Got the call from the dealer and hustled over there yesterday to confirm options/colour, pay deposit and place order for F150 Lightning. It's a crapshoot though with such high demand vs first year production capacity. Over 200,000 reservations received and they'll maybe build 20,000 units. Still, just being invited to order at least puts me in the running. Local dealership is placing 25 orders from 60 reservations, and has been told they'll get 7 or 8 actually delivered.
We tried to read the tea leaves to choose a configuration that the factory is most likely to build. My choices seem to be in line with that: XLT trim, standard range battery, white paint, no additional options. Apparently the long range battery will be hard to get for a couple of years. I wasn't interested anyway.
Now to wait for my order to be "plucked", meaning the factory has decided to build that specific vehicle. Then about 6 weeks after that for it to arrive at the dealer lot. Production is to begin "in spring", whatever that means. Truck could arrive anywhere in 2-12 months. Or not at all in this model year. Helluva way to shop.