Are there more delivered ?

[LightningShow]

I find it very odd that supposedly 201 Lightnings were delivered in May yet forum members accounted for what, like 2 or 3 of them?

Because we probably only have 1 or 2% of the people with orders on the forum. For every forum member that gets a truck there are 50-100 that we don't know about.

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[astricklin]

I find it very odd that supposedly 201 Lightnings were delivered in May yet forum members accounted for what, like 2 or 3 of them?

This matches up with the overall percentage of orders/reservations represented here.

 

[Carminus]

I will be the second with AT tires. Picking mine up tomorrow. I did get antimatter blue ER lariat and will takes pictures tomorrow.

 

[GDN]

We have a ton of good detail that I fear will someday be lost in these first delivery threads. I started a thread for the AT Tires - https://www.f150lightningforum.com/...at-tire-hankook-dynapro-at2.10573/post-214235

 

[Ford Senior Master]

We got our mannequin today. Lariat SR Agate Black. Drives great.

 

[KevinC]

Is that rain on the hood? How did it drive in the rain?

 

[TechTutor]

Someone just posted that theirs is at their upstate NY (Albany) dealer now and will take delivery in next day or so. Looks like the blockade may have broken ? Hoping I get the golden ticket sometime this summer. My ‘09 Chevy is ready for a dirt nap

Link: Truck got delivered to my dealer 18 days early! Picking up tomorrow!

 

[Captain337]

Pretty sure I saw a pro delivered on these forums or Facebook, was white, but not going to hunt for it

 

[Ford Senior Master]

Is that rain on the hood? How did it drive in the rain?

Rain was very light the second or third drive. I did not push it too hard when it was raining.
Dry pavement was a different story. It feels strange under hard acceleration. You feel the torque steer momentarily and then the truck gets a sway sort of feel coupled with outstanding acceleration. It wasn't uncomfortable but a different feel from other vehicles with this much straight line acceleration.

 

[KevinC]

From what the tax man has at the moment it looks like:
442 forum members have registered orders out of 20,000(estimated MY22). So each forum member represents about 45 total orders.

10 have been delivered to forum members for 2.3% delivered for about 450 likely total delivered.

40 forum members have delivery dates for 9% with delivery dates and about 1800 customers with order delivery dates.

Out of the 10 deliveries 8 are early(1 other looks like a typo and could have been early)

 

[Postman]

For those of you that have taken delivery, or are about to, do the following for a little fun.
1. Put in sport mode (may or may not make a difference, it sure does in my Raptor with regards to behavior)
2. Turn off traction control.
3. Get up to about 40, then floor it.
4. Try to wipe the grin off your face after you realize your 6000+ lb, AWD truck just broke the tires loose. At 40

 

[GDN]

For those of you that have taken delivery, or are about to, do the following for a little fun.
1. Put in sport mode (may or may not make a difference, it sure does in my Raptor with regards to behavior)
2. Turn off traction control.
3. Get up to about 40, then floor it.
4. Try to wipe the grin off your face after you realize your 6000+ lb, AWD truck just broke the tires loose. At 40

I have no real comparison, but would just be curious if some warning is needed. It's all about the traction control systems - especially on an EV. Ford is definitely some different than a Tesla, but in a Model 3 you can't turn off the traction control without a secret code. A couple of the first people that turned off traction control and floored it - ended up in a ditch or crunched car. I'm just saying ease into it the first time or two until you know how it is going to handle in each mode and without traction control. Then you can have some fun.

We love reading about the firsts, but we don't want to read about the first wrecked Lightning for a while.

 

[Postman]

I have no real comparison, but would just be curious if some warning is needed. It's all about the traction control systems - especially on an EV. Ford is definitely some different than a Tesla, but in a Model 3 you can't turn off the traction control without a secret code. A couple of the first people that turned off traction control and floored it - ended up in a ditch or crunched car. I'm just saying ease into it the first time or two until you know how it is going to handle in each mode and without traction control. Then you can have some fun.

We love reading about the firsts, but we don't want to read about the first wrecked Lightning for a while.

I agree. I should realize there is a very diverse group here. I should have qualified my remarks with OBVIOUSLY DON‘T DO THIS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE IN A HIGH HORSEPOWER CAR. I have 5 vehicles that have 450+ HP, one is 760. That’s just the kind of stuff I couldn’t wait to test out. The Lightning is a LOT of power for someone that is not used to it. You are correct, please be careful!

 

[greenne]

Wondering how long it will be before we see a Lightning totaled out on social media or at copart?

(Not wishing anything bad on anyone...just pretty sure it will happen sooner rather than later given the power in these things)

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