'23 Build Week 10/31/2022

[Jake]

This looks so awesome! Makes me excited for our white GTPE with the Nite Pony package.

Congrats!

Hey! Weren’t we supposed to get black Mach-e nameplates in the sides? I don’t feel like I got any nite pony hardware except the wheels.

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[zpel]

Hey! Weren’t we supposed to get black Mach-e nameplates in the sides? I don’t feel like I got any nite pony hardware except the wheels.

I just pulled this from the Ford site. Looks like the GTPE have a rear black badge only if I read that right.

Mustang Nite Pony Package Available on Premium Model with Extended Range Battery or GT Performance Edition Package
Nite Pony Package includes:

MACH-E X or MACH-E 4 X painted black door badges depending on drivetrain

Black rear GT Badge (GTPE only)

Black Pony badge on front grille (Premium model)

Wheels with Center Caps Painted Black with Bright Pony Graphic

19” Aluminum Wheels with High-Gloss Black paint (Premium)

20” Aluminum Wheels with High-Gloss Black paint (GT Performance Edition)

 

[gryphon]

I just pulled this from the Ford site. Looks like the GTPE have a rear black badge only if I read that right.

Mustang Nite Pony Package Available on Premium Model with Extended Range Battery or GT Performance Edition Package
Nite Pony Package includes:

MACH-E X or MACH-E 4 X painted black door badges depending on drivetrain

Black rear GT Badge (GTPE only)

Black Pony badge on front grille (Premium model)

Wheels with Center Caps Painted Black with Bright Pony Graphic

19” Aluminum Wheels with High-Gloss Black paint (Premium)

20” Aluminum Wheels with High-Gloss Black paint (GT Performance Edition)

There's a whole thread on this now I believe because people are reporting that the GT badges look no different than the MY22 versions. That's disappointing if true.

 

[zpel]

There's a whole thread on this now I believe because people are reporting that the GT badges look no different than the MY22 versions. That's disappointing if true.

For what it's worth I chose the nite pony for the wheels anyways. Guess they will throw in a black rear badge just for fun ?

 

[gryphon]

For what it's worth I chose the nite pony for the wheels anyways. Guess they will throw in a black rear badge just for fun ?

Maybe not...
New Nite Pony Package for 2023 Mach-E | Page 5 | MachEforum - Ford Mustang Mach-E Forum, News, Owners, Discussions

 

[zpel]

Maybe not...
New Nite Pony Package for 2023 Mach-E | Page 5 | MachEforum - Ford Mustang Mach-E Forum, News, Owners, Discussions

Thank you for giving me the thread!

Another poster did show a photo of the rear badge being black, but the photo looks like it was taken on a 2007 Blackberry. HA

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/new-nite-pony-package-for-2023-mach-e.20810/post-563199

 

[gryphon]

Thank you for giving me the thread!

Another poster did show a photo of the rear badge being black, but the photo looks like it was taken on a 2007 Blackberry. HA

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/new-nite-pony-package-for-2023-mach-e.20810/post-563199

Yeah, I believe it is black but it has that metallic looking border around the letters. Just go back a couple pages on this thread to page 31 and you'll see this Nite Pony picture:

That looks the same as previous versions doesn't it?

 

[zpel]

Yeah, I believe it is black but it has that metallic looking border around the letters. Just go back a couple pages on this thread to page 31 and you'll see this Nite Pony picture:

That looks the same as previous versions doesn't it?

Ooooooof. I looked at 5 different 23' GTPE's with Nite Pony packages on CarGurus and you're right. I see no difference on the rear GT badge.

 

[Jake]

I just pulled this from the Ford site. Looks like the GTPE have a rear black badge only if I read that right.

Mustang Nite Pony Package Available on Premium Model with Extended Range Battery or GT Performance Edition Package
Nite Pony Package includes:

MACH-E X or MACH-E 4 X painted black door badges depending on drivetrain

Black rear GT Badge (GTPE only)

Black Pony badge on front grille (Premium model)

Wheels with Center Caps Painted Black with Bright Pony Graphic

19” Aluminum Wheels with High-Gloss Black paint (Premium)

20” Aluminum Wheels with High-Gloss Black paint (GT Performance Edition)

The side badges also are supposed to be painted black on the GTPE but no front blacked out pony.

 

[Jake]

There's a whole thread on this now I believe because people are reporting that the GT badges look no different than the MY22 versions. That's disappointing if true.

