Looking at used Mach-e's

[mateo]

I have a Bolt EV on order for a while. It's been built but stuck in a parking lot for a while. Now with EV tax credits expiring (local and federal) the cost effectiveness of it isn't as alluring. Plus after driving the Mach-e for months, I and a certain someone else definitely won't agree on who gets to drive which car at what times. ?

So I tracked down a dealer with a good supply of used Mach-e's with reasonable looking online pricing. I assume the price on the lot will be completely different, but I can deal with that and all the other dealer BS.

I have a very late-build '22 GT, and am familiar with the various trim differences.

Are there any major differences between '21, '22, and '23 models that I should be aware of? I know about the dreaded HVBJB issue. They are all pretty low miles; I suspect most are from disappointed winter rangers or from those who didn't really know what they were getting into...

Any red flags I should be looking for with regard to a used Mach-e outside of typical dealer shenanigans?

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[Socalsp3]

I would avoid any preHVBJB update mme especially gt

 

[moparguy]

There are plenty of new Mach Es on the lots, if you qualify for the full $7500 federal incentive you may want to look at new Mach E, unless you are wanting to get that 2021 from Carvana for $50k.

I could care less about the HVBJB update, if you are buying used, I recommend getting the extended warranty, it's cheap if you are keeping the car for long time.

try to get something built mid 2022+ ideally.

 

[Hammered]

I got a 21 because of the price. Not sure what 22's have deleted out of them, or the 23s for that matter (ford has been on an insane delete spree recently -- they're deleting $5k worth of items out of F150 platinums while they also raised the price $7k). I regularly beat on my 21 trying to get the HVBJB to fail. I'm not at all concerned about getting a nice new version 10 of the part.

I'm not buying a new ford until they have a new CEO. He's just bad.

 

[mateo]

Around me, there's not a lot of new stock. In some cases they still want more than MSRP. I would have to do some creative tax juggling to qualify for the federal rebates. I could have made it work but the net gain would not have been the full 7500.

I did end up getting a 2022 gt performance for about the equivalent of 17000 off a 23 MSRP. Unfortunately they only had one late 22 model and it was a color (orange) I didn't want. That was actually the color I was most interested in originally when I got my original, but after driving dark matter gray for a while, I really like not sticking out. The new (used) car is white. Needs some minor paint chip repairs but I'm not bothered by it.

I haven't driven it yet, but I'll have to compare it against my non-performance edition, especially on the terrible city roads here...

 

[illinirdhd]

There are plenty of new Mach Es on the lots, if you qualify for the full $7500 federal incentive you may want to look at new Mach E, unless you are wanting to get that 2021 from Carvana for $50k.

I could care less about the HVBJB update, if you are buying used, I recommend getting the extended warranty, it's cheap if you are keeping the car for long time.

try to get something built mid 2022+ ideally.

I'd love to know where all the new ones are. In Las Vegas, they're still adding ADM to vehicles on the lot - although you wouldn't know it by looking at internet pricing. I was so turned off a month or so ago by a dealer trying to add $19k (including no reduction to the 23 window sticker price) that I didn't even bother to ask about the discrepancy between their internet price, the window sticker price, and the price he was giving me. He also told me I could order through them to avoid ADM, but it would be a 12 month wait.

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