I can’t stop staring!

[jaggwaa]

well the new gt500 is something really good from shelby besides that rotary dial gear shift. I expect nothing less for a raptor as well. but to do that ford need to get its $hit together and give us the same engine, with or without shelby, Whipple can take care of the rest with easily 700+ to the rear wheels. and thats what i want....if ford is readin this... but then of course ford doesnt give a damn about what customers want....................

 

[Jonny V]

I was looking over a Shelby Raptor at the dealership while I waited on my truck getting service. I looked it over real hard fro about 45 minutes. Crawled under it, eyeballed under the hood, sat in it and fooled with the electronics, etc.... They want $120k for it and that’s before tax, license, finance, etc.

Now, I still owe about $24k on my truck. So let’s say that I’m going to stack an additional hundred thousand dollars (Jesus Christ ) of debt onto what I already owe. At a grand a month payment, it’s gonna be 130+ months to pay that thing off, and I’ll essentially still have a regular Raptor with a little more HP, some nice shocks, and some ADD bumpers and lights, and the phony hood scoops.

On the other hand...what if I dumped a hundred grand into my hopelessly outdated (LOL) Gen1? I’m pretty sure my OG truck would blow the doors off that Shelby, and I’d probably have enough money left over to finance multiple trips to Baja, Moab, maybe even Alaska.

My point is that the prices of new trucks are pretty far outstripping the value. At some point, you have to be happy with what you have and go use the thing for what it was meant for.

 

[Ricoman]

well the new gt500 is something really good from shelby besides that rotary dial gear shift. I expect nothing less for a raptor as well. but to do that ford need to get its $hit together and give us the same engine, with or without shelby, Whipple can take care of the rest with easily 700+ to the rear wheels. and thats what i want....if ford is readin this... but then of course ford doesnt give a damn about what customers want....................

Gen 1 SC Whipped Shelby...lovin every minute of it..!! Damn,wish I could find something to bitch about...but the grin just keeps getting bigger after 10 months of ownership!