Tacoma Driver teaches Raptor Driver the ropes

First off, yes I know that this is a Tacoma Forum, but I had to post a few pictures from my last offroading excursion, even though the pics are of a Raptor.

So a few months, my roommate went out and bought a 2010 Ford Raptor. It just so happened that he bought his Raptor just about 3 months after I bought my 2011 Tacoma, but that's another story.

Up until he bought his Raptor, he hadn't spent too much time at all offroading, but always wanted to get into it. Due to the fact that he will not quit playing WOW for more than a few hours at a time, the only place that he has taken his truck is to Corral Canyon (with me in tow to provide directions). He had been saying that he wanted to try his truck out in some soft stuff and also try jumping it. So on Saturday, I finally managed to get him away from his computer long enough to head out to Octillo Wells. I say that the truck die great in the soft stuff. Jumping the truck also turned out very well, as you can see from the pics.

Please let me know what you think of the pics! The next time I post any pics, they will be of my Tacoma and his Raptor.

 

and thats is why i dont like raptors, most owners will never take it offroad

but hey atleast you got to be the one to get him to break it in and use it for what its built for!

 

Damn!

 

This guy would rather play WOW than go wheeling???

 

damn there is air on that last pic!

 

That last pic is scary!

 

those are awesome pics man

 

He has definately gotten the offroading bug now. We both already have some good scratches to show for our fun times. At least neither of our trucks are asphalt queens! HAHA!!!!

 

bad ass pics man, looked like a blast. . . . though i have to ask, what would compel a WOW nerd to just up and buy a $40k sweet off-roader like that? . . . just curious.

 

Yeah I've been up that........








This is on top......

 

The quality of your pics is great as far as I can tell, well done...

 

thats awesome!

 

As far as a WOW nerd buying a Raptor...we are both in the Navy and he just found out that he will be transferring to Seattle in May. He had a Dodge Ram with a Hemi up until he found out about the transfer. I convinced him that he needed to get a 4x4 for the winters and offroading that is around that area. He started by looking at a my Tacoma. My wife works for some of the local dealerships, so he went out shopping. He started at the Toyota dealer and then went to the Ford dealer and came back to the house outta the blue with that expensive ass Raptor. So I don't really know, other than apparently he has alot of money to waste.

 

Doug, thanks for the comment about the picture quality. I just got my wife a sweet ass DSLR camera for Valentines and it works great!

 

So what is your eval on the Raptor compared to the taco. which one does better offroading and on the street?

 

Damn!! Nice pics. You should send those last two to ford.
hell, if it was me gettin air like that in a raptor I would make some full size posters.

 

Hell ya, those are some good pics.

 

The trucks aren't supposed to jump the whoops leading up to Devils Slide lol.

 

nice