Why would somebody promote a brand-new all-electric truck after masking simply 7,000 miles in it throughout six months? 

Nicely, everybody has their causes and the possession expertise will not be the identical for each particular person, however this explicit 2023 F-150 Lightning Lariat proprietor – Jed from the Jetters Storage YouTube channel – had 4 essential causes that made him promote it so quickly.

First, it is value noting that he purchased the truck new for about $88,000 earlier than taxes, so it is comprehensible he had nice expectations about it.

Whereas he preferred how the electrical pickup drives and the actual fact it is extremely roomy and splendid for a truck, there have been a number of issues that solid a shadow on his possession expertise.

For starters, Jed was fearful concerning the depreciation. He had his pristine-condition truck appraised by CarMax and was supplied solely $68,000, one thing that basically obtained him pondering. He then approached the Ford dealership that offered him the truck, and so they supplied him $74,000.

Unhappy with that supply, he put the Lightning up on the market on-line and offered it two weeks later for $80,000. Whereas he nonetheless misplaced cash on it, Jed noticed it as a good value. However fears about depreciation have been solely one in all 4 key causes he determined to promote the truck.

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The second was ease of journey, or extra particularly, charging challenges. Jed says within the video that he typically had issue charging the car on his drives exterior town and discovering quick chargers that labored and weren’t backed up with individuals ready to cost.

The third essential cause for which he offered the Lightning was the car software program, extra particularly the expertise with the app, which he describes as “very clunky” because it was not designed from the outset for an electrical car.

He additionally had a beef with the principle interface, which he says it isn’t very consumer pleasant regardless of Ford not too long ago updating it to the newest Sync 4 model. Jed complains about poor cellphone name high quality and the actual fact the interface doesn’t default again to the map when driving, amongst different issues.

Lastly, he says that whereas initially Ford reached out to him and mentioned he can be included in a take a look at group, encouraging him to offer suggestions to enhance the consumer interface, none of that occurred. 

This made him assume that Ford wasn’t actually going to place in effort to work by means of a number of the infotainment system’s bugs and enhance the product. Jed says he has a reservation for a Chevrolet Silverado EV however does not rule out shopping for Ford once more if the Blue Oval improves its battery-powered truck.

There’s much more within the video – together with some limitations that prevented him to make use of the truck to its full potential – so be sure to watch it. Keep in mind although that that is one individual’s expertise and clearly can’t be generalized for all the F-150 Lightning buyer base.