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  1. Hah! The S.O. and I rent a Shelby Mach E!

    When in Phoenix do something nutty.. Hilarious fun and we reserved a Tesla (not available), then this was suggested. Has the Borla exhaust sound which has the ability to err.. ā€œwake the deadā€. Primarily a Hertz spec appearance package specā€™d by Shelby. Really quick & fun to drive down...
  2. LVB battery & BMS saga

    My LTEā€™s BMS started exhibiting some odd behavior 12-2023 that impacted sound system, proximity alarm tone (cold frog), interior lighting, volume control, and a whole gamut of error messages including ā€œaccidental unplugā€, ā€œlow battery-drive carā€, ā€œelectrical system drainā€, etc. The most...
  3. Finally got the BMS replaced.

    Been living with that failing sensor since T-Day. Some of the weird consequences: 1) No interior lights on door opening 2) Perimeter alarm sound was akin to a strangled duck. 3) No bass on sound.. really became A.M. sound out of sound system. 4) Volume function became unpredictable with rotary...
  4. Buddy swings by & shows off his new XLT

    So he swings by with his XLT ER w/PPOB & Max Tow. Has scales, no bed liner. Heā€™ll put a 3-section tonneau on it. Very nice & great color! Turns out there are 5 LTs in our little county (pop 23,000). His initial comments are on smoothness of ride, quiet, power, ease of use. Currently charging...
  5. 3 years 2 BEVs 80,000 miles

    Weā€™ve driven the SR MME and Lightning ER a combined 80K+ miles coming up on 3 years. The MME has 52,000 and the LT 18,000. I roll 2K a month so 80K by July!! The mileage would represent 4000 gallons of gas (20 mpg on the former well driven turbo Flex and V8 Adrenalin) so thatā€™s about $18,000...
  6. Son-in-Law on the bubble!

    So he calls me. ā€œJ.C.ā€ he says, ā€œThat LT is wickedā€ā€¦ ā€œWicked fastā€. ā€œWhat do you think (as in me!)ā€. ā€œFirst class leg space in coach!ā€ ā€œYour boys will love it!ā€, ā€œLess gas more fillingā€. ā€œItā€™s the future and Iā€™ve access to Superchargers Stations now!ā€. Since heā€™s a coach and drives...
  7. 2 friends call me on my opinion. 1 new purchase w/in 2 weeks.

    Well, my countyā€™s LT growth went from 2 to 3 šŸ˜‚. A buddy called me after he took a Lariat test drive. What did I think? Well, I said, ā€œafter 16,600 miles in 8 months weā€™re pretty soldā€. Best all rounder ever and a heck of a fuel savings. He loved the quiet ride, pro power, pro trailer, and...
  8. The tell if Lightning is “on” w/Ford Pass?

    I started testing to see how the Lightning responds to be ā€œonā€ (no shut down after 30 minutes). Am I missing something in Ford Pass as I canā€™t tell its status? I can walk out, look in the driverā€™s side window and see the dash lit up, hear the ā€œsystem opā€ sounds. Ford Pass doesnā€™t tell me a thing.
  9. Lightning Commuter LVB to 56% in 6 hours

    Daily commute 90-100 miles. 14,700 miles in 7 months. Tuesday morning I noticed a few odd things. Interior lights failed to go on after driver door opened and proximity tone sounded like a dying songbird. Iā€™d been getting electrical drain notices previous week so I began plugging in my Veepeak...
  10. Lightning Commuter 10,000 miles in 5 months.

    Heading home at 9,999.9 miles! Long post follows First of all, I enjoy this forum. I learn from otherā€™s experiences. My comments are based on my real world experiences. Iā€™m a conservative driver having learned the hard way in a half-century+ of driving that Easy Does It, Iā€™ve had enough near...
  11. Lightning Commuter’s edible road hazards.

    So itā€™s fall and that means elk, elk in rut, and elk just hightailing it across the state highway whenever they please. A year ago two bulls crossed about 200 yards in front of me at full gallop right to left. A full gallop means 35 mph and they are across the highway in the blink of your eyes...
  12. Lightning Commuter goes long haul: 96 hours covering 1700 miles

    I had the need to make a Pacific Coast run out and back on I90 east on business to Great Falls, Montana: Leaving Thursday at 4:30 am and back by Monday at 3:30 am. 96 hours covering 1700 miles+ another score in local travel. Being in ā€œRomeā€ I drove some pretty insane speeds 75-80 on quaint...
  13. But can it sharpen razor blades?

    In all of its 2023 glory and I say SteamPunk or the glory days of Art Deco are more fun and.. interesting.. https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-cybertruck-photos-show-changes-from-elon-musk-early-designs-2023-9
  14. S.O.- “It’s going to be a tight fit!” šŸ˜‚

    But in it went. Took me three weeks to find two feet. I swear itā€™s the same size as my ā€˜99 7.3 Super Duty extended cab. That was a squeeze. Of course thereā€™s 10 bikes+ spare wheels, a freezer.. a few rolly racks, some tools..canoe paddles, a door frame, a clam gun, freezer, two drill presses...
  15. Lightning commuter after 50K on the Mach-E

    Put 50K in 2 years on the Mach E now Iā€™m rolling heavy in the LT Lariat ER w/3,232 miles in the last 5 weeks. My round trip of 88 miles a day in coastal Washington has had over the past several years all the drama of flat tires (2), hitting critters (2nd deer in 4 years), locked myself out...
  16. My first 100% (well 99%) charge and 320 mile range (estimate).

    I commute about 90 miles a day, rural two lane. Pretty flat, a couple of modest 6% grades. Summer months the MME averaged 4.1 Mi/KW. Pleasantly surprised to see decent range out of the Lt. and thatā€™s an average of about 2.4 Mi/KW.


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