Also consider that messing up a fleet's first impression not only ruins it for the fleet purchase decision-maker, but also the people who would be operating the vehicles that may consider buying one for personal use.
If Ford gets it right, they can win fleet sales and retail sales at the same time.
I see countless people asking about glass roofs in the hot sun on the MME and EV subs and a lot of owners reply back from Arizona or Texas or Florida stating that they can't feel a difference at all unless they put their hand physically on the glass. So I'm not worried about the glass in full...
I signed up for updates last year but haven't heard a single peep out of the dealership other than a follow-up email a day or two later thanking me for my interest and stating they don't know when to expect the vehicle but will let me know when it's available.
So as far as I'm concerned that's...
The center console is what really gave me pause. I'm still confused why it's so large that the second cupholder had to be put inside the [tiny] storage compartment. That and the baffling inclusion of a massive hump in the back row floor.
But otherwise I really enjoyed driving it, and I was...
I'm not the person you quoted, but for me personally it's the best EV out there under $65k, even with its many flaws (just browse the Mach-E subreddit). I've literally been putting hours of research in every week since September. Ford's at least attempting OTA updates, even if it's still bad...
We have maybe two or three outages per year and crazy inexpensive electricity, even at the co-op renewable rate. I'm not interested in how good a deal this is versus a Powerwall. It's a nice feature to be sure, but I'm buying this thing to be a vehicle.
That's where I'm at. This has been death by a thousand papercuts. Individually (or even just a few selectively), the issues with the marketing and reservation process aren't too bad. But the sum of it all makes for an extremely disappointing feeling for me personally.
It wouldn't hurt as much...
Yeah, I'm likely going to pick one up for around town trips. Most of our stores are within about 5 miles. Unfortunately, these last two snow storms reminded me that it would be difficult to use all winter, but spring-fall I can just use that.
This is my feeling as well. If it were a PHEV with a larger battery I probably would've gone with that as a stopgap.
Instead, I finally got fed up with this whole process and rewarded Ford with a Mach-E order. All of my excitement turned to exhaustion with this debacle. I'll wait until ordering...