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Ouch. Kinda follows the trend I'm hearing with carmakers of late however. Just yesterday my BIL was opining that his dad was 'thinking about a Chevy' after be

Ouch. Kinda follows the trend I'm hearing with carmakers of late however. Just yesterday my BIL was opining that his dad was 'thinking about a Chevy' after being a F150 driver for decades (home improvement type industry.) I warned him that a colleague had a Blazer in the shop for 3 months waiting on a part... i.e. every manufacturer seems to be strugglebussing with meeting ship dates while keeping quality and proper service supply chains in place. I do think a big challenge is 'overplanning'; Ford did some things right with the Maverick and F150 Lightning (i.e. using as much as what they had on hand in a way to minimize overall risk) but did make some missteps along the way (General supply allocation for the Maverick, poor handling of parts supply chain for known CSPs and other warranty repairs, build quality of some early models being bad enough to somehow lead to wet floormats.) If you're gonna go out knowing things may have issues, you must have a plan to make it right for the consumer in an orderly fashion. The increasing levels of abstraction/bureaucracy in warranty and defect handling in products over the last 20 years is frankly sad.

ethbr1 3y ago
If I'm in the place where I still need a truck, and there's a decent used extended warranty option, the Lightning extended-range battery is my current next vehicle to beat. Backfeeding home power in the event of an outage or running essentially everything in an off-grid scenario is too game changing to ignore.
- Kon-Peki 3y ago
  The F150 hybrid has been able to do this for a few years. It wasn’t new technology developed specifically for the Lightning. So in that sense it’s not surprising that it works well on the Lightning.
scrapcode 3y ago
A common reply to "how is it working at X?" is that it is only as good as your immediate supervisor. I think this is the same with vehicle brands, except that your experience owning them is only as good as your nearest dealership/maintenance garage. I have had a terrible experience with almost all brands at some point. Most recently, Ford completely refusing to acknowledge widespread issues with their 10-speed transmission- to the point many Ford dealerships in the area quit taking transmission service work completely. I quit fighting them and switched to a Chevy, and I'll just have to wait until it malfunctions to see how bad the nearest service department is.

ethbr1 3y ago

If I'm in the place where I still need a truck, and there's a decent used extended warranty option, the Lightning extended-range battery is my current next vehicle to beat. Backfeeding home power in the event of an outage or running essentially everything in an off-grid scenario is too game changing to ignore.

Kon-Peki 3y ago
The F150 hybrid has been able to do this for a few years. It wasn’t new technology developed specifically for the Lightning. So in that sense it’s not surprising that it works well on the Lightning.

scrapcode 3y ago

A common reply to "how is it working at X?" is that it is only as good as your immediate supervisor. I think this is the same with vehicle brands, except that your experience owning them is only as good as your nearest dealership/maintenance garage. I have had a terrible experience with almost all brands at some point. Most recently, Ford completely refusing to acknowledge widespread issues with their 10-speed transmission- to the point many Ford dealerships in the area quit taking transmission service work completely. I quit fighting them and switched to a Chevy, and I'll just have to wait until it malfunctions to see how bad the nearest service department is.