My ’01 Lightining had 230 miles on it when I bought it new, and in many ways it was the best new vehicle I’ve bought. I damn well know that every test driver probably test drove it like I did... with a big freakin’ grin after flooring it a few times. Though mileage wise, I sold it with ~36k miles, I had it 8 years. In that time, I needed extended warranty 1 time - the AC compressor went out. A few days and $50 later i have frosty cold A/C again.
Ford is on the hook for 3 years / 36k miles from delivery to the customer, so if they put on 10, 100 or 1000 miles, you’re still covered. Years ago, it may have been more of a risk and wariness at buying a performance vehicle with mileage wasn’t as cool as being able to say you’ve put every mile on the vehicle. That’s no guarantee of trouble free operation. I watched my 09 Ducati get uncrated, prepped and handed over to me new, with .1 miles on it. I had it 5 year and it was the most problematic vehicle I’ve ever owned.
I’m willing to bet the truck drivers went WFO at least a few times, but probably not drag racing. I’ll bet they also did a lot to make the truck work hard, downshifting and cruising around and a lot in between. Good - one or a few less warranty repair visits for erratic shifting or stalling or whatever bugs they’re ironing out.
