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Nov 9, 2009 | 03:57 PM

#21

MHC-F150

Justin

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From: Denver, CO

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Originally Posted by CrewCabKyle

Saw one out in the desert the other day. Things are nice, but for that much money you could build something way better and more personal.

Um, I don't think so. Buy yourself a used '04 F150 and make the same modifications to it as the Raptor has. Gonna cost quite a bit more once it's all said and done.

Now if you buy an older 90's, 80',s or 70's truck, sure you could come in lower priced, but not by a great deal.

Nov 9, 2009 | 04:00 PM

#22

MHC-F150

Justin

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From: Denver, CO

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Originally Posted by ATOM

i saw one the other day in town pulling an enclosed hauler, lol, wish i had a camera, thing was squatting very bad. cool truck, but i got a feeling they are gonna be short lived.

Think 6K is the max towing ability rated for the Raptor.

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Originally Posted by CrewCabKyle

You can long travel a F150 for around 4-6K, i guuess if your talking about buying brand new, it would be insight. But honestly you can find a used truck with low miles for pretty cheap(especially today). It has what, 13 inches of travel? For 4 wheel drive its defentaly a cool truck. If you bought a used f1 for around 15K, and built it up you'd have a fully long traveled caged front to rear truck. Not to mention with a lot of extras.

But look at all the other features that come with the Raptor. A lot of features for very little.

And it comes with a warranty. A used built truck will not.

Nov 9, 2009 | 04:30 PM

#23

dilloncawthon

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From: Jackson, GA

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Originally Posted by wakonako

My main fear with the Raptor, especially now Chevy making their version, is your gonna get people with no off-road experience and too much money buying these things and taking them straight to the pits or trails or whatever and doing some serious damage/harm to themselves or others

chevy isn't making their version, it was just a concept that will never make it to production. plus dealerships have been selling lifted trucks for years so i don't think there will be an increase in this type of person.

Nov 11, 2009 | 12:42 AM

#24

CrewCabKyle

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From: California

Quote:

Originally Posted by MHC-F150

Think 6K is the max towing ability rated for the Raptor.

But look at all the other features that come with the Raptor. A lot of features for very little.

And it comes with a warranty. A used built truck will not.

What other features come with it? Yes a 6.2 is bad ***, but what else? Different dash and interior of which you'd want buckets anyways. If you build your truck right, and know how to maintain it, it will last a very long time. Please tell me about all the features. Guess I overlooked some

Nov 11, 2009 | 11:09 AM

#25

MHC-F150

Justin

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From: Denver, CO

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Originally Posted by CrewCabKyle

Here's the Raptor site that provides the majority if not all the specs. Keep in mind I'm sure you could build a capable off-road vehicle for this price, but this truck offers your same on-road ability as a normal F150, but also the extreme off-road capabilities of a built truck.

Site
http://www.fordvehicles.com/f150raptor/

Basic Specs
http://www.fordvehicles.com/assets/m...xedo_black.pdf

At the bottom are some basic specs.
http://jalopnik.com/5075561/2010-for...tor-first-ride

Nov 11, 2009 | 11:40 AM

#26

Ftruck05

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From: LITH IL

Here's a good vid.

http://www.raptorforumz.com/showthread.php?t=523

And here is a guy using the Raptor as it was meant to. You will not find another rig that can do this right off the lot.

http://www.raptorforumz.com/showthread.php?t=623