1999 Ford F150 SVT Lightning : Regular Car Reviews

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[@RegularCars]

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[@Simple_Jack82]

This baby's got me at 3/4 chubb, right now!

[@kristiang.9600]

The site doesn't work

[@markoz673bajen8]

Does it come with a Tuna sw no crust ?

[@mattmurdock4336]

Yeeeees

[@SomethingFunny454]

you praise how cool how cool your giveaway vehicles are while trashing the same cars in your reviews. sellout momo

[@Rayrard]

The first 2 minutes was so professional I thought it was a different review channel. The last 30 seconds is what I expect

[@rnt45t1]

Written with chatGPT

[@saeedhossain6099]

always protect the bag.... gotta be clear to get the punters in the front door

[@KacerRex]

Just like a mullet or muscle truck, business up front and party in the rear.

[@genevieve.annabelle3296]

Its beautiful isnt it?

[@dewdew34]

Thought the same thing, when in reality most of the people who could afford this truck back then were the same golf hat /cargo shorts crowd they rail against for owning 5 trucks. Ironic.

[@L3giT_Hax]

I can feel the 2000s, its angry with us.

[@TheMeanmarine13]

Haha It should be, we really F'ed things up.

[@yashwin8858]

I’m sorry 2000s, you gave us gifts and we have messed it

[@Arun999]

As it should be. Trucks are now 100 grand. Crossover taken over our lives. CVT’s have ruined driving. They killed off sedans and now we are obsessed with overpowered golf carts that can self drive. We really fucked it up

[@cartilagehead6326]

Don’t feel too bad. The 2000s were angry with themselves, and also everything else

[@nathanlong8295]

Always has been.

[@whatshaploing8256]

I love the unique sound of the starter on Ford trucks during those years.

[@vintagefancollector1436]

And most of their cars too! My town car sounds like it.

[@a.kblur04]

@@vintagefancollector1436 always loved the noise, glad my marquis kinda has it too lol

[@Corkoth55]

I heard this comment.

[@alexm4505]

Iconic. My dad owned a 99 f150 V6 and that starter sound is burned into my mind like seeing your grandma naked.

[@onyx8231]

Ahh... The sound of: "Oh good! The cops are leaving."

[@afrozen10-02]

The perfect truck to go and pick some overnight parts from Japan and order a tune sandwich with no crust.

[@risenflame]

Surprise at the end was like finding a toy in your cereal even though the box only had all the adult logos.

[@lucagattoni-celli1377]

The crash test video of that generation of F-150 folding like an accordion will always stay with me. It's crazy since I grew up with that truck as the F-150 I knew.

[@georgegordonmeade5663]

“Sure boss, we put a crumple zone in… between the firewall and the bed!”

[@rushmatic]

Had to look this up and holy crap is it bad!

[@justdrive.1117]

Coming from someone who owns one just like the one in the crash test it is really bad but the single cabs are not as bad, the extended cabs don’t have anything between the drivers door and rear suicide doors. Hence the accordion effect. I will still be entering to win this lightning.

[@JDMsubaruGuy]

@@justdrive.1117 I had a crew cab of this gen, the single and crew cabs were definitely safer since they actually have a B pillar

[@in-rust-we-trust2831]

@@justdrive.1117all extended cabs with rear suicide doors were bad the best of them were the 2nd gen rams so that should tell ya what the rest were like

[@FarginBastiges]

Spot on description of brodozers. Don't forget the rude LED headlights and milk can tailpipes.

[@NealWinters]

Through the bed exhaust stack

[@_zigzak]

What about the ebay light bars on at all times

[@bwofficial1776]

@@_zigzak If it's not LED bars, it's blue bulbs in the headlights and they drive with their high beams on all the time to show everyone how bright their blue bulbs are. I always flash my brights back. Usually they ignore it but sometimes they'll turn on a second set of high beams or turn the brightness up. Two sets of high beams is cheating.

[@jessekuchinski1172]

And everytime I see one miles behind me, I know I don't have long before they're 3 feet away from my back bumper. Just morons.

