REPTAR has ARRIVED!!!!! 159 days of waiting is over!!!!!

[Reptar]

Well it only took 159 DAYS from order to delivery, but my Raptor that I ordered the minute the order banks opened on 8/26/11 from RANDY arrived at the dealership today and I pick it up tomorrow! I'm actually only 158 days into it, but I know tomorrow on day 159 I get to pick it up LOL! And that was only the official wait. I think I told Randy in February that I wanted to order a 2012 Raptor, so as soon as the order banks opened to let me know. So nearly a YEAR since deciding to get one till I get my hands on it, and just shy of half a year of waiting for Ford's stupid ordering system! lol

Since it didn't get there till 3:30 they didn't have time to PDI it, but they did stick it in the bay so it's safe and sound for the night and ready for PDI 1st thing in the morning. I'll pick it up after work tomorrow, and man I hope I'm busy all day because the day will drag on otherwise! lol

Truck is filthy from the train ride from Michigan to Ohio to Maryland to Pennsylvania, then sitting there 4 days, then the truck ride up to Jersey. And it has 29.9 miles on the clock so it must have been one of the ones that got some extra quality checkouts at the plant.

Initial impression, this thing is HUGE! I've seen plenty on the road before, and even sat in a 2011 at a Ford event last year, but holy cow, maybe because I'm looking at it through the eyes of "THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY MINE" that it just looks so massive lol. And maybe partially the fact that I look at everything in the perspective of the effort I'll need to put in for detailing it lol.

Pics!

 

[swoop1156]

Damn man! Glad you finally got the thing! Every time I see the blue, I still wonder how I can be on my second Raptor and still never had a blue one when it's the color I originally wanted in the first place!

 

[Reptar]

HUGE thanks to RANDY for all his help, and putting up with my pain in the *** frequent emails, questions, ranting, raving, pestering, etc. LOL! It's our second vehicle through Randy, and won't be the last!


Also a thanks to Stu for being my therapy pal throughout the entire wait lol. I was Randy's order W001 and Stu was Randy's order W002, and we've been chatting throughout this entire forever long wait keeping each other sane lol


I can't wait to pick it up tomorrow and snap some new pics of it all cleaned up. I actually didn't even sit in it yet, nor ever driven a Raptor let alone my own, so looking forward to it tomorrow!

And finally install the huge mound of mods I have piled up in the garage lol

 

[whtrapta]

159 days!!?? That must have been sheer torture?

 

[Humvee21]

Hahahaha nice trick Reptar. You almost got me there....

 

[wac45]

Congrats and what a great looking truck! I ordered 9/2/11 and mine still not built yet so hope to be in your shoes one day.

 

[RaptorScrew]

Congrats Reptar!!!

...I must admit, though, I'm not a fan of the new Hood Graphic being Black like that.

 

[MikeD]

Congrats!!! Looks awesome, love the blue interior.

 

[Reptar]

Hahahaha nice trick Reptar. You almost got me there....

What trick? No spare tire photo yet? lol

The wait sucked, I sold my 2000 HD F-150 street truck daily driver in October excpecting an early November build when production started since I ordered on Day 1 of the banks opening, so I did have to sink a decent amount of maintenance costs into my '85 F-150 temporary-DD to keep it running for DD abuse when it's been retired the past few years. From <200 miles a year to >2,000 miles in a couple months really put it to the test.

But overall the extra few months I had budgeted a payment and didn't have a truck paid for a few nice mods, and to keep the '85 in tip-top condition for a 27 year old truck. With having Randy as my dealer I never had an ounce of nervousnes over the deal I was getting or if I was being told stories. Always nothing but straight truth with Randy, and instant updates throughout the entire order. Randy was awesome. Ford Customer Service on the other hand, that's a story I won't even get into lol.


I told guys who were getting ready to give up on their orders to hold tight, it'd be worth it in the end, because I've been waiting longer than almost everyone. And yep, don't even have the keys in my hand yet, and it was worth the wait, just as I knew it would be

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Congrats Reptar!!!

...I must admit, though, I'm not a fan of the new Hood Graphic being Black like that.

That was one of the other initial impressions I meant to mention, I wasn't a fan of it in pics before, but seeing it in person, I'm really digging it. The satin black Raptor text against the flat black hood decal just looks badazz as it catches the light when you move around and the rest of the hood is flat. Pics really aren't going to do it justice till you see one in person. I still would have liked the 2011 style with the blue, but my opinion of the black definitely changed after seeing it in person.

 

[6.2]

congrats! blue ftw!!! looks awesome man. I suggest you call in sick to work, and go wait at the dealer till their done the PDI, then go rip around with it!