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Very well written Warsurfer. As I've posted somewhere before, in January I had a long conversation with an ecoboost engineer from Ford. I used to be a motorcycle road racer and rebuilt my own motors, so I know my way around an engine, he could tell so he didn't dumb down the conversation. He totally sold me on the ecoboost engine and technology. If I was to buy a regular F150, I would pay for that engine. But he did say because of the Raptor's tire size, wind resistance (7 inches wider than a F150 and taller) and gearing that an ecoboost wouldn't make enough of a difference in mileage to bother. He said he's heard nothing about an ecoboost Raptor. If you can afford the Raptor, you can afford the gas.