[@_zigzak]

@@bwofficial1776 yea my solution is 70w led high beams tied with spot lights behind my grille. That usually shuts them up 😂

[@q44021]

Hector is going to be running 3 Honda Civics with spoon engines. And on top of that he just came into Harry's and he ordered 3 T66 turbos, with NOS, and a Motec system exhaust.

[@user-eq1kg6bd4z]

But he's not cuttin' his baby loose tonight...

[@mantis_toboggan_md]

I NEED NOS!

[@IHateMyAccountName]

Tuna sandwiches for everyone!

[@ileutur6863]

that's the wrong quote though

[@gregorynofsker7554]

NOSssssss!!!!!!!

[@ileutur6863]

"I need NOS. My car topped out at 140 this morning. I need one of these, one of the big ones. And Harry, I need it by tonight"

[@tone3560]

Put it on my tab at harrys

[@saeedhossain6099]

back when FnF had writing, bad writing, but still writing, hehe

[@NEWAOTSFAN357]

Back in 2000 my dad bought an unsold Black‘99. I still remember the day he pulled up in the driveway with it. I liked all of his vehicles at the time but the lighting stuck out to me solely because of how it looked and how fast it was. I can literally say THAT truck along with my dad’s love for it is the main reason I’m so into cars today!

[@P71ScrewHead]

Amen, did he keep it??

[@NEWAOTSFAN357]

@@P71ScrewHead YES it’s currently being restored as I type this.

[@P71ScrewHead]

@@NEWAOTSFAN357 Oh that's good man, great truck..

[@IHateMyAccountName]

I remember seeing Paul Walker driving this in Fast and the Furious. Forever a legend cemented in time.

[@FearlessLeader2001]

Well I've never clicked an RCR video so fast. Favorite truck of all time.

[@NathanaelNaused]

Same!

[@louyork8379]

You guys are cool. My favorite truck too

[@Cavitt]

Same. Coolest pickup ever made imo.

[@FearlessLeader2001]

@@Cavitt the WHINE

[@DickTrikle]

Worked at a Ford dealership as a porter when these were new. Saying this shifts hard is an understatement. This and the Harley edition would chirp the tires every time up shifting from 1st to 2nd when you pinned it to the floor. For the time these were legit fast. They ran constantly 12.9 quarter miles at our local drag strip (Great Lakes Dragaway) without fail.

[@CPAJayhawk]

These did not run 12.9s stock… they were a high 13 low 14 stock

[@DickTrikle]

@@CPAJayhawk Just looked it up, I must have mixed up the cobra and lightning times. Good call.

[@CPAJayhawk]

@@DickTrikle Yeah, a 03-04 Cobra will do 12.9's

[@TheMeanmarine13]

I bought my new in 2001 and nobody really knew what I had. It was so much fun surprising people. 1st thing I did was go to JDM engineering in Freehold New Jersey and buy every bolt on I could. Back then running a 12 second quarter mile was doing something. I even pulled a trailer with it if I put the stock pulley back on. Damn I miss that truck.

[@Alamander81]

Were you running parts for Harry?

[@TheMeanmarine13]

@@Alamander81 haha I wasn't "in the family"

[@UmmYeahOk]

“He’s a cop!”

[@MyNameIsNidos]

Hey I know that place! Never been there but heard good things about it, I'm about 30 minutes north in Woodbridge lol

[@hahahajackmyswag]

no u didn't

[@patrickrodriguez8797]

"More American than an unwashed ass" I cackled so loud lmao

[@alexcapps9290]

My parents had the Harley Davidson edition during this time. Same engine just in a quad cab configuration. The best way I can describe these trucks is they feel fast but are kinda slow. Still one of my favorite vehicles we ever had.

[@asparaguswater8016]

Got one aswell from this gen that a previous owner did the lightning exhaust swap and yeah you're pretty spot on.

[@joshdemarco4308]

Did the Harley have the supercharger?

[@boosted_spirit]

@@joshdemarco4308 yes

[@alexcapps9290]

@Josh Demarco 1999-04 did. After that it was a sticker package without the go fast fun bits

[@wrifraff]

They're not the fastest things in the world, especially compared to modern standards, but that Eaton supercharger screaming under the hood makes up for it!

