What would prevent your purchase?

[HaulingAss]

I was lucky and was able to place an order for a Ford F-150 Lightning which should be delivered this summer. If I really love it I might not get the Cybertruck. At this point I am still planning on getting the CT so I can do a side by side comparison.

You're going to be real disappointed if you think you will be taking delivery of a Lightning by this summer. The chances of being struck by real lightning are better!

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[Crissa]

Someone probably will be getting Ford Lightnings this summer. Probably. Maybe about one in ten orders?

-Crissa

 

[CyberGus]

Someone probably will be getting Ford Lightnings this summer. Probably. Maybe about one in ten orders?

-Crissa

Only if you pay your “dealership tax”

 

[Crissa]

Only if you pay your “dealership tax”

Well, that won't affect how many orders are filled, so much as who gets the orders that are filled.

-Crissa

 

[flowerlandfilms]

Others mentioned. Any significant price change throws a lot of question marks.

I was sold on the value of this truck. If it turns into a toy for rich people, it becomes a lot less appealing. Even if circumstances make it so I can afford it.

I very much intend to be a poor man with a rich mans toy.

 

[danofcolo]

You're going to be real disappointed if you think you will be taking delivery of a Lightning by this summer. The chances of being struck by real lightning are better!

I was #1 on the dealers allocation and the dealer agreed to MSRP

 

[HaulingAss]

I was #1 on the dealers allocation and the dealer agreed to MSRP

Well, in that case, you might be one of the first thousand people in the world to own an electric F-150! Even better, one of the few to not having to pay for the privilege by taking a hot poker up the rear end! I guess miracles really do happen sometimes! Let's hope this is one of them!

But first, we have to hope the electric F-150, first announced at SEMA in 2008, doesn't have any more delays announced before Ford delivers the first thousand electric F-150's. Because it's only taken them 14 years to get this close!

Be sure to keep us updated how this mythical beast performs. I am most interested to know how many Interstate miles it can eat up when driven in the manner commensurate with a modern truck, ie, 80 mph in the fast lane. In the 1970's, all the way up to around 2000, pickups knew their proper place on the American Interstate, tooling along comfortably at 55-65 mph in the right lane. Then, sometime around 2000, something happened:

All of a sudden, everyone and his brother had a huge pickup, huge tires and wheels, bed and cab jacked high, and cruising in the fast lane at 75-85 mph. You could hear the gas sucking and the growl of their aftermarket exhaust as they passed on your left. This did not make any of the male organs of the drivers even a tiny bit larger but that didn't stop the owners from imagining that it did, at least a tiny little bit. What it did do was empty their wallets faster than having a date 3 nights a week. Which, of course, they didn't have to worry about now that they had young uns in the cradle at home. The truck became the man's castle where he was the boss, riding high and fast above the world for all to see.

12 MPG, no problem! gas is still under $2 gallon, I'll just buy more! Not all truck drivers were like this. But it sure seemed like they were. Take me, for example. I still had the OEM wheels and tire sizes on my un-lifted 2010 F-150 and, when I was unlucky enough to find a long Interstate trip in the F-150 was necessary, I left a few minutes early and drove in the slow lane at 65-70 mph trying to eek out 17 mpg. But I do not have an under-sized male organ. OK, to be honest, my F-150 does have the mild factory lift that all 4x4 F-150's are delivered with, there was no way to avoid that.

To make a long story short, we would love a report on the real-world electric F-150 Interstate range. In other words, how most pickups are driven on the Interstate these days: Empty bed, one tough guy in the cab, and no slower than 75 mph. Assuming, that is, that Ford delivers your Lightning this summer.

 

[danofcolo]

Well, in that case, you might be one of the first thousand people in the world to own an electric F-150! Even better, one of the few to not having to pay for the privilege by taking a hot poker up the rear end! I guess miracles really do happen sometimes! Let's hope this is one of them!

But first, we have to hope the electric F-150, first announced at SEMA in 2008, doesn't have any more delays announced before Ford delivers the first thousand electric F-150's. Because it's only taken them 14 years to get this close!

Be sure to keep us updated how this mythical beast performs. I am most interested to know how many Interstate miles it can eat up when driven in the manner commensurate with a modern truck, ie, 80 mph in the fast lane. In the 1970's, all the way up to around 2000, pickups knew their proper place on the American Interstate, tooling along comfortably at 55-65 mph in the right lane. Then, sometime around 2000, something happened:

All of a sudden, everyone and his brother had a huge pickup, huge tires and wheels, bed and cab jacked high, and cruising in the fast lane at 75-85 mph. You could hear the gas sucking and the growl of their aftermarket exhaust as they passed on your left. This did not make any of the male organs of the drivers even a tiny bit larger but that didn't stop the owners from imagining that it did, at least a tiny little bit. What it did do was empty their wallets faster than having a date 3 nights a week. Which, of course, they didn't have to worry about now that they had young uns in the cradle at home. The truck became the man's castle where he was the boss, riding high and fast above the world for all to see.

12 MPG, no problem! gas is still under $2 gallon, I'll just buy more! Not all truck drivers were like this. But it sure seemed like they were. Take me, for example. I still had the OEM wheels and tire sizes on my un-lifted 2010 F-150 and, when I was unlucky enough to find a long Interstate trip in the F-150 was necessary, I left a few minutes early and drove in the slow lane at 65-70 mph trying to eek out 17 mpg. But I do not have an under-sized male organ. OK, to be honest, my F-150 does have the mild factory lift that all 4x4 F-150's are delivered with, there was no way to avoid that.

To make a long story short, we would love a report on the real-world electric F-150 Interstate range. In other words, how most pickups are driven on the Interstate these days: Empty bed, one tough guy in the cab, and no slower than 75 mph. Assuming, that is, that Ford delivers your Lightning this summer.

We will see if it shows up, it might even get me back and forth to the golf course for a few months until I get a cybertruck. I probably won’t event get a chance to use the Blue Cruise as I live a hundred miles from the nearest interstate.

 

[CyberGus]

I was #1 on the dealers allocation and the dealer agreed to MSRP

I call shotgun

 

[DMC-81]

I hope we don't see a significant increase in pricing. Other than that, I'm still looking forward to a Cybertruck.

 

[anionic1]

Anyone have any guess what monthly insurance cost will be on the CT? Assuming decent driving record.

 

[CyberGus]

Anyone have any guess what monthly insurance cost will be on the CT? Assuming decent driving record.

"Tesla electric cars have high repair costs, making them expensive to insure. Average car insurance rates range from $1,712 per year for the Tesla Model 3 to a whopping $2,878 for the Tesla Model Y."
https://www.moneygeek.com/insurance/auto/tesla-car-insurance-costs/

 

[CyberGus]

 

[Crissa]

Transport Evolved reported that they also got selected for distribution this year of a Lightning.

So sure, they probably won't make more than a couple tens of thousand this year, but they do plan to. That's cool!

C'mon, Elon, we need sixty thousand Cybertrucks this year!

-Crissa

 

[Ogre]

I very much intend to be a poor man with a rich mans toy.

I would very much like as much.

I just think they need to keep in mind that the truck was billed as being better than and more affordable than the F-150. I’d prefer they didn’t lose sight of the affordable half..

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