brwarrior Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 I picked up a 2014 Edge SEL AWD. Fairly basic, only options were the tow package, all weather floor mats and roof side rails. I needed a receiver hitch for a bike carrier so I had to move up to the SEL. I'm pretty happy with it. Needed something with a back seat for the girlfriends kids. Dove in on a 3Y/12K lease. Paid invoice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 Congrats on your '14 SEL, and welcome to the fold 3 years (maybe more) of fun & adventure to look forward to! What was your previous ride? Put up some pix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brwarrior Posted November 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 Congrats on your '14 SEL, and welcome to the fold 3 years (maybe more) of fun & adventure to look forward to! What was your previous ride? Put up some pix! I've had company vehicles for years. Currently an '04 F-150 XL std cab short bed. Only some optional chrome bumpers, fog lights. Vinyl inside. Your basic construction company work truck. I used to have an '01 Daewoo Nubira 10 years ago. It was ok for basic transportation. No frills. But it looked pretty and got lots of compliments. Not sure if that will go through on a drag and drop from my Google+ photos. Just a shot after I got her sitting in the lot at work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordService Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 I've had company vehicles for years. Currently an '04 F-150 XL std cab short bed. Only some optional chrome bumpers, fog lights. Vinyl inside. Your basic construction company work truck. I used to have an '01 Daewoo Nubira 10 years ago. It was ok for basic transportation. No frills. But it looked pretty and got lots of compliments. Not sure if that will go through on a drag and drop from my Google+ photos. Just a shot after I got her sitting in the lot at work. Welcome to the forum, brwarrior. Wow, she is a beauty, and congrats on your purchase! My name is Tricia, and I’m the U.S. Ford Customer Service rep. If you have concerns in the future, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. I’ll be happy to look into all available options to assist. In the meantime, enjoy cruising in your new sweet ride! Tricia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brwarrior Posted November 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Made it back home a while ago. I have to say that I'm very happy with the new ride. Very comfortable. Drove great. Personally I like a car that feels solid. It doesn't have to completely remove the road from you. This Edge does just that. I was worried about fuel mileage with the AWD and vocal people online. I managed a little over 25 mpg heading down there. I was surprised to see the mileage gain a mpg from Paso Robles to Pismo doing 65. I took my girlfriend down to the dunes and drove on the beach. It felt a little squirrelly but I didn't drop the tires so that's expected. Final mileage was 23.9 mpg according to the computer. Did 346.8 miles. I haven't filled up yet so I don't know exactly. The cruise control is really nice in this thing. Dial in your set speed and it will display it. It did a good job of maintaining speed on message decents. I did go into manual "sport" mode going down Cuesta Grade (6+%) though. It was wanting to run a little. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Transmission shift points are probably the biggest long-running complaint I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brwarrior Posted November 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 I was mostly happy with the shifting. I was expecting it to be much worse. My work truck ('04 F-150) is blech on downshifts. Stomp the gas, wait, wait, ok here we go. And it makes a major THUNK when it does. I'm not really sure if any AT descends really well. So many people don't know to turn off OD when descending in cars. The guy in front of me going down that grade was on his brakes more than the pickups towing 12-15K pound toy haulers next to us. Granted they were all diesel trucks (2 Fords and a Chevy). Though I think a lot of that is people in California really don't know how to drive in the mountains. IMHO. One thing I don't like is the dead pedal is set back to far. It need to be up more. It's probably 1-2 inches forward of the accelerator pedal. i wish the Sync did more. I guess because I don't have MFT it won't tune the radio (either OTA or Sirius) by voice. Kind of dumb considering it will control stuff over BT (Pandora, etc.) The dealer SYNC specialist even told me I knew more about it than he did. That was a little disheartening. "Specialist" yeah. I had the car a week and I knew more. But I'm a geek and was researching stuff and finding out it's limitations. Plus he confused up some of the MFT stuff and the "basic" SYNC stuff. Maybe it's the dealership. I once had the Service Manager make a comment he should hire me to work on the IBC (Integrated Brake Controller) in the trucks because I figured out why ours ('07 F-550) wasn't working after they had it for a few days. It was the aux fuse for the trailer battery charging. If that fuse blows the IBC will say there's a problem when a trailer is hooked up. Smart, but it should be a little smarter and tell you what the problem is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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