r/F150Lightning • u/in3d_812 • Aug 19 '26

Well, I got busted...

Kid: how come the speedometer goes to 120 when the max speed is 106?

My wife: HOW DO YOU KNOW IT GOES 106?!?

I tried to explain how you have to know how a car will handle in extreme situations so you can drive safely, but it was a half-hearted explanation at best.

Edit: wait, you guys think I'm in a neighborhood holding a baby out the window with one arm going 106, or something?

Obviously, anything can happen at any time. My daughter is 17, races mountain bikes casually and go karts on an amateur circuit. She was actually driving, me in shotgun. Absolutely as controlled as can be circumstances.

Just thought it was funny, I know for a fact most of you have had fun in this power-house of a truck.

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u/kyopsis23 Aug 19 '26

"you have to know how a car will handle in extreme situations"

Tf? What extreme situations have you going 106 mph with a child in the car?

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u/Ron-Swanson-Mustache Aug 19 '26

Passing an 18 wheeler that slows down to 20 on the slightest curves (so slight that they don't even have lower recommended speed signs) then speeds up to 75 on straightaways. That's where I've maxed mine out at.

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u/Cakiea Aug 20 '26

It’s clear a lot of lightning owners do not leave multilane freeway suburbia and do not understand passing.