Ride_the_lightning
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I have generally loved my Mach E since I got it in December of 2021 (2021 job 2). It’s a Premium standard range AWD model. But this just turned me from supporter to “I will never buy a Ford again.” I have babied this car. It doesn’t have a single scratch or door ding after 13k miles and 13 months. The dealer even did an exterior and interior protection coating of some kind (I caved and agreed to it since they were wonderful and never even tried to add ADM). My daily use consists of driving my kids to school and running errands. I work from home and it’s garaged all day and night.
I’m sorry, but this sorry excuse for “vegan” leather is absolute shite. My 2017 Nissan leather looked better at 70k miles, not to mention the near-perfect leather in my 2013 Acura TSX at 75k miles. Both of those cars I bought used for $25,000 and retailed for under $40k.
I bought a first model year willing to put up with early adopter EV issues. My HVJB hasn’t failed, and I would rather deal with that. I assumed seats are one thing Ford has been making for 100 years.
In fact, this experience is similar to exactly one car I owned, a 2021 Tesla model 3. At 4k miles the paint started peeling off after a car wash. I sold it to CarMax the next day. FFS Ford, this is embarrassing. I don’t care how good the rest of the car is, if it falls apart when I sit in it, it’s a POS. No software can make up for that. I weigh 155 lbs btw. Not exactly a big guy.
I’m sorry, but this sorry excuse for “vegan” leather is absolute shite. My 2017 Nissan leather looked better at 70k miles, not to mention the near-perfect leather in my 2013 Acura TSX at 75k miles. Both of those cars I bought used for $25,000 and retailed for under $40k.
I bought a first model year willing to put up with early adopter EV issues. My HVJB hasn’t failed, and I would rather deal with that. I assumed seats are one thing Ford has been making for 100 years.
In fact, this experience is similar to exactly one car I owned, a 2021 Tesla model 3. At 4k miles the paint started peeling off after a car wash. I sold it to CarMax the next day. FFS Ford, this is embarrassing. I don’t care how good the rest of the car is, if it falls apart when I sit in it, it’s a POS. No software can make up for that. I weigh 155 lbs btw. Not exactly a big guy.
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