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I feel somewhat vindicated!

I detest normal mode in the Raptor, and all that it represents.  Give me Sport mode as a default drive mode already!

Not long after I first bought the truck I was on the interstate and wanting to pass some plodding minivan and so I did what I did in previous cars/trucks - I fed what I thought was plenty of throttle, but I didn’t floor it.  Yeah... apparently Ford Engineering felt like 3/4 throttle at 50 mph meant, just feed in some boost and stay in 10th gear.  Raptor is only my 2nd throttle by wire vehicle and the other is a ZX10r.  “Eco” is not really a concern for the Kawasaki engineers for the 10r.  Brace (or you’ll fall off), twist grip and be ready to shift fast.

I’ve called ‘normal’ mode dangerous and I stand by that description.  It’s lazy, unresponsive unless you’re flooring it.  I understand, Ford wants to be able to sell the Raptor in all markets, even the disaffected, hipster-wannabe, millennial crowd who chafe at the prospect of manual labor and so they have to dumb down throttle for the peasantry. 

I realize the suggestion may go against some of the negative posts and possibly your position, but I was tuned on to the pedal commander by a fellow Jenny owner and it makes ‘normal’ mode a much more linear throttle.