[@Low760]

Definitely feel the brodozer issue even in Australia where rams and Silverados are now imported and owned by business owners who need a tax write off and you can't buy a hsv anymore.

[@fullweezy3553]

You guys got to drive those awesome ute's that us lowley Americans can only dream of kills my soul what gm did to Holden every time I see a brodozier and just think of crushing their souls in a v8 holden ute

[@Ben-Rogue]

Same here in NZ. All these big American imports taking up four car parks... It was getting bad enough with all the idiots and their Ford Rangers, with fender flairs, huge spacers and muddies that have never seen actual mud in their life

[@adamelliott2302]

I felt that 440ft/lbs in 2001. I was sent on a mission to pick up a Lightning from KY to bring back to the new owner in MS. It was a good 500+ mile of magnificence!

[@NEWAOTSFAN357]

My dad still has his '99 lightning to this day! It was the first vehicle I learned to drive in. It was definitely intimidating at the time (I was 14) but once I got used to it I never wanted to get out 😅.

[@ArnoldMP]

My dad has his 2001 still. It has 200k miles and a leaking head gasket, we need to replace the cylinder heads.

[@narglefargle]

I completely agree with the rant about inconsiderate people taking up way more space than they need and forcing others to work around them. I've also never heard the word "brodozer," but I'm certainly gonna start using it now.

[@DucatiPaso750]

To this day, I still remember the very first time I saw this version of the F-150 Lightning. It was a Saturday morning in 1999 and I used to love to ride my Ducati over to Pete's Mexican Food on 5th Street in Huntington Beach, California, for breakfast. Then I would walk over to Pristine Motorsports a couple of business away to check out the Porsches being repaired & modified and for sale on consignment. In the owner's parking spot was one of these Lightnings, black in color. My mouth dropped. I asked an employee if they had customized a stock F-150. He informed me that it was bone stock from Ford and that the owner loved it. I fell in love with it too. Oddly enough, I didn't get to drive one until some 12 years later when the IT guy at a job I had pulled up in one. He had done the pulley conversion, cold air intake and had installed a Flowmaster. It was a beast!! I have no need for one, but I also didn't have any need for the Ducati I used to ride. I think I'm going to enter this giveaway and hope for the best.

[@graumail]

The power of a current base truck, with all the safety & quality of 90s ford

[@user-tr6fw8yo2t]

9:55 spot on. I don't even say excuse me anymore and just walk through, and then they're like, "ExCuSe Me?!?" lol

[@skenzyme81]

Folks never put truck nutz on the Lightning - most had the unsightfully large factory sack removed to curtail the humping and roaming behavior these trucks were infamous for.

[@dr.crentist3155]

"Spite passing" Lol i learned the name of my own habit today

[@wulfman15]

I remember we had someone in town with one of these back in the day. We all loved it. Such a cool vehicle.

[@Ben-Rogue]

As someone who grew up in a country that never got these, I didn't see one of these in real life until a few years ago. The Lightning to me is a unicorn, like the Skyline GT-R is to American 80's and 90's kids

[@Ichibuns]

I love how a "fast" pickup from the 90s is barely quicker than a new Ford Maverick with the FX4 package. I continually forget how slow cars used to be. I really miss the 90s car vibes. Even if they did generally have interior that fell apart. Like 90s McDonalds toy quality

[@Ichibuns]

It could also be the tow package that gives you the quicker final drive. It could be both

[@nyplantings2420]

Yeah, ok biden voter u got it all figured out by what you read

[@IceWatah]

That chime sound when the ignition is on, oddly one of my favorites

[@nitehawk86]

I gotta say, the camera work on this is superb. Loved the forward facing over the bed angle.

