I look at both and can see both sides. On the 1 hand, as everyone said: The Raptor is more functional than SD if you don't tow much, more fun to drive and more comfortable. The SD is a lot more maintenance. OTOH, the feeling of a powerful diesel turbo is pretty intoxicating too. In the end, I...
Very nice Raptor, congrats! Yours must be one of the few Raptors in NL.
The luxury tax explains why I every passenger vehicle I saw was a Teslas in Amsterdam recently.
I love mine, except for 2 hiccups so far (APIM navigation module and IWE malfunctions). I agree it checks off all the boxes in terms of what I want in a truck, or even a luxury off-road capable vehicle.
When I was shopping the Raptor, the manager let me test drive his personal Raptor rather than one on the lot. They wanted to keep the miles low on all the Raptors.
I don't think it's the IWE, unless it's a grinding noise...
It may be the cam phaser/start up rattle issue that's discussed in the Engine section:
https://www.fordraptorforum.com/threads/cam-phaser-engine-failure-reports.64826/
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