Recent content by Monkey

Yeah, Ford realized they need the inventory at the dealerships and where they're visible to customers trying to shop local dealer inventory. I think sales numbers were already showing Ford that people still want EVs, regardless of the ebb and flow of our political environment. And Ford just...

OP, or anyone else looking, I have a new in box Charge Station Pro for sale as well. Will also do $450 shipped (CONUS). Pictures on request as it would be an unboxing...

I'd say they have production right where it needs to be, maybe a bit below ideal. Sales are up, they just had their best quarter ever for EV sales, Lightning included. inventory is low everywhere, many areas have none as the 2025s are making their way there.

And Frigidaire...

Charging from the Lightning would be awkward. If the Volvo lets you set the charge rate to 24A or less, you could charge from the 30A outlet I the bed of the Lightning (if you have the 9.6kW Pro Power). You'd have to pick up the right plug adapter, some RV/ Camper places have quirky adapters...

...Yeah, but being on my second FitCamX, I will say that it's still far from perfect. Video quality is just OK, on par with any of the decent dashcams out there as they're all just potatoes anyway. Date/time never matches up because it preserves nothing other than static settings when the...

Discount Tire has always treated me well. The location close to me closed down a couple years ago so I've used a new Les Schwab location twice now to patch tires (no charge both times) and once for a new set of tires on another vehicle. They've been great and the guy managing it is super nice...

Tesla "destination chargers" are all level-2. What rate they can charge at will vary by the installation, but the majority of them out there are the 2nd-generation Tesla wall charger unit, which can share multiple on a 100A circuit. Technically they can charge up to 19kW (80A) but most seem to...

Another reason to buy now, if you can find a '24 to your liking, is that the '25s don't offer any improvements or changes, fewer color choices and the battery on the Flash is smaller. Great finance deals and other incentives right now on the '24s.

Part of the problem is that Ford does not always know if a truck was a mannequin or not. Many dealerships received a few trucks in their first shipments and were told they needed to keep one or two for demo and display purposes as "mannequins". These get registered with Ford. And Some of them...

In the software update section where you set the schedule, there is a check for updates now. You can't force it to download updates or anything like that. And much of the battle is still hoping the Ford OTA system makes updates available for you. Mine is set to check daily at 1AM but it seems...

The truck seems to not use WiFi for general OTA updates and communication and this is most likely why I so rarely get updates. Cell service is spotty at my place and there is effectively no signal in my garage or driveway. A blip of signal here or there and sometimes a weak connection might...

Get the 2024. The '25s actually reduce the size of the ER battery pack in a couple trim configurations and they have fewer colors to pick from. And yeah, they have some good incentives right now and 0% financing on the '24s.

Go drive one of them with the 200kWh battery. The extra weight is very apparent in its handling. I can't say I'm a fan of it at all.

Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately that isn't it. We've tried everything we can think of and we're completely stumped. It's not a critical issue, my son and I both have passwords that work and my wife knows them in the off chance that she needs a passcode. I've only used mine...