I’m just going to admit it. I made a HUGE mistake selling my Raptor.
Sure, I sold it for $5K more than I paid for it. Sure, I’m saving over $1000 a month in car payments, insurance, and gas. But I miss that truck. It was too much fun.
I was planning to buy a Gen3 but the price hike, with no engine performance gains is just ridiculous. Simply put, I shouldn’t have sold it. Now my truck sits on a dealer lot. A dealer asking $73K for a truck that, when new, had an MSRP of $70K. I still bought that truck for $60K.
For now I’m driving my Jeep. I have bought a Mini as a grocery getter. It’s a nice car, but everytime I drive it I think that I could be driving a Raptor.
At this point, I’m still thinking on what I’ll do next. I may buy another Gen2 Raptor when prices come down. I may buy a TRX (my wife signed off on that). I may say F’ it and buy a Gen 3. I’ve got a reservation for an F150 Lightning and a Cybertruck (reservations are refundable). I may even consider the Ranger Raptor. But for now I’ll pay my penance of regret by driving that Mini.
Learn from my mistake. Unless you’re going to a Gen3, KEEP YOUR RAPTOR.