mattbostonmache
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I have an August order in for a premium AWD ER MME.
On Thursday, I was able to table a Tesla Model Y for an overnight test drive. I did previous overnight Tesla test drive five or six months ago. I also did a MME weekend test drive back in March or April (when dealers had demo cars and when I had a previous MME order that I ended up canceling to wait a bit longer)
My test drive was after dark in heavy rain. Not ideal driving conditions, but it was actually great to test things I wouldn't normally get to try out until I bought a car. I drove from Dedham, MA, to Plymouth and Duxbury. It was about 2.5 hours of driving in the rain in the dark.
Some thoughts on the Model Y:
My longstanding annoyances with the Model Y:
Some things keeping MME at the top of my list:
Things that would cause me to drop my MME order and go with a Model Y or another BEV:
CC: @Ford Motor Company
On Thursday, I was able to table a Tesla Model Y for an overnight test drive. I did previous overnight Tesla test drive five or six months ago. I also did a MME weekend test drive back in March or April (when dealers had demo cars and when I had a previous MME order that I ended up canceling to wait a bit longer)
My test drive was after dark in heavy rain. Not ideal driving conditions, but it was actually great to test things I wouldn't normally get to try out until I bought a car. I drove from Dedham, MA, to Plymouth and Duxbury. It was about 2.5 hours of driving in the rain in the dark.
Some thoughts on the Model Y:
- #1 Tesla lets you do an overnight test drive if you tell them you are trying to make a final decision (which I am).
- autopilot (as a driver assist, with hands on the wheel and paying full attention) is really durable. It was dark and raining hard and Tesla had no problem following the lane on the divided highway. The only place where it had trouble was a construction zone that was newly paved with just a little square of paint every 20 feet (the pre-painting markings). It's hard for a human too. I just turned it off in the construction zone after a quick test. But autopilot was phenomenal in 90 minutes of bumper to bumper traffic and really took the stress out of the drive.
- If you switch lanes in autopilot, it disengages. I really like the Ford copilot 360 how it will reengage after you switch lanes.
- Autopilot had no problems with tight corners and even an exit ramp if the line markers are clear.
- No wiper stalk to control the wipers. Big three thumbs down for this.
- The wipers had four modes: 1, 2, 3, and auto. Auto was passable. But it should have been more frequent. There is no sensitivity control for the auto wipers (I believe the MME does have auto wiper sensitivity in the twisty part of the wiper stalk. Can anyone confirm?)
- The wipers had to be turned on from the touch screen or via voice controls.
- The voice controls work great form some things (heated seats, temperature)
- The voice controls didn't work for surprising functions ("tune to 88.9" and "change radio station to 88.9" didn't work).
- The suspension is very stiff and you feel rough roads and potholes.
My longstanding annoyances with the Model Y:
- I hate that it has no CarPlay.
- I hate that it has no instrument cluster behind the steering wheel and no physical controls beyond the two wheels/buttons on the steering wheel and the blinker and drive mode stalks.
- The order fee (now $250) is not refundable.
- The side view mirrors do not have a great enough range of adjustment, especially the driver side.
- I hate that it doesn't have framed doors.
- I hate the handles to open the doors. It's this really awkward motion and I end up grabbing the glass as soon as the door is open a crack. (I LOVE the button doors on the MME).
- The back emergency release for the doors is ridiculously hard to get to and adults would have a hard time using it in an accident and it would be impossible for kids. You have to remove the speaker grill near the floor and find this wire loop to pull.
- No BLIS (blind spot indicators) in the mirrors.
- No cross traffic alerts backing up.
- Charge port at the back and you have to back in to most superchargers.
- The acceleration is unbelievable (and I was in a long range AWD). The car is planted. The wheels never spin out.
- Sentry mode and dashcam
- Dog mode and camping mode
- Heatpump
- Faster charging speeds; 100% reliable chargers (how many non-tesla reviews do we see where people have to switch units or move to a completely different station?? The needs to be fixed Ford and other non-Tesla manufacturers and the charging companies.)
- The screen is not laggy.
- The maps are up-to-date (the MME maps do not have current exit numbers, some new-ish roads and businesses are not present — this is not acceptable in any modern car, never mind a $50k car)
Some things keeping MME at the top of my list:
- The door buttons and handles (I LOVE THEM)
- The door access code and password to drive
- Instrument cluster behind steering wheel
- Comfortable drive (really handles rough roads an potholes nicely)
- Styling!!!
Things that would cause me to drop my MME order and go with a Model Y or another BEV:
- Reliability on the MME seems to be less than ideal (lots of people on this forum and on FB need to bring it in for service for things that should not be an issue)
- Paint and windshield glass seem less durable than other cars.
- Terrible Ford Pass smart phone app (it needs to have up-to-date information; you need to be able to set temp of car for pre-conditioning; and you need to be able to see locked status and window up/down status)
- Phone as a key continuing to be a problem
- If ford doesn't improve 80-100% speed at DC Fast Charging stations. I know it'll be significantly slower than 10-80%, but it should be competitive with other modern BEVs.
- Kia EV6 800V charging.
- Instrument cluster buzzing
CC: @Ford Motor Company
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