Someone compared a raptor to a Porsche. Implying that a raptor will be as unreliable as a German vehicle outside of the warranty period. We all know the saying.. lease German, don’t buy.
Reliability is the only reason anyone cares about a warranty anyways so it’s literally what the comment I replied to was talking about.
There’s literally no way to know what these trucks are selling for unless you own a used car lot. People are paying adm for economy cars, and 20k+ for a new raptor. If you think used cars aren’t still going for an enormous premium then I’ve got news for you.
Funny you should say that, by business partner owns a car lot. He knows what they sale for and what hit mileage takes.
On a normal 1/2 ton pick up miles are about $0.04 a mile. So a F150 with 100,000 miles, when average for age is 25,000 will take a hit of about $3000.
A Raptor on the other hand takes a hit of about $0.13 a mile,(on par with high end vehicles, like Porsche, 'vette, gt500) so the same mileage difference would be a hit of $9750
After shopping for about 5 months I can attest to those numbers being damn near spot on.
Again I know zero, until last week I had not purchased a vehicle for 7 years (wife's SHO) and for myself 21 years.
But my business partner (car lot owner) went over all this with me while I was searching for my Raptor.
It is because there is really nothing like it and it is desirable.
Chevy, ram, Ford, Toyota, nissian all make 1/2 ton pickups. But even with the TRX no one really makes anything like the Raptor