My first electrified vehicle was a Ford. They're very well-engineered, and it'd be my second choice behind a Tesla. What do you like better about it?
Honestly, nearly every single thing about the car is better.
* Fit and finish - The paint job on my Tesla was awful and only got worse over the two years I owned it. I've never owned a new car with such a crappy paint job, let alone a car with the price tag of the Tesla.
* Ride and comfort - The Mach-E is smoother and road noise is remarkably quiet compared to the Model 3. The interior is much nicer and seats are more comfortable.
* Handling - I could give the Tesla a slight edge here. Even in the worst conditions, I never once had a wheel lose traction in the Model 3. On my first drive of the Mustang, I broke the rear wheels free. I only make this a slight edge because, it's a freaking mustang, a little controllable oversteer is almost a requirement of the breed. I'd have been disappointed if I couldnt get that to happen.
* Acceleration - Total draw. Now, I did luck into a totally maxxed out GT performance edition, at an insanely good price, otherwise the 3 would have won this one.
*Auto pilot / self drive - The Tesla does better on unimproved roads and for full navigation in FSD mode (when not in a construction area), however, the Ford "Bluecruise" is a far better match for me. It does a decent job of true hands-off when on limit access roads, and best of all, you can make manual adjustments any time without turning it off and it rolls with the punches and just takes back over when you're done with whatever you were doing. With the Tesla, it's all or nothing. If you're in FSD and it does something stupid (a frequent event), you have to fight it to correct, then it gives up and you swerve like a drunken sailor when it finally lets go of the controls. Then, of course, you have to turn FSD back on again manually and wait until the next time it tries to kill you. Don't get me wrong, the blue cruise tries to kill you now and again also, but you can correct it gently and without appearing like you're drunk out of your mind to the drivers around you. In general, the Ford does a better job of keeping you engaged, but lightening the load.
* Other tech - The Mach-E has its own navigation system and media and such, comparable with Tesla, but also supports android and car play. So you aren't locked into Elonworld. It has phone as a key like Tesla, in addition, unlike Tesla, it has a real key if you prefer that.
* Range - My Mach-E has about 25 miles less range than my long range model 3 had. It has a huge battery, but it's also lugging around a lot more weight. That means charging is slower than it was on my model 3. The non-performance Mach-E's fare better on range.
The bottom line is that there are a lot of flaws in the Tesla. I was able to overlook them when they lowered the price right after I purchased, and screwed my value. I was able to overlook them as the paint started looking worse and worse. When they took away my ability to use a feature I paid $12,000 for (they had already devalued that by lowering the price to $8,000 months after I bought it) I couldn't ignore any of the flaws anymore and the whole thing just ****ed me off every time I got in it.
