Recent content by slatefan53

Our Mach-E does similar but IIRC there is a time-out setting somewhere in the settings. Ours is set to 30 minutes. More "Nanny Tech", "We know what's best for you". Exactly why I am buying a SLATE. Also getting in before the government mandates more nanny tech. Ford won't let us "Schedule...

The new phone by "Commodore" yes "Commodore" will have a FM radio in it. LOL..... If it were April Fools Day I wouldn't believe it. FM and 3.5 Jack https://commodore.net/callback/

100% agree. Ever since diesel gate, the corporate decisions and cars and tech they produced have been garbage. We had a TAOS for 1 yr and in that yr the Brakes were gone in 6K miles, Headgasket blown by 10K, DSG needed reprogramming a few times, and the Infotainment stopped working everytime...

GenX: We are the rebels who, while wow'd by technology and ushered in the PC era, have had enough of cars with their Nanny tech, subscriptions, spyware and screens designed by people whom I am convinced have only diven in video games. As a generation who were free-range kids, didn't have...

My biggest question about 6/24 is what timezone / when can you actually place the pre-order? 12:01 AM UTC, EDT, CDT or some 8AM, 10AM.... and what timezone? Also, does your Pre-Order # dictate your place in line. I had a reservation in the day it was announced. Will some combo of Reservation...

As a Mach-E owner, I have become very disillusioned by Ford. They are doubling down on their "Connected, Computer on Wheels, Telematics". Get this. I can NOT schedule charging, precondition the car unless I now turn on share "Driving Data". Why do they need my "Driving Data", to allow my car...

If the Slate has Cruise Control, it will most likely have a 2PD/Coast. That begs the question. Does the Slate have Cruise Control? Our Mach-E has 1PD and 2PD, as soon as you go into Cruise it switches to 2PD. I think this is more a question of adjustable regen mode(s). We have 3 in the...

I think if Slate succeeds they can out fox Volkswagon of old. I will probably do the Fastback version of my Slate, Lower it, and it becomes very Scirocco'esq. They need a Beetle/Rabbit Hot Hatch VW killer.

I am still tempted to buy a VW eGolf now that you can pick them up for $9000. For a Grocery Getter or light work commute no anxiety there. :-) I think new their range is around the same as the Slate non-extended range.

Our Mach-E has a wireless charger and IF it works, as others have stated it COOKS the phone. They suck. Buddies Model 3, also, never works consistently. Give me USB ports. I also have one of the last "analog" VW GTI's MK7.5 that has wired Car Play. Works 10/10 times. Every other car we...