Ok…so I like the R, but it didn’t give me a wow feeling. Let me explain. The low end torque on it seemed like I was driving a Raptor w/ 37 not a 720 HP beast. To really appreciate the power you gotta get into the higher revs and then it takes off but can’t really do that too often. Outside of the engine, the R is pretty much a 37 (minus a few things) and I loved my ’23 w/37. I’m glad I checked the box on R, but am I going to miss it—no. Is it a killer truck, no doubt, but for a daily I don’t see the use (for me). If it had more of a punch taking off maybe would be more compelling for me.
I talked to the GM at dealer I that always work w/ directly, it was an easy decision to make the move back to a ’24 w/37 that just rolled off truck. He gave me $125K for my ’24 R (which I thought was strong), and he sold me a new ’24 w/ 37 for $6745 off MSRP. Think I could have done better there, but didn’t care as cut me back a check and brought home the 37.
As to ’24 w/37 I don’t care for these rims (23 had the best rims IMHO); the graphics are way too obnoxious vs w/ my ’23 so will probably just pull off; replacing the chrome lugs for black ones (did same on R and made it much better).
There was a thread here a while back where a bunch of R owners were selling for very similar reasons and @WTX warned me before I bought mine--well you were right. Anyway, no regrets, but happy to be back in standard ’37. I have a car problem in general, so these things don’t bother me. I once bought another car because the SiriusXM trial had run out and was too lazy to sign up so just bought another car. As I said I have issues. Love the Raptor no matter the flavor.
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I talked to the GM at dealer I that always work w/ directly, it was an easy decision to make the move back to a ’24 w/37 that just rolled off truck. He gave me $125K for my ’24 R (which I thought was strong), and he sold me a new ’24 w/ 37 for $6745 off MSRP. Think I could have done better there, but didn’t care as cut me back a check and brought home the 37.
As to ’24 w/37 I don’t care for these rims (23 had the best rims IMHO); the graphics are way too obnoxious vs w/ my ’23 so will probably just pull off; replacing the chrome lugs for black ones (did same on R and made it much better).
There was a thread here a while back where a bunch of R owners were selling for very similar reasons and @WTX warned me before I bought mine--well you were right. Anyway, no regrets, but happy to be back in standard ’37. I have a car problem in general, so these things don’t bother me. I once bought another car because the SiriusXM trial had run out and was too lazy to sign up so just bought another car. As I said I have issues. Love the Raptor no matter the flavor.
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