2019 Raptor as a Daily Driver

[Johnkn]

Yep, put 50 miles on mine, only complaint so far is the radio volume is lacking. Surprised me.

 

[FastEddie]

Yep, put 50 miles on mine, only complaint so far is the radio volume is lacking. Surprised me.

Well the radio is much better and louder than a gen1 so there is that

 

[Oldfart]

Nonsense. I am not a troll. People hate me because I help others buy raptors cheap. What have I ever done to anyone except exposing fools paying for cars above invoice, and a lot paying msrp. Those who paid these prices despice me for their own mistakes. I have nothing but love for this forum, I am the one who predicted more than $5k below msrp for 201$ and the idiots in the forum laughed and taunted me. I also predicted that the live shock won't provide significant upgrade over the 2018 version. Guess what I was right again.
Now 2019 version have had 2 about to sell for close to invoice price. Say all you want no one should buy any car at MSRP. Should be paying at least $5k below. I am sorry for our country!

Too early for me to comment on pricing, but you're dead wrong about the shocks. I'm shopping a Raptor to replace my Silverado and test drove both an '18 and a '19. IMO the '19 is a HUGE improvement in street performance. Much less body roll when cornering and none of the floating feeling I noticed in the '18. The '19 also felt fine on crappy torn up pavement, I didn't find it overly stiff at all. I thought they both were nice, I think the '18 might have a slightly cushier ride on the street, but I would pick the '19 any day. If someone thinks the ride on a '19 is overly stiff they better go find an old Caddy Coupe DeVille to buy.

 

[GCATX]

Yep, put 50 miles on mine, only complaint so far is the radio volume is lacking. Surprised me.

It seems the fade needs to be turned to the front a few notches to get decent sound out of the stereo. You get used to it, I guess.

 

[GCATX]

You're dead wrong about the shocks. I'm shopping a Raptor to replace my Silverado and test drove both an '18 and a '19. IMO the '19 is a HUGE improvement in street performance. Much less body roll when cornering and none of the floating feeling I noticed in the '18. The '19 also felt fine on crappy torn up pavement. I thought they both were nice, I think the '18 might have a VERY slightly cushier ride on the street, but I would pick the '19 any day.

I keep seeing people talk about less "body roll", I don't notice much of any body roll in mine, especially for a truck. Granted I don't corner at 1g like a sports car, maybe I'm doing it wrong? There is some nose dive when braking and rear tuck when accelerating, seems typical for a long travel suspension though, I actually like it. All that being said, when I buy a new one again, I will take whatever type shocks are offered and daily drive the shit out of it.

 

[Oldfart]

Definitely noticeable IMO, when cornering more like I would in a car, it stays really flat. I thought they both were really nice, but the new shocks are a nice upgrade.

 

[Johnkn]

It seems the fade needs to be turned to the front a few notches to get decent sound out of the stereo. You get used to it, I guess.

I tried it all over the place, made little to no difference on mine. When I got the audio tuned and sorted out last night then went to crank it up, all I could think was "that's it????"

 

[jzweedyk]

My stereo seems to have plenty of volume. I haven't tried to blow out the windows yet, but I have had it quite loud.

 

[Keller Steeler]

It is a ton better than the Sony in my Gen 1.

 

[FastEddie]

Its only my second day but I don't have any issues with radio volume and its tons better than gen1.

Also - I read on a thread here that if you use forscan and disable the fake engine noises that the radio is noticeably better as it doesn't have to use power to pump the fake engine noises into the cab.