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Our new Ford Capri has only one level of Regen Braking – so it’s on or off. This suits my philosophy of Keep it Simple! Equally, it won’t normally bring the car to a complete stop unless there’s a very slight incline.
I think the biggest hazard from EVs at home is tripping over the charge cable!
Can’t say it’s not fit for purpose. Looking at cars from NIL to 500, there are frontiera, capri, dacia spring, peuguot 2008, Kona, Nero, Ford Explorer. All very good cars. Mobility is a lifeline, it’s not a trifling organisation.
With Ford you miss out on HUD, Active Park Assist, 360-Degree Parking Camera and Hands-free Power-operated Tailgate, with the latter two being top of list for disabled drivers.
Our new Ford Capri has all of these (with Driver Assist Pack).
We’ve never been able to get on with Park Assist on any of our cars. The HUD is great on this car due to position of the main dash display. I agree about the 360 Parking Camera and Power Tailgate being extremely useful – we had neither on our Toyota but really appreciate what we were missing.
That’s really dissapointing. However, looking at the various forums it seems that faults while rare, take ages to rectify, possibly because the platform that the car is built on (VW) is unfamiliar to the local Ford mechanics
We’ve had our Capri now for about three weeks and apart from one day when the screen when blank we;ve had zero issues (the fix was extremely simple – press & hold the button next to the volume slider).
It’s a great car to drive and attracts a lot of attention (but it is yellow!)
You are correct it was at the Capri launch event – and it was that review which inspired my sticker!
It is a amazing car. I can get past the name. To me it doesn’t matter as it holds absolutely no relevance to the original Capri. Part of me thinks Ford have deliberately caused controversy naming it the Capri as good or bad publicity is still publicity 🙂
Ford started using names with the Mustang, that created so many clicks and comments, they’ve butchered other names since. I guess their marketing dept have realised some good publicity despite everyone commenting negatively.
I’m not sure the youngsters will understand this!
We finally picked up my wife’s new Capri EV this lunchtime.
We’ve gone for the Vivid Yellow – sunglasses appear to be an optional extra.
I think I’ve got my head around the tech in the car sufficiently to explain it to the owner 🙂
As expected the technology is sufficient for the job, but not overwhelming.
It’s a lovely car to drive.The only thing that’s still confusing me – at the moment – is the charging schedules.
I’ve switched us over to Octopus Intelligent Go (having been happy with Octopus for a few years now) – and the options of charge settings in the Ohme app vs the Octopus app vs the Ford Pass app are ‘doing my head in’. I expect it will all become clear in due course, but if anyone has any advice or pointers then I’m listening.No test drives were possible at the Skoda or Ford dealerships in Leicester. However we were so impressed with the Capri when we looked at it we managed to get a two hour unaccompanied test drive from the Ford dealership in Loughborough which was the same chain. There doesn’t seem to be any logic to it.
Delivery to the dealer in Loughborough scheduled for the 10th June.
And…..it’s still in Dagenham!
My wife has got a Capri on order. It’s good to see you are happy with yours.
How long did you have to wait for delivery? We placed our order on 7th April but aren’t getting any updates.
This is true and false – it is on the MEB platform, yes, but it’s not the same car. MEB is a platform, basically anything EV from VAG (plus “Capri” and Explorer) sit on that platform.
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The reality is sadly not that the Explorer is “too expensive”, it’s the other way around if you look at all other ESUV. I certainly pray it stays that way until we get to order ours, but objectively, the Skoda twins are simply very competitively priced.
We looked at the Skoda twins but despite trying two local-ish dealers we werern’t able to test drive any of them, and felt we were being given the brush off as Motability customers.
In the end we test drove both the Ford Capri & Explorer, and we’ve gone for the badly named Capri as it has the larger boot of the two (and is much better looking).
Yes, it’s expensive, but we had budgeted over the last 3 years for having to spend much more in the expectation of greater AP rises, so we are in the very fortunate position of being able to afford the premium that seems to come with these Ford models. (And, the Ford dealership in Loughborough have been incredibly helpful and accommodating).If all the bings & bongs help stop me, or another driver, killing someone , or helping someone new onto disability benefits – then I’m all in favour.
Driving anywhere at 76mph is going to eat any fuel unless you’re slipstreaming other traffic. Reduce your speed to 66mph and see if you notice a difference. Fact is over a decade of driving hundreds of miles a day as a field engineer has taught me, driving around fast, accelerating hard and speeding does not get you there quicker. It’s a cliche but slow and steady wins the race, not dangerously slow of course but sticking to speed limits, driving a little under, time junctions to maximise regen, using right regen level, all these eco driving tactics all add up. Gotta say I’ve lost count if the times I’ve been doing 60 on a B road and some numpty comes flying past and when you get to the next roundabout they’re right in front of you they got there seconds earlier. I wish I could go back and slap myself when I was in my 20s LOL I’m no expert and I still drive like a fool from time to time but tbh I rarely speed anymore because it’s not worth the effort and worry of getting caught.
