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The short answer is "no, I didn't", and honestly mainly because I didn't think of it! I love that you suggest it though, thank you! Thinking about it now though, while it's a very interesting idea, I wouldn't do it. That said, I think for some people it could be a very good option, so I don't...

I do use the FordPass integration in Home Assistant, and it's great! But it still just uses the exact same API that the Ford App uses, meaning that if the truck is struggling with cellular signal, like it often does for me at home, the request to start never makes it to the truck so it fails...

Not without a totally different approach. The way I'm doing it is that my little ESP device is just emulating a button press. If the button doesn't exist, there's nothing for it to "press". It is a little annoying there being no frunk control - I'd rather have that than tailgate - but I guess at...

One of my grievances about new cars is how many things are moving to apps which require cloud access and often subscriptions to use them. When we bought our Subaru Crosstrek a couple of years ago, we paid an extra $400 to have the dealer install the OEM remote start module so we could use our...

Very cool! I run Omada rather than Unifi, but I am on the lookout for a good icon for Home Assistant. As of this week, I finally have all the parts to integrate local "remote start" (via a keyfob and ESP32) into Home Assistant too, so will try to get to that this weekend. Out of curiosity, do...

Yes, that's the point I was trying to make I guess, lol! I've been looking at getting one of these, even to then hook it up with a couple of transistors or even a couple of SwitchBot Bots to physically actuate the buttons. It'd ridiculous to me that this is necessary when my truck is literally...

I have a 6-week old 2025 Lightning Lariat here in Vermont, and we've already had a couple of sub-freezing mornings where I've had the truck set with a departure time. We're living in an RV at the moment, and the truck is about 8ft from the bedroom window, so we're very sensitive to noise...

Can I ask what trailer you're towing? Size and weight would be interesting to know!

We were talking about getting an electric kettle just for the truck. Have you found a good storage spot for it? I was hoping to find one small enough to fit in the aftermarket storage system that goes under the rear seats.

We took our Instant Pot with us, and considered taking the Air Fryer Lid too, but decided against it. Ended up not using the Instant Pot at all. We did however use our portable induction stove which was super quick to set up with a camping kettle to make tea and coffee on the tailgate. Between...

I was using the mobile charger with the 15A plug and the truck reported it was pulling 12A. Our site had a sub-panel with 3x 20A breakers, each one connected to a duplex receptacle, and the mobile charger was plugged into one of those. The issue wasn't that we tripped one of those breakers...

This past weekend we took our brand new Lightning Lariat on its inaugural road trip - a weekend tent camping on Deer Isle, Maine. All in, between the drive there and back and a few short drives around the islands, it was just short of 800 miles (the truck had less than that on the odometer when...

@Kenstjohn can you share the model of the "nifty Y plug" you're using? I'm intrigued to learn more, but I suspect @chl is correct that the Y-plug is stepping in here to protect you.

I agree - it's concerning that the breaker didn't trip from this for sure! @Kenstjohn for a little context, the rule is that for continuous loads (things that potentially run for 3+ hours), they should pull no more than 80% of the rating of the breaker. Hence why with a 30A breaker, the charger...

So I stopped in at my local tire shop today to have a chat with the owner - he's very well respected around here and the tire shop in general has a great reputation. He says they have 3 other F-150 Lightnings, and in each case the owners had opted to do a new set of wheels with winter tires on...

There's definitely a lingering voice in the back of my head saying that winter tires are the best option for winter driving so that's what I should put on. But, there's still the big two downsides of 1) mud season, and 2) being caught out by an early or late storm before or after I do a tire...

You're not wrong there! We put the Trail Terrain T/A tires (which are sorta the SUV equivalent) on our Subaru Crosstrek and the tire install guy said he was caught off guard by how heavy they are. We definitely noticed a drop in fuel economy with them on (~3mpg) but felt it was worth it - they...

Interesting! It's been a long while since I last researched them, but as I recall reviews were generally positive and I put ~100k on the truck with those tires on (not on one set, obviously) and was very happy with them. That said, I'm not attached to them beyond it being a tire I've personally...

Yeah, I've seen some great discussions on the V2H stuff. We're taking a slightly different approach. Our years living in the RV, completely off-grid with solar panels and a lithium battery / inverter install taught us a lot about what works for us, and we're essentially scaling that up for the...

I'm a new F-150 Lightning Lariat owner living several miles down an unpaved Class 3 town-maintained road in rural, central Vermont, and have a ~1,000ft relatively steep driveway. While the town plows the road and we have someone to plow our driveway, as a volunteer firefighter I often find...