Got the Truck yesterday Newbie

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

Just wanted to say hello and glad to be a new member.
Got the truck yesterday and am blown away by it's capabilities.
They built quite a machine here.

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[Truaz]

Congratulations! Enjoy, I have for about a year and a half now.

 

[MaintGrl]

Welcome to the fan club, Great Vehicle.. So far . . . . have had NO Problems. But do have a service Appt. on the 27th, I'll have to see how that goes.

 

[richl025]

Welcome to the family!

If I can make a suggestion (learned the hard way) - first thing you should do is learn how to estimate your range by SOC% and efficiency. Don't pay attention to the Guess-o-meter (don't ask me how I learned this!)

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

i have been driving around for fun, and to wave at gas stations, as I drive by.
I plug in a route and estimate the energy this "should take" then record what it actually takes and get a feel for the difference.
Preconditioning the cabin temp before unplugging is a big win I see. Got the Ford Pass working and programed charging during my overnight ultra low rate utility rate (2.9 cents per kWh)
Wow this truck is amazining in snow and on ice!

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

Welcome to the fan club, Great Vehicle.. So far . . . . have had NO Problems. But do have a service Appt. on the 27th, I'll have to see how that goes.

Hope to see you post the outcome, good or bad.

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

I am learning I need to keep a light foot on the accelerator - too easy to be zipping faster than I should be!
Officer-Friendly will be watching for me I''m sure.

 

[MaintGrl]

I am learning I need to keep a light foot on the accelerator - too easy to be zipping faster than I should be!
Officer-Friendly will be watching for me I''m sure.

Yes, with My old 06" Taco, I became accustomed to the road/engine noise to provide speed feedback. with this truck, very little Road noise, NO engine noise . . .dang. . . I'm goin 90,,,,whoa Pony's

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

Yeah, years of driving V-8's has my brain conditioned to some corralation between noise and speed/accelleration; that is now busted all to pieces - need to learn a few new cues...

 

[MaintGrl]

Hope to see you post the outcome, good or bad.

Yes, I'll check in. Kinda very apprehensive about it.

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

Yes, I'll check in. Kinda very apprehensive about it.

Why? are you experiencing any obvious issues with the Truck?
or just the fear/unknown getting to you?

 

[MaintGrl]

Why? are you experiencing any obvious issues with the Truck?
or just the fear/unknown getting to you?

So, I don't put a lot of miles on it, Been working wonderfully, since purchase.
Was sent a txt message from the dealer saying they have time to do the Parking sensor and address the BMS. After hearing quite a few problems with dealing with dealers, I'm hoping the dealer I bought the truck from has staff that knows how to work on it, which is the source of my apprehension. I live a hour away, and would rather NOT have to take a Uber home because they run into problems...

 

[Lucky Larry]

Congratulations on your purchase. The F-150 lightning is a great truck. i prefer to drive it over any other vehicle i have. I have also found that my local ford dealership has good service, and there is lots of great information on this forum that you can search if your experiencing a problem or have questions about your truck.

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