We looked at something pretty neat today.
This
2021 Mach E Premium Dual motor with extended range battery pack.
$71,595 - and it's a demo unit with 5000 km on it. He said it was $2000 off for the km - which seems low, but it's also (he said) the only one in MB at a dealer for sale right now.
I jokingly suggested to my wife we should look at it as we went by on the highway. We came back to town, went for a quick bite at the DQ (drive thru of course) and she finished up and said, "OK, now let's go look at that MachE!"
Really? Alright! OK!
So we go there and someone else is looking at it, so we leave and go kill time in another store for a bit...come back and it's back.
She just wants to sit in it. If she hates the seats she'd hate it so nothing more needed. She's asking all kinds of questions...how far on a tank of gas? Is it a 4 cyl? You mean it's not a hybrid? Eek...how would that work on a long drive!? (because yeah hon, we leave the province SO often
) She hasn't gotten out yet so the seats can't be bad.
Then I say...if it's OK, why not take it for a quick spin? (he was OK with it)
Definitely an interesting driving experience. The auto braking/regen thing was on, so the second you take your foot off it's, OK, we're stopping now. She got used to it pretty quick and made a judgement in minutes: I like this, a lot!
Take off is so smooth...we swapped about halfway and I swear the pressure of your foot sweating will make this thing exceed the posted limit like that. Nothing abrupt like the Fusion when you take off from a stop, just wooooosh! and yikes! 70 in a 50 like that!
Shi#, I liked it! I could get used to driving something like that every day...too bad I don't need a commuter anymore.
There was so much more to learn but we did find the performance page - gave unbridled a little try out. Changed the setting while we were moving and I swear my foot must've breathed - or the car was just letting me know that hey! There's more here now if you want it!
Dislikes - well after a 10 minute test drive it's hard to say. Didn't like the computer monitor on the dash...but truthfully it was basically un-noticeable once you were driving it. Nit pick but I wish they'd stop with that shi# already. Rear hatch space looked kinda small to me, it's probably OK. Can't be much more than the car's trunk - at first glance at least.
Wife said the tires were too narrow - that's the first thing she noticed. What's going on here! You never notice wheels, and now you're noticing tires??
The price.
I could swear I heard wind noise up around the glass roof - which might explain why there's that recall Guy mentioned. Or maybe it was just wind noise.
Not much really to dislike...more to like than not.
For a glorified golf cart...yeah, I'm sold. I could get used to the way that drives. (I kinda wish she didn't think the EV6 was ugly...or that "it's a KIA"
)
Too bad it's so damn much money, and of all the provinces with an abundance of hydro power, MB doesn't do shi# to encourage their purchase.
