Advice Needed - Looking at buying a new truck

[Cleave]

Here's the link to the thread Dan mentioned: http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f83/ford-raptor-wins-pickuptrucks-com-ultimate-4x4-shootout-16836/

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

morning..........


dont get the dodge.

 

[Clocked92]

@MACMAN - I live in southern Saskatchewan.

Thanks, everyone for your advice. I think the thing that would help me most would be to go out and find one to test drive. Please don't hesitate to give more advice on what to look for. Is there any general problems with Raptors that I should be aware of? I heard of the bent frames when they first came out but haven't really heard much about that since.

 

[Cleave]

There are a lot of companies that provide frame reinforcement kits, main problem almost everyone who offroads hard runs into is the power steering problem, but there are kits out there for fixing that as well

 

[Macman]

@MACMAN - I live in southern Saskatchewan.

Thanks, everyone for your advice. I think the thing that would help me most would be to go out and find one to test drive. Please don't hesitate to give more advice on what to look for. Is there any general problems with Raptors that I should be aware of? I heard of the bent frames when they first came out but haven't really heard much about that since.

There aren't really many common issues, I just spent the last 6 months in Moose Jaw, SK. There are a ton of Raptors around Alberta, so you shouldn't have an issue picking one up for a decent price. Also not all dealers can get Raptors, so if a non SVT dealership has a Raptor they probably brought it up from the USA, so keep that in mind and know that they are worth a bit less, so its definitely a good option.

 

[Cleave]

Hey, whatchu tryna say bout my 'murican raptor?

 

[Macman]

Hey, whatchu tryna say bout my 'murican raptor?

I bought an American one, but they are much cheaper down there, so when dealers bring them up they can charge less.

 

[Cleave]

There aren't really many common issues, I just spent the last 6 months in Moose Jaw, SK. There are a ton of Raptors around Alberta, so you shouldn't have an issue picking one up for a decent price. Also not all dealers can get Raptors, so if a non SVT dealership has a Raptor they probably brought it up from the USA, so keep that in mind and know that they are worth a bit less, so its definitely a good option.

Lol, just giving you shit for how you said it

 

[Macman]

Technically they are on resale though, point still stands

 

[LandFill]

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