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We finally got to test drive the TX this morning. We made an appointment at a low-volume "town" dealership (as opposed to the highway dealership), and when we arrived we were handed the keys and told to have fun! I really appreciated being able to test drive the vehicle in a relaxed fashion like this. This was the EB edition, which I had never seen before, and it was very nice. While the interior doesn't compare to, say, a Lexus, it was very nice for a $30,000 vehicle. The wood-colored trim, the retro speedometer, and the two tone leather gave it some style. The seats were comfy, especially since they were uber adjustable. My only complaint about the interior was that the center stack was very busy with all sorts of controls and buttons and the like. One thing we liked was the fact that with the captains chairs and no center console, there was plenty of room to access the third row. This is important since we have two kids in car seats and a mother-in-law living with us. While driving, the engine shifted in a very smooth and refined manner. Even though this is a bigger vehicle than I am used to driving, it felt very secure without a lot of body lean and slippage. Accelerating onto the highway was adequate, although compared to my current small sedan, it was sluggish. However, that is not a fair comparison. There wasn't a lot of road noise in the cabin. Visibility was amazing from the driver seat. I have driven other SUV's and minivans where you had to cross your fingers when changing lanes, but the TX had great sitelines when you looked in all directions. My only complaint about the suspension was a little lacking when going over bumps. Other impressions: - The heated seats are great. My wife was having some back pain this week, and she said that she found the heated seats to be very nice! - The trip computer is pretty cool. I never had a vehicle that had one, so I had fun playing around with it on the test drive. - The alloy metallic color (the color of our test vehicle) is a lot nicer in person than in the brochure. It looks the same as black in the pictures, but it is a stately dark gray in person. - Low volume dealerships are the way to go! This one treated us with a lot more respect than the highway dealer. In summary, my wife and I liked it so much that we ended up factory ordering one!
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Replying to: humblecoder (Dec 08, 2007 4:30 pm)
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Replying to: passat_2002 (Dec 08, 2007 9:20 pm) The only risk of a factory order is that you don't know what rebates will be in effect when the vehicle arrives. My gut feeling is that they will be the same or higher, given the way the economy is shaping up, plus the fact that the TX seems to be a slow seller. However, even if the rebate goes away, we'd still be ahead of the game by about $1400. Right now the rebate is $1500 in our region.
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Replying to: humblecoder (Dec 09, 2007 8:40 am) One salesman explained to me that dealers prefer not to trade because they do not get the 3% holdback from Ford. Instead, the dealer that traded the car gets to keep the holdback. They actually buy the car at invoice price from the other dealer and then have to pay someone to drive it back. If a dealer sells a vehicle from their lot, they save the cost of getting the vehicle and get the 3% from Ford.
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Replying to: jpzenger1 (Dec 09, 2007 2:41 pm) If it is a true dealer "trade", that implies that dealer A is sending a comparable vehicle to dealer B. So dealer A won't get the holdback on the vehicle that they are receiving from dealer B, but they WILL get the holdback on the vehicle that they send to dealer B, once it is sold. |
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Replying to: jpzenger1 (Dec 09, 2007 2:41 pm)
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Replying to: humblecoder (Dec 10, 2007 5:20 pm) |
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Replying to: thegraduate (Dec 12, 2007 11:21 am) Just out of curiosity, why is that grad? Pricing aside, the TX and Edge are two pretty darn different vehicles. Now for my $.02. I don't know anyone with a FS or TX but my brother-in-law rented one (FS) on vacation in FL and said it was fantastic. He drives a Durango FWIW. Friends of ours have an Edge SEL and love it too. I've been following along in most TX and Edge forums all over the place as we too are interested in them and their opinions of each seem to reflect the vast majority of others opinions so your Aunt seems to be looking at a couple of great choices. 
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Replying to: baggs32 (Dec 14, 2007 5:40 pm)
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Replying to: cmuniz (Dec 15, 2007 5:53 am) |
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