jetermeyer
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Forgot one other thing, The climate controls in my opinion are very easy to use on Mach E. All displayed permanently on the bottom. Easy for me to adjust and my wife had absolutely no problem with figuring them out. By changing temp and turning seat on. So that fact that they are on the screen of real buttons didn't seem to matter.Lots of opinions which is why I read this forum. Lots to like and dislike. My 2 cents, a couple of the main reasons I went for the Mach E. I wanted my wife to be able to drive the car. Yes she has her own, but we have a vacation house and when we drive there we only have one car. So important that she was comfortable driving it. She currently has a midsize SUV. She would not even get in a Tesla because it is too different. So the start and stop but just makes her feel comfortable. She has a hybrid and is use to no sound but must shut it off after pulling into the garage. Mach E behaves the same way. To me it makes no difference so no issue with the button even though we all know it doesn't need to be there. Second the alternate display. If she didn't have this and had to look at the center screen she wouldn't drive it. Not normal to have to look to your right to see your speed. So again maybe redundant, but I happen to like that extra screen, especially with the advanced cruise control, navigation. The volume control is comfortable. I always use the steering wheel control for volume. My wife always uses the volume control even in her SUV which has both. I guessing the volume control will be programmable down the rode with OTAs for those that might want to use it for something else. The side mirrors, I'm just very use to so I have no issue with them and again my wife would not like the camera concept. As for Mach E over the other competitors besides Tesla. We both use key fobs. Paak to me is ok, but my Fob is attached to keys that I need where I'm driving to. So without the fob I would forget the keys I need. So attaching the two makes certain I have the keys with me. For my wife she would not like Paak and is just comfortable having the Fob in her purse. OTA is the reason I chose Mach E. Has if been a disappointment so far, a little since I have only seen 1 update. But the potential is there. Not something you can say for Audi, Jaguar, etc... At the same time after being in software development all my life and working on devices that if you screw up you have major consequences, the frequency of updates need to be few and far between since in many cases the customers cannot just take the update without doing their own testing. I definitely don't want frequent updates that change features in a car without knowing what they are and that they won't cause any issues. Ford is bein cautious which they better be. So Ford not going all out Tesla is why I chose the Mach E. I believe there are a lot of people that feel the same way.
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