jeffdawgfan
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We have a Star White AWD ER Platinum on order that is supposed to have build week on 2/28......if it is not delayed for the third time. I was browsing on line and saw our dealer had three Mach-E's on site. Rather peeved as they had promised to call me when they got a demo. But....dealers....anyway, called and set up a test drive. Their demo is a Grey RWD ER Platinum. We arrived in pouring rain...figures...but was able to look car over good under cover and take for a test drive. The dealer (Mall of Georgia Ford in Buford, Georgia) has a grey first Edition for sale and a white and red coming in next week that were for people that canceled if anyone looking to purchase with no order.
These are my impressions. I have owned a 2018 Bolt and presently have a 2019 Leaf SL Plus.
Size: The car does not look any larger from the outside than our Leaf. It sits a little higher and hood is longer but just looks the same. Those looks can be deceiving as the inside of the Mach E is very spacious feeling. Plenty of leg room for driver and passengers. I am 6'2" and my knees are nowhere near the display pad. The Frunk is much smaller in person than in photos. I don't know how they think a kid could get locked in there. There is a nice glow in the dark release handle if some contortionist did manage to lock themselves in. With the rubber seal that goes around the frunk they would suffocate pretty quick.
Comfort: Seats are a big improvement over the Leaf's "Zero Gravity Seats". Active X has a nice soft feel and seats very comfortable but I agree with others that they could use a little bigger bolsters. Overall very nice though. Driving position and location of controls very nice....except putting that max defrost down by your left knee was a engineering blunder by someone. I have never had a car where the ventilation controls were down by your knee like that. I think it was an after thought by someone in engineering. The glass roof gives lots of headroom front and back. Really wish that you could raise the front of the seat separately to take pressure off your lower back. Also, even though there are memory setting for drivers, having to manually raise, lower, extend, retract the steering wheel is an annoyance. This should be automatic and electric.
Fit & Finish. Excellent. I did not see any issues at all. All doors and joints were even and well spaced. I did not see any damage to the bottom of frame from shipping hooks.
Electronics: Again, well designed and laid out...except the afore mentioned max defrost button. The screen was responsive and easy to read even in the light mode. Temperature slider controls were also very responsive. I listened and did not hear any electronic whine from the drivers display that has been mentioned before. Love the folding mirrors. Of note, you cannot shift the gear switch unless firmly pressing on brake. You also cannot put it in reverse while the car is moving forward. (I tried at low speed). Parking brake released automatically with brake pedal pressed and shift knob turned. I did not get a chance to try out the navigation or lane keeping modes.
Performance: The RWD ER had plenty of power. Enough my wife gave a oh SH!t when I floored it. Looking forward to our AWD model and even more power. The demo had 60 miles on it so was not able to get a good idea of miles/kwh especially when people like me flooring it in unbridled mode. I was VERY disappointed in the regen/one pedal driving. The Chevy Bolt was so good at that. The Mach E is about the same level of regen as our Leaf. Yes I know the car is heavier than the Leaf but I was still not impressed. I love one pedal driving around the mountains where I live and was hoping for much more impressive regen. Over all the handling was very pleasant with good feedback to the driver through the steering. Car took bumps (and railroad tracks) very well. When I drove for about a mile in Whisper mode it the steering did feel rather mushy though. The whisper mode felt about the same as the Eco mode on our leaf.
Although I was not really surprised, the salesperson who took us for a ride really did not know that much about the car. I went right into the various settings on the computer display to play with them while he just watched and I explained what they did.
So: Overall I like the car very very much. I don't think that the black trim around wheel wells and bottom of car looks very well with darker colors like the grey that we drove. I really like the way it looks on the white and Rapid Red however. There is one thing I really like better about the Nissan Leaf and that is having the charging ports on the front of the car. That is the most logical place to have them as when you pull up to a charger. IMO the car will look best in white, red, and infinite blue....just my thoughts. People younger than me will beg to differ I am sure. I would love to see the GT in orange or yellow.
Maybe in six weeks ours will be here.
These are my impressions. I have owned a 2018 Bolt and presently have a 2019 Leaf SL Plus.
Size: The car does not look any larger from the outside than our Leaf. It sits a little higher and hood is longer but just looks the same. Those looks can be deceiving as the inside of the Mach E is very spacious feeling. Plenty of leg room for driver and passengers. I am 6'2" and my knees are nowhere near the display pad. The Frunk is much smaller in person than in photos. I don't know how they think a kid could get locked in there. There is a nice glow in the dark release handle if some contortionist did manage to lock themselves in. With the rubber seal that goes around the frunk they would suffocate pretty quick.
Comfort: Seats are a big improvement over the Leaf's "Zero Gravity Seats". Active X has a nice soft feel and seats very comfortable but I agree with others that they could use a little bigger bolsters. Overall very nice though. Driving position and location of controls very nice....except putting that max defrost down by your left knee was a engineering blunder by someone. I have never had a car where the ventilation controls were down by your knee like that. I think it was an after thought by someone in engineering. The glass roof gives lots of headroom front and back. Really wish that you could raise the front of the seat separately to take pressure off your lower back. Also, even though there are memory setting for drivers, having to manually raise, lower, extend, retract the steering wheel is an annoyance. This should be automatic and electric.
Fit & Finish. Excellent. I did not see any issues at all. All doors and joints were even and well spaced. I did not see any damage to the bottom of frame from shipping hooks.
Electronics: Again, well designed and laid out...except the afore mentioned max defrost button. The screen was responsive and easy to read even in the light mode. Temperature slider controls were also very responsive. I listened and did not hear any electronic whine from the drivers display that has been mentioned before. Love the folding mirrors. Of note, you cannot shift the gear switch unless firmly pressing on brake. You also cannot put it in reverse while the car is moving forward. (I tried at low speed). Parking brake released automatically with brake pedal pressed and shift knob turned. I did not get a chance to try out the navigation or lane keeping modes.
Performance: The RWD ER had plenty of power. Enough my wife gave a oh SH!t when I floored it. Looking forward to our AWD model and even more power. The demo had 60 miles on it so was not able to get a good idea of miles/kwh especially when people like me flooring it in unbridled mode. I was VERY disappointed in the regen/one pedal driving. The Chevy Bolt was so good at that. The Mach E is about the same level of regen as our Leaf. Yes I know the car is heavier than the Leaf but I was still not impressed. I love one pedal driving around the mountains where I live and was hoping for much more impressive regen. Over all the handling was very pleasant with good feedback to the driver through the steering. Car took bumps (and railroad tracks) very well. When I drove for about a mile in Whisper mode it the steering did feel rather mushy though. The whisper mode felt about the same as the Eco mode on our leaf.
Although I was not really surprised, the salesperson who took us for a ride really did not know that much about the car. I went right into the various settings on the computer display to play with them while he just watched and I explained what they did.
So: Overall I like the car very very much. I don't think that the black trim around wheel wells and bottom of car looks very well with darker colors like the grey that we drove. I really like the way it looks on the white and Rapid Red however. There is one thing I really like better about the Nissan Leaf and that is having the charging ports on the front of the car. That is the most logical place to have them as when you pull up to a charger. IMO the car will look best in white, red, and infinite blue....just my thoughts. People younger than me will beg to differ I am sure. I would love to see the GT in orange or yellow.
Maybe in six weeks ours will be here.
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