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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

After driving by and seeing it sitting in front of my local Ford dealer for a week, I couldn't take it any longer. MomHawk and I stopped in today and took a test drive in a Mach-E Premium AWD Extended Range (Photos below).

Bottom line, first its a nice car EV or no. If you are looking for an EV in this size/class it is worth taking a look at if you have the opportunity.

We got to do a test drive by ourselves which was nice.

The Good:

1. Well appointed, very comfortable.
2. There is plenty of room for four with luggage for an overnight trip or two for a much longer trip.
3. It is definitely a torque monster as you would expect. It pushes you back in your seat, and MomHawk just giggled like a schoolgirl the first time I floored it.
4. 0 to 60 was quick enough I couldn't time it effectively (3 seconds or so)
5. It handles well. With the low weight it took curves at near twice the posted curve speed with no sweat and punching it coming out the end was fun.
6. It's nice it has a display behind the steering wheel, and it carried everything you would want to know.
7. The regenerative braking worked well, you could stop using it almost exclusively.

The Bad:

• It's a crossover, a very good one from what you can get out of a 10 mile test drive, it's not a Mustang.
• The middle screen is too large, to the point it was a distraction.
• The seats are comfortable, but don't hold you in. The first time I did a power takeoff I almost slipped out of it.
• On the brake, if you have regenerative braking on and hit the pedal, there is no compensation for it. It becomes almost a panic stop in the first bit of pedal play.
• The range is not enough. Some models barely make 300 miles, and that's if you don't drive like I do. (See next bullet)
• We drove 10 miles, but used almost 30 miles of displayed range. That is most likely from doing multiple pedal drops and driving like we stole it!

Conclusion:

I liked it, it will flat out get up and go, and it turns in both directions well, but the negatives above kill it for me. If they had put a "normal" dash setup in it, I might be more tempted but as it is, it's just not for me.

MomHawk, hated it as a car. It was too big, too Soccer Mom and too not a Mustang. She liked the big screen even less than I did. Its a definite "Hell No Unless You Plan to Drive It" from her.

I think it's priced well. The one we drove was in the mid 50s. No markup, but no discount either, that's online ordering for you.

Lead time right now is 4 months or more apparently, and no news at all on when the GT version will be available.

Any Questions?

Why does it seem like the just mounted a giant iPad and then just called it a day.