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Re: Ford Raptor
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2014, 08:33:04 PM »
I was in the office when my brother in law took possession of his raptor. The sales man that delivered it told us a story about a farmer that bought a truck from him. 30 min after the farmer picked it up he called the salesman back and told him (the salesman) "I just jumped this thin 5 feet in the air at 50mph and it landed like a dream. Tell anyone who wants one they do EVERYTHING they say they will do in the commercials."
 
These trucks are a production line off road racing truck. If you can hang with the price, you WON'T be disappointed with the performance... Guaranteed.  ;)
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Re: Ford Raptor
« Reply #16 on: January 11, 2014, 08:50:53 PM »
I don't know about its performance, but if it doesn't exceed your expectations you will at least look awesome in this truck  :chuckle: I am in love with the looks of this truck :drool:
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Re: Ford Raptor
« Reply #18 on: January 11, 2014, 09:12:29 PM »
I will say that the ram runner isn't as good on road but really takes off on the dirt.

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Re: Ford Raptor
« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2014, 09:21:40 PM »
I went and test drove a Ford Raptor today.  Does anyone else have one or have any pro's and con's to one other than price?




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Re: Ford Raptor
« Reply #20 on: January 12, 2014, 05:01:36 PM »
Looks like compensation for something

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Re: Ford Raptor
« Reply #21 on: January 12, 2014, 05:15:04 PM »
No first hand experience but a friend of mine drove hers off a small drop off...  And the raptor went into crash mode and had to be taken back to the dealer to have the restraint devices replaced... At a couple thousand dollars. Not covered under warranty. But I looked the truck over several times soon after she got it and seemed to have very high grade suspension components like Cast aluminum a arms up front and just a general clean, well planned design.  To buy one and step into a fully setup off road truck I think is the way to go.

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Re: Ford Raptor
« Reply #22 on: January 12, 2014, 09:06:25 PM »
You could always go semi DIY and design and build something else for a fraction of the cost in some cases. Best part is its unique to your style.
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Re: Ford Raptor
« Reply #23 on: January 12, 2014, 09:23:36 PM »
That was awesome but oh my hell what a moron what did you think was going to happen??
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Re: Ford Raptor
« Reply #24 on: January 13, 2014, 08:11:46 AM »
That was an awesome jump! But man what a *censored*.
The biggest downfall of the Raptor is its payload. There really not setup to be a real cargo hauling truck. More of a racer. And there are alot of performance mods you can trade up to. Like 850 horse power and twin air shock suspension.

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Re: Ford Raptor
« Reply #25 on: January 13, 2014, 08:34:08 AM »
  To buy one and step into a fully setup off road truck I think is the way to go.

Maybe if your idea of offroading is high speed Baja style.

Other than it being 4WD,a Raptor would be just about worthless to me. 

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Re: Ford Raptor
« Reply #26 on: January 13, 2014, 08:42:29 AM »
Talked to couple old co-workers from my L.E.O. days and majority of them drive the raptors as theirduty vehicles amd they havemt voiced any complaints amd couple of them drive their patrol vehicles in all kimds of offroad places.  Other than being a ford I ddon't see a problem, other than being a ford. :chuckle:
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Re: Ford Raptor
« Reply #27 on: January 13, 2014, 08:50:43 AM »
I believe I remember there payload only being 600 pounds???? Thats enough for me to call it a toy, not a truck.

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Re: Ford Raptor
« Reply #28 on: January 13, 2014, 08:58:40 AM »
That video reminds me of the old redneck joke: You know you're a redneck when you have dead relatives whose last words were "hey watch this!"
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Re: Ford Raptor
« Reply #29 on: January 13, 2014, 11:32:21 AM »
I saw a Raptor in action once ...was about 200 miles south of San Ignacio when I was pre-running back in 2010...

They are a cool truck, but a little hyped up..they don't handle whoops all that well...start to swap out at about 15 MPH in truck whoops...FYI, truck whoops are big nasty 3 feet deep and about 15 feet across.

If ya get one, have fun!!! just remember...you will need to dump some significant cash into it to get it to run well at anything over 20 MPH in whoops...they are NOT a race rig!!

 


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