[@CardboardSliver]

The last bit is pure RCR madness, and I'm all for it

[@SVTJD]

I always loved these. In 99 I was 20 years old and it was a glorious time to be alive. I wanted one of these and am working on getting one now. Got the 03 cobra in the garage right now but gotta get my hands on one of these

[@ADAMSMASHRR]

oh god. the sound of that engine starting up took me back to my childhood

[@AUXdrone]

I used to do dealer trades. I got a ticket in one of these in 2004 because i changed the radio station. I went from 62 to 90 by changing the radio station. Great truck. Also, i took delivery of my f150 in 10/99. It was a ‘00 year, (essentially xlt) with manual, .355 diff, 4.6, and no power windows/mirrors…so it was badged an xl, everything else in it was xlt. Single cab, short bed. I waited 3 months for my spec’d truck to be built. Financed 100% of the $17k as a first time new buyer at 3.5%. $17k for a new, spec’d f150 xlt…let that sink in.

[@stingerredshock3418]

American car manufacturers always have a drive to name their cars the edgiest, most childish things imaginable and I love them for it

[@nicrobe9443]

Or naming diesels like condom brands POWERSTROKE.. CUMMINS.. DURAMAX..

[@alexcuevas5633]

@@nicrobe9443 I will never look at these names the same again 🫠 great job bro

[@cyberrednec]

I have an 02 F150 super crew lariat (crew cab) with the N/A 5.4 and 4wd bought it from my grandpa with the intention of keeping it in good shape for as long as I own it, love that truck

[@ODean-qi5xt]

Oh, how I've missed kooky stop-motion madness. That sleep salute bit at the end caught me off-guard, loved it.

[@aleksandrk9452]

When new Maverick came out recently I loved it right away for a reason I couldn't explain. Now when you highlighted a connection between SVT and modern small trucks I realized what that reason was. And btw I'd take SVT over a Viper truck every time.

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

I built the AMT 94 F150 Lightning Pickup model kit in 1/25 scale about a year ago .. it came out pretty nicely I think!!

[@eurosonly]

Look at that adorable front end. It's like it's smiling from being happy to see you.

[@MT-Pink]

I beat one of these in my '99 GT. I pulled up next to him at a red light, not really attempting to race him. I just looked over and he goes, "Oh, you wanna find out the hard way????". We were next to each other until the top-end, when I slowly walked him. As far as I know, that GT only had a Bassani exhaust and some CAI. There's an older feller around here who has a first-gen Lightning, but those were all motor.

[@MT-Pink]

The first remakes of the GT500 had an engine from these because it could handle the power

[@kingssuck06]

@@MT-Pinkgt500 is dohc, this is sohc

[@MT-Pink]

@@kingssuck06 okay? So they upgraded it. Thanks for bothering me with that. Like the GT 4.6 and the Cobra 4.6. Jesus just because you can say something doesn't mean you have to. Stfu every once in a while

[@chevymontmarlo]

The ford lighting: The only 10th gen f150 everyone wants

[@yeoldmetalhead6592]

I was at the dealer when these things came out, I remember them well. But don't forget, we already had the Syclone many years earlier.

[@razortreadway]

The interaction between Mr. Regular a Lightning, and that VW, that is my spirit animal

[@electthelambda]

I used to work at a body shop and my boss bought a 2003 Sonic Blue Lightning wrecked. The guy he bought it from held out for 6 months before finally caving and selling it. I told him to look up the paint code first, since they're apparently super rare in that color, but he didn't listen and painted it all black. He later came to regret it but still has it to this day. It's got a tune and some modified engine parts, last time it was on the dyno it had 463hp. It's getting used as a junkyard hauler and has 183,000+ miles on it. Truly a smiles per gallon vehicle, and although it feels sacrilegious to use it as a shop truck, it makes me happy to see them driven.

[@callforarchives]

"Nobody likes the tuna!"-my brain looking at this.

[@MTLoveridge]

Ford F150 SVT lightning. The official truck of the managing director of that local logging business.

[@jrherita]

Ahh the 1999 Lightning. My father had one - and on the way to trade it in for a 2003, it threw a spark plug right out the top of the head..

[@GarettTrietsch]

The 2003's were far more notorious for that due to fewer plug threads!

[@GarettTrietsch]

Actually, I have that backwards. 2003 was when they fixed it I think. Has it really been 20 years? Sigh.

