Mach1E
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So you’re in the “NO” category, which is fine.Maybe on a prepped surface, but in real world the Audi will be long gone while the GT500 is just sittings struggling for grip and will only claw it back due to the top speed given a long enough stretch of road. The GT500 has serious traction problems off the line on typical non perfect road surfaces.
But in answer to the original op question, would I purchase the GTPE again given the chance it is a NO from me, it certainly works well for what I use it for pottering to the shops and crawling along in commuter traffic, as it is quite and rides well thanks to magneride, but I am in the camp that the interior quality has no place in a vehicle of the asking price and while I didn't get it for the performance based on what marketing had been pushing and what engineering ended up delivering on current form it can not be taken seriously as a performance BEV either.
I am no fan of Tesla so when with it comes to alternative BEV options there isn't a huge amount to chose from at present so it is a commendable effort from Ford and the GTPE will certainly be replaced with another BEV, but when that time comes unless Ford makes serious improvements to the GTPE over the length of my options term I will be spending my hard earn coin elsewhere as letting marketing write checks that engineering couldn't cash leaves me with zero faith that any future products will not suffer the same problem.
It does beg two curious questions of mine then.
1. You have a time machine, you go back and don’t buy the Mach E, what do you buy instead?
2. Assuming that the car in question 1 is available now, what’s stopping you from selling your Mach E today at a profit and buying that car?
We have a very unique opportunity in history right now. You don’t need a time machine. You can get out of a new car regrettable purchase and even make money. So I’m just curious what’s stopping the unhappy people from doing it. Just to be clear, this is not a criticism. Just curiosity about what’s stopping people.
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