Thunderbirdsoundsbetter
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just got the car back from the windshield recall about a week ago and today I sold it and am currently waiting for pickup.
I put 37k miles on this in a year. Had my ups and downs with this car. I got stranded once because of the two modules failing. My wife rolled her eyes many times because of this. Out of the year ownership, it’s been at the dealer for four months because of recalls and the breakdown.
dealer experience was a hit or a miss. No one knew anything about the car or any process. I don’t think they really cared much as they were more focused on the ice vehicles. They also weren’t trained for an electric vehicle.
pros
-I have an Audi etron and had a vw id4. But honestly I believe the Mach e drove the best when it worked. It is plenty fast and capable, smooth and comfortable. The Audi feels more like a regular car, the vw feels like it’s geared for kids.
-seats got better with time.
-regen is bonkers. I never used 1 pedal. The car stops on regen alone. In the other cars it barely regens. I rarely used the friction brakes.
-looks best out of the other evs on the market.
-maintenance is cheap.
-with seats folded you can fit a lot of stuff.
-heated steering and seats are great as they actually really heat up high
-back wiper is a joke.
cons
-turn radius is not good
-paak sucks. Doesn’t work half the time for me.
-1/4 of the time of ownership was stuck at the dealer.
-no off button for hvac on main screen.
-screen lag
-charge ports opens by itself on the highway. happened a couple of times.
-opening the frunk is a hassle.
-seal for frunk is not good as there is massive amounts of dirt and pollen.
-the swipe to open the trunk never works unless I put half my leg in to do a leg sweep.
-camera lags
-decals fall apart after one car wash.
-scratch magnet.
-steering is really heavy. Doesn’t feel like it has any power steering.
-range is horrible in the winter time. I got 160-180 miles at 100%.
-current range I’m getting is 248 at 100%. It’s about 75-90 degrees for the last couple weeks. I don’t know how I started with 320-340 at 100% when I got the car last may.
-door handle/button needs a revamp. Needs to work 100% of the time.
-stupid auto brake system works only during stop and go traffic for me. It’s soooo annoying. I also don’t like the fact that you have to wait til the car comes to a complete stop to make it move again.
-the small screens shuts off during a drive multiple times. There needs to be a alternate odometer on the main screen just in case so you can at least see how fast you are going like in a Tesla. I took it to the dealer many times because of this with videos and when it was still turned off, but they didn’t do anything as they keep saying no codes so just wait for it to reset.
Even with the many cons, the car is great if it works. I hope the dealer experience gets better soon or a lot of people will get turned off real quick.
hope everyone enjoys their car! This community has been great! A lot of info on here. Thank you all for everything.
I put 37k miles on this in a year. Had my ups and downs with this car. I got stranded once because of the two modules failing. My wife rolled her eyes many times because of this. Out of the year ownership, it’s been at the dealer for four months because of recalls and the breakdown.
dealer experience was a hit or a miss. No one knew anything about the car or any process. I don’t think they really cared much as they were more focused on the ice vehicles. They also weren’t trained for an electric vehicle.
pros
-I have an Audi etron and had a vw id4. But honestly I believe the Mach e drove the best when it worked. It is plenty fast and capable, smooth and comfortable. The Audi feels more like a regular car, the vw feels like it’s geared for kids.
-seats got better with time.
-regen is bonkers. I never used 1 pedal. The car stops on regen alone. In the other cars it barely regens. I rarely used the friction brakes.
-looks best out of the other evs on the market.
-maintenance is cheap.
-with seats folded you can fit a lot of stuff.
-heated steering and seats are great as they actually really heat up high
-back wiper is a joke.
cons
-turn radius is not good
-paak sucks. Doesn’t work half the time for me.
-1/4 of the time of ownership was stuck at the dealer.
-no off button for hvac on main screen.
-screen lag
-charge ports opens by itself on the highway. happened a couple of times.
-opening the frunk is a hassle.
-seal for frunk is not good as there is massive amounts of dirt and pollen.
-the swipe to open the trunk never works unless I put half my leg in to do a leg sweep.
-camera lags
-decals fall apart after one car wash.
-scratch magnet.
-steering is really heavy. Doesn’t feel like it has any power steering.
-range is horrible in the winter time. I got 160-180 miles at 100%.
-current range I’m getting is 248 at 100%. It’s about 75-90 degrees for the last couple weeks. I don’t know how I started with 320-340 at 100% when I got the car last may.
-door handle/button needs a revamp. Needs to work 100% of the time.
-stupid auto brake system works only during stop and go traffic for me. It’s soooo annoying. I also don’t like the fact that you have to wait til the car comes to a complete stop to make it move again.
-the small screens shuts off during a drive multiple times. There needs to be a alternate odometer on the main screen just in case so you can at least see how fast you are going like in a Tesla. I took it to the dealer many times because of this with videos and when it was still turned off, but they didn’t do anything as they keep saying no codes so just wait for it to reset.
Even with the many cons, the car is great if it works. I hope the dealer experience gets better soon or a lot of people will get turned off real quick.
hope everyone enjoys their car! This community has been great! A lot of info on here. Thank you all for everything.
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