[@jrherita]

@@GarettTrietsch lol yes it's been forever. His second lightning might have been an 04. I just remember it was the newer one with 20 extra horsepower and the quicker rear ratio.. but the plug blew out on his 99 on the way to trade in. Lol

[@anothermike4825]

If you use synthetic oil and you change it on schedule, the triton motor is good. It is when you don't have regular oil changes with conventional oil that kills the triton. Sludge build-up restricts oil flow and starves the engine of oil. That is the Triton's weakness.

[@vintagefancollector1436]

I don’t think that’s an issue for the two valve version, I’ve always noticed they behave like two valve 4.6s. Extremely hard to kill. Three valve yes. That’s the one that can become a grenade.

[@ralph-im-a-star-wars-wiggum]

Just entered. Of all the giveaway cars this one hits me most. Some of my fondest memories were rolling around with a very dear friend I served with in Iraq in his "baby" a blue lightning. I love that truck so much. I guess it's true that nostalgia sells.

[@heliosdelsol]

I remember racing one from a dig back in 2004. I had a 2002 Camaro SS with SLP exhaust and no other mods (at the time). I believe he had a pully and headers/exhaust. My SS was auto and I knew how to launch the crap out of it with no spinning at all. He spun on launch so I jumped ahead by about 3/4 a car and we stayed pretty much even the rest of the way. So that's pretty freaking impressive.

[@bobhill3941]

I had a die cast model exactly like this and I loved it in The fast and the furious.

[@nyplantings2420]

3 of these since 2001 and over 160k miles on each. One reached over 240k miles. Still got one today. Each full bolt ons, just change the oil and drive them however you want.

[@Loudest_Cricket_]

Yet another hilariously phenomenal review from Roman and Mr. Regular. I don't have the expendable income to spend on a coffee mug, but to whoever wins, congratulations! The second generation SVT Lightning is truly a great truck. A dream. (Of mine, anyway.) "The world around me is changing, and the truths that I used to know; aren't." Indeed. Fantastic.

[@jamesg8246]

Words do not express how nice it was to watch one of your videos without the obnoxious teenager drama voice over. It was there, enough, and the bulk saved for the end. Perfect change! I actually watched this one all the way through!

[@nicolasa.3192]

You guys were on your fucking game this week with the anecdotes holy hell

[@moparftw978]

Just grabbed a 02 harley f150 with the supercharged 5.4 for 7k, thing screams early 2000s and has a bunch of features my newer cars don’t even have. Always wanted a lightning but needed the back seat

[@ProToolsApproved]

Straight up FIRE review. Well done!

[@zane31415]

Absolutely in love with these trucks. I have a 99 flareside 4.6, it's great!

[@JesusIsMaster777]

Are they affordable or kinda hard to find? I’d love one

[@zane31415]

@@JesusIsMaster777 Ford made like 7 million of the 10th gen f150s and I see flaresides around quite a bit, so shouldn't be too hard to find

[@zane31415]

also a lot are clapped so probably not too expensive either haha

[@LuckyFoxes789]

Awsome truck! Great review! Looking forward to the next!

[@BigMoney23223]

That generation is my favorite ford of all time. Especially the final years of the real lightning. 03/04 is my favorite truck of all time

[@jerkychew899]

Better take that ride down to Harry's and see if he has leads on any spoon engines.

[@natasastanojevic]

Joy of every early 2000s childhood in Balkans in form of hugely popular Bburago 1/43 scale model - the only Bburago you could load something into, unlike Ferraris, Vipers and hot hatches.

[@dylanorr2127]

What is a bburago?

[@natasastanojevic]

@@dylanorr2127 Italian maker of scale model cars that were popular toys while Yugoslavia was under sanctions, because small 1/43 scale cars were easy to smuggle and were sold in buvljak - wild grey economy open air markets.

[@Philozzi]

92 Nissan D body 4 cyl manual - cant wait for the video!

[@themanwithoutaplan]

Always wanted one of these back when I was in highschool. I always thought they were a cooler version of the sn95 mustangs. Man...... Regular cab pickups need to make a comeback.

