Or I was going too fast for me to see them.
Day 1: Wednesday 10 February
He's mine! Marlin is all mine (ok, and my wife's).
I went to Koons Ford this afternoon and started the inspection process. I put together an inspection list I started using (https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/delivery-pickup-checklist.3286/post-104799) and made it about 1/3 of the way through and found an item needing repair as well as ran out of time. It seems one of the holes in the bottom of the frame had been ripped out (transport hook perhaps).
Here's the ripped hole:
My biggest concern was the jagged metal hanging out. My dealer Narh had the service manager come out to check it and while I drove home to pick up my wife they cut out the offending metal:
I may file the edges a little more but it should be fine. No other problems found.
That hole is the one on the driver’s side just in front of the rear tire.
What is the size of that hole? Is it a jack point?
The $100 driver assist prep pack cash stacks with any and all payment methods. It's compensation for signing the form, nothing more nothing less. Totally agnostic to payment method.
How many yrs can you finance at the 0.9% financing? Love Marlin!Day 1: Wednesday 10 February
He's mine! Marlin is all mine (ok, and my wife's).
I went to Koons Ford this afternoon and started the inspection process. I put together an inspection list I started using (https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/delivery-pickup-checklist.3286/post-104799) and made it about 1/3 of the way through and found an item needing repair as well as ran out of time. It seems one of the holes in the bottom of the frame had been ripped out (transport hook perhaps).
Here's the ripped hole:
My biggest concern was the jagged metal hanging out. My dealer Narh had the service manager come out to check it and while I drove home to pick up my wife they cut out the offending metal:
I may file the edges a little more but it should be fine. No other problems found.
When I got back the "twins" were together one last time.
Marlin is in the foreground. His doppelgänger will soon be picked up by a Dr. from DC. These were the two Mach Es ordered through Koons Silver Spring.
The buying process was handled well. It was slow as it always is.
Good news: Qualified for the 0.9% APR financing. I didn't go for Options as Maryland only gets $1000 bonus cash on options, so it doesn't make up for going up to 2.25% like those states that get the $2500. Also, my dealer knew nothing about Options -- no surprise. I'll educate him but I wasn't going to use it anyway.
Bad news: I learned that if by getting the cheap Ford rates like 0.9%, I didn't qualify for the $100 active driver assist cash. Apparently the two don't stack.
Not great news: No surprise but they didn't want to give us much for our 2016 Nissan Leaf. We had a $7000 offer from CarMax but Koons wouldn't even hit that. We'd already decided that at $7K we'd just keep the Leaf a bit longer, so the pony is an addition to the stable, not a replacement.
Marlin is home in the carport, safe from the sleet coming down. I spent an hour sitting outside going through settings, etc. More on that later.
Yeeesh. Spray some primer and black paint in, on, and around that hole (when it's warmish and dry), just to stop it from rusting.It seems one of the holes in the bottom of the frame had been ripped out (transport hook perhaps).
Here's the ripped hole:
My biggest concern was the jagged metal hanging out. My dealer Narh had the service manager come out to check it and while I drove home to pick up my wife they cut out the offending metal:
I may file the edges a little more but it should be fine. No other problems found.
3-4 years
I had Leaf and, more recently, Bolt. 1-pedal was a piece of cake in the Mach-E after 6 years of 1-pedal. In some ways I like it a bit more but cannot say why. Maybe I just like the car better.
