N, AEM, AirRaid etc. to get stuff developed. I want to go faster! Could care less about the other upgrades. Keep us posted.

Front window tint is illegal here in California. As is about every thing..... We will however be doing 35 on the front 2 windows to match up better with the rears. My friend who does the tint says that by tinting the fronts, it will make the rear seem even darker..??.. We will see... So long as we don't get busted and have to remove it we will be fine. The whole vehicle being a dark color (Carbon Metalic) gets real hot regardless of how dark the windows are.

Im not sure, but our idles down to about 550 Rpm. It seems kind of low, but we haven't had any problems.

I have read in a few spots on this forum that vehicles built before JAN '07(I think) are more prone to problems. Is this true? Did Ford change something with suppliers or design? Whats the deal? How do you find out your build date and what problems are more likely with older ones?

We also traded in my wifes black Jetta for the same Carbon Metalics SEL Plus Fwd. What a difference!! I am always offering to run errands for her just so I can drive it. Don't want her to deal with any of those gas nozzle popping out problems. "I better take it and fill it up!!" :happy feet: Enjoy 25. My wife and I are both 31, married 1 year, and our baby boy is 3 weeks old. Live up the freedom while you can. The family life is awesome, but you will never be as free from responsibitly as you are now!!

Not too loud. Kind of a deeper tone. With the 6 speed it isn't turning that many rpms.

Are you sure they are not too large of files? I had that happen. You may have to reduce the size of the image(s).

Here's a clip from the inside. Windows up, air and radio off. http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/r...etriorsound.flv

It does not have the growl of a V8. It is real close to like a 350Z. Maybe a bit louder. It seems louder on the video clip than in person though. I will try to get an interior clip and maybe another one driving.

Thanks Jimmerz!! I uploaded to Photobucket.com. Here's the link: http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa203/r...current=013.flv

I finally got a sound clip but now I can't upload it to this site. Any advice on how to do it? I can e-mail it to anyone if you'd like. I can be mailed at: ryethor@aol.com It is a 40MB file taken from our camera and is a Windows Media File if that helps any computer savy people.. Ryan

Saleens7, you seem pretty up to date on all the aftermarket performance mods. Are there any air intake kits or programmers out there? I have looked alot but haven't had any luck.

You just need 1 cut up front. The rest of it just clamps in. The stock exhaustt can be put back with a clamp. or have an exhuast shop weld it. It is actually pretty easy on this vehicle.

If you save your stock exhaust, you can always put it back on. Atleast maybe sell the aftermarket kit used. The stock kit shold come off with just 1 cut up front.

Just going to get the cargo liner. The wife isn't into the diamond plate look for the seating area. Thanks for the info though!!

That is all I needed to hear. Ordering today!

Bryce, Has the cargo liner formed more to the floor? It looks like not a perfect fit. I remember you saying that they came rolled up and was wondering if it has flattened out any since your original pics. Ryan

What did the full set cost you? The rear cargo area looks great, but would like to keep atleast the front seats looking a bit less "industrial". The one in the back seat didn't look too bad as it is way less visible than the front. I have been told that thses are absolutely necessary with kids. We have a 2 week old who hasn't began making messes yet, but I can only imagine what to expect.

On our Edge Sel Plus we have Continental "Cross Contact" 245x60x18 M&S. Those are on the factory chrome rims.

hey szone. we are real close neighbbors.. neat to see people this close.

I guess it did work. We can try to get a video/sound when my wife gets home. I could have got them a bit better but it is like 100 degrees out and the blacktop driveway is friggin HOT! RYAN

Here are a few pics of the system. I hope the upload worked