[@weskeaton1]

My grandpa had one of these. Union ironworker who raced cars in his younger days. Needed a bed and needed speed.

[@107uptown]

Always loved these trucks! Great review!

[@planetstupider502]

I have an 03 cosmetically spected out like the one in the video except with a 4.6 V8. Its been a garage queen for past 8 years. Use it ony for pleasure driving and light duty work around the house. I do get the odd complement and stare from the public.

[@eljoel89]

"A symphony of wasteful extravagance that's more American than unwashed ass." I've never heard brodozers described so accurately.

[@AldenMartinale1990]

Yep the other day I was driving down the freeway and was right next to a brand new raptor. Compared to my 01 F-150; this thing looked like a super duty.

[@brian5o]

Now THAT'S a Lightning!!!!!

[@user-eq1kg6bd4z]

Immortalized in the Fast and the Furious as Harry's parts delivery truck, same color too.

[@qbertguy]

When I was in high school, a classmate of mine had one that looked just like this. This would have been back around 2004.

[@johnponciano6410]

I’ve been waiting for you to make a video about a 2nd gen lightning ⚡️ since I was a sophomore in highschool. I’m now 2 1/2 years outta community college lol hope I win this. Thanks for all the fun content on your channel. 💯😎

[@ivankvas2477]

Hello Mr. regular. I love your videos... but it reminded me.... I see that brute has the same key as my ford probe. If you liked dodge neon, I think you should try, like previously, mentioned ford probe or 2.0 or 2.5 or hyundai coupe 2.0 or 2.7. But you should try the manual. The auto-box is ok, but the manual is something that makes me smile. I think you'll enjoy them too.

[@theskronklbeep]

nice, now review my personal f150, it's the NA 5.4 but I built it with inspiration from the chrysler conquest review from years ago

[@mishmohd]

I love this car. I’m currently watching the second ad. Hope nothing too bad is said about it.

[@MJorgy5]

Love my '99 XLT. This truck would be a riot to drive.

[@lukelowe918]

I worked for a Ford dealer as a mechanic in the early 2000s and it was amazing how reliable these were compared to their average Joe F150 counterparts. I always preferred the first GEN Lightning with its manual transmission and fun 90s decals but would gladly drive either one

[@ericsantschi4612]

They never made a manual transmission lightning lol

[@DucatiPaso750]

I didn't know the first gen Lightning had a manual transmission. Was it an option?

[@lukelowe918]

@Eric Santschi I drove a 1996 Lightning with a manual transmission. Just because Ford didn't sell one from the dealership doesn't mean people weren't putting them in.

[@lukelowe918]

@David O Rodriguez I drove one at the dealership I worked at. I don't know if it was a option.

[@jamesm.5749]

I have a 2004 dodge rumble bee. I’ve always wanted one of these!

[@EndeavorsDnB]

Gotta always get behind someone who’s an advocate for some good ole’ fashioned “sleep saluting” 😁

[@paahl1572]

6:15 I have a 3v Triton in an 06 F150 and the damn thing is bulletproof. I have had zero problems with the engine in that truck. It just keeps going.

[@Wbfuhn]

I know a mechanic who loves the 2 valve Triton engines, 1st gen. The 3 valve 2nd gen is where the problems lie. His words were that at 3500rpm the internal components caused bubbled to develop in the oil and those bubbles would cause problems. There are conversion kits for the 2nd gen engines to bring it from 3 valves to 2. This is further complicated that to have the 2 valve configuration work you have to bypass some connectors just to get the engine to run right. People who rag on the Triton engine are probably thinking of the 3 valve. If they argue that it's the 2 valve then I expect a list of problems backed up with evidence. My 99 F150 crew cab already had one of the spark plugs pop out and I had the AC fixed so it blows cold again. Dumped nearly 3k just over the AC and spark plug fix because the threads were gone. It still needs money put in it but I'm going slow so I also grow my savings. It still needs work but the engine is as valuable as a Toyota.

