Soon to be Mach-E owner, tempted to be Model Y owner

[Pieter]

As said, it is very subtle, the red line is just in between the black bottom trim and the white paint, zoom a little

My cellphone was the issue, on PC it's indeed visible
Send some pics once you have your car!

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[Anders31]

I think it will be way cheaper to have them primed and painted properly

https://parts.lakelandford.com/prod...ey_make=5793&ukey_model=108878&modelYear=2021

One goes from 200 to 400$ and you need 4, plus the bottom door panels .....

I am sure a good body shop will do a piano black paint prep for around maybe 1000€

 

[Pieter]

I think it will be way cheaper to have them primed and painted properly

https://parts.lakelandford.com/productSearch.aspx?searchTerm=wheel cover&ukey_make=5793&ukey_model=108878&modelYear=2021

One goes from 200 to 400$ and you need 4, plus the bottom door panels .....

I am sure a good body shop will do a piano black paint prep for around maybe 1000€

We're easily looking at 2000€ here. Not worth the money I think..

 

[Anders31]

Just got this email, well at least it is moving...

 

[Pieter]

Just got this email, well at least it is moving...

Mais oui, très bonne nouvelle! Elle se trouve à Anvers, Belgique.
I hope you live in the northern part of France, maybe it reaches you earlier ;-)

 

[Rob-Mach-E]

Bonsoir Anders!

I didn't know that this was that common. I did get a VIN, unfortunately track&trace doesn't work on the ford website (wrong order number or VIN), although FordPass does recognize the VIN and associates it with a Mach-E. According to my dealer the car is indeed in Antwerp, Belgium (ironically I'm originally from Belgium). I honestly don't understand how it's possible that it takes over 2 months to get a car from Belgium to Spain, I mean, it's just 2000km all highways. It takes a truck 2 days.... I think they have so little orders that they group transport, which is why it's taking that long.

As for the PaaK, I know we have the door code, but if I wanted to open the car using the code I would just use that. If a phone can be used to unlock if you are in the proximity, I expect it to just work. Door code is good as a backup, but that's not what I need initially. It's like having to manually operate automatic windshield wipers.

When did you order your MME?

As far as PAAK, I haven't had many issues with it myself. I have a mid 2023 model. I use a iPhone. I find there are times that it doesn't work right away. The worst thing I had to do is open the ford pass app and then the doors were able to be unlocked. I don't carry my keys with me ever. I also never had to use the door keypad. It is nice to know it is there though.

 

[Pieter]

Just got this email, well at least it is moving...

Nothing delivered yet Anders?

 

[Anders31]

Nothing delivered yet Anders?

"Should" be here by thursday or friday ....

And you?

 

[Pieter]

"Should" be here by thursday or friday ....

And you?

Oh, nice. That’s just hours away. Real countdown can start.
In my case it “should” be here by Jan 4th. But I have a gut feeling that there will be a delay. They told me at all times that it would arrive sooner, however we’re only 2 weeks away and the delivery date in their system hasn’t been updated.

on the other hand, maybe the car is already under way too Spain. When I reserved the car I got the VIN from the dealership, so I installed FordPass app and tried to link the vehicle. A couple of weeks ago I got a notification in FordPass that the request was denied. Who knows someone turned on the car to put him on a truck, and denied the request that popped up on the screen. Time will tell..

 

[AliRafiee]

You’re lucky you didn’t buy in 21-22. I ordered in Sept 22, delivery date just kept moving starting from February til I finally picked up the last day of May.

 

[Pieter]

You’re lucky you didn’t buy in 21-22. I ordered in Sept 22, delivery date just kept moving starting from February til I finally picked up the last day of May.

I think I would have cancelled. Actually, if they start playing the delay game, I may be tempted to do so, as I will have too much time to think things through, as it wasn’t a bargain at all ?

 

[Auto Motive]

You’re lucky you didn’t buy in 21-22. I ordered in Sept 22, delivery date just kept moving starting from February til I finally picked up the last day of May.

Us too. Glad we got the GTPE in end of Oct 2021 before the snow hit us. After all this time its still a awesome ev to drive. Styling wise believe its going to be unaltered for years. A timeless design like the 2011 Kia Optima SX we bought that looked new for 11 years. Very subtle changes and it worked.

 

[Pieter]

Big sigh.....
So the expected delivery date for my car was Jan 3rd. Note that I ordered this car in October, and that the car has been in Antwerp, Belgium ever since. Not sure why it takes over 2 months to get it to Spain (2000km).

Anyways, the dealership assured and reassured me that with almost 100% certainty the car would be here much earlier. Fact is that I can get a tax refund of 3000€ in 4 months if the car is paid before Dec 31st 2023. After that date, I have to wait till April 2025 to receive the refund.

So I got in touch again with the dealership to ask whether the car was underway, etc.
To my surprise, the car is STILL in Antwerp, Belgium after over 2 months, because......"they need to do a software update related to BlueCruise". (I'm wondering whether this could be PowerUp 7.0.0).

Now that it's quite clear that the car won't be here before the end of the year, the dealership is offering me to register the car nonetheless with Spanish traffic authorities and invoice it. I'm not sure about that...paying/owning a car that is yet to be delivered, who knows when.

I'm getting more and more fed up with all this crap. Maybe I should just cancel it, and get a Tesla after all.

 

[Pieter]

I'm getting more and more fed up with all this crap. Maybe I should just cancel it, and get a Tesla after all.

And that's what we finally did. We cancelled our Mach-E and ordered a Tesla Model Y. Got a 5k stock discount, if the car was paid and picked up before Dec 31st. As I was/am abroad myself, my brother in law picked it up last Friday, and it's waiting at my place till I get back. My brother in law is in the car business and did a thorough inspection when picking it up, so far so good.

Happy to have a new car, although a bit sad too that it aint a MME, as I liked the community.

Good luck and many enjoyable rides to all of you.

 

[Auto Motive]

And that's what we finally did. We cancelled our Mach-E and ordered a Tesla Model Y. Got a 5k stock discount, if the car was paid and picked up before Dec 31st. As I was/am abroad myself, my brother in law picked it up last Friday, and it's waiting at my place till I get back. My brother in law is in the car business and did a thorough inspection when picking it up, so far so good.

Happy to have a new car, although a bit sad too that it aint a MME, as I liked the community.

Good luck and many enjoyable rides to all of you.

Both are excellent ev. We have a 2021 GTPE and 2023 Model Y AWD long range 20 rims custom midnight silver paint. Good luck with the Y you wont be disappointed.

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