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Thanks Lou,
You bring up some very good points, and I understand your point of view.
Here’s the story, however, which I’ve not shared on this site...
Although I used to work for Ford, and had more F-150s than I can count, it was our 19 year old daughter that was urging me to get a Raptor. Unlike most 19 yo female neuroscience majors, she had a thing about high performance cars and oddly, trucks too.
While I use my truck as a truck a lot, I really don’t need a high performance suspension or significant off-road capabilities. We do get a lot of snow in NH, so it’s nice to have a truck that can handle the big storms, but in reality a good F150 4x4 usually is enough.
I bought my 2018 Raptor for our daughter, not to drive it herself, but just so she could drive around in it with me when she came home from school, or when we would take her friends to the movies.
In August, she was hit by a car while at school. She was in a coma for six weeks, and then passed away from complications of brain injuries. It was, and continues to be devastating.
Earlier this winter, I asked her brothers and friends what she would want her dream truck to look like. So, I sold the ‘18 and bought a ‘19, equipped the way everyone said she’d like it, all black and ready to be tricked out.
Before our daughter was hit, she tried to talk me into lifting the ‘18 truck, with bigger tires and wheels. Naturally, I resisted, for all the good reasons that you mentioned. However, good reason and appropriateness is no longer important. Instead, this truck will be customized in a manner that she would have wanted it, given her earlier feedback to me, as well as that of her siblings and friends.
So, I hear you, but for her, I will create a vehicle that is a tribute to what she would want, not what makes sense. Thankfully, she wasn’t looking for chrome wheels and neon lights, but if that’s what she would have liked, that’s where the truck would end up.
After the lift, tires and wheels, I’ll have to think of bumpers, lights, and anything else that she may like.
This week, I’ll order the license plate “Baylie” from the DMV, and I have some folks that are looking into some subtle graphics that would be a nice tribute to her.
When it’s done, I’ll send you a picture, and you can tell me if I’ve captured her spirit in this crazy thing called a Raptor.
You bring up some very good points, and I understand your point of view.
Here’s the story, however, which I’ve not shared on this site...
Although I used to work for Ford, and had more F-150s than I can count, it was our 19 year old daughter that was urging me to get a Raptor. Unlike most 19 yo female neuroscience majors, she had a thing about high performance cars and oddly, trucks too.
While I use my truck as a truck a lot, I really don’t need a high performance suspension or significant off-road capabilities. We do get a lot of snow in NH, so it’s nice to have a truck that can handle the big storms, but in reality a good F150 4x4 usually is enough.
I bought my 2018 Raptor for our daughter, not to drive it herself, but just so she could drive around in it with me when she came home from school, or when we would take her friends to the movies.
In August, she was hit by a car while at school. She was in a coma for six weeks, and then passed away from complications of brain injuries. It was, and continues to be devastating.
Earlier this winter, I asked her brothers and friends what she would want her dream truck to look like. So, I sold the ‘18 and bought a ‘19, equipped the way everyone said she’d like it, all black and ready to be tricked out.
Before our daughter was hit, she tried to talk me into lifting the ‘18 truck, with bigger tires and wheels. Naturally, I resisted, for all the good reasons that you mentioned. However, good reason and appropriateness is no longer important. Instead, this truck will be customized in a manner that she would have wanted it, given her earlier feedback to me, as well as that of her siblings and friends.
So, I hear you, but for her, I will create a vehicle that is a tribute to what she would want, not what makes sense. Thankfully, she wasn’t looking for chrome wheels and neon lights, but if that’s what she would have liked, that’s where the truck would end up.
After the lift, tires and wheels, I’ll have to think of bumpers, lights, and anything else that she may like.
This week, I’ll order the license plate “Baylie” from the DMV, and I have some folks that are looking into some subtle graphics that would be a nice tribute to her.
When it’s done, I’ll send you a picture, and you can tell me if I’ve captured her spirit in this crazy thing called a Raptor.
