Finally drove a Gen 2 Raptor tonight. Wow, what a great truck!
I was completely impressed with its acceleration and road handling. Yes, I know it was designed for the dirt but in all honesty it may see the dirt 12 times a year and 8 of those times I'll have dirt bikes in the bed. It will be my daily driver so 99 percent of its use will be on pavement so acceleration and road handling are important to me.
Being heavily into motorcycles and mountain biking a truck is a must. The Raptor, hauls butt on the street, in the dirt, and IMHO is the best looking truck made in many decades. Getting one is a no brainer, it's just when that I'm unsure of.
I say Aw Crap in the title because I don't really want to buy one quite yet as I live in So. Cal and prices are still stupid here. My plan was to wait a year, pay off my 16 FX4 XLT, and try to pay cash but now that I've driven one I may have to speed this process up.
Hopefully I can stay disciplined and wait for a 2019 model year but now I have got the bug really bad. If a dealer wants to sell one at MSRP I'll probably cave in. If not I'll wait it out a year and continue to droll when I see you guys drive by.
I was completely impressed with its acceleration and road handling. Yes, I know it was designed for the dirt but in all honesty it may see the dirt 12 times a year and 8 of those times I'll have dirt bikes in the bed. It will be my daily driver so 99 percent of its use will be on pavement so acceleration and road handling are important to me.
Being heavily into motorcycles and mountain biking a truck is a must. The Raptor, hauls butt on the street, in the dirt, and IMHO is the best looking truck made in many decades. Getting one is a no brainer, it's just when that I'm unsure of.
I say Aw Crap in the title because I don't really want to buy one quite yet as I live in So. Cal and prices are still stupid here. My plan was to wait a year, pay off my 16 FX4 XLT, and try to pay cash but now that I've driven one I may have to speed this process up.
Hopefully I can stay disciplined and wait for a 2019 model year but now I have got the bug really bad. If a dealer wants to sell one at MSRP I'll probably cave in. If not I'll wait it out a year and continue to droll when I see you guys drive by.