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Old 09-29-2012, 12:22 PM
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If you don't mind the usual off road beatings (dents and scratches) more power to you.

Personally, I wouldnt really want to put a new truck through that. Maybe buy a cheap beater truck for like a 1000 bucks
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Just suck it up and buy a Raptor! best of both worlds, Very nice on road driving and excellent off-road capabilities!!!
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Originally Posted by Raptor_J6.2
Just suck it up and buy a Raptor! best of both worlds, Very nice on road driving and excellent off-road capabilities!!!
I don't think the Raptor drives that nice on the road and the interior looks cheap. I went into buy a Raptor and walked out with a Lariat.
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I selected the Platinum for a couple of reasons, most importantly, because I drive long distances for my work (3,000+ miles) and wanted the upgraded interior for comfort. While at my destination I may spend time off road working, the long drives are a major part. The FX4 was very nice, but the Platinum was only a few thousand more.

The Raptor would not make sense for my work given the long drives and the poor fuel economy with the 6.2L engine. It would run me thousands more every year and that didn't make sense. I went with the 5.0L because of the number of complaints with the EB here, and because I didn't like it when I test drove it.
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You would have to be a bloody moron to take a $50,000 truck 4 wheeling.
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Originally Posted by Steppenwolfe
You would have to be a bloody moron to take a $50,000 truck 4 wheeling.


Lots do it. It's a truck. Use it like one and wear the scars with pride
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Originally Posted by Steppenwolfe
You would have to be a bloody moron to take a $50,000 truck 4 wheeling.
You have to be a "bloody moron" to make uneducated statements and not know the FX4 is $49,000 with the Off-Road Package! Hint, I said this a few posts back in this very thread. Now you know.
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Originally Posted by Steppenwolfe
You would have to be a bloody moron to take a $50,000 truck 4 wheeling.
I agree lol if you can pay that for a truck you can easily pay for a cheap truck to go offroad and upgrade to make it go through a lot more
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Originally Posted by Black05lariat
I agree lol if you can pay that for a truck you can easily pay for a cheap truck to go offroad and upgrade to make it go through a lot more
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Originally Posted by Steppenwolfe
You would have to be a bloody moron to take a $50,000 truck 4 wheeling.
You'd have to be a moron period to make this statement...
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