[@mainebigfoothunter7088]

I owned a 1999 F150 for a while. The curved dash was maddening because there wasn't a flat area anywhere to set something down. The truck was designed with flowing vulvic curves on every surface

[@kftc1980]

On a positive note the visibility was good, for a truck. The generation after feels so bulky and unwieldy compared to these.

[@mainebigfoothunter7088]

@@kftc1980 I agree with you on that point. The proportions were unbalanced on the next generation. The body seemed to be blocky and generic

[@dewdew34]

This is the most straight forward revue in awhile. Less snark, more admiration. I guess they like this one.

[@blackburd]

Spite passing pretty much describes the late 90's for me.

[@ksaucegti]

That doorway bit hit hard. So many feels about that my self. Excuse me has always been the polite way of saying "get the F out of the way"

[@justcommenting4981]

I feel like you could be in a Joel Haver feature length film and have it go really well or catastrophically with no in between.

[@desert_jin6281]

Among the only pickup trucks I'd ever consider if I had to.

[@UmmYeahOk]

The problem this truck had was the price. In those days, trucks were work vehicles. If you bought a brand new truck, it was because you owned your own business, a successful one, and you still needed a vehicle that could haul stuff to the job site. So you had the money for this, but you’re status also meant that you probably also had a family, and this didn’t even have the uncomfortable rear seating in the back. Crew cabs weren’t a thing. So you bought a truck that had an extended cab, and just prayed that your teenaged child wouldn’t complain. She complained about the obnoxiously loud exhaust instead. These extended cab executives eventually moved on to SUVs, where the entire family could ride comfortably, and not wake anyone up in the morning, while these Lightnings avoided the next owners hardships of lugging paint and brick around, and were garaged kept. Now teenagers and young adults, who grew up surrounded by trucks, want a truck, have the money, and don’t really have a need for the extra seating. These kids bring the truck to local car shows, and you have a mental breakdown. “These aren’t classics yet.” “It’s just an old F150.” “Did I just refer to this kid as a “kid?” “How old am I?!?” “When did F&F come out?” “Wasn’t that long ago.” “Oh crap! It was?” “I’m not old! You’re old!”

[@nintendoatarikiller]

The triton 2 valve is held in higher regard than the 3v and 4v, but the 2v still likes to yeet spark plugs like party poppers

[@wristofkings]

This and the Ram SRT-10 are the gold standard of the sport truck, though a modern Rivian will embarrass a stock one now they were wicked sleepers in their day, these big engines take to tuning like ducks to water. The SVT was a few relatively mild mods away from making 450 HP wheel, and I've seen one go as high as 800 with a fully built-up Triton. I'll never understand why the brodozer crowd reigns supreme when we could have these, at least they're vastly better vehicles for 98% of end users who will never go dune jumping or haul anything bigger than a fridge with them.

[@jlr194]

Brian's parts truck from The Fast and the Furious 🙂

[@angryclown1990]

Standing in front of the rows of pickup trucks at the local car dealer lot with pictures of the F-150 Lightning, Ram SRT-10, Shelby Dakota, Lil' Red Express, Silverado 454 SS, and GMC Syclone while screaming "YOU GUYS USED TO BE COOL, MAN!!"

[@gregrowe1168]

I had a friend who had one of these, then he got rid of it and got a mustang instead. The mustang was a little quicker but the lightning was so much cooler. He said it would go 145 mph, or at least that’s as fast as he ever got it to. Only thing he ever drove faster was his Kawasaki Ninja, got it up to 170 mph, once. Was so scared he never tried that again. 170 is fast but on a bike, it feels so much faster.

[@amerigo88]

At 5:00 the rising roar of the V-8 and the supercharger kicking in sounds like it's going to inhale the entire atmosphere. Love it !

[@seanthornton726]

The lighting was the predecessor to Dodge Little Red Express. And the Brodozers from the Dodge Warlock

[@arrgorndenethor]

I absolutely regret not picking up the 2000 Lightning years ago :(

[@JoeyTeson]

I drove one of these with bald 295s on the back and had it on the lock stops. Unbelievably fun truck.

[@douglascoleman5588]

I have a 2000 F150 with a manual. It's stock, but fun.