I’ll second that!
I used to be a 70+ driver until my wife went on a speed awareness course.
On the motorway I now tend to set the cruise control to drive at 64-66mph and I’ve found that my journey times are identical (or better sometimes) than when I drove like a loon. And yes – now I’m a bit slower on the minor roads you do seem to catch up with those who put their foot down.Thanks – that’s perfectly clear and exactly what I needed to know! We’ll try and make a tour of our shortlist today or tomorrow.
Hyundai are pretty good however, if your dealer won’t let you order in advance of your order date, you could always ask if they have any in the pipeline or availability at Tilbury docks you can put your name to, when your order date comes round. This typically speeds up delivery, as your not placing a new factory order and can be even quicker if there’s availability at the docks. The other option is look on Autotrader at dealer stock within a range you are prepared to travel. Having more than one colour choice also helps,
We were impressed with both the Ioniq5 and the local dealer.
It was a useful afternoon as we’ve managed to rule out the MG-ZS, Astra, and Megane eTech. We’ve still got a few more on the ‘long list’.Thanks – that’s perfectly clear and exactly what I needed to know!
We’ll try and make a tour of our shortlist today or tomorrow.
I have a question about lease renewal and when to talk to the dealer & place the order.
My wife’s handback date in her account is 30th June and she can place an application for her next car from the 29th March.
We are seriously considering a Hyundai Ioniq5 but I’m seeing delivery times of around 5 months being reported.
So – the question is : should we be talking to the Hyundai dealer now, and should we be visiting other dealers on our shortlist this early.
And – what happens if we place an order on 29th March and it’s not delivered by the handback date? I’m sure this can’t be an uncommon worry!
It’s definitely the dealership and the individual Motability adviser rather than the brand.
Today my daughter picked up her Motability Peugeot 208 from Bristol Street Motors in Northampton and the advisor was excellent – yet Peugeot in Leicester is the only dealership where my wife was made to feel unwelcome (albeit a few years ago).
We’ve always been very impressed with our local Toyota dealer (Vertu Leicester) but we’ve always dealt with the same salesman.
I wonder how much of the discrepancies described here are down to (a) training by Motability or (b) salespeople just being demotivated in their jobs?
Edit: Maybe another point regarding how dealers view their customers is whether they keep their disabled spaces clear for disabled drivers rather than loan or staff cars – this was an issue with 3 of the 4 dealerships we visited today with only Hyundai passing the test!
There’s only the one version of the Toyota CHR on the scheme now. We were pretty much set on the PHEV but it’s no longer available.
We’ll be looking at a full EV instead which moves us away from Toyota – and our local dealer has been excellent for us over the last 6 years.How obsessed is this I’ve asked Ben to tell me when the transporter comes so I can see it unloaded ! How bad is that ?
My wife has dealt with Vertu Leicester – for her last two CHRs – and always found them extremely helpful. Exactly how a dealership should be.
You’ll be very happy with the CHR
What you seem to be describing are driving assistance systems to aid with safety – they are nowhere near ‘self driving’.
Some people love them (me) others hate them (my wife).My Toyota CHR (not electric- so outside your list) has what I consider to be excellent Adaptive Cruise Control & Lane Guidance / Lane Keep Assist. It will get very cross if you take both hands off the wheel (and there’s a heated steering wheel to encourage you to keep them there too!). I’m not aware of navigation systems that slow the vehicle for bends – which sounds like a step too far for me!
Our Suzuki Across will not let us reverse more than a couple of yard when the caravan is attached it slams the brake on.
My Toyota CHR does this with the bike carrier attached. There doesn’t seem to be a way of turning it off, and the dealer is disinterested. It makes parking ‘interesting’!
My wife is the one with the PIP, but I’ve ‘looked after’ the car side of things for the last 30 years.
Althouhg she has severe mobility issues, I have had mental health problems, and I know full well that the annual round of getting insurance renewals, servicing and MOTs would push me back to a state I don’t want to go back to. This is a benefit of the scheme that can’t be costed – the peace of mind of just having to put fuel into a car and driving it.
When it comes to renewal, choose the car and pay the money – no haggling, no tyre kicking.
The AP for us in our situation is well worth the lack of any hassle.
I rang up Motability a couple of weeks ago to check a couple of details about the changeover of my wife’s car from old to new car. I mentioned her private plate as I know they can be a bit sniffy about them – I deliberately told them what the plate stood for without being asked and they were fine.
We’ll see if that changes when delivery time arrives.(It’s wife’s initials, her year of birth, then my three initials)
Had this sticker made for the name snobs!
