Lightning vs. Mach-E by Owner (of Both)

[Jseis]

The S.O. drives the ‘21 SR MME (55,000 miles) and I roll in the ‘23 ER Lariat (21,000 miles).

Different vehicles, no real point in comparing them. The MME shines on cost, efficiency, and tight city driving. The Lariat is a utility Swiss Army Knife. Makes my long gone ‘99 7.3 F250 SD look like a desirable antique. The LT is also a towing machine, handy generator, a smooth cruising highway wolf in sheep’s clothing. Could be the last truck we buy.

I’ll report back when it turns 150K ?.

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[derelict]

I had a '21 MME Premium ER AWD that I kept for a year. It was a first year model so I expected bugs, none of which bothered me all that much except the fans that would run when L2 charging it. I remember the first time I charged in my garage and my wife came running in saying I think there is something wrong with your car! It sounded like a jet engine running in there... they eventually came out with an OTA that throttled down that fan, but it was always annoying. I think ford did the MME a disservice by putting skinny tires on it. I swapped out the wheels and tires for something wider, went 255/45R20 on a wider wheel and it was like a whole different car. So much fun to drive and cornered like a go cart. But it just wasn't practical so I ended up selling it for an ICE truck a year later (because the Lightning was impossible to get in 2022). Here is a pic of my old MME:

 

[pyromaster114]

As I said on the Mach-E forum, when the truck gets BC updated, they will be the same.

Any idea when this is going to be? And are we talking that the 2023 trucks will get this update?

 

[RickLightning]

Any idea when this is going to be? And are we talking that the 2023 trucks will get this update?

The Mach-E was to be updated last summer... That never happened. So no, I have no idea when.

Yes, all Lightnings will get updated to 1.4, likely after Mach-Es do. It will be soon*...


* "soon" is a Ford trademarked term meaning anytime from tomorrow until the end of time as we know it on earth.

 

[ciferguson37733]

Just swapped MME for the Lightning - getting my Lightning back after a week.

Really love my Lightning

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