Recent content by SpaceEVDriver

Yeah. I've been on that trail in the past. It's a difficult trail, and the full-sized vehicles are just too big for it. I'd take R1S, maybe an R1T, but it's longer. I'd take an R2 if it's capable. But not a Lightning or similarly-sized vehicle.

A quarterly sales volume of 7,187 is great, IMO, based on the attitude of dealerships within a couple hours drive of me. There are no new Lightnings and no new Mustang Mach-Es available within 100 miles of me, according to cars dot com. As far as I know, all of the Ford dealers in this area...

If it were up to me, we could all buy direct from Ford.

:ROFLMAO::LOL::ROFLMAO::LOL: I'll definitely believe a dealer sales rep who says, "This $80k truck is way worse than this $115k truck."

The dealer in my area and the dealer in a brother's area both actively discouraged people from buying Lightnings and redirect them to ICEs. I think some dealers are sabotaging the Lightning.

Despite your best efforts, you do sometimes run out of energy, whether it's gas or electrical energy. A friend was hauling up a bunch of stuff from their late mother's home and in their hurry and grief, they ran very low on energy. It happens. The Lightning can provide up to 30A, 240V (7.2 kW)...

Okay, your thread... I wish I'd grabbed a photo.

I didn't get a photo, so I know it doesn't count. I spent almost a month in LA driving on just the surface streets. Regularly got 8.8 miles/kWh on >40 mile round trips. Keeping below about 35 mph and staying on the long drags with few stops or lights does wonders for efficiency.

You can, yes. And you can run Pro Power while charging on the FCSP, which means you would not be draining the truck's battery. That said, I'd just have a 6-20 installed like @Maquis suggested.

I may make it the next time I go to LA. It only adds a small amount of time to my trip.

Meant to add: If you're going to make it a slower drive, you might decide to take Rte 66 up through Peach Springs and to Ashfork instead of doing 55 on the I-40. That would be a more pleasant and safer drive (lower speed differentials) while adding about 15 miles to your route; probably no...

For towing, this is, as everyone else has noted a tough stretch. I dislike all of the chargers in Kingman, but you don't have any other option except not to go through Kingman. The North Rim is nicer, but doesn't have any chargers. I drive this route (I-40 between the Flagstaff area and...

The aging of tires is, in part, due to sun exposure. The aging models assume uniform sun exposure. If one set of tires sees much more sun, they're going to age more quickly than the tires that see less sun. https://www.discounttire.com/learn/tire-aging#:~:text=And that's not,in a garage.

All of this is true. The differential wear on the front tires includes sidewall wear that's not visible to the user. At least you hope it's invisible. With independent suspension, wear is even more disparate between the front and the rear sidewalls. Related to sidewall failure is the simple...

Beautiful! We used to take our Tacoma to Moab at least once a year (usually on our own, not during events) and have done many of the trails. But the Lightning is so much bigger than the Tacoma and this was our first Lightning trip to Moab, so we played it safe. When we go back, we may add to...