First off, I always park away from other cars when ever possible, so this morning im leaving the resteraunt after having breakfast and as im walking toward my truck these two guys in an s-10 park right next to my truck, theres parking spots all around me that are closer but they park next to me, so any way they are walking past the front of my truck one of the guys says something about the front bumper and ground effects and the other guy, said oh its just a body kit, by this time im at my truck laughing my @ss off. These guys had no clue what a lightning is.
Anyway I thought it was funny

Larry.

 

LOL, so true. They werent smart enough to buy a ford so how can they be smart enough to know what a lightning is.

 

Thanks guys I need that kind of laughter about now. That is about as amuseing as what happened to me this year in June a guy who claimed he was a mechanic wanted to race my Lightning against his 1978 chev truck with a 454 in it and a corn broom sticking out of the front of the box in the hole by the cab. Anyways, he didn' t think I was a betting man let alone had alot of confidence in my Lightning. I called a friend as a witness, he claimed no need for witnesses I said whos going to hold my $100.00 and yours. To make a long story short we raced a 1/4 mile 3 times one by a long shot all 3 times and much to his protesting I made $100.00.
I PHUCKING HURRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTT.

 

That reminds me..Have you guys ever had people admiring your trucks and ask you.."Who installed your body kit"? or , did those wheels come with the truck? It makes you feel as if its a waste of time explaining what all came with the truck if they don't know..lol...They even go as far as asking where I got my seats from..

 

My favorite to date is -
... "bet those euroclears were expensive" ...

LOL
The dumb look when I tell him it's stock was priceless.

or the ... "who installed your supercharger"....
I was really confused; but then became angry and closed the hood. Go read about the truck first - then ask questions!





j

 

Yeah once I had a girl try and tell me my clear tail lights weren't stock. "Where'd ya get those "altezzas" My response: "They are Visteons and they are stock." She tries and tells me no so I just walked away shaking my head. -Mat-

 

These are prime oppertunities to educate the masses about what a Lightning really is. I for one have never seen a Ford Lightning TV commercial or heard a radio add. Take the time to educate them and then leave a smoke show when you pull off to drill it in. Or beat them out of $100 that guy will never forget.

 

I say a good 1 in 50 people on the road would recognize our trucks when they see them on the road. It doesn't mean they're stupid, it just means that our trucks are rare...
It's what I like about them. People who don't know say "That's a nice truck". People who do say "Wow, that's a lightning, isn't it?" and you have to deal with the myths. (The $60,000 truck. heh).
It's what makes our trucks great.

 

I don't know about you, but even I didn't know about Lightnings for the longest time. When I did find out about them, I bought one.

Just the other day, I called to get the Clunk fixed at a local dealership. The lady making appointments asked what kind of vehicle I had. I said it was a Lightning. She asked, "Is that a Ford?" She'd never heard of it, and couldn't find it in her computer. She finally understood when I said it was a SVT F-150. "Ahhh, F-150, that's what I needed." Pretty funny.

-Ollie

 

Where do you think they got the term "Like a rock"? They even brag about it.

 

HAHAH!

-Mike

 

It's not a Chevy guy thing, IMHO. No one knows what a Lightning is, even some people who own them.

Most people in the general public, even "car guys" don't know what a L is. So I just say "thanks" when the the guy at the drive through beer store says "nice truck, two of you come through here, red and silver"

 

Geee, I can't even get people to talk to me, much less ask about my truck

 

LOL, Slow down son!

 

I'm disapointed in the Texas crew!! Only 2 of you guys visit the drive thru beer store. Come on, let this beer store guy see all the L colors!!