Mine had ‘22 style door badges as well. I mean… what was the $800 for here?!?

 

[Jake]

I just pulled this from the Ford site. Looks like the GTPE have a rear black badge only if I read that right.

Mustang Nite Pony Package Available on Premium Model with Extended Range Battery or GT Performance Edition Package
Nite Pony Package includes:

MACH-E X or MACH-E 4 X painted black door badges depending on drivetrain

Black rear GT Badge (GTPE only)

Black Pony badge on front grille (Premium model)

Wheels with Center Caps Painted Black with Bright Pony Graphic

19” Aluminum Wheels with High-Gloss Black paint (Premium)

20” Aluminum Wheels with High-Gloss Black paint (GT Performance Edition)

That is correct there is no Nite Pony package available for the standard GT

 

[ssmachemi]

Car is at the ole Ramp 6R per FC. They did give me a Jack Cooper convoy number but I’d assume that just means onto another train. Can’t track Jack Cooper anymore so that sucks, but I highly doubt they’d truck it all the way to Michigan. Still planned delivery 12/20-12/26. Anyone else get convoy from Missouri to Michigan?

 

[snowdoggie]

My dealer sent me an email this morning to let me know my vehicle is now in Port of Hueneme, CA. This is between LA and Santa Barbara.

This is according to a VinView update he received. Interestingly, the map has not updated, so we will probably never know how it got there from Mexico. Maybe it really did travel by ship in a sealed container from Lazaro Cardenas, MH?

My guess is cars will now go by truck to either Northern or Southern CA.

With the potential rail strike and the backup in shipping lanes it was smart of F to find alternative routes including by boat. In 2 weeks it from from Mexico to CA, while for most of us it takes 2 weeks just to get to KS and queue up for the wait.

 

[snowdoggie]

We love the Mach-E, the Model Y is a little firmer, and smaller and a little more nimble, but the Mach-e is so balanced and just feels more powerful and roomier.

If the Y was a tad cheaper and the ~11k rebate I may consider it if it is clear that the MME wont make it, though Tesla is having an inventory glut atm, not sure if it is market saturation or due to economics / demographics and the downturn in tech.

 

[snowdoggie]

Haha, nice catch. Well, I do have a reservation, but unfortunately, I don't think I would see a vehicle until 2024 or later.

I have done a lot of thinking and recalibrating the last week or so since it became quite clear to me that likely my MME will not arrive before the end of the year. I cannot stomach the thought of purchasing this vehicle and missing the tax credit by days or maybe a week, especially knowing that my car could and should have been delivered in a timely manner. You have visibility on the cars at Richmond, so you know how many are going to start rolling into the dealership in the next two weeks. My car was #472. I know some of those arriving cars are converted orders, but I'm guessing that most of those cars were after #472. It gets to a point where it is just not acceptable to me.

Then the damage is just icing on the cake. It may turn out to be nothing significant, but it's just one more thing that I have to stomach about this process. The GM, who I'm sure you'll agree has been helpful, said to me in an email that some people will continue with their orders beyond the new year, but that they will be disappointed. Well, I'm sorry, this car is going to cost well over $80k when it's all said and done, and I don't make it a habit to spend that kind of money disappointedly.

So, all of this has had me contemplating whether this is the right BEV for me. It was to be my daily driver but, in addition to my wife's car, we also maintain a third vehicle, a Toyota Sequoia 4x4. We keep it around for those times when we need the cargo space, or for our CA excursions, where we want to haul equipment in snow, an off-road route, etc. But, that vehicle is a 2011, so although it is a typically reliable Toyota, it is going to get more and more costly to maintain it. Plus, we are paying for insurance on a vehicle that doesn't get a ton of miles, etc.

Therefore, my placing a reservation on the Rivian. A choice like that would make more sense, in that it would be both my daily driver and meet our needs for a capable large SUV. One vehicle would take the place of two and simplification is always a good thing. Plus, if you are willing to pay the money, the performance capabilities of the R1S are quite impressive. It's no sports car, but I think it would be a blast to drive.

Like I said earlier, it's nothing that's going to happen anytime soon because of the demand and their still limited production capabilities. But if I'm not going to get a tax credit with the MME, then time is on my side and I don't need to jump into something that doesn't make a ton of sense. In the meantime, I will wait out the next two weeks and see what happens, but I will do so much more ambivalently than I was two weeks ago.

Metromile for the toyota

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