Engineer and life long toyota owner going Raptor....finally

[fur_pig]

I'm an engineer (actually Ford was my first engineering job out of school) and have always been impressed with the capability of the Raptor. I also have only ever owned Toyota's in part because I was very into rock crawlers, but later more-so for the reliability. I've found after buying several new Toyotas that I'm tired of only eating vanilla ice cream. I got the "coolest" Toyota I could, a TRD Pro 4runner in the tan quicksand color etc. but still feel incredibly underwhelmed by it. I've been a member on this forum for years, more as a pipe dream but soon as a contributing member. I sold my 76 FJ40 (LS1, 1 tons, 40's, etc) and am trading in my 4runner on a 2019 SCREW!!!
Now the painful multi-month wait.....

Here's my FJ and 4runner for fun:

 

[Sozzy12]

Cool fj. If only it didn't have a Garbage Motor... I'm sure you will miss it but the Rappy will make up for that. Congrats. As the late, great Tom Petty said "the waiting is the hardest part."

 

[zombiekiller]

nice 40!

I too came out of a long line of toys (40, 60, 62, fzj80, taco), and also had lots of jeeps (FSJ, XJ, YJ, TJ) then graduated to a raptor.

Going fast is so much more fun than going slow.

 

[carsonmd]

Great description of a toyota ... "vanilla." I have a 2017 tundra and looking for a raptor as well.

 

[CP312]

I just traded my Tundra TRD Pro in Cement for literally every reason you stated. Got a ‘18 in Leadfoot... all I can say is I should’ve done it sooner. Congrats and I think you’ll be happy with your decision.


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[TxRap]

Welcome and nice toys you have, congrats on the '19 Raptor! What color did you order?

 

[fur_pig]

Thanks guys, wish Toyota would read these threads lol. Ended up going with Magnetic, would have done lead foot hands down if I could've but unavailable for the 19s.

 

[Cuzin Eddie]

Former Tundra owner.

 

[Todd458]

I’m Coming from an LX and had a chance to drive a friends 2018 raptor for a couple of hours around the hills of autin. I was actually shocked as it was extremely fun to drive. The Lexus is very nice and has had crawl control for quite a few years. I think since 14,but the sheer power of the raptor as well as being almost as smooth as the Lexus had me in quite a bit of shock. It was just a totally different driving experience. I think anyone would enjoy driving this vehicle across country. Lord knows it has a lot more room than the LX 570. This will be my first ford. A build date of November 20.

 

[TxRap]

I’m Coming from an LX and had a chance to drive a friends 2018 raptor for a couple of hours around the hills of autin. I was actually shocked as it was extremely fun to drive. The Lexus is very nice and has had crawl control for quite a few years. I think since 14,but the sheer power of the raptor as well as being almost as smooth as the Lexus had me in quite a bit of shock. It was just a totally different driving experience. I think anyone would enjoy driving this vehicle across country. Lord knows it has a lot more room than the LX 570. This will be my first ford. A build date of November 20.

I guess a lot of former Toyota/Lexus owners on here!

My last 3 vehicles were: 1999 4Runner Limited 4WD, 2001 Lexus LX 470, and 2009 Prius. Definitely a lot more excitement and "smiles per gallon" with the Raptor. However, since I have concerns with Ford reliability, I bought an extended warranty, which I had never done with a vehicle purchase before.

Since owning the Raptor for 8 months, there's been 1 issue: Malfunctioning APIM unit rendering a useless navigation and Sync3 interface. The dealer ordered a new APIM unit, but it's on back-order.