F-150 Lightning 1 Year Review: The Good, Bad, & Ugly

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Published 2023-08-17
Mitchell has officially had his F-150 Lightning for a year and we are going to go over the good, the bad, and the ugly. Starting off with something absolutely amazing about this truck is this mega power frunk. This has been absolutely amazing for storage and tailgating. Going to the bed of the truck, one bad thing we have noticed is the condensation in the light bar. We know this is a recall for Ford, and we see that it is also happening on this Lightning. A good thing about the bed is the extra charging with up to 7.2 kilowatts worth of max power coming out of the bed of the vehicle. Now onto the inside of the F-150 Lightning, We still absolutely love the center console shifter and the interior work surface. Now hoping into fast charging. After keeping track of all the times Mitchell has fast charged, it has been 32 times, which comes out to $248 spent on fast charging. Long story short is with the current price of gas, you'd be looking at $3,045 and if Mitchell were to have paid for the entire year himself it would only have come out to around $1,200 which is a big difference. The last thing that is absolutely amazing about this vehicle is Bluecruise. Ford is even coming out with an updated Blue Cruise that will allow you to switch lanes handsfree. You just hit the blinker and it changes lanes for you. Overall this vehicle has been absolutely amazing the last year!

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0:00 Intro
0:26 F-150 Lightning
1:55 Frunk
3:14 Bed
4:26 Interior
4:50 Charging
9:37 Bluecruise
11:55 Outro
All Comments (21)
  • @davidgiles9751
    "A different tool and a different fuel for a different kind of job" - AWESOME! I wish I would have come up with that, and I'm definitely using it.
  • @raypeeler3585
    Absolutely awesome. Thx for the info, I can't wait to get mine
  • @DavidLeee
    Appreciate your perspective and candor. Good stuff.
  • @carfreakbowen5113
    I'd like to say you did an excellent job at describing you experience with this truck . Thank you !
  • @ekaddo
    Got my '22 Lariat in January of this year. About 12,500 miles in to the truck and it's my 7th F150. Really love the truck, and great points covered in this video. Keep up the good content.
  • @ssmith2526
    “I drive it like it stole it” 😂 Great, engaging, informative video! Thanks
  • @BobbyKullman
    Great video! Thanks for helping us to understand its capabilities and real world experience with it.
  • @chriso847
    Thank you for sharing your experience honestly. People I know who have this truck, love it.
  • @RobStevens64
    Thanks for the update, Mitchell! We love our Mach-E. I'm not a truck guy, but if we had room in our garage for it, I'd totally get the Lightning for its utility. I don't have toys to haul, so the towing drawbacks don't bother me.
  • @L1GHT119
    Cool info. Such a well rounded truck!
  • @MarkSmith-Uzor
    Excellent!! Smoothly done Review!!! 😊❤. I am so buying it the chance I get!
  • @joefries7046
    Great video man. Informitive, upfront and honest. Gotta respect that
  • @02reaper
    Great Video Mitchell! Just curious what mountains did you travel to and how far was that trip?
  • @liamfirebird6922
    Impressive numbers Mitchell. When the lightning pro debuted for $39,995 I was very excited for the truck. (Not that you could actually get one at that price). The thing that turned me off was the fact that when the govt announced the $7,500 tax credit on these trucks Ford jacked up the price so high it completely negated the tax credit benefit for the consumer. I will stick with gas until it's no longer an option. Ford doesn't care about their customers, but I think that's true of all corporations these days.
  • @AndySadler
    Excellent video. I have had my XLT Lightning since last year. 2 weeks after I got it, I took my daughter to college in Florida (from Michigan), so the cross-country thing done right away. Even the infrastructure has really improved since then, but looking forward to the Tesla network in 2024. Most of my charging is at home with my Ford Charging Station Pro that DTE helped me get hooked up. I really cannot tell if there is an increase in my electric bill. Feels like the charging cost is a wash, especially with the time-of-day plan they have me on now. I have the extended range battery and can see that I should get over 300 miles on a charge, but simply not reasonable. One thing I like that GM has done is give the expected range with something reasonable like 2.1 mi/kWh rather than expecting folks to drive so slowly (they estimated this on their Silverado EV). If you drive 500 miles of some city and some highway, you could come out to 2.0 or 2.1, but no way you're getting much better if you drive it like you stole it. I hope a standard is set like that and future vehicles get measured against it, instead of promising massive range, etc. I got the tax credit on mine last year, but that being said, comparing the loan remaining for me and the value of the truck on KBB, I am upside down a little on the loan to value after a year and a month. I don't have Blue Cruise, but I wish I did. Looks like you're enjoying it. The acceleration of the Lightning is my favorite thing. It's a rocket. I love it.
  • @FSMWorshiper
    Thanks for all the helpful information! I'm leaning further towards this solution to my commute! I wonder if the blue driving thing you talks about is included...or like Tesla do you have to pay 6 or 12k extra for that.
  • @KurtsRPMGarage
    Great update Mitchell. I work in construction and am rocking a lightning pro. Some of the other guys think I’m crazy but I absolutely love it. Gas just crested 5$ per gallons around here and with my solar set up I couldn’t care less.