Recent content by superds

Oxford white is work truck white that they’ve used for years. My 07 F250 is oxford white.

Yeah, I foresee a ton of people cancel their reservations when the build price comes online. I’d like a lariat with only a few options like towing functionality and I don’t think I’m going to be very impressed when I finally get to price it out this fall.

Agree. We need to ensure the energy independence of our nation. As long as we’re using oil for ICE vehicles, we can only use oil, very few other options. If we switch to electric vehicles we can at least choose how we want to generate electricity, whether it be from coal, nuclear, natural gas...

Basically, Ford doesn’t want a bunch of retail customers piling into low profit margin ER Lightning Pro models. They want us all to buy the XLT for $$$$ more so they take away basic features many people want. I know I love my keypads on the door, so handy.

Sounds like a bogus response to me. “At this time”. I read that like I should expect ADM when it gets closer to delivery. Such BS. If my dealer pulls that crap on me I’m moving to a different dealer without ADM, even if it’s several states away and never doing business with the ADM dealer again...

Will it have the locking rear end standard? That and skid plates are the two biggest selling points of the FX4.

I don’t like the 22” platinum and 20” lariat wheels much myself. I’m hoping when you place your order that you can select standard f150 wheels as an option.

Thank you for the explanation.

So what are the technical limitations that won’t allow flat towing with this neutral mode?

This is a spot on comment. All this talk of probably not being able to flat tow brings up another question: surely the lightning will have a neutral position on its gear selector, what will this actually do? Will I still be able to put it in neutral and push it out of the way if it’s dead...

Well established engineering terms aside, this is automotive, marketed to the dumb masses like me. Yeah, I read somewhere that the lightning has two different gear ratios front/rear as well. I’d still like to believe Ford is smart enough to have a flat tow solution from the factory.

Using the word “transmission” is as confusing as Ford calling it a “transaxle” since nearly every automotive transmission or transaxle since the beginning of cars has had multiple forward and at least one reverse gear, ie, a three speed transmission has three forward gears and a reverse gear. I...

I only used the term “transaxle” because that was the term I saw on the Ford press documents. I’m also guessing it’s more of a directly driven differential but I’m trying not to speculate.

You do have a valid point with high torque. I still believe you could wheel all day on a single charge the way most people I’ve gone 4wheeling with do. They don’t constantly drive the whole day but drive for a bit then stop and take a break or take turns on obstacles.

I think a ev Jeep is a great use scenario if you can tow it to the off-road area. You could probably off road all day on a charge since you’re at low speeds but might not have enough charge to get home making the flat tow ability more important.