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Glad to hear they are in the Ball-Park at least, hope you come to a reasonable final value with the Insurance co soon. At least this way you are not waiting while repairs are going on, then wondering if there will be 'surprises' when you get it back - ie glitches that haunt you and send the...

I parked my 2500 Ram and stopped paying $150/week in gasoline when I got my Lightning in February 2025. Now I charge for 'free' most of the time from home solar during summer, will be back to overnight 2.8cents/kWh in late October when the sun heads south again...either way I save a ton of...

Interesting, anyone know if there is a difference between the 2022/2023 Frunk operation and the 2024/2025 operation? - I mean it clicks and pops up a bit, and is kinda slow, but doesn't make "that much" noise really, nor does it get stuck - maybe over time starts to wears out? {my wife just...

Ditto That ! (well I have ten years in mind, but I like your confidence!) Year 2045 little boy says to his parent "What is THAT - pointing at F-150 Lightning driving by" Parent to the little boy "That son, is a Classic" :)

I like to charge to 85% overnight (we have very low overnight utility rate) and use whatever I use during the day. Repeat. I don't normally charge above 85%, unless I have a long hwy trip planned, and even then I time it to just reach the higher SOC at about my departure time, so it's not...

I got my Lightning around the same time line. no issues with the charger - sorry no idea what would be causing your charger to mess up. Hope they fix it for you soon. I put 12,000 km so far (7500 miles) and legit agree hands down the best truck I have ever owned - even the factory tires in deep...

I don't have a 5th wheel but pull a 14,000lb 20' flat deck twin axel and an 11' foot dump trailer enough with the Lightning to know it out performs my 2500 Ram in short distance hauling - especially in the stop and go city stuff. A surprisingly good towing rig in short haul work.

I took the chance and just ordered ... If I fill it with her favourites, get them all nice and cold and show up at just the right moment at the end of a hot day...I think the cooler will get a thumbs up ! - taking the 12 volt cover off while parked with the cooler running seems like it may help...

I think it is a good idea in general to use local charging stations - even when we don't really need to. It's a way to check that the connecting/charging process is working properly with various charging networks (so we can rely on them when we DO need them during travel) and I feel it will...

Thanks for sharing the thought process. Funny, although we live a thousand miles apart, how many of your points line up exactly with mine. even down to the dreams as a kid ! Enjoy the new wheels, and welcome to the forum.

and quite a bit more space for passengers, and cargo too ! lol, :crackup:

I bought a super short charge cord and use the slot just to hold the phone, not great thou, sinse you don't get a full clear view of the phone screen - works good enough with car-play. - my XLT has the slot - did you upgrade from a Pro ?

Hey OP - since you list occupation as Auto tech, can you tell us a bit about what lead you from an ICE pick up to the Lightning? curious on your take from 'the other side' of the sales counter as it were...

The o'l Rev-up-tune-up...reminds me of a 77 Murcury I had a million years ago, before I got old.

Try not to make ALL the ICE drivers CRY like babies...when you leave them in your dust. :crackup: You will absolutely love being able to thou !!lol

laws to "protect" the middle-men...and their markups ? but if you buy aftermarket you're good to go?

I can't say it was simple or easy, and sure isn't common, but going solar with battery backup has been a great experience - the lightning is just part of our conversion to 'on site power generation, storage and utilization'. For our set up, we use solar-battery-utility-Lightning-dual fuel...

My solar experience since 2021 - 1. add PV to collect more power, 2. add more battery packs to store more power, 3. add more electrical loads to use up excess power, Repeat. The Lightning is my most resent Step #3, so now I am back to Step #1 again...for the fifth time... {3x 12kW-SRNE...

Really great to see the travel was not an issue across the Vast NW plains. if the trip was done in the reverse order driving East from Montana to ND those head-winds would have been tail-winds and assisted ya?!

Interesting Thread, hope you keep posting how it is handled by Insurance so we can follow along. Before EV's, insurance would include supply of a similar vechicle while we waited for a repair, recognizing that there is significant cost to providing a temporary form of transportation. So now...