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On the topic of suggestions, how about a "Never F-ing Change the Camera from What I Specifically Selected" mode. Ford engineers should try hooking up a trailer on a slope sometime. When you think you are aligned, and put the truck into park, it of course rolls another inch or two. Would be...

Hood emblem belongs on the hood. (best image I could find)

Enhancing the value of something the customer already paid for seems counterintuitive. But it builds brand loyalty and lets a company that does it bank on that future value. Tesla shipped the Cybertruck without the software implemented yet for several off-road functionalities. But Tesla buyers...

Exactly the same use case - when the Truck is used as a standby power source for your house is the situation people run into issues with.

Its also a law in most states to stay in attendance.

Easiest to just use the back seat.

I would never use the frunk to haul groceries as I pull into my garage with the frunk up against the back wall. The Frunk is an inconvenient place to access when my Truck is parked in the garage. I just load the groceries in the back seat which is much more accessible.

EV charging is unattended - you don't have to stay at the vehicle. ICE refueling is mandatory to attend the pump while pumping (in almost all states). Those 5-10 minutes of your life are completely wasted just waiting on that pump. Maybe the other passengers can go in and buy some snacks or...

They have those great ads on the screens at some pumps. Love wasting my life ticking away to the droning sound of the pump and those ads. When charging an EV on a road trip, you can get some stuff done: Eat a sit-down meal. Take a walk Walk your dog Take a nap Watch a TV show, or part of a...

Its all about the aero efficiency for highway range.

When we suggest fixes and improvements to the software that would be simple to make, it would be great to have confidence that feedback is being used to improve the product. Software updates are too spare and do not improve anything significantly. "Full View Not Available" was reported years...

One negative of having an EV truck is all my buddies who are not yet EV fans give me shit about my "golf cart" and all the time I waste charging it. I just keep telling people its the best pickup I have ever owned, tows better than my previous Chevy 2500, and it only takes 10 seconds to unplug...

For occasional and short trips on known roads, pushing the truck to its limits would likely be OK. For longer cross-country hauls or daily use you would want more safety margin - either a bigger truck or a smaller trailer. (If its only occasional trips, why not just get a smaller trailer?)

Just put a lift kit and big tires on the Lightning. Add a bull bar and some fender flares. Make your kid happy. Suck it up on the range hit (sounds like you don't need the range for your commute anyways). You will still come out ahead cost per mile vs. a comparably-equipped ICE truck.

Was behind a pickup on the road a couple years ago with half-full beer bottle sitting on the back bumper. Never fell off while I was behind them.

Reviewers significantly under-weight the value of "Its an F150". ALL of Ford's decades of learning what people want and actually use in a 1/2 ton pickup are embodied also in the Lightning because of this. Plus the ecosystem of third party accessories for both in-cab and in the bed, and even...

A 10 kW generator (largest they have) rental price at my neighborhood retail rental shop is $125 / day. About the same price as renting a whole truck. 10kW is on the small side of what is needed for a range extender - its not going to keep up with the 50kW - 80kW sustained draw when towing a...

Just rent the whole truck. Plenty of places rent pickup trucks that would meet the needs for occasional longer range trips and towing. Much cheaper to pay $300-$400 for a weekend rental a few times per year than sit on $20,000 more expensive vehicle.

I lean more towards the "I wish my F150 Lightning was a 3/4 ton truck" end of the scale. Wish the bed was bigger and the payload higher. I care little for leather seating or sunroofs or electronic bells and whistles. Thus I selected the Pro-SR for max payload. That said, it has replaced my...

95% of your charging is likely to be at home where 10 kw is plenty to charge the truck overnight. Unless you plan on a lot of road trips, you seem to be over-indexing on Fast Charging. The payload on the Silverado is soo small - not a good tradeoff for the larger battery IMHO.