Holy shit, I can't even tell if you're literate or not. 'Cause my response was pretty damn coherent. Its no wonder Jenny owners are a bunch of sheep.
Ford: HEY BROS AND BRAS, I GOTS A NEW RAPTOR AND ITS MADE OF ALUMINUM CUZ ITS JUST AWESUM! WE TOOK OUT THE BIG OLE' V8 AND PUT IN THE ECOBOOST WITH 10 AWESUM GEARS CUZ ITS JUST SO COOL! NOW YA'LL WILL GET 20 MPGEES!! TAKE THAT, COMMUNISM! WE ALSO PUT IT A BUNCH OF AUTOPILOT TECH SO THAT YA'LL CAN CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT YOUR NEXT PERIOD WITHOUT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ROAD!
Sheep 1: Hmmm, I'm not so sure about this.
Sheep 2: Bro, this sounds awesum! I never had a Raptor and now I think I may get one.
Sheep 3: Yea bro, I had one, but this just sounds so awesome!
Lego-man (rented out by Ford): Yea guys, everything's ****** awesome! Go buy the new Raptor!
Sheep 2: I'm the first in line bra!! Yo, sheep 3, go get me a frappe while I wait.
Sheep 3: Awesum bro! On my way, 3 frappes coming up!
Sheep 1: Ahh **** it, if everyone's getting these, I may as well. LETS BE AWESUM!!
Lego-man: YAY! EVERYONE'S AWESUM!
Gen 1 Raptor owners (standing around the corner): Tsk tsk, there go 3 more into the blender.
Credits: Sheep 1 played by smurfslayer, Sheep 2 played by Rapterrier, Sheep 3 played by Bullishone, and special thanks to Lego-man, played by Sasquatch77.
Is this how it all went down at the Ford dealerships last summer? But in all honestly, the only real improvements are the new interior, the 10-speed (somewhat, because I would have been happy with 8; 10 is just over-kill for an off-road truck), and the new shocks. This engine is NOT an improvement - it's borrowed tech from other models slapped on with 2 turbos. There's a reason other major Raptor competitors have stuck with NA engines. I'm talking the new Patrol, the OLD Patrol (which you Americans don't even get), the new Land Cruisers, the OLD LCs (which you American's don't get anymore either; we still get the J70 out here in an NA V6 config). ALL desert worthy and reliable mass produced vehicles are NA engines. Not turbo-ed. Not SCed.
Ford chose the current configuration for the Raptor to make it more road-worthy, not better at what it was, so stop trying to convince yourselves that just because you went out and bought a Jenny, you have the best of the best. Ford tricked you. Get over it.
P.S. Iraq really never had any WMDs. And Assad is really not a bad guy. I know many Syrians out here. Don't drink the Kool-Aid. But BE AWESUM!
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Also, to be really honest, I don't even off-road THAT much. I do have most of my '14s 47k KMs (~30k miles) as a DD and I seldom use it as a work truck. I would actually even think of 'downgrading' to the '17 Raptor 'cause I wouldn't mind some more MPGees and a nicer interior. Indifferent about the tech and the slight increase in acceleration though. Being objective is tough, isn't it?
