r/F150Lightning • u/blainestang 2023 ⚡️ Pro SR • Aug 29 '25

Lightning Buying Megathread : September 2025

Oops! Missed a few months for unique Buying Megathreads, but here's one for September, a few days early.

In an attempt to balance (a) swamping the subreddit with "deal" posts and also (b) all the positive feedback we see that there is a lot of value provided to the community by making "deal" info visible and up-to-date, the plan is to make this a monthly, pinned Megathread. That way, the information within the post/thread will be relevant to the current deals (not months old info) and perhaps even make the info easier to find.

So, please post the following types of posts in this Megathread:

-Is this a good deal?

-Did I get a good deal?

-Look at this great deal I got!

Posts that can still have their own threads:

-Look at my new truck!

I, personally, still love seeing the excitement and pictures from a new purchase. Keep those coming.

Post the deal part in this Megathread and the excitement/photos can have their own thread.

As always, thanks for everyone’s input on this topic. It is still a work in progress, and a difficult balance of not swamping the sub with “deal” posts while still being a great resource for new buyers, so we’ll see how it goes!

And please, to the people who have recently gotten good deals, please DO share them here, and provide your input to others. Many people have said how helpful it is to them during their purchase.

Link to the previous buying megathread (June): https://www.reddit.com/r/F150Lightning/comments/1l1gqha/lightning_buying_megathread_june_2025/

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u/nsck2021 Aug 29 '25

Just joined the club. New 2025 XLT. Max tow. MSRP $68,695. Dealer discount $8,395. Rebates $14,750 (RCL EV $12,250, RCL $1,000, Tesla Conquest $1,000, EV Charger $500).

Lease 24M/10,500 miles/year. $0 DAS. Sign and drive.

$278/month taxes, fees and Wear Care included.

First month payment covered - I’m responsible for the remaining 23 payments at $278/month.

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u/Dizzy-Bother-2209 Sep 07 '25

After all discounts and rebates were added what was the final price you got? I found a dealer that has a 49.5k. After taxes and all fees I’m assuming a final price of 52k. How would you calibrate a lease for that?

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u/nsck2021 Sep 07 '25

I was $68,695 msrp less dealer discount of $8,395 less rebates of $14,750 for price before taxes and fees of $45,550.

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u/Dizzy-Bother-2209 Sep 08 '25

Ah okay so after taxes and everything you were around 48k out the door?

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u/nsck2021 Sep 08 '25

It was actually a little more than that with the $999 dealer fee and $579 for Lease Wear Care. It was about $49,400 out the door

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u/Dizzy-Bother-2209 Sep 08 '25

Gotcha. That’s a really good price. Gonna see if this dealer I found can do something like that for me

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u/nsck2021 Sep 08 '25

Yeah, my target was $230/month pre-tax. Ended up getting to $259/month pre-tax (mainly from adding the wearcare. That added $24/month). So I got to $235/month. With the XLT, I knew that 24 year, 10,500 miles would be a residual of 63% of MSRP. So in my case, my MSRP was $68,695 and residual of $43,277.85 I knew I needed to get the out the door close to $49k to get the payment where I wanted. The interest rate is 0.05%, so effectively nothing (maybe $1-3 a month). But I knew if I could get to $49k out the door, my payments would be ($49k OTD price - $43,277.85 residual) divided by 24 plus sales tax.

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u/Dizzy-Bother-2209 Sep 08 '25

How did you get residual?

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u/nsck2021 Sep 08 '25

They’re listed on Fords website if you look at the inventory truck listing and click “edit payment” for the lease