New owner incoming, any advice?

[RickMachE]

When I set the ford pass app up do I need to set up the same account on my partner's mobile or do I create a new account for them?

You create a new account for them. Then they add the vehicle, and you get asked to grant permission.

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[RickMachE]

Hi all

Picking up a new Mach E premium extended range MY23 next week and would just like any tips, tricks, advice. Finding the online info/faqs from Ford pretty woeful as usual regarding infotainment, EV charging promotions, pretty much everything. Plus the dealers arent exactly clued up on whats what, helpful enough but having owned a GT 5 litre I am more than aware that the premium end of Fords range really arent supported that well here in the UK.

Came from a Mustang GT S550 facelift, BMW M2 before that and awaiting an Emira 4pot which is taking forever.

Thanks in advance and hello all

My advice, that so many don't follow, is to READ THE MANUAL. It's available in PDF form that you can put on every device you own, downloadable from the Ford site. Sure, forums are great, but don't you want to know the features of the car that you're paying a lot for?

I always laugh when a year into ownership someone says "I didn't know it did that".

 

[wenklaw]

I always read the manual mate but my experience particularly of ford is the info is either wrong or outdated that's why i ask.

 

[DevSecOps]

I always read the manual mate but my experience particularly of ford is the info is either wrong or outdated that's why i ask.

Don't mind Rick ... he tells everyone to read the manual.

 

[RickMachE]

I always read the manual mate but my experience particularly of ford is the info is either wrong or outdated that's why i ask.

You're one of the few then. Great!

I can't think of anything of any significance that is wrong in the manual. Many of the features are new to owners, even though they may be on new ICE vehicles also.

 

[Guss-E 2021]

Use ACC if you don't like speeding tickets ?! Weeeeeee!

 

[DevSecOps]

Use ACC if you don't like speeding tickets ?! Weeeeeee!

That's what Waze and Radar Detectors are for. ACC is best used to speed at a safe distance.

 

[wenklaw]

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You're one of the few then. Great!

I can't think of anything of any significance that is wrong in the manual. Many of the features are new to owners, even though they may be on new ICE vehicles also.

Can you point me in the direction of blue oval charge points and how I use the ford pass app to pay, what charging points are included?

Struggling to find information that aligns

 

[wenklaw]

Use ACC if you don't like speeding tickets ?! Weeeeeee!

What is ACC

Edit, I assume adaptive cruise control, never heard it refered to as ACC but you live and learn

 

[RickMachE]

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Can you point me in the direction of blue oval charge points and how I use the ford pass app to pay, what charging points are included?

Struggling to find information that aligns

Your other thread specifically seeking charging info, for the UK, is probably where you'll get the best info. Only one respondent on this thread is from the UK, and the networks are vastly different here.

 

[wenklaw]

Your other thread specifically seeking charging info, for the UK, is probably where you'll get the best info. Only one respondent on this thread is from the UK, and the networks are vastly different here.

This is exactly why I post exclusively on the UK section (which this is) on this forum. I assume you're a north American owner, the entire process of buying the car, specifications, charging wise, brochures available differ substantially from US/Canada to the UK.

 

[wenklaw]

You're one of the few then. Great!

I can't think of anything of any significance that is wrong in the manual. Many of the features are new to owners, even though they may be on new ICE vehicles also.

You're a North American owner? Manuals, brochures, models, spec varys from country to country. Ford UK aren't particularly knowledgeable on Mach E or Mustang 5.0 which I owned before. If you lived in the UK and owned one you would understand

 

[JohnFoxeSheets]

I can't think of anything of any significance that is wrong in the manual. Many of the features are new to owners, even though they may be on new ICE vehicles also.

Actually the challenge with the user manual is that it covers all features of the car, including features a specific trim doesn't have. So If one is looking to better understand what's available for their trim, it won't tell them that. But yeah, RTFM to understand how the features your trim has work.

 

[RickMachE]

You're a North American owner? Manuals, brochures, models, spec varys from country to country. Ford UK aren't particularly knowledgeable on Mach E or Mustang 5.0 which I owned before. If you lived in the UK and owned one you would understand

Yes, that's correct. Yes, I know that Ford dealers in the UK aren't very knowledgeable about the vehicle, probably due to lack of experience / volume. Yes, the manuals are different.

I was just pointing out that your thread specifically asking about charging in the UK was probably going to get a better answer than buried in this one. That said, there's not a huge outside the US membership here, or frankly on any social media that I've found.

One thing I have noticed - UK uses a different metric for the promised efficiency / range, which is wildly off from actual experience (vs. the US measurement is just off by a bit). Some UK owners during the winter were very upset, but it's due to an unrealistic published efficiency / range vs. reality. You WILL get a range hit in cold weather, of 20 - 40% depending on the temperature. Preconditioning, by setting a departure time while plugged in, will mitigate that.

Hope the pickup process goes well! Great car!

 

[wenklaw]

Appreciate that and yes the UK side of this forum is pretty inactive.

What I would bare in mind though is north American owners posting on a UK thread isnt particularly helpful in certain areas.

I am a car enthusiast and have always been an active member of whatever car that may be an M2, RS, GT etc etc, the Mach E is for my better half and just trying to get the low down from other UK owners.

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