Congratulations, looks fantastic, enjoy the rideSo I'm only on day 1. Took delivery with 18 miles on it and now have 86. The car is amazing! I kid you not we got waved to and honked at twice already. One guy rolled down his window on a 4 lane road (8 lanes total) as we were driving and asked if this was “the electric one”. Big smile and thumbs up.
I'm in SE MI so it's cold here too, in the 20s F. Had the heat set to 68F and auto 1 fan. I left the dealer at 100% it's now at 74%. I've been driving like a jackass for 68 miles so I'm not concerned about the efficiency.
I started out in Engage mode. It's nice balanced drive. I put it in Unbridled mode and whoa this thing is quick! It gets up to speed so fast you have to be careful. Going 45-50 and press it a bit and you're going 60 in no time.
I didn't get to push it hard in the curves yet, I went through a couple roundabouts at a speed faster than I usually do without any body roll. It feels solid.
I think the speed and handling compare to my wife's Explorer ST (400 HP). That car is quick. The Mach-E is just as quick if not a bit faster and it does it without the fake engine noise of the ST.
I had the radio on for about 4 minutes total, the rest of the drive I was just enjoying the silence of the drive. Very little road/wind noise.
Met the GM and sales manager at the dealer. Both said thanks for the business and were very excited about the vehicle. Apparently everyone at the dealer from sales and service was checking it out since it was the first one for them.
There was a rep from Ford there checking it out and making sure everything was good. One of my protection package mats had a defect (white lettering is not completely white the "E" in Mach-E is black), so Ford is sending the dealer a whole new set of mats. Once they come in I'll go back to the dealer to swap out all of the mats.
With the protection package I they just put the cargo cover mat on top of the 'floor' piece. So no parts were removed.
So fun to drive! I agree that the one pedal drive takes a few minutes to figure out, but it’s cool!!
My salesman did not know about Ford Options. So I sent them the info and where they could find it on their own too. So I got it done, 48 months x 12k miles.
Right. But it sounds like Ford likely allows some regen into the battery pack even when it reports a usable battery level of 100%. That probably means that it allows a little bit of charging beyond the "usable" level for this.
Understand the $100 incentive, and thought they would try to sell it and get you to commit to it at time of purchase of the car. Looks like I was incorrect. Thank you for the info!
When I test drove a Model 3, it wasn't at 100% charge, and I pretty quickly got used to one pedal driving. I dropped off the 3 and got in a Y at 100% charge, and almost blew through a traffic light because one pedal driving didn't work at 100% charge. There was a warning message about it, but it is easy to miss when there isn't a screen right in front of you.
Yeah, that's the case in a lot of electrified cars. That's why I was eager to hear if the MME behaves that way. But it sounds like it doesn't, which is great.
I'm curious as to the sound quality of the B&O sound system?So I'm only on day 1. Took delivery with 18 miles on it and now have 86. The car is amazing! I kid you not we got waved to and honked at twice already. One guy rolled down his window on a 4 lane road (8 lanes total) as we were driving and asked if this was “the electric one”. Big smile and thumbs up.
I'm in SE MI so it's cold here too, in the 20s F. Had the heat set to 68F and auto 1 fan. I left the dealer at 100% it's now at 74%. I've been driving like a jackass for 68 miles so I'm not concerned about the efficiency.
I started out in Engage mode. It's nice balanced drive. I put it in Unbridled mode and whoa this thing is quick! It gets up to speed so fast you have to be careful. Going 45-50 and press it a bit and you're going 60 in no time.
I didn't get to push it hard in the curves yet, I went through a couple roundabouts at a speed faster than I usually do without any body roll. It feels solid.
I think the speed and handling compare to my wife's Explorer ST (400 HP). That car is quick. The Mach-E is just as quick if not a bit faster and it does it without the fake engine noise of the ST.
I had the radio on for about 4 minutes total, the rest of the drive I was just enjoying the silence of the drive. Very little road/wind noise.
Met the GM and sales manager at the dealer. Both said thanks for the business and were very excited about the vehicle. Apparently everyone at the dealer from sales and service was checking it out since it was the first one for them.
There was a rep from Ford there checking it out and making sure everything was good. One of my protection package mats had a defect (white lettering is not completely white the "E" in Mach-E is black), so Ford is sending the dealer a whole new set of mats. Once they come in I'll go back to the dealer to swap out all of the mats.
With the protection package I they just put the cargo cover mat on top of the 'floor' piece. So no parts were removed.
So fun to drive! I agree that the one pedal drive takes a few minutes to figure out, but it’s cool!!
My salesman did not know about Ford Options. So I sent them the info and where they could find it on their own too. So I got it done, 48 months x 12k miles.
Time to update your profile with your new car!
That's why Tesla tells the user to only charge to 90% SOC, unless you are traveling very far. So really you only get 90% of the battery usage for daily use, if you want regenerative braking for the initial drive. Otherwise you are friction braking those initial miles. You are basically given a battery with little reserve, the owner has to "reserve" the battery themselves.
I think he is referring to a lease
Or, maybe that dealer just didn't know what they were doing...
Right, if the battery is truly at 100% charge, there's no place for those electrons to go. Remember that solar car from a college engineering challenge a few years ago that had a hair dryer that they would power when the car generated excess electricity?
Very nice! Congrats!! Who was your dealer in SE Michigan? Mine is scheduled for delivery to Russ Milne in Chesterfield between Feb 3rd and 9th. Getting really geeked if those dates holdSo I'm only on day 1. Took delivery with 18 miles on it and now have 86. The car is amazing! I kid you not we got waved to and honked at twice already. One guy rolled down his window on a 4 lane road (8 lanes total) as we were driving and asked if this was “the electric one”. Big smile and thumbs up.
I'm in SE MI so it's cold here too, in the 20s F. Had the heat set to 68F and auto 1 fan. I left the dealer at 100% it's now at 74%. I've been driving like a jackass for 68 miles so I'm not concerned about the efficiency.
I started out in Engage mode. It's nice balanced drive. I put it in Unbridled mode and whoa this thing is quick! It gets up to speed so fast you have to be careful. Going 45-50 and press it a bit and you're going 60 in no time.
I didn't get to push it hard in the curves yet, I went through a couple roundabouts at a speed faster than I usually do without any body roll. It feels solid.
I think the speed and handling compare to my wife's Explorer ST (400 HP). That car is quick. The Mach-E is just as quick if not a bit faster and it does it without the fake engine noise of the ST.
I had the radio on for about 4 minutes total, the rest of the drive I was just enjoying the silence of the drive. Very little road/wind noise.
Met the GM and sales manager at the dealer. Both said thanks for the business and were very excited about the vehicle. Apparently everyone at the dealer from sales and service was checking it out since it was the first one for them.
There was a rep from Ford there checking it out and making sure everything was good. One of my protection package mats had a defect (white lettering is not completely white the "E" in Mach-E is black), so Ford is sending the dealer a whole new set of mats. Once they come in I'll go back to the dealer to swap out all of the mats.
With the protection package I they just put the cargo cover mat on top of the 'floor' piece. So no parts were removed.
So fun to drive! I agree that the one pedal drive takes a few minutes to figure out, but it’s cool!!
My salesman did not know about Ford Options. So I sent them the info and where they could find it on their own too. So I got it done, 48 months x 12k miles.
