Cost to Fun Ratio, Is It Worth It?

[ntm]

I don't know. Guns and strippers sound a heck of a lot better. Maybe it's just me.

Those are my other hobbies, equally well funded...

 

[oxfordraptor]

Those are my other hobbies, equally well funded...

Support single mothers!

 

[LandFill]

I smile every time my passengers cringe when I approach a quad burm at speed. Then my dual 3.0's just soak up the hit and they are like WTF? My Raptor like my bike is purpose built for mobbing the desert. I have over 5K invested on my bike that I bought new for 10K. I have ~20K invested on my 50k Raptor. For me it's worth getting the most out of my rides within reason. I'm just happy that I don't own a boat.

 

[MOLONxLABE]

I don't think it is worth it, and this is coming from someone that just spent some serious coin on some king 3.5 bypass shocks for a bed cage suspension set up. At the end of the day though, I enjoy working on my truck and spend most of my free time on it so I'll probably continue to waste money on my raptor.

 

[LittlEvil]

I smile every time my passengers cringe when I approach a quad burm at speed. Then my dual 3.0's just soak up the hit and they are like WTF? My Raptor like my bike is purpose built for mobbing the desert. I have over 5K invested on my bike that I bought new for 10K. I have ~20K invested on my 50k Raptor. For me it's worth getting the most out of my rides within reason. I'm just happy that I don't own a boat.

You know what boat stands for... Bust Out Another Thousand

 

[Wilson]

Having been stock to highly modified on my 2010 and now back to a stock 2014, I find myself asking this question: Was the highly modified 2010 that much more fun to drive in relation to the coin it cost to get it there? Brace yourselves because my answer is shockingly no!

When I look back, it would be safe to say the highly modded truck could go 20mph faster through the rough. But at what cost? $20-$25K ball park. So $1,000 per 1mph. Seems steep.

With a few desert trips under my belt in the mid perch 2014, I've been reminded how fun these trucks are out of the box. That's not to say 3.0s and a bumpkit are out of the picture or a worthwhile upgrade but I guess what I'm getting at, are the full kill items worth it at the end of the day. It's never gonna be a legit whoop eating "race" truck unless your budget is north of $50K so at what point does the Cost to Fun Ratio make sense?

The question is how's the ***** ratio

 

[shelteredraptor]

So Wilson, are you asking if dumping 20k into your tuck is gonna up your chances of getting laid?

---------- Post added at 06:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:11 PM ----------

Seriously, most of you folks are fortunate enough to live near places to use the truck as it was intended to be used. I put money into lighting and blingy things as I only use mine for very light duty stuff. I have a bed rug in it that gets vacuumed regularly if that paints a picture. It doesn't mean I enjoy it any less, just differently.

 

[lka]

I went shopping for the first time today but they didn't have what I wanted in stock.. I'm honestly contemplating the supercharger, don't know why but,,, lol. It does feel like some adjustment can be made because the start off power isn't too impressive it feels to me like something is holding her back, I've only had the truck for a week though. I went from my ecoboost f150 so totally different type of power imo. I'd assume a tune would satisfy my craving but I know a supercharger would lol.. Love the truck so far,, had a dream the other night my friend took it out drunk and wrecked it,, kinda an odd dream/nightmare lol.. I've been watching idiots jumping and totaling theirs on the internets so maybe that's where the dream came from :/. I'm down to romp and scratch the thing but not jumping it 40' lol. I even saw one where someone was jumping over their buddy laying on the sand, I hope that was just fancy video work.

 

[Madcowranch]

Gee. Thanks Charlie. This would've been good information BEFORE YOU TALKED ME INTO MODDING ALL MY SHIT, ************!

 

[HAYNES OFFROAD]

I don't think I could put it any better words than what is said in this picture I seen....