First of all let me begin by saying that the Lighting is the greatest truck out there. I personally do not own one yet, but I test drove one yesterday and WOW. Now I see why you guys love you trucks so much. I own a 98 Expedition (the greatest SUV out there), so I am in a different catergory than the L. I have read over many of your posts, and all you guys are the most enthusiastic bunch I have ever seen. I think its great. I see that there are posts and replies 24/7 nonstop. I have no intention of purchasing a L immediately, but whenever I do, you guys will probably know before my ladies does. Take it easy.

Robert

 

drcarrillo

This is not good. You are constantly reading the Lightning Board. This will cause you to start doing all kind a of things, sometimes evil things, things that wives do not like.

I would recommend before reading all the posts, take one beer or a glass of wine to relax, to calm your emotions, to help keep at bay that awful, horrible urge to go against the wife and, dare I say it, purchase the world's fastest production truck.

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Jim
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Black 00, Swanson Chip (Superchip re-burn is on the way)
super whites, Airaid w/10" Big Mouth filter, chrome wheels
AIM 2" drop shackles, Mobile1 w/FilterMag, clear corners
2000 E320, 1993 Cobra R, 1959 Corvette, 1949 Plymouth Coupe

Looking for a better paying job to support my L



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You made a serious mistake,you test drove a Lightning without buying one immediately.You will start having night sweats,many sleepless nights until you see the big boss in the white robe giving you the order to PURCHASE.The next day you must follow his order or this will continue!FORDSALES let the cat out of the bag,truth is,many of us had the Lightning Fever.Only one known cure,thats right,you know what to do.Make the purchase,if not you will be the last to know how mean and inconsiderate you have become!

 

drcarrillo
Good luck on your purcase.

I know I went and test drove mine late at night and couldnt stop thinkn about it, I may have only got about 30mins of sleep that night, Anyway the next afternoon it was in my garage! I just had to get it.

 

The thing is I went to Ford to purchase something for my Expy. I saw the Lightning on the showroom floor and wandered on over. A salesman approached me and asked me if I wanted to take her for a spin. I guess he knew I could afford it because he saw me pull up in my customized Expy. He drove the L outside and then told me to jump into the driver's seat. And that was the beginning of the end..... WHOOOAAAAA!!

 

Thats why I will not drive a Lightning until I can get out of college and afford two trucks. If I drove one I would have to buy it and I bet yall would hate to see a Lightning with a dog box in the back a mud tires going down some old hunting roads. I rode with a guy in a 00 GT and that made me want to trade my 4x4 in on one. But I had to calm my self down and think about how practicle that would be for my uses. However maybe Icould get by with a Lightning though. How do they handle with mud tires on back?

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1997 4x4 5.4 ORP XLT extended cab Dark Toreador red Westin nerf bars tint HARDER THAN A ROCK AND FASTER THAN A HEART BEAT

 

HAHA ...That was a joke.........wasn't it?????

CA

 

Sounds like DUCK's truck.

Beware of affliction No 2. Once you have purchased a Lightning you will be overcome with an uncontrollable urge to add things to it. Your credit cards will become maxxed out. You will find yourself using the American Express card at the grocery store so you can spend your cash on your truck. There is only one known cure for this. be like WYLDMAN and buy it all.
noelvm

 

One solution might be to buy what we used to call in the Northeast a "beater" to haul dogs, compost for the garden and similar Home Depot type stuff and use the Lightning as your "Rush" type vehicle.

As I own a business, I can kinda sorta cheat a little bit and we have a Ranger for the dog hauling and the Lightning for the Rapid Delivery Grocery Getter duty.

Hope that helps.

Bill

 

What the hell...
Buy it, if she doesn't like it you can get a new wife hehe
CA

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1999.5 White SVT Lightning
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3568 out of 4000, August *Friday* 13th, 1999
763 out of 866 white
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1.96 60' on F1s
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Hell's bells, its a truck, for cryin' out loud. I bought mine to tow a boat, not display on a pedestal. I don't hunt any more, but if I did I would not hesitate to throw a dog box in back and head for the woods. I say go for it.

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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

'84 Alan Record Carbonio, Aerospoke wheels, Campy brakes.
'00 SVT Lightning, silver, G-tech Pro, JBA headers, cam bolts, 4.10 gears
(soon, Swanson's chip and MAF, Cal-tracs)
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