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Sure. Let's just ignore the context of both your comment about TTs and of the photos of TTs in a thread entitled "Fifth Wheel towing with the Lightning." Obviously you have your opinions and I'm not going to change them. Enjoy the day.

This thread is about fifth wheels, not TTs. Totally different animal.

Well as I said I've been towing fifth wheels with half tons for many years, and it's quite comfortable. The Lightning is heaver and it would do fine. The 3/4 ton has more capability for larger trailers sure, but it doesn't actually do much better with this particular trailer than the F-150...

Thought I'd close this out. Ended up replacing the 2015 F-150 in my profile pic with a crew cab 2023 Silverado 2500HD. Gotta say this had nothing to do with the capabilities of the Lightning, it had to do with the price increase for 2023 and the fact that my use case has changed. We'll be...

Yeah I’m really interested in this program. It would basically offset the price increase on 2023s. But odd that the Lightning isn’t listed.

I noticed that CarCostCanada has the 2023 pricing so I built myself an XLT. For my preferred configuration with ER, both tow packages, and not much else it’s $97,920, plus tax. Yikes.

Since the ER Lightning has a GVWR of 8550 pounds, it isn’t subject to the Canadian federal Luxury Tax for vehicles over $100,000, which applies to light duty vehicles with GVWR of 8500 pounds (3856 kg) or less...

The Luxury Tax doesn’t apply so long as the GVWR is over 8500 pounds, so the extended range Lightning is exempt.

I keep all my vehicles for ten years, unless circumstances change. Still have my 2013 Volt. Keeping it much beyond that I think I’m pushing my luck for when the battery might need to be replaced.

Given that I’m probably a year away from getting mine, it’s nice to read all the complaints.

My last two campsites were 34 miles and 58 miles from home. That’s my use case so I’m really not concerned with range.

I’ve had that shared with me by a couple of people on Facebook who know I’m interested in towing with the Lightning. No surprise really that it’s not a great long-distance cross-country machine with a big camper in tow. Still perfectly fine for my use which is 98% NOT going on long-distance...

Someone in my area took delivery of their XLT ER with Max Tow and he says the sticker shows 1900 lbs. He has the spray in bedliner. So I’m thinking without the bedliner his payload would be about 1945. Pretty good considering my 2015 SuperCab has 2019 lbs.

Darn I came here to joke about being able to order in July and it’s already been done.

I appreciate that they included the Sierra as a benchmark. I just towed my 88-sq-ft frontal area fifth wheel 110 miles (175 km) and averaged 9.4 MPG (25 L/100km) in approximately similar conditions (55-65 mph). So that’s close to their 8.9 MPG. I’d expect to do about as well as they did with the...

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I understand the people who don’t think the Lightning will work for them. I don’t understand the people who insist the Lightning won’t work for anyone.

The thing with people is that they always make generalizations. Lightning will be perfectly fine for my towing needs with a large, heavy camper. I simply don’t drive hundreds miles when I’m camping so the range is of zero significance to me.

Wait for the next generation. It should only be a few years away. Let the rest of us work out the bugs for you.

Moving to Canada is also an option. We have room.