The wife hated her car (2015 Chevy Cruze) and wanted something different. We'd had a Ford Edge a while back and she really liked it so we decided to go down that road again. she finds a 2016 Edge Sport at a local Ford dealership. All black, lots of bells and whistles. It's $23K with 35000 miles on the odometer.
I start looking up the same car within 300 miles and see that the typical price for the edge is about $26K. So I'm thinking, "Wow... that's really good price... I wonder what the catch is?"
We're going to be nearby the dealership that day anyway, so we decide to drop in.
We get to the dealer and see the car with a big sticker on it: $25,949. The lot lackey comes out and we say "this isn't the price you advertised online" and he starts asking us if we were military, owned farmland, etc... "See, that price you saw on the internet Is with all the
discounts applied"
"Ohhh..." I say looking at the missus. "Discounts". with the fingers in the air making quotes. The lackey already doesn't like me. Good.
The missus really likes the car. We're leaving for Florida the next morning and tell the guy we aren't buying today but will check to see if the car is still there when we return. Sure enough, we get back and the car is still there. We test drive it and all is well.
The wife says she wants it for the price they listed online, after some hemming and hawing they finally agree. They try to shaft us on the trade (The car is now in the front yard with a for sale sign
) coming up with some ridiculous monthly payment number. We get annoyed and leave. Are we are getting in the car the lackey chases us down (this is so annoying. I absolutely hate when car dealers do this) saying his boss wants to talk to us.
We're going to put $5K down and the wife says "I only wan't a loan for 19K". The back and forth starts again. Now we go to the boss, then the big boss, then the bigger boss. They keep trying to steer her into a higher price telling her "we can't do that" The boss of the boss of the boss says "Look, meet me half way on-" thats when I cut the guy off saying "Man, I've been married to her for 10 years. I assure you she's not going to budge."
They all break up laughing and agree to the price she wanted. Kudos to her for standing her ground. She's a tough cookie!
Regarding the latest technologies...
as you mention the engine here i's a complex setup: Direct injection, Twin-turbo.
A lot of the problems you hear about with the Edge are a result of maintenance the owner is never told they need to do. For example, the Edge is well known to have PTU problems and the Direct injection can get gummed/carboned up. The PTU originally wasn't a serviceable part (Awful idea) but it is now and the fluid needs to be changed every 30K. Not even ford's website or owners manual tells you this. Direct injection means the fuel doesn't go through an intake plenum or intake valve. It's put DIRECTLY into the cylinder. When they go bad? $$$$$$$
Why does this happen?: I'll just quote from JLT's page here:
During the process of venting crankcase pressure back through your intake track, large amounts of oil, in the form of vapors, intake tube, intake manifold runners and even dilute your gas, lowering its octane level. This happens on all engines and is even worse with forced inducted vehicles (supercharged and turbocharged) as crankcase pressures are increased. To combat this, we have developed an oil separator of our own design. Milled from solid billet aluminum this is a rock-solid piece. It has a knurled tank base for easy removal to drain the spent oil and an O-ring seal to prevent any leaks.
TL/DR - The oil mist gums up the direct injectors and valves. Get a separator and a good quality synthetic oil to reduce carbon.
https://www.jlttruecoldair.com/jlt-3-0- ... -ecoboost/
None of this is a guarantee, but it should help extend the longevity of the car.
WOW THAT'S A LONG POST!!
