SpaceEVDriver
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When the Mustang Mach-E was introduced, I tried to convince my partner that we "needed" one. She was unconvinced.
Then the F-150 Lighting was introduced and we had just come home from a camping trip with the Tacoma. I reserved the F-150 Lightning with her pretty enthusiastic agreement.
Then July 2021 came around and she was liking the idea of another big truck less and less, but still wanted a BEV. She looked at the ID.4, the Tesla, and then I convinced her to look at the Mustang. She was leaning toward the ID.4. We scheduled a test drive for it, and tried to schedule a test drive for the Mustang. No dealers within about 8 hours drive of us had a Mustang available for testing. She liked the ID.4 but wasn't terribly impressed.
Then we found a Mustang to test drive about 2.5 hours (one-way) away. We took the day off work and went down to test it.
We ordered the Mustang at the nearest authorized dealer to our home on the way back home.
Our order was for a 2022 California Route 1, AWD with the extended range battery. With a mere 2 mile range difference between the AWD and the RWD, it didn't make sense to get the RWD when we live in an area that gets a lot of snow. Ford said it would take, "20+ weeks" before delivery.
After ordering, we settled in for the long wait.
On Thursday, 24 February 2022, 20 weeks to the day after we ordered, we picked up our shiny Grabber Blue Mustang. If I understood Ford's approach to their chip shortage, I would tell you the secret to getting our Mustang in the time Ford promised. I think it's just dumb luck.
In this thread, I will chronicle the adventures of our grounded Space Pony.
Then the F-150 Lighting was introduced and we had just come home from a camping trip with the Tacoma. I reserved the F-150 Lightning with her pretty enthusiastic agreement.
Then July 2021 came around and she was liking the idea of another big truck less and less, but still wanted a BEV. She looked at the ID.4, the Tesla, and then I convinced her to look at the Mustang. She was leaning toward the ID.4. We scheduled a test drive for it, and tried to schedule a test drive for the Mustang. No dealers within about 8 hours drive of us had a Mustang available for testing. She liked the ID.4 but wasn't terribly impressed.
Then we found a Mustang to test drive about 2.5 hours (one-way) away. We took the day off work and went down to test it.
We ordered the Mustang at the nearest authorized dealer to our home on the way back home.
Our order was for a 2022 California Route 1, AWD with the extended range battery. With a mere 2 mile range difference between the AWD and the RWD, it didn't make sense to get the RWD when we live in an area that gets a lot of snow. Ford said it would take, "20+ weeks" before delivery.
After ordering, we settled in for the long wait.
On Thursday, 24 February 2022, 20 weeks to the day after we ordered, we picked up our shiny Grabber Blue Mustang. If I understood Ford's approach to their chip shortage, I would tell you the secret to getting our Mustang in the time Ford promised. I think it's just dumb luck.
In this thread, I will chronicle the adventures of our grounded Space Pony.
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