SELSean Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 So I previously owned a 95 Volvo 850 Turbo which I loved until I had a run in with a Honda Pilot. The Volvo did its job and absorbed the impact but it was a total loss. Shortly afterward the wife and I began shopping for a replacement vehicle and it was painful. We wanted to stay with Volvo and started looking at the XC70 but I couldn't get used to the cladding on the wagon. We then looked at the XC90 which was nice but found it hard to find a 2.5t as most were T6 (twin turbo 6) with the crappy Geartronic transmisson that Volvo is expecting 100% fail rate on. We then switched gears and started looking at other cross-overs and SUVs. We narrowed it down to the Pontiac Torrent, Murano (Wife), and the Edge (Me). I did some research on the Torrent and found out that the intake manifold fails. Having owned several GMs including a Suburban, 02 Avalanche and having to do fuel pumps on all including an intake manifold gasket on the Suburban myself it was easy to eliminate it from the equation. The in-laws have a Murano SE and it was nice to drive although it was a bit firm and the cargo was small and I didn't like the dash illumination. The Edge had more cargo for our dog and my hockey gear, etc plus it had a lot of passenger room all around. The wife was skeptical and had to drive it twice before we bought it and she was still skeptical. Now she absolutely loves it after driving it for 3 days and she gets envious when I take it to work. So far we love it and have no substantial complaints. The previous owner loaded it up with a lot of options minus navigation but I can live without that I guess unless I come across a Ford nav deck used. Ford definitely stepped their game up with the Edge. I think the only upgrade I'll do to the truck is a Hypertech E-con flash. It seems that there's a lot of active users here and a lot of info so I'm looking forward to becoming a part of the community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07TxEdge Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Nice choice, me and my fiance just got the same model as you only in the red color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SELSean Posted August 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Nice choice, me and my fiance just got the same model as you only in the red color We love it. I actually don't mind being a passenger in it and that's saying a lot. I love everything about it so far. It has good power and decent gas mileage on the highway however in town isn't so hot but whatever, it's a truck so what do you expect right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07TxEdge Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 (edited) We love it. I actually don't mind being a passenger in it and that's saying a lot. I love everything about it so far. It has good power and decent gas mileage on the highway however in town isn't so hot but whatever, it's a truck so what do you expect right? same here, my fiance loves driving it. I have to steal it when I want to drive it lol Edited August 10, 2010 by 07TxEdge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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