I just couldnt do it.

[SZDZMTR]

$1k discount off msrp > no admin fee
+ FREE window tint, drop-in bedliner, soft tri-fold tonneau, full gas tank, 3 oil changes

Jake I know that you know it all, but drop in bed liner? Come on perfect formula for getting rust in the bed when moisture gets trapped in between. Looks cheap too. But wait that's military grade aluminum, hopefully they put in military grade drop in bed liner too. Congrats on the new truck.

 

[Mluis11]

Jake I know that you know it all, but drop in bed liner? Come on perfect formula for getting rust in the bed when moisture gets trapped in between. Looks cheap too. But wait that's military grade aluminum, hopefully they put in military grade drop in bed liner too. Congrats on the new truck.

@17Jake is a short timer. He'll flip his truck before others even get theirs, let alone getting rust[emoji23]

Nice looking truck Jakey boy[emoji8]. I think that is my favorite color[emoji106]

 

[SZDZMTR]

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Nice looking truck Jakey boy[emoji8].





I believe its a girl, judging from the FRF pink name lady tag

 

[Panthers1521]

I don't see how they can charge over MSRP for this, The Raptor is not limited like a GT350. Ford made clear they are going to make as many as the market demands.

 

[17Jake]

Ford made it clear they're gonna make as many as the market demands.

ya, sure they are
#absolutey no clue

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Jake, a drop-in bed liner? Perfect formula for getting rust in the bed.

^ perfect formula for gettin' stuck on ramp59
#does aluminum rust?

 

[hkguns]

I wouldn't buy any Ford product (in reference to the Platinum Explorer above) with the first gen 3.5L EcoBoost, that engine is hugely problematic if you read any of the car maintenance tracker sites like Car Complaints or True Delta. Even 2016 model F-150s and Explorers have issues. Hopefully this second gen 3.5 is better.


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That is simply not true.

 

[ManfromSnowyRiver]

I don't see how they can charge over MSRP for this, The Raptor is not limited like a GT350. Ford made clear they are going to make as many as the market demands.

That is what Levine said, yet we keep hearing no more allocations until 2018, so which is it? Really surprised Ford is limiting how much they are selling and losing all those profits so that they can proudly profess that they were right, nitch vehicles don't sell.

 

[sjavera]

Msrp

I purchased at MSRP and my sales manager at my dealer was happy that I got it. He had the opportunity to sell it for more but said thats not how they do business. He said he would rather "shear a sheep over and over than to skin him one time and never get an opportunity again"

I have bought several vehicles and referred several to them. There are good old school dealers out there that want to make lasting relationships with their customers and not a one time flash sale for as much money as possible.

By the way, the dealer is Prince Ford in Douglas, GA - ask for Michael ...

 

[SZDZMTR]

ya, sure they are
#absolutey no clue

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^ perfect formula for gettin' stuck on ramp59
#does aluminum rust?

So rude for a FRF lady....lol
Aluminum does rust, unless
its "military grade" such as bulletproof, waterproof, supersonic, radar invisible, feather light, just wow factor, used by the US military on their combat vehicles, AND WHATEVER ELSE FORD TELLS YOU.

 

[Bombsquad68]

That is what Levine said, yet we keep hearing no more allocations until 2018, so which is it? Really surprised Ford is limiting how much they are selling and losing all those profits so that they can proudly profess that they were right, nitch vehicles don't sell.

I would bet it was probably more of a business stance for Wallstreet, or just a dumb marketing tidbit. In reality, the truck contains parts from suppliers who probably can't keep up even if Ford can.

Take Fox. They aren't that big of a company, and the mountain bike and side by side/UTV markets are their #1 and #2 divisions. Supplying OEM vehicles like Raptor and Tacoma with low-margin shocks is down the list from there. Factor in the hundreds of other Raptor specific parts on the truck and you've got a lot of micro-suppliers that would be expected to massively ramp up production if Ford tried to make 40,000 Raptors this year.

Maybe in a year or two the truck will be available to anyone with cash in hand, but I would guess it's going to take a while for these suppliers to build or outsource new manufacturing capacity.

And the guys who think the truck is getting a V8TT right away, after Ford invested years in designing and testing a Raptor specific V6TT are going to be disappointed. Yes, the 5.4L didn't last but it was pulled off the shelf, not tailored to the truck from day 1. The V6TT is shared with the $400k GT (it's not a "stop-gap" engine) and is selling faster than they can build them. Also, more power would require re-engineering and testing many other systems like cooling and beefing up the rest of the powertrain. It wouldn't make sense unless Raptor sales tanked with the V6.