T - 2 days, purchasing my 1st EV..any guesses?

I’ve driven work EVs but now officially a first EV owner. 2022 lightning lariat in smoked quartz. Charging for the first time. Free ChargePoint session ftw. More stuff to come…

My first DCFC experience in the lightning today was pretty interesting. After a v3.5 supercharger fail, went 5 miles down the road to another Sheetz and chatted with other fellow lightning owners while topping off for the last leg of the trip.

Trickle charging the lightning on a standard plug 😂…hey it’s enough for my wife to go to work and baseball practice.

Charging the lightning at work on our Tesla level 2 charger. We have solar so it’s little to no cost to do it. The old j1772 adapter died so we’re trying this new one, seems to work just fine.

First road trip in the lightning. Ripping through the West Virginia mountains.

Matrix headlights activated on the lightning! Can’t wait to try it out tomorrow.

Obligatory new lightning owner Costco trip pic. Biggest frunk on the market, yeah?

80 amp juice box installed to feed the beast so I can win all the red light races.

Anyone else have a dog and cat that just sit there and vibe together?

Here we go

A little hot today, the battery doesn’t love it. Feels like Florida 😎

Has anyone done a wheel alignment on their lightning and it required an ADAS calibration? Mine has 34k miles on original tires and starting to wear the edges on the front tires. I will probably need tires by winter. My work has an alignment machine but it’s older.

First beach trip. Empty V4 with the long cables. Bliss.

Enjoying my free trickle charge at the beach house.

Forced roaming on US Cellular in Outer Banks NC

Not sure I like iOS 26 beta 6 animation speed. 🤔

Lightning going on a ferry ride.

For anyone traveling on I-81 in Virginia, looks like our soon to be finished Wawa in Staunton is getting some Tesla love. Much needed tbh, especially for those with non Tesla EVs.

Charged at this v3 earlier and had a good peak but quickly fell and stayed at 92kw for the remainder of the session. It was over 90F outside and battery temp gauge went close to 3/4 after I left. Would a v4 do better in this case?