IF you could do it all over... what would you buy?

[StevenC56]

I should have added something similar in my original answer. If I had to do it over, I would skip the Mach-e and go straight to the Lightning. I loved the MME, but I like the Lightning even more...and the Lightning can tow!

We plan on replacing my wife's 2017 Explorer Platinum with an MME in the next couple years.

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[Thunder1809]

I bought a ‘23 ER in July ‘23 and got a zero percent purchase rate 5 days before Ford dropped the price $8500. My dealer worked for 2 months to get me a price adjust so it ended up being just under the $80K MSRP for the $7500 tax credit. I tell people it is the best commuter with blue cruise and the comfy interior. I drive 57 miles round trip a day and it makes the commute so much less stressful and costly. I wouldn’t change a thing.

 

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[SpaceEVDriver]

I cannot think of what I would do differently.

I do wish there were different package options. I don't like the glass roof, but it was packaged with all the other things I did want.

If there's a smaller EV pickup available when it's time to retire the Lightning to home-backup duty, we'll go with that. If not, we'll go with another Lightning, probably.

Oh, I just realized what I'd do differently.

If I could get the same price, I'd buy the truck two months earlier.
We bought in May 2024.
We took our Tacoma on a 2200 mile round trip camping trip from northern Arizona to the Ozark National Forest in Arkansas in April for the total eclipse. If I had it to do over again and I could find the same truck for the same price, I'd buy in March instead of May so we could have had a better road trip in April.

 

[Tclark5]

If you could go back in time to to the day before you decided to purchase your Lightning (with your present knowledge of today), what would you do?

Would you do exactly what you did?
Would you hold out for a better price down the line (or buy used)?
Would you purchase a different vehicle (and if so, what)?

Every day my kid sees a Cybertruck and just ogles it like its the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition... and its getting to me.

Love my lightning, would get another one it anything happened to it. There is nothing out there better, Ford nailed it for a first try! Everyone who gets in can’t believe how nice and powerful it is. Anyone who drives it say holy crap and grins when they stomp on it.

 

[detansinn]

If you could go back in time to to the day before you decided to purchase your Lightning (with your present knowledge of today), what would you do?

Would you do exactly what you did?
Would you hold out for a better price down the line (or buy used)?
Would you purchase a different vehicle (and if so, what)?

Every day my kid sees a Cybertruck and just ogles it like its the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition... and its getting to me.

I wouldn't change a thing. I certainly don't have any Cybertruck envy, because that Tesla is a steaming pile of garbage with the kind of freefall depreciation that makes a Lightning look like a 401k. The Lightning literally does everything better.

I don't know how old your son is, but in our neck of the woods, the teenagers make fun of Cybertruck owners. It's got the wrong kind of "look at me" energy.

 

[Firn]

If you could go back in time to to the day before you decided to purchase your Lightning (with your present knowledge of today), what would you do?

Would you do exactly what you did?
Would you hold out for a better price down the line (or buy used)?
Would you purchase a different vehicle (and if so, what)?

Every day my kid sees a Cybertruck and just ogles it like its the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition... and its getting to me.

Having owned 24 different vehicles, and having an early reservation on the Cybertruck, I can tell you that I would only be MORE excited about my upcoming purchase of the Lightning.

I do love my Pro ER with the right options. A ton of things I'm really happy with, like the rubber floor and the non-powered tailgate. I do wish for nicer seats and lane centering, and I want for a front lightbar and passive entry, but don't need for anything.

And compared to the alternatives the interior is absolutely cavernous, one of my dislikes of the Cybertruck (and the vault like nature of the back seat). The Chevy has a big interior as well but I'm not a fan of the truck, although the GMC AT4 looks a lot nicer.

Rivian is on my short list though. Very positive reviews and a brand new American company to boot. I would love to give them my money but I just couldn't justify the nearly $40k increase over what I paid.

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