Canceled my 2022 order today

[NJ2020]

Here’s a random question. I’ve seen so many order codes that are only numerical. Mine is “M100”, and was placed on October 26th. Is there a reason I can’t seem to find anyone else with a letter in theirs?

It’s dealer assigned, my 2021 had a letter in it. Some dealers will put the last 4 digits of your phone number.

 

[smurfslayer]

The Raptor is not Ford's bread and butter as we would like to believe. Their efforts are most likely more geared toward the lightning and bronco at this point. The R will be limited if even produced at all.

true. Rap is a small percentage of the overall F150 sales. Still, it’s a member of the F150 family and Dodge has been chipping away at Ford sales for a while now. People ; buyers obviously see something they want from Dodge, or the would not be usurping Ford F series sales at an increasing rate.

 

[TrailRunner]

Ford would be suicidally stupid to build a one off, limited run truck, because Dodge put out a mass produced, one up machine on the Raptor and there’s no denying it. This, and numerous other threads on here illustrate this quite clearly. Are there die hards? yes, some will only buy the Raptor.
But, Ford doesn’t seem to be listening here.

If they really want legions of loyal Raptor owners to jump ship to another marque, and basically doom the model, go ahead and produce the one off, super limited model that will go to a select few who will turn them into garage queens or resell them on the secondary market.

I would be highly disappointed if Ford doesn’t deliver the Raptor R in sufficient quantity or at a reasonable price point to compete with the TRX. As you mentioned, I can’t imagine that it would be that terribly difficult to slap in a 5.2 Predator and call it a day.

That said, I think the death of ICE is still well over a decade away and I can still yet image a future where carbon capture makes emission regulations negligible and/or environmentalists realize the ecological harm of strip mining the planet for battery components, thus allowing ICE to reign for the rest of our high octane fueled lives.

If Ford cared to bend an ear in my direction, I would recommend developing a modest displacement (I’m thinking 4.0-4.9L) V8, preferably supercharged, but possibly dual turbo charged engine. Then focus on reducing weight and improve suspension travel and stability for the Raptor R. Ram wants to build a 700+ hp monster, more power to ‘em. Give me 550+ hp/ft-lbs of torque and long travel suspension. That’s the raptor’s niche and that’s what will keep me in the raptor game. And skip the overkill on electronic gadgetry. Bluetooth, electronics charging, and GPS would be sufficient for me. If they can do all that and keep gas mileage comparable to my Gen 1, I’ll take out a second mortgage on my house, sell a kidney, live under a bridge… whatever.. to pay for it.

Hope my kids like top ramen…

 

[Grayson]

I can't blame OP. I want a Raptor but I am not going to wait 8 months to give a dealer my money. If I don't have my order in 6 months then I will move on as well, especially since I ordered an 800a with 3 options.

 

[Old-Raptor-guy]

Grow up fan boy. The reality is ford has absolutely botched the bronco launch and the F 150's current generation. No excuse to have customers waiting 12-18 months for UAW trash. Believe me, when ford wants to get a bronco to FLT they get it built pretty fast. The industry is almost 2 years into the Covid excuse, if they can not figure it out now, they are not going to.

I understand I am a few days late to the game.......
There are a lot of whiney b****s around here that some how believe that prior to 2020 life was grand and will not accept "the new normal "

I could go on for days with information about this. But I will start with this.

I talked to a Dana/Spicer executive a couple days ago. They are projecting. Parts shortages beyond 2025.

A commercial contractor I know has projects being pushed into mid 2023 due to lack of supplies/materials

I believe there is some behind the scenes manipulation going on somewhere but I can't prove it.

 

[GordoJay]

The Raptor is not Ford's bread and butter as we would like to believe. Their efforts are most likely more geared toward the lightning and bronco at this point. The R will be limited if even produced at all.

The pickup is Ford and vice versa. If Ford can turn the Bronco into a real money maker, that might change. The value of the Raptor is to provide a halo. If that’s lost to the TRX, there’s no real reason for the Raptor to exist.

 

[GordoJay]

….buyers obviously see something they want from Dodge, or the would not be usurping Ford F series sales at an increasing rate.

Rear suspension? I thought Ford had gone to coil springs one the f150, but I went and looked and it seems I was wrong.

 

[MFNG]

Grow up fan boy. The reality is ford has absolutely botched the bronco launch and the F 150's current generation. No excuse to have customers waiting 12-18 months for UAW trash. Believe me, when ford wants to get a bronco to FLT they get it built pretty fast. The industry is almost 2 years into the Covid excuse, if they can not figure it out now, they are not going to.

Read this and thought: I can’t wait to see the @FordTechOne response. The emoji reaction says it all.

The real question is: Do you, or @FordTechOne, or anyone for that matter, support the Honk Blockade?

Seems it’s nearly shut down a lot of manufacturers; freedom or commerce, what’s more important?

Maybe this belongs in the Champagne room…mods can decide. #¢2

 

[WKUSMC]

You can buy a 22 all day long... look at autotrader... several 22s available.

Lots of 21 and 22’s 5000 over msrp

 

[WKUSMC]

Cool story. An even cooler story would have been trying to facilitate a transition to another forum member.. I think a few of us here are pretty grateful to others who helped them land an allocation.

There is ton of 21 and 22’s 5000 and up forsale I smell troll