bryan_m
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- 2021 Mach-E Select RWD

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tl;dr - Neither is perfect and both have their pros and cons, but Mach-E does so many things better than a Tesla.
My Mach-E Select had the tech package but a standard battery. It wasn't my first choice but I found it new on a dealer lot and didn't want to wait for what I wanted to be built so got it. Loved it really, but it was becoming a pain driving to visit my parents house and making the journey in the winter really gave me levels of anxiety I shouldn't have while driving. In January when Tesla announced major price cuts for the Model Y I decided to go that route because of the extended battery plus Tesla's charging network being very reliable. I had my Model Y in very early February. In Late May, I found a used 22 Mach-E Premium with extended battery at a great price and it had very low (2100) miles so I traded in my MY happily.
Though none of the features Tesla lacked came as a surprise to me, I thought I could deal without them better than I had. The lack of CarPlay was awful, and having to use Bluetooth on my phone to do things like I was doing a decade ago got to me. I actually really enjoy SiriusXM especially on long trips and integrated beats the app by far. Blind spot assist was missing in Tesla, I hated that. No 360 camera or front camera made parking harder. Did like integrated dash cam though. No, loved that. So many other tech features of Tesla are just gimmicks. The display that shows cars around can not be used practically at all, I'd never rely on it as say a blind spot monitor because cars literally disappear into thin air and appear out of nowhere. All the games and Netflix and Zoom I couldn't care less about. Why do I need a web browser? I have my phone. Built in music apps in Tesla are buggy, Spotify and Apple Music (I had a trial) both cut or wouldn't load at random times. On Ford their apps probably suck too but CarPlay means I can easily use my phone apps which always work great.
Build quality in the Ford was better than Tesla, IMO. I had to get service a couple things in Tesla that the factory missed and the drive and feel of Ford felt better to me. I hated the frameless door and a few times the window didn't "roll up" when the door closed so I always had to check that.
What I hated on Tesla and what got downright dangerous is their automation. Automatic wipers sucked, bad. Like really bad. We're talking a bug splatters on your windshield on a sunny day and they engage at 100% smearing bug guts everywhere but when you're driving down the highway on a rainy day they never turn on bad. The automatic brights never worked right but to be fair I just don't trust them in my Mach-E either.
The autopilot (non-FSD) on the highway was terrible compared to Ford's driver assist (non-bluecruise). The Tesla engaged in several phantom braking events in roadtrips where Ford never did one single time. In Tesla, two phantom braking events were very aggressive with traffic near by nearly causing an accident. It got to the point I could not relax with Tesla autopilot being engaged like I could with Ford because I was scared it would just engage braking with cars around me and cause an accident. I only relaxed on the wide open road with no traffic around and that's pretty rare.
Bluecruise offers something Tesla can not, at all, which is hands free. It doesn't matter how much you pay Tesla for access to their "beta" driving software, your hands must stay on the wheel. I could live without Bluecruise and I'm sure as hell not paying $800 for it but it's nice while I have it and that alone is a feature Tesla flat out does not have anything close to. It's practical driving assist whereas videos of Tesla driving around town are more showmanship.
The final straw though was my Tesla while I was driving and autopilot was not on decided on a major highway to engage emergency braking on a car up the road slowing down to change lanes nearly causing a major accident that could have seriously injured me or others. I was very aware of the car ahead and nowhere near any level of danger but Tesla thought better and seriously hit the brakes hard for no reason at all.
My safety comes first, and I can't drive a car that gives me anxiety that it's going to try to kill me by being smarter than I am. I got to the point I was nervous just to use basic autopilot on the open roads then I got nervous to the point emergency braking was going to go off for no reason and slam on the brakes.
Tesla's main pro is the supercharging network. EA and others really need to get it together.
My Mach-E Select had the tech package but a standard battery. It wasn't my first choice but I found it new on a dealer lot and didn't want to wait for what I wanted to be built so got it. Loved it really, but it was becoming a pain driving to visit my parents house and making the journey in the winter really gave me levels of anxiety I shouldn't have while driving. In January when Tesla announced major price cuts for the Model Y I decided to go that route because of the extended battery plus Tesla's charging network being very reliable. I had my Model Y in very early February. In Late May, I found a used 22 Mach-E Premium with extended battery at a great price and it had very low (2100) miles so I traded in my MY happily.
Though none of the features Tesla lacked came as a surprise to me, I thought I could deal without them better than I had. The lack of CarPlay was awful, and having to use Bluetooth on my phone to do things like I was doing a decade ago got to me. I actually really enjoy SiriusXM especially on long trips and integrated beats the app by far. Blind spot assist was missing in Tesla, I hated that. No 360 camera or front camera made parking harder. Did like integrated dash cam though. No, loved that. So many other tech features of Tesla are just gimmicks. The display that shows cars around can not be used practically at all, I'd never rely on it as say a blind spot monitor because cars literally disappear into thin air and appear out of nowhere. All the games and Netflix and Zoom I couldn't care less about. Why do I need a web browser? I have my phone. Built in music apps in Tesla are buggy, Spotify and Apple Music (I had a trial) both cut or wouldn't load at random times. On Ford their apps probably suck too but CarPlay means I can easily use my phone apps which always work great.
Build quality in the Ford was better than Tesla, IMO. I had to get service a couple things in Tesla that the factory missed and the drive and feel of Ford felt better to me. I hated the frameless door and a few times the window didn't "roll up" when the door closed so I always had to check that.
What I hated on Tesla and what got downright dangerous is their automation. Automatic wipers sucked, bad. Like really bad. We're talking a bug splatters on your windshield on a sunny day and they engage at 100% smearing bug guts everywhere but when you're driving down the highway on a rainy day they never turn on bad. The automatic brights never worked right but to be fair I just don't trust them in my Mach-E either.
The autopilot (non-FSD) on the highway was terrible compared to Ford's driver assist (non-bluecruise). The Tesla engaged in several phantom braking events in roadtrips where Ford never did one single time. In Tesla, two phantom braking events were very aggressive with traffic near by nearly causing an accident. It got to the point I could not relax with Tesla autopilot being engaged like I could with Ford because I was scared it would just engage braking with cars around me and cause an accident. I only relaxed on the wide open road with no traffic around and that's pretty rare.
Bluecruise offers something Tesla can not, at all, which is hands free. It doesn't matter how much you pay Tesla for access to their "beta" driving software, your hands must stay on the wheel. I could live without Bluecruise and I'm sure as hell not paying $800 for it but it's nice while I have it and that alone is a feature Tesla flat out does not have anything close to. It's practical driving assist whereas videos of Tesla driving around town are more showmanship.
The final straw though was my Tesla while I was driving and autopilot was not on decided on a major highway to engage emergency braking on a car up the road slowing down to change lanes nearly causing a major accident that could have seriously injured me or others. I was very aware of the car ahead and nowhere near any level of danger but Tesla thought better and seriously hit the brakes hard for no reason at all.
My safety comes first, and I can't drive a car that gives me anxiety that it's going to try to kill me by being smarter than I am. I got to the point I was nervous just to use basic autopilot on the open roads then I got nervous to the point emergency braking was going to go off for no reason and slam on the brakes.
Tesla's main pro is the supercharging network. EA and others really need to get it together.
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