JellyBelly
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- Kris
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My Mach Drop RR FE got delivered to the dealer this morning. Needs no nickname but what the heck - will call it Fury. I liked other names but already taken by members here.
By the time they cleaned it up it was late in the day and despite all the upfront info I provided, still spent an hour or so at the dealer with finance person figuring things out. It was more me waiting in the car setting up a bit than anything else. In and out in 90 mins. Financing all fine - Xplan, Options incentives and CA incentives I was eligible for all accounted. Dealer had the car charged at 94%.
Odometer 10 miles and I drove 14 miles home in the dark and that was my first drive. I did not even test drive. So far all good. Fury is chilling and at 94% 240 mile range - I set it up to charge at midnight, so will see if it works.
In my first hour with the Fury:
This was my first time driving the vehicle. I did not even test drive. Closed the deal and drive home and that was my first time driving. It was dark, too much traffic , so had to be super careful.
There are lot of posts already about the vehicle, so I will only add a few points.
Rapid Red looks great in person, pictures dont do justice. Will post pictures in day light later.
The initial good stuff:
Deleted Ford Pass and the VIN from garage and added it at the car. Sales person said it was his personal second MME but he seemed knowledgeable.
Activation was fine and we set up PAAK and it worked. iPhone X.
No hum or buzzing from the driver front screen. No visible scratches or damage to the vehicle.
Vehicle is Quiet and it was fun hitting the accelerator and see it take off.
Juice box initially seems to connect and charge - I stopped and set up for midnight. Set up for morning departure time as well - will know if these work tomorrow. Did not try WIFI yet.
Not so good stuff:
Ford connected services did not work, will try again tomorrow. Takes me through a few screens even though it think its an Edge. After telling me it will use CC in Wallet for any charges, it throws an error. WIll see if this gets resolved if I try a few times.
GPS location at home is messed up - it gives an address that is for empty space close by - will need to resolve this.
Wind noise at 55mph although it was only a short distance at that speed. Will have to see if its more at higher speed.
Swirl marks on the black door panels.
Now - has anyone noticed gaps with their front wheel well trims (body colored or black). Sitting down and facing the semi circular wheel trim, on the driver side wheel trim I could see a small gap - only noticed it as there as water drops. Its much tighter on the passenger side. Will take a picture tomorrow. If you press the center portion of that trim (its highest point) you can see it flex quite a bit in the front than in the back. The dealer made a note of that gap in my delivery documents but he was not sure its anything they can fix. We checked a Premium and it seemed to flex a lot on both front sides than on Fury but I could not tell if there was a gap as the trims is all black over the wheels. (Picture tomorrow)
And then - I am sure its not an issue - but I was surprised to see open screws on the inner lining of the wheel wells - you will notice these well on the rear wheels - image below. I am hoping we can find a cover or something for these so that they are not sharp and open . Never seen these on any other vehicles I have had. And the felt material around it - I am not sure if its going to withstand years of driving.
That is all for now. Will figure out various settings in the next few days. Just glad at this point that the wait is over and fingers crossed that everything works.
By the time they cleaned it up it was late in the day and despite all the upfront info I provided, still spent an hour or so at the dealer with finance person figuring things out. It was more me waiting in the car setting up a bit than anything else. In and out in 90 mins. Financing all fine - Xplan, Options incentives and CA incentives I was eligible for all accounted. Dealer had the car charged at 94%.
Odometer 10 miles and I drove 14 miles home in the dark and that was my first drive. I did not even test drive. So far all good. Fury is chilling and at 94% 240 mile range - I set it up to charge at midnight, so will see if it works.
In my first hour with the Fury:
This was my first time driving the vehicle. I did not even test drive. Closed the deal and drive home and that was my first time driving. It was dark, too much traffic , so had to be super careful.
There are lot of posts already about the vehicle, so I will only add a few points.
Rapid Red looks great in person, pictures dont do justice. Will post pictures in day light later.
The initial good stuff:
Deleted Ford Pass and the VIN from garage and added it at the car. Sales person said it was his personal second MME but he seemed knowledgeable.
Activation was fine and we set up PAAK and it worked. iPhone X.
No hum or buzzing from the driver front screen. No visible scratches or damage to the vehicle.
Vehicle is Quiet and it was fun hitting the accelerator and see it take off.
Juice box initially seems to connect and charge - I stopped and set up for midnight. Set up for morning departure time as well - will know if these work tomorrow. Did not try WIFI yet.
Not so good stuff:
Ford connected services did not work, will try again tomorrow. Takes me through a few screens even though it think its an Edge. After telling me it will use CC in Wallet for any charges, it throws an error. WIll see if this gets resolved if I try a few times.
GPS location at home is messed up - it gives an address that is for empty space close by - will need to resolve this.
Wind noise at 55mph although it was only a short distance at that speed. Will have to see if its more at higher speed.
Swirl marks on the black door panels.
Now - has anyone noticed gaps with their front wheel well trims (body colored or black). Sitting down and facing the semi circular wheel trim, on the driver side wheel trim I could see a small gap - only noticed it as there as water drops. Its much tighter on the passenger side. Will take a picture tomorrow. If you press the center portion of that trim (its highest point) you can see it flex quite a bit in the front than in the back. The dealer made a note of that gap in my delivery documents but he was not sure its anything they can fix. We checked a Premium and it seemed to flex a lot on both front sides than on Fury but I could not tell if there was a gap as the trims is all black over the wheels. (Picture tomorrow)
And then - I am sure its not an issue - but I was surprised to see open screws on the inner lining of the wheel wells - you will notice these well on the rear wheels - image below. I am hoping we can find a cover or something for these so that they are not sharp and open . Never seen these on any other vehicles I have had. And the felt material around it - I am not sure if its going to withstand years of driving.
That is all for now. Will figure out various settings in the next few days. Just glad at this point that the wait is over and fingers crossed that everything works.