Road trip with a family of 5 over 3500 miles and 12 days. How does the Raptor hold up?

[ReLLiK75]

Just got back from a round trip drive Vegas to Aspen in my '22 Raptor. Extremely comfortable. Driving 87 MPH through UT and averaging 14.1 MPG. Using cruise control and lane assist, it's ALMOST like BlueCruise. It will actively steer the truck. You do need to keep your hands on the wheel and provide some input here and there or the truck will beep at you. Over in the F150 forum, I saw people were using beanbags taped to the wheel to get around that.

I added rear seat entertainment units not long after getting my truck (Voxx Rear Seat Entertainment). Two kids in the back seat were either sleeping or watching TV the entire trip!

We've done the similar trips in our '22 Escalade. Ride quality between the two vehicles is about the same. Same rear seat entertainment unit. Only upside to the Escalade is super cruise (don't let it catch you looking at your phone or it will disable until you restart the vehicle), the massive amount of vertical storage space in the rear for luggage, and 18 MPG average.

 

[azcoov]

We love taking road trips. I have the new Escalade with Super Cruise. I don't think there is a vehicle on the rode that is more comfortable for long trips. And I absolutely love Super Cruise for highway driving. Being able to make a quick pit stop at Buc-ees and then eat while driving without having to have hands on the wheel is a game changer for those long trips. Prior to that I had the Navigator with the "30-way adjustable seats". Nice, but the Escalade with Super Cruise is more comfortable for long road trips.

When I first got my Ratper 37, I was impressed with the comfort. It's not Escalade comfort but for a truck I was impressed. I had a 2015 King Ranch that I thought was comfortable but dare I say I like the comfort of Raptor better? Impressed given what this machine is meant for.

We've got a summer vacation coming up and will be driving about 1,200 miles each way. 5 people, 4 dogs. I'm super pumped to take the Raptor on this trip to really put the comfort to the test. I'm also super pumped to have my kids driving separately in my sons Tacoma. Suckers!

 

[azcoov]

Just got back from a round trip drive Vegas to Aspen in my '22 Raptor. Extremely comfortable. Driving 87 MPH through UT and averaging 14.1 MPG. Using cruise control and lane assist, it's ALMOST like BlueCruise. It will actively steer the truck. You do need to keep your hands on the wheel and provide some input here and there or the truck will beep at you. Over in the F150 forum, I saw people were using beanbags taped to the wheel to get around that.

I added rear seat entertainment units not long after getting my truck (Voxx Rear Seat Entertainment). Two kids in the back seat were either sleeping or watching TV the entire trip!

We've done the similar trips in our '22 Escalade. Ride quality between the two vehicles is about the same. Same rear seat entertainment unit. Only upside to the Escalade is super cruise (don't let it catch you looking at your phone or it will disable until you restart the vehicle), the massive amount of vertical storage space in the rear for luggage, and 18 MPG average.

Mine does not disable until you restart. It just disables you briefly (maybe a minute or so) and then you can turn it back on.

 

[RaptorFan1988]

I'm also super pumped to have my kids driving separately in my sons Tacoma. Suckers!

Oof.... a road trip in a Tacoma sounds like torture. I'm not sure what is a worse experience, one of those or my deceased wrangler TJ.

 

[azcoov]

Oof.... a road trip in a Tacoma sounds like torture. I'm not sure what is a worse experience, one of those or my deceased wrangler TJ.

A rite of passage for a 16yo (and 12 & 14yo)

 

[New recaros]

Exactly. They regressed in design with the new model. They went cheap and carried over the solid rear axle from the Tundra instead of developing a multilink IRS, so the rear passenger and cargo room is worst in class.

Can’t go wrong with the class leaders, the Expedition Timberline and Suburban Z71 are both amazing.

Wait, did you just give Chevy a boost, the number one Ford fan?

 

[Keith88]

We got back early in the week from our adventure taking the 3 boys and wife from MN down to FL. Stopping for a couple days in St Louis, Atlanta, Nashville, and Gurnee.

I’ve taken a few different vehicles on long road trips with the family in excess of 2500 miles. This would include:

2020 Subaru Ascent
2018 Tesla Model X
2017 Ford Explorer
2018 Jeep Wrangler JLU

I have another road trip on the docket for the Rivian R1S coming soon. For now, my best comparison to the Raptor for comfort is the Model X we drove down to Texas.

Pros:
1. Smooth ride
2. Lane keep assist worked well for 95% of the trip and kept my fatigue to a minimum
3. The recaro seats were amazing and kept great comfort
4. The rear seat has enough shoulder and hip room to where my boys rarely complained about proximity.
5. 540 to 600 miles of range between full ups
6. Quiet mode made the exhaust note of zero concern or annoyance

Cons:
1. Obviously some road noise due to tires being 37s. They also have over 20,000 miles on them.
2. Besides my Jeep which was a mistake for the road trip, the other vehicles had 3rd row seating.. I think overall I prefer the 3rd row but the positives from driving the Raptor made up for it.
3. It’s a truck and the bed was full so getting to items as needed at stops when applicable was more of a challenge than from an SUV. Again another obvious one.
4. Blue cruise… or lack there of… it’s really too bad this truck doesn’t have it. 50 of the 65 hours I was driving this thing I definitely wish it was a feature available.

Some day I want to own a new Land Rover Range Rover 7seater, I’m curious how our Rivian will fair, I’m also a big fan of the new Sequoia TRD Pro which I’d like to get for my wife. Overall, the Raptor ends up topping my list for road trips due to comfort, size, range, and the ability to take it anywhere on the trip off road. There probably isn’t a perfect family road trip vehicle, but this seems close outside of a motorhome.

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that gas mileage was insane

 

[MRV99]

Supercharged RR getting 20mpg at 90mph. LOL

Yet guys are posting all the time on this forum that they are getting 20MPG on their raptors yet I have not seen anything higher than 17

 

[ToadSmasher2K1]

Yet guys are posting all the time on this forum that they are getting 20MPG on their raptors yet I have not seen anything higher than 17

I haven’t made it past 15.5 lol

 

[New recaros]

My 19 Gen 2 consistently got 19-20 on the hwy. it was goose tuned and Cobb sport TCM tune. My 21 is way lower, 17-18 stock. Not sure why, but don’t really care as it runs great