detansinn
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- Oct 28, 2022
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- Rapid Red F150 Lightning Lariat Extended Battery
Re 1. There's been a lot of subtle content deletion. The price reductions didn't come out of thin air. From a dramatically shortened Blue Cruise free trial, the disappearance of 80A Level 2 charging, and a smattering of other standard options disappearing, enough has disappeared that early adopters don't have to feel bad.Hi all,
I had cashed out my SR XLT while the market was still solid. Now that Ford has brought some substantial discounts back along with POS Tax credit, I am temped back into getting another one.
Pickup is set for tomorrow and I managed to secure a $30k total discount on a Lariat ER which includes the $7500 POS tax credit. I had a few questions for the gang here
1. What should I know about jumping back in?
2. How bad are the updates?
3. Has infotainment improved at all?
4. Does FordPass actually work reliably
5. Would the 18inch wheels be a significant range increase over the 20 inch wheels on the Lariat?
6. Have Service at dealers improved or are people still seeing ridiculous wait times for parts and engineers have to be flown in?
Thank you so much.
Re 2/3. Updates are coming fast and furious now. I've received three updates in the past three weeks. Everything seems to be a nice improvement. Ford has upped their game. The 12V battery monitoring fix has helped a lot of folks.
Re 4. I've had zero issues. It's fine, but I typically pay using the Apps to get my membership discount unless I am in a hurry.
Re 5. It's won't deliver that big of a difference.
Re 6. The longest wait that I had was for the heated steering wheel undeletion -- Ford stepped up for us who got shorted with the chip shortage and gave us heated steering wheels. That wait was 3 weeks. For my dealer, there's nothing special about the Lightning at this point and the techs seem to understand them.
I've just crossed over 20k miles in 10 months on my 2023. 20k mile service is on Monday. It's been trouble free. Love it.
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