When I ordered my Raptor, there was 2 engine options, the 5.4L and the 6.2L. I was on the fence about either motor. I was looking or an off road truck but a little extra power never hurt anyone right? Well the 5.4L had tons of mods and support including cams and superchargers. The 6.2L on the other hand came with 411hp.
Anyhow, The dealer didn't have any Raptors in stock and everyone he had on order was spoken for. Since the dealer was a friend and neighbor, he let me test drive his son's 5.4L Raptor. The Raptor was awesome! My only issue was the transmission just didn't seem to shift right on the 5.4L. When I got back to the dealership, I asked my friend if he would let me test drive one of the 6.2Ls he had on order. About 2 weeks later I got a call from him asking if I still wanted to test drive a 6.2. He mentioned a guy backed out on a 6.2 Raptor. So I took it out for a spin and it was love at first test drive! The transmission was smooth and the acceleration was perfect!! My only issue with it was the color, it was white and I wanted a Blue Flame raptor. So I had my friend order me a fully loaded 2010 6.2L Raptor minus the graphics early April 2010! He told me it would take about 4 weeks. About 4 weeks later I still hadn't hard about my truck, so I gave him a call. I'm not sure but I was told that ford had shut down production of the Raptor during the month of May (2010) due to an engine sensor issue. They had have a new one made and even had to recall a few Raptors over it. Again, not sure about that.
Anyways, the day finally came! June 2010, I got the call from the dealership informing me that my truck had arrived!! I dropped everything and rushed over to the dealership! Upon my arrival, the truck had already been unloaded and in their detail area having all the stickers etc removed. An hour later they handed me the keys and told me to take it home for the night. That first ride home was awesome! Those same roads that was a nightmare for my Harley truck was like riding on clouds in my raptor! The following day I returned to the dealership and to anti up. I felt like I was buying a house! once it was all done, the truck was mine...or was it? I mentioned fully loaded right? That also included a spray in bed liner. So I had to leave my new baby with the dealership to have the bed liner installed. The next day was like hell, I just bought this bad ass Raptor and I couldn't drive it or even stroke it in the driveway 
Nope, I had to wait an additional 36 hours with each one feeling like a needle piercing my gut lol
Once again, the day finally came, the dealership called and my baby had survived it's spray in bed liner!! Yeah! That was one of two times my truck has never been parked outside the house, the last time it spent the night at the dealership was to get a bunch of 60k stuff stuff, trans fluids, gear, lube etc changed.
My Raptor is pushing 5 years old with 75k~ on the clock and I still get a kick out of driving it!
