The real reason for the low perch setting...

[CineSLR]

Couldn't imagine what my truck would do at the top perch with custom bumper... Kind-of scary the more I think about it.

Ford F150 and Honda Civic frontal crash test by IIHS - YouTube

 

[Dane]

Couldn't imagine what my truck would do at the top perch with custom bumper... Kind-of scary the more I think about it.

Ford F150 and Honda Civic frontal crash test by IIHS - YouTube

The lesson?

Don't drive Civics.... or Priusesessesss

 

[TheJoker]

How realistic is this, the fact that both vehicles hit head on? I say the higher the better. Lamborghini's and other really low vehicles should be banned.

 

[Bullishone]

Makes me want to raise my ride height.

 

[whtrapta]

With bigger tires that "lifted" f150 could have driven up on the civic. Would have had no damage at all. So if YOU want to survive, lift the front up higher, you won't even get a dent.

 

[justthebest]

Not as big a difference as I was expecting. Definitely think our Raptors with the skid plate would have preformed differently.

 

[Humvee21]

I disagree with some of you. If lifted or adjusted to top perch there's the possibility of climbing on top of the other vehicle and rolling over.

 

[Aaron]

If you get wheels up on the hood of another car at speed all sorts of nasty possibilities are in play at that point, rolling is definitely one of them. Our trucks are sort of wide, and I do remember someone on here actually getting into an accident and I think going over the hood of a car with one tire and not rolling. If you hit perfectly straight there's a good possibility you might just stop on top of the car. That'd be a pretty ugly outcome for the occupant(s) of the car though.

 

[BIRDMAN]

glad im in the Raptor rather than the Civic.

 

[knine]

8 1/2 years in the traffic division.....you know what kills people in accidents? Small cars. My Marauder is not a DD so WELCOME to the 2012 Raptor for me !