krafty81
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- First Name
- Terry
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- San Diego
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- 2021 MME AWD EX Premium, 2023 Lexus RX350h
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Spent 45 mins in a White CA Route 1 today at my local dealership. It is also where I am ordering my Premium Mach E, build date of 7 Feb. I spent most of the time playing with the system in the car and tried most everything. As far as the Route 1 goes, I love the seat stitching. I am not a dark wheel guy so not crazy about those but some may like that. The manual tailgate was easy to open, a little heavier to close. BTW the car was in direct sun, black interior, and was not hot. The AC worked amazingly well while I was sitting in the car with all windows closed.
Overall - voice system not ready, steering wheel buttons a little small. Music sounds great, car is completely able to tailor setting to anyone's liking.
- Interface on the screen is generally very easy and logically laid out. I liked that the owners manual has a search function. I typed in "wipers" and got four options immediately.
- Response time is quick. One quirk is that, if are in a sub menu, you need to "swipe up" to get rid of it in order to see whatever voice menu you ordered up as it will be underneath.
- I am big on voice commands. I have always found Ford to be among the best at that. I expected crisp responses from my voice commands with good understanding. Unfortunately, in this pre-production car, I got neither. I set the wake up to "OK Ford", but it had trouble hearing that over the music I was playing. Pressing the (too small) voice button on the steering wheel was hit or miss as well for some reason. Hope they fix that. I miss the rear paddle for voice activation on my Escape.
- I did try just saying a POI name of a restaurant I knew and it found that immediately for the nav and I was all set. The nav looks great and you can pinch and zoom at will. LIke that. It said weather and traffic were "extra" functions that needed to be included in Ford Pass. Thought it was included?
- The stereo in this car sounds great. Turned treble up a bit, bass up a bit, centered in the cockpit. I found the "all seats" mode sounded much fuller than the "driver" mode of the sound system. Cool setting.
- All the cameras where crisp and clear.
- Had trouble pairing my Android phone. It pairs just fine in my Escape and I have never had an issue. Had to pair this one over and over. Again, maybe a pre-production issue. It had no trouble downloading all my contacts, but when I said to call one of them, it did not recognize that.
Overall - voice system not ready, steering wheel buttons a little small. Music sounds great, car is completely able to tailor setting to anyone's liking.
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