FordraptorHero
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Disclaimer: This thread is not intended to start a flame war or debate on between which truck is better, these are just my personal choices on why I've opted to keep my Gen 1 over the Gen 2
in November of 2016 I bought my 2011 silver screw for 34,000 dollars which had 60,000 miles on the odometer.
Today I went to ford to have my transmission recall fixed, and while I was waiting a car sales men took me and showed me 2 brand new 2017 raptors.
After a good walk around and climbing under the truck to check it out, there was no doubt it was one sexy ass truck. However with the two trucks side by side I still appreciate the OG bad ass look of the Gen 1 a quite bit more. The interior was clearly better than my gen 1 and the electronics were also more advanced in the truck. The fox 3.0's looked much bulkier than my 2.5's but the rest of the front suspension looked almost exactly the same. The rear suspension was almost the same (excluding that the driver side mounting was different and 3.0s).
unfortunately for me it went down hill once he started up the truck.
I thought others were exaggerating when it sounded like a glorified lawn mower, but it honestly does sound that way, but I still liked the truck. After checking it out we went back and talked numbers, They wanted 4k over msrp and out the door it would have costed nearly 80,000 dollars with sales tax and everything.
So for my old 2011 raptor and about 45,000 dollars I could hop into a truck with 3.0's a truck that does 0-60 in a full second quicker than my old one, a better interior, a stronger frame, a lighter truck, and more electronic gadgets than I would ever use and lawn mower revving sounds.
At the end of the day I couldn't justify the minor upgrade for such a large amount of money. I'm honestly not sure why any Gen 1 owner would quite frankly, unless of course they have too much money to care and just want the newest and best thing.
for 15,000 dollars I could modify my Gen 1 that would completely blow a gen 2 out of the water and save 30,000 dollars. (Bump stops, 3.0's, blower) = 15k
TDLR: I prefer the gen 1 looks and powertrain over the Gen 2, Gen 2 has better performance,interior,more electronics, but sounds like a lawn mower, I cant justify spending 45k for such a minor step up over my Gen 1 as a poor young lad. A modded gen 1 for 15k will eat a Gen 2 alive.
in November of 2016 I bought my 2011 silver screw for 34,000 dollars which had 60,000 miles on the odometer.
Today I went to ford to have my transmission recall fixed, and while I was waiting a car sales men took me and showed me 2 brand new 2017 raptors.
After a good walk around and climbing under the truck to check it out, there was no doubt it was one sexy ass truck. However with the two trucks side by side I still appreciate the OG bad ass look of the Gen 1 a quite bit more. The interior was clearly better than my gen 1 and the electronics were also more advanced in the truck. The fox 3.0's looked much bulkier than my 2.5's but the rest of the front suspension looked almost exactly the same. The rear suspension was almost the same (excluding that the driver side mounting was different and 3.0s).
unfortunately for me it went down hill once he started up the truck.
I thought others were exaggerating when it sounded like a glorified lawn mower, but it honestly does sound that way, but I still liked the truck. After checking it out we went back and talked numbers, They wanted 4k over msrp and out the door it would have costed nearly 80,000 dollars with sales tax and everything.
So for my old 2011 raptor and about 45,000 dollars I could hop into a truck with 3.0's a truck that does 0-60 in a full second quicker than my old one, a better interior, a stronger frame, a lighter truck, and more electronic gadgets than I would ever use and lawn mower revving sounds.
At the end of the day I couldn't justify the minor upgrade for such a large amount of money. I'm honestly not sure why any Gen 1 owner would quite frankly, unless of course they have too much money to care and just want the newest and best thing.
for 15,000 dollars I could modify my Gen 1 that would completely blow a gen 2 out of the water and save 30,000 dollars. (Bump stops, 3.0's, blower) = 15k
TDLR: I prefer the gen 1 looks and powertrain over the Gen 2, Gen 2 has better performance,interior,more electronics, but sounds like a lawn mower, I cant justify spending 45k for such a minor step up over my Gen 1 as a poor young lad. A modded gen 1 for 15k will eat a Gen 2 alive.
