BalsaDust
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- Tony
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It has been a great year with my Grabber Blue Mach-E! while I may not drive it much since I work two miles from home I have racked up just under 6k miles.
I ordered a 2021 on May 31st which after waiting on dealer allocation, parts shortages, and the dreaded "chip shortage" it finally arrived at the dealer on June 1st 2022, a year and a day after ordering.
I had originally ordered a star white but when the order was bumped to a 22 model year I swithed to the available Grabber Blue. An advantage at the time was that regional Ford dealers were offering a 2K discount which was applied to my order. The sales manager even accepted my x-plan and it saved me almost another 2k on top of the Delaware state rebate that was applied at time of sale.
After driving several demos and throughly reading the owners manual several times I felt very comfortable driving my new baby off the lot.
Now for the good, and of course the bad....
I'll start with the bad, my only complaints stem from the technology in the car. While it does do everything great and most of the features do help, I would have been happier without the $600 I paid for three years of BlueCruise, in my opinion it should be an option a buyer can select. I tend to enjoy driving and while some people love BC, I personally have only tried it twice and did not enjoy the experience. Next is the "smart" features that have a mind of their own. The headlight switch changes from auto to on by itself, a few of the updates have caused issues like chaging profile to guest, and the dreaded drive mode unavailable. Now mind you these are only minor nuisances that I deal with especially since they are not constant.
Now for the good!
The performance and handling are far superior to any vehicle I have owned in the past 20 years. While the ride is firm, I don't consider it bouncy and my wife has never complained about the ride, she even thinks it better than her Leaf.
Driver seating and positioning are just as good as my previous Escape and back seat passengers have more legroom in the MME than the escape ever had.
The best part of owning an MME? driving past gas stations! While I may not have as much mileage as others do in a year of driving, my cost per mile has dropped to just under $0.04 versus the Escape which with services was right at $0.19.
I have only DCFC a couple of time just to try it out before my upcoming first road trip in the MME this Summer.
My only additions to my MME have been front side window ceramic tint and the AOSK mud flaps. I had also purchased a second Key Fob when the 21's were only sold with one but when it was updated to a 22my it automatically came with a second fob, oh and I have never used PAAK, just dont trust it.
My next purchase for the MME will be a Ford extended warranty. I waited the first year to see what would happen with the car.
I am also probably going to order a "modern Spare" before my trip to Florida this Summer for that extra bit of "just in case" peace of mind.
With my first year over, I am looking forward to plenty more to come!
Tony
I ordered a 2021 on May 31st which after waiting on dealer allocation, parts shortages, and the dreaded "chip shortage" it finally arrived at the dealer on June 1st 2022, a year and a day after ordering.
I had originally ordered a star white but when the order was bumped to a 22 model year I swithed to the available Grabber Blue. An advantage at the time was that regional Ford dealers were offering a 2K discount which was applied to my order. The sales manager even accepted my x-plan and it saved me almost another 2k on top of the Delaware state rebate that was applied at time of sale.
After driving several demos and throughly reading the owners manual several times I felt very comfortable driving my new baby off the lot.
Now for the good, and of course the bad....
I'll start with the bad, my only complaints stem from the technology in the car. While it does do everything great and most of the features do help, I would have been happier without the $600 I paid for three years of BlueCruise, in my opinion it should be an option a buyer can select. I tend to enjoy driving and while some people love BC, I personally have only tried it twice and did not enjoy the experience. Next is the "smart" features that have a mind of their own. The headlight switch changes from auto to on by itself, a few of the updates have caused issues like chaging profile to guest, and the dreaded drive mode unavailable. Now mind you these are only minor nuisances that I deal with especially since they are not constant.
Now for the good!
The performance and handling are far superior to any vehicle I have owned in the past 20 years. While the ride is firm, I don't consider it bouncy and my wife has never complained about the ride, she even thinks it better than her Leaf.
Driver seating and positioning are just as good as my previous Escape and back seat passengers have more legroom in the MME than the escape ever had.
The best part of owning an MME? driving past gas stations! While I may not have as much mileage as others do in a year of driving, my cost per mile has dropped to just under $0.04 versus the Escape which with services was right at $0.19.
I have only DCFC a couple of time just to try it out before my upcoming first road trip in the MME this Summer.
My only additions to my MME have been front side window ceramic tint and the AOSK mud flaps. I had also purchased a second Key Fob when the 21's were only sold with one but when it was updated to a 22my it automatically came with a second fob, oh and I have never used PAAK, just dont trust it.
My next purchase for the MME will be a Ford extended warranty. I waited the first year to see what would happen with the car.
I am also probably going to order a "modern Spare" before my trip to Florida this Summer for that extra bit of "just in case" peace of mind.
With my first year over, I am looking forward to plenty more to come!
Tony
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