First time being “that guy” taking up two stalls to charge my non Tesla at the Tesla Supercharger in Winnipeg, MB, 🇨🇦

First wash on my Lightning ⚡️ this morning and likely the last wash in our old Drive Protected install shop 😢 as we move into our new shop next weekend

Episode 3 of the Road To A Million journey is LIVE!! 🍿 Road To A Million Ep. 3 - Far North to Mile Zero youtu.be/7e8cGnTrcak

Exploring with the Lightning ⚡️

This would be huge for EV's accessing the north!

Been almost a week of Lightning ownership and have already put on over 500 miles. Here is my take on going from daily driving many Tesla's over the last 4 years to going to a non Tesla EV. Pros: The truck drives like a dream. Faster than it has any business being, the cabin room feels like a hotel room, the ride is super comfortable, the storage space in the frunk is MASSIVE and the charging (although not class leading in any regard) is really good. Cons: You can tell that Ford is a vehicle manufacturer first and foremost and they made an average attempt at putting software in the truck. The software (route planning, battery pre conditioning, etc) does everything you need it to do, its just not intuitive at all and you really need to train yourself to know where to look for everything. Final annoyance is having to go back to a physical key again. I have never appreciated a phone key more than I do now haha. Definitely lacks the point to point autonomy, but for me that has never been a deal breaker in a vehicle as I enjoy driving my vehicles and have only utilized FSD when driving on long road trips or using when driving in a city I am unfamiliar with. In summary, I genuinely believe @Ford will be the first legacy automaker to figure out how to build profitable EV's the masses want to own when the Fathom comes out. Its a shame they axed the Lightning as the F-150 is such an amazing truck from top to bottom. Looking forward to many years of Lightning ownership.

I gave @mylestoamillion the challenge of breaking my one day driving record of 1,730 km (1,075 miles) that I did last month. He did well and I know he doesn’t like to lose so I anticipate my record won’t last long…

Looks like @mylestoamillion is running out of real estate for state and provincial decals on the Road To a Million car. Door jambs and under the trunk next??

Brand new Model Y Performance in for Defense+ PPF this week

Construction is well underway on our new wrap bay at Drive Protected HQ. Can’t wait to show you once we are done!

First fast charge in the Lightning! Pulling 187kW at 53%.

Crazy to see just how much ground @mylestoamillion has covered in just six weeks… From Winkler to Dawson City, Yukon then down to Mile 0 of the Trans Canada highway in Victoria, BC then all the way to St. John’s, Newfoundland. And now down in Key West, Florida. Where next? Hint 🎶 🍕

After dropping a bunch of weight and dealing with a myriad of shoulder and pec issues I’m happy to see I can still push 315 on bench press

Day 1 of Lightning ownership. This 2025 Ford Lightning Flash in Antimatter Blue with the 131kWh battery pack is such an incredible daily driver so far. I needed a vehicle with more room and a box to haul stuff with. Super thankful for our local Ford dealer who took this truck on trade and instantly thought of me when finding its next owner. Also, huge thanks to @Mattlinn01 and @brandenflasch for answering the various Lightning ownership questions I had before pulling the trigger on this unit. Now the real question… do I level the front end and go crazy on the mods? It’s also going to get a complete colour change wrap once I land on a colour to wrap it.

Coming soon 👀

Tesla Diner for dinner

Supercharging at the Tesla charger in Kettleman City never disappoints

And that’s a wrap on the High Mileage Model 3 giveaway series! Took almost 3 months to get the car cleared through US customs and delivered to @reddypalaparthi in California. I hope this car treats you well, and can’t wait to hear about all the things you are going to do to it. For those that don’t know, he works for Tesla on their software development team and he plans to update the hardware system from HW 2.5 to HW 3 and run FSD V.14 Lite on his daily commute to the Bay Area.

Gonna miss this car.. 385,000 miles and drives better than most new cars. Our entire team at Drive Protected crushed this project. So proud of the entire team 👏