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Why not buy a Mustang Mach-E?

Discussion in 'Model Y' started by ROCKSTAR_HELLA, Jun 24, 2020.

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  1. Daks

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    LasairFion - The UK is a lot like the Northern US... Only in the parts of the UK I was in, the streets are narrower. . There was a point in time where no one in Michigan had a car older then 3-5 years because they rusted into the ground...

    I hope all EV maker's succeed as me, being the consumer, wins. Having Ford FINALLY take EVs seriously, is a good thing. Even though I believe all auto makers now are being forced to get into the EV game.

    FWIW, (not much) I've owned 33 new cars in my life and almost every make from Acura to Volvo. (no super cars though) and they are all like batteries - have positives and negatives. None for me have ever gotten EPA ratings, EXCEPT when I have been on my long cross country highway drives (and even then, it isn't always). I take all of it with a grain of salt. Just my .02.
     
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    I think it will be the case that the workers will have input. Elon consistently asks his staff for improvements, often direct to his inbox. He's also good at looking at how things are done and then improving on it or taking it back to first principles. I think that the German workers are going to bring decades of experience and that's going to get applied and improved upon across every giga/terafactory.
     
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    Throttle house has a great mach e review.

    my biggest concern with the y is what people say about suspension/ride quality. My drive is long, combo city/highway and I would love a smooth drive.

    throttle house seems to say it’s very smooth except big bumps, wonder how it compares with model y. (Mach e was tested premium which I believe is 19”)
     
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    Given the description @Lasairfion gave of the weather, I'm not sure I want to visit the isle. No offense meant, but I'm a Southern California native, so lichen and bone-chilling cold just don't sound quite as nice as a Caribbean isle. :cool:

    And Teslas are more efficient with Caribbean island temps.;)
     
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    With a long commute, why get an EV for which you can't find a reliable DCFC station?
     
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    My long commute isn’t too long. 45 miles up a mountain on the way there. but sometimes I have to go back immediately when I get home. So 180 miles for two trips

    I’m hoping even with an 80% charge and hill climbing both the Mach e at 270 and the model y at 320 can both do it (that’s why it’s tough with the mach e, but there are a few chargers at work)
     
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    Well, assuming you go down the same mountain on the way home, you'd pick up a little charge on the way down. Unless it's like me to my kids, when I had to walk uphill to AND from school in the freezing cold every day. ;-)
     
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    My absolute favorite corner of the world is Jost Van Dyke in the BVI. Best... secluded... little... Caribbean... island... until I just opened my big mouth.

    But if you're going on a Scotch tasting and golf tour - you gotta go to the source.
     
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    I've been to almost every island in the Caribbean except BVI. As for physical beauty, they all are spectacular. Some islands, of course, suffer from oppressive governments or poverty; the contrasts are striking.
     
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    Yeah, I had to do that in the snow and I grew up in South Florida. ;)
     
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    The Model Y 19" (and Model 3 18") is VERY comfortable. You are probably just reading posts from people with air suspension S/X or they came from a super lux land yacht that floats over bumps.
     
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    yeah outside of tesla everything is a shitshow, including the sparse hydrogen pumps
     
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    Just out of curiosity
    From FORD media...
    How the heck is the frunk going to close with that cooler sticking out like that ?
    [​IMG]
     
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    Apparently you actually don't even need the cooler as the frunk has a drain...
     
  18. Daks

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    well - I decided to go for the MYP.
     
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