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  1. What’s your exit plan for the truck?

    I own two Lightnings and plan to drive them "until the wheels fall off". The first one I bought was to replace a 2004 Expedition (it was rusting out). Given the aluminum body I expect this one to out last me.
  2. Ford to idle F-150 Lightning EV plant in Dearborn for weeks

    The assembly plant is a totally different division of the company from the engineering groups that do software and design. Pausing production at a plant has no short term effects on the engineering groups.
  3. Is it typical for the underside of the hood to be not color matched?

    Yes, they have 3 or 4 colors of primer and they use the one closest to the top coat. After 30 years of IT engineering in Ford assembly plants I am quite familiar with the process.
  4. Is it typical for the underside of the hood to be not color matched?

    It is normal for the underside of the hood to not match. The paint is a three coat process. First a grey electrocoat then a primer and finally the top coat. The top coat is typically not sprayed onto all interior surfaces such as under the hood.
  5. What do you call / name your Lightning?

    I have noticed that some of you refer to your Lightning by a given name. For years my wife and I have named our vehicles. The first Lightning we got is a XLT SR that we call Blitzen as in one of Santa's reindeer (Blitzen is the german word for lightning). When we added a second Lightning to our...
  6. Ford Lightning in Holland

    I’m on a trip in Holland and we cruised past this dealership in Gouda. I was surprised and pleased to see their sign. It would be a very large vehicle on the European roads.




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