Leo Laporte buying a Mach E

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Some may be aware of Leo, he has had a tech radio show for years. He said today he owned a Tesla but his wife got tired of it. He turned it in off lease and is buying a Mach E. I am interested to hear what he thinks about it.
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Some may be aware of Leo, he has had a tech radio show for years. He said today he owned a Tesla but his wife got tired of it. He turned it in off lease and is buying a Mach E. I am interested to hear what he thinks about it.
He mentions it on some of his TWiT podcasts from time to time, too.

Here's a video of Leo in a preproduction Mach-E at last year's CES show.

 

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Leo Laporte is a member of this forum. He is buying a carbonized gray First Edition. It's listed on the Order Tracking List.
@leolaporte mentioned the MME on MacBreak Weekly a few times. I was hoping to engage with him a little on Twitter about the Mustang but he's taking a hiatus from the platform (I think because of some negativity being directed at some of his employees and hosts). Maybe he will chime in on here! That's some celebrity status in my opinion.

He would definitely have a unique and interesting perspective. Not necessarily the everyman's perspective in regards to the tech/OS stuff since most of us live within one ecosystem and he lives in like 4 ?
 


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Leo Laporte is a member of this forum. He is buying a carbonized gray First Edition. It's listed on the Order Tracking List.
Interesting. I did not know he was on the forum, but DID know he was getting a Mach E as I listen to several of the shows. So @leolaporte , what do YOU think of the Ford/Google partnership that was just announced? I may have to listen to the next TWIG to see if there is an opinion mentioned.
 

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Interesting. I did not know he was on the forum, but DID know he was getting a Mach E as I listen to several of the shows. So @leolaporte , what do YOU think of the Ford/Google partnership that was just announced? I may have to listen to the next TWIG to see if there is an opinion mentioned.
I'm gonna guess that, like Twitter, he probably sees little value in actually interacting with folks here. I'd love to be wrong though. :)

He has said repeatedly in public that Twitter is for him, too low signal compared to noise, so he just kind of ignores it.

I bet he's lurking and reading this right now though. ;) Hi, Leo, tell MJF and Paul we say hi. ?
 

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Interesting. I did not know he was on the forum, but DID know he was getting a Mach E as I listen to several of the shows. So @leolaporte , what do YOU think of the Ford/Google partnership that was just announced? I may have to listen to the next TWIG to see if there is an opinion mentioned.
I hope they talk about it this week on TWiG as well. I listen most weeks, and really enjoy the thoughtful conversations they have on that show, even though they talk less and less about Google it seems. Now that has become kind of a fun joke on the show almost.

I'm looking forward to hearing his review because I have listened to more hours of him talking than just about any other human over the last decade.
 

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I hope they talk about it this week on TWiG as well. I listen most weeks, and really enjoy the thoughtful conversations they have on that show, even though they talk less and less about Google it seems. Now that has become kind of a fun joke on the show almost.

I'm looking forward to hearing his review because I have listened to more hours of him talking than just about any other human over the last decade.
? Same.

I quit listening to TWIG awhile ago for that reason. But I will be checking the show notes for the next episode.
 

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I hope he does read this. He could use both his clout and his technical knowledge to determine if the hardware on the MME is capable of an "upgrade" to Android Auto when it becomes available.
 

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I'm totally excited. I keep pestering the sales manager at my dealership. He assures me I'll take delivery of a First Edition (yes carbon gray - I'm boring) in the next 10 days.

We did a quick review with Sam Abuelsamid on our Hands On Tech show (https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech/episodes/121). I'll do something longer when I've had it for a bit myself.

Sam has a longer-term review unit right now. He's aware of the Android Auto issue. That's a real bummer but he seems certain an update (possibly from Google) will fix it soon. (Sam is in MI and talks with Ford PR frequently.) I've also discussed it on the radio show, and will continue to talk about it until it's fixed!

And, yes, I am old.
 
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I'm totally excited. I keep pestering the sales manager at my dealership. He assures me I'll take delivery of a First Edition (yes carbon gray - I'm boring) in the next 10 days.

We did a quick review with Sam Abuelsamid on our Hands On Tech show (https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech/episodes/121). I'll do something longer when I've had it for a bit myself.

Sam has a longer-term review unit right now. He's aware of the Android Auto issue. That's a real bummer but he seems certain a firmware update (possibly from Google) will fix it soon.

And, yes, I am old.
Great to have you around Leo! We would love to hear your impressions. My MachE should be here in the next couple days (fingers crossed)
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