How did you come to afford your raptor?

[Cool Hand Luke]

Airline pilot, one wife, married for 37 years. That’s how I’ve been able to afford the Raptor.

 

[Kaz109]

Airline pilot, one wife, married for 37 years. That’s how I’ve been able to afford the Raptor.

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Love the hood!

 

[avalanchegrey]

Got out from the military service, and got into a civil service job power generation and distribution in Los Angeles, wife works in the hospital pharmacy and we owned several rental houses as our own business.

 

[baptizo]

I've worked in the Wireless Telecommunications industry since 2001 and have steadily progressed with respect to my income. Back in 2018, I took on a new position as a Construction Manager and realized that my old Super Duty wasn't up to the task of weekly fieldwork - the mileage was too much for it. So, in 2019 I found a good deal on a leftover '18 Raptor and traded in my '18 Focus RS. I was laid off back in late January and have managed to hang on to it but it's going to be more difficult going forward.

 

[EmbDriver]

Airline pilot, one wife, married for 37 years. That’s how I’ve been able to afford the Raptor.

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Also an airline pilot one wife three kids......

 

[MnFlyer]

Corporate pilot. One wife 2 kids. Same house we bought when I was a lowly regional First Officer.

Yearly bonus FTW.


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[TXRaptor]

I got into Tech industry at the right time. New house, new cars and new Raptor all paid for with zero debt.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Also an airline pilot one wife three kids......

Same, three kids. All grown and on their own (for the most part)

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Love the hood!

Thank you. I wasn’t sure at first, but it’s grown on me. I’m doing the roof next.

 

[Diesel71]

I’ve been practicing law for the last 10 years. I started my career as a bankruptcy attorney in 2009 during the recession. After that ended, I shifted to auto accident litigation. It paid the bills, but there were some months where my employees made more money than me. As with most small businesses, income is always a roller coaster.

I’ve wanted a truck for years, but wifey says it’s not practical for what I do nor was the cost justified. She’s a real estate agent—she wouldn’t understand! But she was probably right.

Then in 2018, three large cases landed on my lap: two cases involving wrongful deaths with semi-trucks and one case involving terrible head injury at a hair salon. After they all settled (through insurance), I went truck shopping dressed in a Budweiser t-shirt, cargo shorts and flip-flops (I think they’re called thongs).

Didn’t think I’d get a Raptor, but I’m not towing and Tacomas were too slow. My only concern was going through the Starbucks drive-thru, but it handled the curbs like a champ. I’m still looking for a carpet bed cover.

In short, I worked hard and paid for it with money I earned.

what do you call 10,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?