Hey Everybody,
So after owning my 21 Raptor for @ 2 weeks and having driven @ 650 miles, I wanted to share my thought/feedback: Please note I have a 2018 Raptor with 36
K miles that i have throughly enjoyed owning.
Exterior looks: Things need to change…but does change always lead to something being improved? By far, the area where my expectations were not met would be concerning the exterior looks. The looks of the GEN 3, IMO, looks like a Ford SuperDuty meets a Raptor…like someone bought a Raptor grill and put in on a Superduty…maybe it’s the common mirrors? I’m not hating on the Superduty…I like them—good lookin truck for sure. The hood scoop on the GEN 3 looks less functional than the GEN 2 scoop…which is not the case I know….From the side…the gen 2 and gen 3’s are basically twins…the rear end is different …both look great—except for the exhaust tips on my gen 3 being crooked…lol.
Interior: The Blue interior (37 package) with recaros is a home run…maybe the blue isn‘t for everyone but in person it looks amazing and the seats are world class comfortable—I cannot comment on the standard seats on the gen 3…the seats are snug and fit my 6’3” 215lbs frame very well…I loved the gen 2 seats as well.
The quality of the interior is a level higher…very close to Range Rover quality. The switchgear works with precision and appears to be very high quality.
The sound system…”unleashed“…I am an audiophile so I basically don’t enjoy most systems…I see areas to improve where some see something great…so take my feedback With a grain of salt. The soundstage on surround mode is very narrow and the stage is very forward…It is like the vocals are coming from under the dash….I say under the dash because the vocals are muddy and don‘t have any detail to them….I played with The tone, balance front /rear without much success…by the way adjusting the balance and the front to rear settings is done by a touch sensitive button on the center screen….very picky and difficult to use.. Yes, the sound system in the Gen 3 is better, but not my by much…it looks better with the aluminum speaker grills …but the sound is only average. The sound system on my wife’s bmw x7 is simply awesome …from every source , whether it be streaming , radio, satellite…the Bowers and Wilkins sound system in that car which is really close in price to the 2021 raptor is worlds apart….
The instrumentation is world class…the gauges are readable —-The Sync 4 works well and the CarPlay is pretty seamless…but I am having an issue with my gauges resetting everything time I restart my truck…I’m hoping a software upgrade will be released soon…the system is very intuitive and the screens are easy to navigate. To be cont….sorry need to take care of business… .
So after owning my 21 Raptor for @ 2 weeks and having driven @ 650 miles, I wanted to share my thought/feedback: Please note I have a 2018 Raptor with 36
K miles that i have throughly enjoyed owning.
Exterior looks: Things need to change…but does change always lead to something being improved? By far, the area where my expectations were not met would be concerning the exterior looks. The looks of the GEN 3, IMO, looks like a Ford SuperDuty meets a Raptor…like someone bought a Raptor grill and put in on a Superduty…maybe it’s the common mirrors? I’m not hating on the Superduty…I like them—good lookin truck for sure. The hood scoop on the GEN 3 looks less functional than the GEN 2 scoop…which is not the case I know….From the side…the gen 2 and gen 3’s are basically twins…the rear end is different …both look great—except for the exhaust tips on my gen 3 being crooked…lol.
Interior: The Blue interior (37 package) with recaros is a home run…maybe the blue isn‘t for everyone but in person it looks amazing and the seats are world class comfortable—I cannot comment on the standard seats on the gen 3…the seats are snug and fit my 6’3” 215lbs frame very well…I loved the gen 2 seats as well.
The quality of the interior is a level higher…very close to Range Rover quality. The switchgear works with precision and appears to be very high quality.
The sound system…”unleashed“…I am an audiophile so I basically don’t enjoy most systems…I see areas to improve where some see something great…so take my feedback With a grain of salt. The soundstage on surround mode is very narrow and the stage is very forward…It is like the vocals are coming from under the dash….I say under the dash because the vocals are muddy and don‘t have any detail to them….I played with The tone, balance front /rear without much success…by the way adjusting the balance and the front to rear settings is done by a touch sensitive button on the center screen….very picky and difficult to use.. Yes, the sound system in the Gen 3 is better, but not my by much…it looks better with the aluminum speaker grills …but the sound is only average. The sound system on my wife’s bmw x7 is simply awesome …from every source , whether it be streaming , radio, satellite…the Bowers and Wilkins sound system in that car which is really close in price to the 2021 raptor is worlds apart….
The instrumentation is world class…the gauges are readable —-The Sync 4 works well and the CarPlay is pretty seamless…but I am having an issue with my gauges resetting everything time I restart my truck…I’m hoping a software upgrade will be released soon…the system is very intuitive and the screens are easy to navigate. To be cont….sorry need to take care of business… .
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