How long do you plan to keep your Mach E?

[Gondzis]

Im thinking now like 4-5 years..

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[fredfaylona_mme]

For now, I plan to return the car to Ford before the 48th month - which means in 42 months - unless the resale value is higher than the residual. Which really means I‘ll get another EV from Ford or someone else - I’m hoping that for the price we paid for our MMEs we get to buy something with 400-500 miles range.

I still have my 23 year old Porsche Boxster (base) and I will keep this for as long as I can. My last car before the MME was a Subaru Impreza Sport that I drove for 9 years!

 

[bellyer]

I plan to get rid of it as soon as Ford brings out an electric vehicle that is actually comfortable to ride in, ideally an Explorer or a Bronco. I love my Mach-E for the most part, but part of me can't wait to get rid of this bouncy, jarring, uncomfortable car.

 

[lukew]

4-5 years. Whatever my next car is, it's probably going to be a ford, and it's definitely going to be AWD.

 

[ChasingCoral]

Do you plan to keep your Mach E forever? Or, is it something that you plan to have for 2-3 years until there are more proven electric options (eg Fisker, Rivian, Lucid actually deliver cars)?

This would be far more informative if you place a poll on the OP.

 

[generaltso]

If the tax credits still exist, I will advertise the MME for at least MSRP before I actually physically have it. Once again, it could possibly be the same day I take delivery and I have a buyer.

Be careful. If you get audited, it will be hard to say you didn’t buy with the intention of resale if you sell it the same day you buy it.

 

[nvabill]

Honestly at least until I title it and get the tax credit, after that it’s on a trial basis to see if it really works for me.

 

[Kevin P]

I have mixed feelings on it. if Ford announces some sort of higher-performance (Shelby branded like a GT350 or 500, perhaps) version, I would likely order one and trade or sell the GT, unless the price was outrageous. Otherwise... I am not sure. I tend to keep cars a long time but a BEV is a wholly different animal.

Related, no way in hell I would buy a MME from the Shelby American company. It would have to be Ford-engineered like the current GT500.

 

[SyNRG]

I plan to get rid of it as soon as Ford brings out an electric vehicle that is actually comfortable to ride in, ideally an Explorer or a Bronco. I love my Mach-E for the most part, but part of me can't wait to get rid of this bouncy, jarring, uncomfortable car.

Just FYI - current Explorer has IRS (independent rear suspension) which would be a lot more comfortable than the Bronco, which has SRA (solid rear axle) and independent front, in addition to the all-terrains.

back on topic - we plan to keep ours 5-10 years, first BEV so waiting to see long term reliability and cost for maintenance.

 

[Up and Over]

Self-selected polls are useless (in comparison to a random survey of all MME owners). It is also more fun/interesting to read the anecdotes as well as hear people’s rationale for their answers.

This would be far more informative if you place a poll on the OP.

 

[Skoolbus]

Now this is a man with a plan! And you'll probably have the first MME in Tooele County, won't you?

As for staying on topic; well, look at our other vehicles - hardly anything from this century; and we've had each one other than Flash at least 12 years.

LOL no, I saw my exact spec GTPE driving down a street about a mile away from my house about two weeks ago. Hopefully he or she was only visiting.

 

[azuano3654]

Until my Rivian R1S is delivered hopefully.

Same here - hopefully around 18 mos when I can then upgrade to the Rivian R1S in 2nd half of 2023.

 

[DennisD]

Be careful. If you get audited, it will be hard to say you didn’t buy with the intention of resale if you sell it the same day you buy it.

Good to know. I spoke to my "tax guy" and he said that I would need to be careful if I bought more than one and sold them right away.

Like I said before, I am only going to keep one of the cars but like you said, it would be advisable to keep it for more than a day.

I may end up keeping the MME anyway.

The main concern I have is Winter Range for the battery.

I guess I will find out what happens here shortly.

 

[Murse-In-Airy]

Never had a vehicle less than 7 years. But if technology leaves my current car behind, I’m in a place financially where I could change cars sooner I wanted to. It would have to be a pretty compelling change though (solid state batteries, markedly longer range and faster charging, etc). I’m too frugal to spend this kind of money on a whim.
That said, with the current resale market, if I found a GT-PE on a lot without a tragic markup, I’d take my MME to CarMax tomorrow.

 

[will]

plan to evaluate at 48 months where the tech is and how satisfied I've been with MME at that point.

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