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<blockquote data-quote="bp299" data-source="post: 1827322" data-attributes="member: 25203"><p>LMAO.</p><p></p><p>I started the trade my lightning for a gen 3 thread a few weeks ago and didn't realize the shit storm it would start! It's crazy how much EV hate is out there.</p><p></p><p>I've had a Lightning for 3 months now and am no way an EV guy but the timing was good. Got in early on reserving one at MSRP so with 100k miles on my Gen 2, no less than 8 warranty visits in 4 years, and $6 premium here in soCal, I thought why not? Plus I got nearly $10k in tax benefits, $2750 of that was refunds.</p><p>Here where we never get any f**king rain, my home solar charges the truck for about 1/5 of the price gas would be-if I had to pay for it. Because I ran 25k mostly local miles a year, (7K on the Lightning now), my gas saving in 3 months has been about $800 a month. So why not plug in for free and wake up full every morning?</p><p></p><p>Now I don't tow but do haul dirt bikes weekly so this thing seemed like a good idea to try. It has amazing tech, is "lightning" fast, rides like a caddy, and locking rank gear bags in the frunk is way cool.</p><p></p><p>HOWEVER, It is NOT a Raptor.</p><p></p><p>I recently did a 4 day Colorado dirt bike ride and we had a Raptor and a Tremor chasing and I realized having a Raptor was more important for my offroad hobbies than the savings and practicality of the Lightning. Plus, a couple times a year I road trip 600-800 miles away for these rides and I am too impatient to make that trip an extra 2-3 hours for charge stops.</p><p></p><p>The Lightning definitely has its place and I have to commend Ford for producing it. If you don't need to tow far and don't travel more than 275 miles a day, it's a no brainer. But for me, and now that the novelty has worn off, it just looks like a fancy work truck. Any attempt to make it rugged looking with wheels and tires only defeats the purpose of have a good range EV truck.</p><p></p><p>It took me many years to be able to finally get my first Raptor and as much as I was disappointed with the warranty sh*t, it is still the ultimate truck to me. Now that I have an allocation for an R, I will be going from one end of the practical spectrum to the other! Hopefully the warranty gremlins won't be in the V8-Any cam phasers in the Coyote??</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, I won't complain about smoking fools when the light turns green and not stopping at Sam's club to try and save 20 cents a gallon! Or miss the sound of cam phasers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bp299, post: 1827322, member: 25203"] LMAO. I started the trade my lightning for a gen 3 thread a few weeks ago and didn't realize the shit storm it would start! It's crazy how much EV hate is out there. I've had a Lightning for 3 months now and am no way an EV guy but the timing was good. Got in early on reserving one at MSRP so with 100k miles on my Gen 2, no less than 8 warranty visits in 4 years, and $6 premium here in soCal, I thought why not? Plus I got nearly $10k in tax benefits, $2750 of that was refunds. Here where we never get any f**king rain, my home solar charges the truck for about 1/5 of the price gas would be-if I had to pay for it. Because I ran 25k mostly local miles a year, (7K on the Lightning now), my gas saving in 3 months has been about $800 a month. So why not plug in for free and wake up full every morning? Now I don't tow but do haul dirt bikes weekly so this thing seemed like a good idea to try. It has amazing tech, is "lightning" fast, rides like a caddy, and locking rank gear bags in the frunk is way cool. HOWEVER, It is NOT a Raptor. I recently did a 4 day Colorado dirt bike ride and we had a Raptor and a Tremor chasing and I realized having a Raptor was more important for my offroad hobbies than the savings and practicality of the Lightning. Plus, a couple times a year I road trip 600-800 miles away for these rides and I am too impatient to make that trip an extra 2-3 hours for charge stops. The Lightning definitely has its place and I have to commend Ford for producing it. If you don't need to tow far and don't travel more than 275 miles a day, it's a no brainer. But for me, and now that the novelty has worn off, it just looks like a fancy work truck. Any attempt to make it rugged looking with wheels and tires only defeats the purpose of have a good range EV truck. It took me many years to be able to finally get my first Raptor and as much as I was disappointed with the warranty sh*t, it is still the ultimate truck to me. Now that I have an allocation for an R, I will be going from one end of the practical spectrum to the other! Hopefully the warranty gremlins won't be in the V8-Any cam phasers in the Coyote?? In the meantime, I won't complain about smoking fools when the light turns green and not stopping at Sam's club to try and save 20 cents a gallon! Or miss the sound of cam phasers! [/QUOTE]
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