Should I feel bad that I want a 2017 Raptor?

70k is where a raptor starts I'm pretty sure. So you could SAS your truck, spend a ton on mods, and then whatever you think is best with the last 20k, beer? Or if it were me, I'd do every mod I wanted to do on my truck, and then buy a '67 fastback

 

Exactly. .

 

This is unbelievable. I hope the owner has more money than brains.

 

That is definitely the case. Anyone with a bit of common sense knows you can't do that with a truck right from the dealership. Unfortunately a lack of brains seems to be the norm now days.

 

Definitely not a Ford guy but this is a badass looking truck.

 

I stopped reading at JD Power. To each their own, but there's no way I'd buy a Dodge. I know too many people who own them and have had absolutely terrible luck with them.

 

ecoboost is a hunk of junk. I had a 2011 fx4 supercrew with the eco I sold to get my taco... it was in the shop 6 times and it only had 69000 miles.

 

The whole Eco-boost thing is stupid. They make it sound as if flowers and butterflies come out the exhaust pipe. Anything to make the Eco-Nazis happy..

 

I was behind a current gen raptor last week and was thinking that damn that's a sweet truck. The truck has very little use here in the Midwest except as a pavement pounder, but its cool none the less. IF money was no object then yes i would take one as a "haul ass around town and do sweet burnouts" type of truck, and i would keep the taco as a rock crawler/wheeler.

 

The 5.0 is actually getting pretty damn close to the numbers the Ecoboost claims to get. Pretty impressive for a naturally aspirated V8.

 

70k on a vehicle that could be potentially worth 5k in 12 years on a trade, if it lasts that long, is not my idea of money well spent.

 

And 70 K into a Tacoma that's been beat to shit for 12 years is going to be worth about that too .

 

It is bad ass but I would rather buy a tacoma and put the extra 30k in mods. Or if you have 70k you must be loaded so just buy both. lol

 

lol "bent frame"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKQdlXvbWSU

 

It's all fun and games until the airbag goes off.

 

The eagle has landed. Looked more like an albatross landing though.

 

I wouldn't trust their gas engines and 1/2 ton frames, but the 3/4 ton Cummins that we have a few of in state service have been absolutely bomb proof.

It's all a moot point anyway, I'll never have that kind of money.

I still think TRD needs to make a Raptor-esque Tundra and call it the Tundra Wolf.

 

I would love to have a Raptor! However....I don't have the cash to buy one.

 

Hmmm i dont like the new look or the engine or the interior, i think it looks like cheap spaceship seats, and im not sure how the 10 speed is gonna go down with the shifters... That being said... I traded the good ol taco a while back an LOVE my current gen Raptor!! Only thing that would make it better is a manual tranny but i overlooked that for all the other goodies...

 

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