How old was your last truck and how many miles did you put on it?
Just picked up a F150 Lightning EV
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Okay, so assuming you keep the Lightning (it lasts) 10 years for the same miles:
- Gas savings ($300 / mo times 120 mos.) = $36k
- Less
While we're talking about good financial decisions and cars, the smarter move would have been to buy used and not an EV.
With a $7500 federal credit and whatever state credits or grants are available you aren't comparing apples to apples. If EVs could compete straight up with ICEs, they wouldn't need the subsidy. But they do.
I might spend $90 a month on gas. EV batteries are like $8,000. Fuck that. Buck will learn the hard way.
I don’t know where you got the idea that EV version of the F-150 is more expensive than its respective ICE counterpart. It isn’t. Go look at the local dealerships, they’re the same exact price. In some cases the EV is lower.
Obviously I factored that in when I made this decision.
There is ZERO hassle in recharging. I’m always charging to I always leave my house with a full tank and recharge it at night. I used a Tesla charger once in December to get some experience using it and I’ve never had to use a public charger since then.
Finally the fact that I can run any car off the road while at the same time be faster than almost any car on the road with the torque….that thing is a dream. Remember I had had an ICE truck for ten years that I loved so I have no dog in this fight, it’s just the truth.
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Great logic Bill!! I should base my decisions on what I buy based on how many miles YOU drive it instead of how many miles I drive it.
Lol I don’t know what’s in the water today but yall are making posts as dumb as EverettChris today. Snap out of it!
A quick search at my local Ford - $13k more for the SuperCrew Lightning (with tax credit included).
I didn’t qualify for the $7500 so I AM comparing apples to apples. Lightnings weren’t selling well until Ford started aggressively pricing them in the last year which then brought them on par with their ICE counterparts. Again, if it wasn’t so, I would have factored that in but that does t change the fact I got the pricing where I wanted.
Ok let’s start with Soundford and see if you can’t get the Lariat Lightning at the same price as the Lariat ICE.
Let me know what you find out
Hopefully it doesn't explode and burn your house with you in it. Oh wait that could be a YUGE upside! Buy and park it in the car airport right under your studio apartment. Everything will work itself out!
As usual this added nothing to the conversation…just a bunch of chihuahua barking
Then park that shit under your bedroom. Maybe we'll see who's right. Sheep dog here Mrs. Tea Cup.
Yeah, I gloss over a lot of your posts, sorry
I like how @BleachedAnusDawg used “sitting at chargers” as a negative when traditionally 90% of the charging is while your at home doing other things…this is known as multi-tasking.
The only way that your argument is apples to apples is if you are at “home” while your car is filling with gas. With your thought process I wouldn’t be surprised if you live in an RV at Buckees in Idaho so I won’t go at you too hard.
The only way that your argument is apples to apples is if you are at “home” while your car is filling with gas. With your thought process I wouldn’t be surprised if you live in an RV at Buckees in Idaho so I won’t go at you too hard.
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It takes a co-worker 10 hours to charge her car. Apparently, the Tesla ones are pretty good, but it still takes an hour, at the least. Buck and his alt are trying too hard, again.
Nope, show me your research. I looked at a few trim levels and the Lightning was much higher at each level. Also, your inner monologue alt stuff is bizarre. I think you need to get your head examined.