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

[farmtruck]

If I were to roll the clock back a year, I would still get a Lightning Lariat ER. The only change I would make is to lease for more miles. When I leased, I looked at the driving trends of EVs vs ICEs and leased on the low end of what I drive each year. Turns out I am going to hit the anniversary about 3000 miles over my leased miles.
To go forward four years, if Ford will let me, another Lightning will be in the picture. Can I get it on a one ton chassis with a 600 mile range? Ok, maybe just get the Lightning to maturity so we don't have anything to complain about on this forum.

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[marc_hanna]

Have you tried other Ford dealers, or just your selling dealer?

Two dealers so far, but I see the same template of behaviour: alleviate the symptom quickly and cheaply and tell me everything is fixed without even attempting to address the root cause. Argue with the service department and show them that it isn’t working, until they agree to dig deeper to fix the problem. Then get irritated with me because O expect the problem to be fixed.

Case in point:
First service department, when my DCFS was not working, suggested that I didn’t need it anyways
Second service department suggested that me using remote start/cabin preconditioning off-plug was misusing the vehicle

I think that ultimately, this is the result of an endemic issue between Ford and the dealers, incentivizing dealers to point blame somewhere else because it’s costly for them to do warranty repairs under Ford’s framework.

 

[gregoryhcain]

Would do it all over again. This truck is so much better and tons more fun than my ICE truck. Will never buy another ICE truck again and likely will sell the one I have; just don't use it anymore.

 

[Brons2]

Would do it all over again. This truck is so much better and tons more fun than my ICE truck. Will never buy another ICE truck again and likely will sell the one I have; just don't use it anymore.

I agree, with the exception of, this truck is the replacement for the ICE truck I had before! We have a Mach-E and I loved it so much that we got the Lightning to replace my old Navigator that I used to haul stuff around with. Bye bye 5.4 3V and 13 mpg!

When I turn in this XLT on the lease, I'm thinking I might look to purchase a used Lariat ER outright. Or go down to a Pro ER for the vinyl seats. Either way something more kid friendly.

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