The Ghost
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While my GT was at the dealer recently for warranty issues, they lent me a Mustang Mach-E. According to the sticker, which was in the glove box, it was a premium with a $60K price tag. (The same price as my GT.) It seemed to be a custom order that got abandoned. Anyway, I took them up on the offer to use it while they were working on my car. After all, I had never driven an EV before.
As soon as I drive the off the lot, I realized two things. First, it was quiet. Like, I didn't even realize it was on so I turned it off thinking it wasn't already on. Second, it was punchy! Just a tap of the accelerator and it was way quicker than my car. I took it on the freeway and was impressed at how smooth the drive was. It was eerily relaxing and calming.
Over the course of time I had with the car, I only had to plug it in once. And I'm glad I did when it hit 20% seeing as how long it took to charge. But given the fact that I live in a major city and drove it a lot, only having to charge it after a week and a half, I was quite pleased. Not having to stop at the gas station was a nice change of pace.
Two weeks later, I don't want to say I was sad to return it, but I realized that I was a bit of an idiot for talking sh*t about what really is an enjoyable and even soothing car. Of course, that's not what we buy Mustangs for, and I know 100% Ford is using the Mustang name on the Mach-E to make sales, which I can't fault them for doing. But I guess for me it was a case of knocking it before I tried it.
As soon as I drive the off the lot, I realized two things. First, it was quiet. Like, I didn't even realize it was on so I turned it off thinking it wasn't already on. Second, it was punchy! Just a tap of the accelerator and it was way quicker than my car. I took it on the freeway and was impressed at how smooth the drive was. It was eerily relaxing and calming.
Over the course of time I had with the car, I only had to plug it in once. And I'm glad I did when it hit 20% seeing as how long it took to charge. But given the fact that I live in a major city and drove it a lot, only having to charge it after a week and a half, I was quite pleased. Not having to stop at the gas station was a nice change of pace.
Two weeks later, I don't want to say I was sad to return it, but I realized that I was a bit of an idiot for talking sh*t about what really is an enjoyable and even soothing car. Of course, that's not what we buy Mustangs for, and I know 100% Ford is using the Mustang name on the Mach-E to make sales, which I can't fault them for doing. But I guess for me it was a case of knocking it before I tried it.
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