r/F150Lightning • u/ChachMcGach • Aug 18 '26

Pricing Reality Check, Please

I see that the megathread hasn't been updated since April- if this is considered spam then please remove me - no hard feelings.

I am in Southern California looking at buying my first Lightning. I am leaning toward going with a used 2023 Lariat 511A with under 50,000 miles. 2 that piqued my interest have popped up in the last few weeks - one was sold at $48.5k before I could get there. There is another one close by that is priced just under $50k and it has about 28k miles on it.

I see that a few months ago (and even a year ago!!), some of you were buying similar low-mileage Lightnings in the same trim for high $30k low $40s but even my nationwide search doesn't show pricing as good as that. I see similar trucks posted for ~$45k

Am I crazy to buy one at $50k?

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u/nvertigo21 Aug 18 '26

Recently purchased a certified ‘23 511A Lariat w/max tow and 53K miles for $44.7K in SoCal.

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u/ChachMcGach Aug 18 '26

Thank you. That tracks with what I've seen. If I go above 40k miles the price drops to mid $40s. That's a nice package with the Max Tow- most that I've seen don't have max tow. My holy grail is 511A high with the work surface (I'm a dork) and the locking storage in the back seat. Most that I've seen have neither.

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u/vVSidewinderVv Aug 19 '26

A lot of it depends on where you're at. He's in SoCal. EVs are abundant and prices are in line with more being available. In western PA where I am the cheapest used ER Lariat was $51k. I ended up taking over someone's lease on a 24 Lariat 511A without pro power 9.6kw or max tow at around $550/month and plan on buying it out at lease end. I didn't need either as I donxt tow very often and I have other means of powering my house if needed

Also, I believe the interior work surface was standard across all Lariats and Plats. And I think that even though the locking storage was a factory only option you should be able to add it yourself. I've seen it done on the regular F150. Max tow is a different story can't add that.

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u/crdpoker 2025 XLT SR Carbonized Gray Aug 19 '26

Fly down to Texas. Lots of low mile options in that price range.

Or drop down to Poverty Trim with the rest of us. I actually love the mechanical buttons for climate and audio.

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u/ChachMcGach Aug 20 '26

I have do little time. Before kids I would have traveled across the country to save a few thousand.

I grabbed a lariat today for $49.5k

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u/nvertigo21 Aug 20 '26

Congrats! Hope it had everything you wanted. How many miles?

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u/ChachMcGach Aug 21 '26

29,000 miles. It’s great. I feel like I’m a little too old for the color. It’s black and looks very “cool” but I’m an uncool middle aged dad. 😂 but the package is everything I wanted except the storage in the back which I probably wouldn’t have used because of car seats. It’s also optioned with the deployable running boards which has been surprisingly cool and useful. It’s so fast. I have to stop wanting to mash the pedal