Evermore
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Decided that this post might be like my own mini-blog... After driving for a bit there are some things that I think would make my overall ownership experience that much better that shouldn't be too hard to implement through OTAs. So here's my wishlist... So far:
Mach-E Wishlist:
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12FEB21:
Hooray! Have played around with the car for about an hour.
Initial impressions... first, it drives really well and is quite fun to drive. Looks really great, fit and finish seem to be pretty good. Relatively quiet on the road at 65 mph. For driving, itās nice!
Second; the tech is a mess for me so far and has been incredibly frustrating: Screen lags quite a bit, FordPass App loading all my pre-done settings never worked (but still says I can do it), crashed setting up phone as key, phone connects, but not to the actual phone part (Iāll have to play around with this, maybe user error?? Guess I just figured pairing the phone would pair the phone). Keyboard doesnāt come up when you need to type things in, no button to advance once youāve typed something (found the āEnterā button on the keyboard and used that). Iāll play with it more tonight and tomorrow. Definitely going to take some getting used to on the tech side. itās not super intuitive so far.
Mach-E Wishlist:
- Charging: More charging detail and customization inside the car.
- Display should show power draw (V, A, kwh) from whatever it's plugged into (average for the session and current), and estimated miles/hr of charge, in addition to estimated time to completion which is already shown
- Ability to set an overall battery charge limit (I want to set it at 80% for all charging always, not have to set up each individual charger I use.
- Cameras: Ability to choose which camera to see out of from the 360 camera: front, rear, D side, P side
- Specifically a side camera so I (or another driver, ahem) doesn't curb the tires. My Infinity has had this option for over a decade, so seems easy to implement. Including a "Parking Line" for the side camera would be bonus!
- Cosmetics: The car in the upper left should match the color of my car... I don't have a white Mach-E!
- Diagnostics: Given all the trouble people are having with the 12V battery, I'd love some way to see what the charge of that battery is
- FordPass: Send trip details to my phone to allow me to review at my leisure rather than forcing me to sit in the car and review.
- Bonus: Allow "Journeys" to work on an iPhone without requiring a USB cable or disabling CarPlay
- FordPass/Charging: pause a bit before determining ETA for charge. Iāve plugged in with a 40amp circuit and been told it will take over 24 hours to charge from 20% to 80%. This then results in the car starting charging immediately as it estimates ācharging wonāt be done in time!!!!ā Rather than using the charging schedule to take advantage of non-peak rates.
FordPass Departing Time: I donāt always depart at the exact same time, especially on the weekend. Would like the ability to set an adhoc departure time that day (or any other day) with a simple menu. Useful for when I'm about to exit a store, etc (especially here in Phoenix in the summer) - Navigation: Needs improvement. Routed me in a ridiculous path to get to the store... Would have taken longer and also consumed more mileage/energy.
- Navigation: When I enter a school zone on a weekend, don't drop the speed to the school zone speed when on intelligent cruise control... The car alerts me that I'm entering a school zone, but should also recognize that it's a Saturday and the school zone speed isn't in effect.
- Convenience: allow customization of the child lock in the settings screen. Wow rate lock windows/restrict door opening. Choose to restrict for both back doors, only the left or only the right.
- Convenience: allow me to long press the cruise control button to change the cruise control method. I don't always want the same cruise control (city vs freeway driving), but also don't want to dig through menus to change it.
- Convenience/Comfort: Ability to precondition the car interior (scheduled departure conditioning) when not plugged in (cool the car down at 445p for a 5p departure from work)
- Bonus: Add a slider in the options to allow selecting precondition cabin interior only when plugged in or always (provided there is battery)
- Safety/Convenience: automatically unfold the side mirrors if my speed goes above a certain rate
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12FEB21:
Hooray! Have played around with the car for about an hour.
Initial impressions... first, it drives really well and is quite fun to drive. Looks really great, fit and finish seem to be pretty good. Relatively quiet on the road at 65 mph. For driving, itās nice!
Second; the tech is a mess for me so far and has been incredibly frustrating: Screen lags quite a bit, FordPass App loading all my pre-done settings never worked (but still says I can do it), crashed setting up phone as key, phone connects, but not to the actual phone part (Iāll have to play around with this, maybe user error?? Guess I just figured pairing the phone would pair the phone). Keyboard doesnāt come up when you need to type things in, no button to advance once youāve typed something (found the āEnterā button on the keyboard and used that). Iāll play with it more tonight and tomorrow. Definitely going to take some getting used to on the tech side. itās not super intuitive so far.
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