Beninbeta
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Hey all, Tim fell in love with the Ranger Raptor:
I can see why. I had the chance to drive one last weekend. It was very nice. The seats are super comfy, it drives very well and the suspension was very soft on road as well. It has lots of cool features and I was very impressed.
I didn't film it, a friend of mine was driving a few other vehicles and I got the chance to try the Raptor. The drive was short, but I got a little bit of a feeling of it.
I didn't think the power was life changing and my friend and I both felt the standard Bronco felt more powerful for whatever reason. We drove everything on the same loop. I also don't really care about changing exhaust notes, I know many do, but that feature is not a practical feature, it's more about fun.
I still very much preferred the 14 in screen in my Toyota to the vertical screen in the Raptor as well, everything felt very small and cramped on that screen in comparison. That being said if I didn't already own a vehicle with that screen, I may have felt differently. I also really didn't like having to use the screen for everything including locking the diffs and the mode selector seemed to choose a lot of things for you which I thought was strange. Like off road automatically put the truck in 4 hi and locked a diff, but that was not obvious until I got into the on screen menu. I prefer buttons for some of the features on a vehicle.
Another strange thing, again because I could can compare, was because Ford went with a shorter shifter, I couldn't comfortably rest my arm like I can in the Tacoma or other trucks with the a taller shifter. Small, but important item.
Those are all pretty small gripes though. If I had been able to drive this before I purchased my Tacoma, it would have been a much harder choice until I got to the price. It's only a couple thousand more?? $72k from that dealer and and pretty much that anywhere near me. So the MSRP is great, but I have found the Ford dealers near me to have super high markups. I also thought a bit about what Tim said in his review with things that are missing from the Raptor, great review Tm BTW,
If you picked up a Hybrid Tacoma TRD Off-Road, you'd be at the same price as the Raptor, but you'd get a moon roof and cooled seats which you cannot get on the Raptor. The suspension is way better in the Raptor, you get dual lockers (on-screen only) and the seats are little more comfortable. This segment is so hot and you just cannot really go wrong. Super crazy how good everything is. I quite sure if I had gone Ranger, Raptor or not I'd have loved that too.
But, if you can find a Raptor at MSRP, buy it!!
I can see why. I had the chance to drive one last weekend. It was very nice. The seats are super comfy, it drives very well and the suspension was very soft on road as well. It has lots of cool features and I was very impressed.
I didn't film it, a friend of mine was driving a few other vehicles and I got the chance to try the Raptor. The drive was short, but I got a little bit of a feeling of it.
I didn't think the power was life changing and my friend and I both felt the standard Bronco felt more powerful for whatever reason. We drove everything on the same loop. I also don't really care about changing exhaust notes, I know many do, but that feature is not a practical feature, it's more about fun.
I still very much preferred the 14 in screen in my Toyota to the vertical screen in the Raptor as well, everything felt very small and cramped on that screen in comparison. That being said if I didn't already own a vehicle with that screen, I may have felt differently. I also really didn't like having to use the screen for everything including locking the diffs and the mode selector seemed to choose a lot of things for you which I thought was strange. Like off road automatically put the truck in 4 hi and locked a diff, but that was not obvious until I got into the on screen menu. I prefer buttons for some of the features on a vehicle.
Another strange thing, again because I could can compare, was because Ford went with a shorter shifter, I couldn't comfortably rest my arm like I can in the Tacoma or other trucks with the a taller shifter. Small, but important item.
Those are all pretty small gripes though. If I had been able to drive this before I purchased my Tacoma, it would have been a much harder choice until I got to the price. It's only a couple thousand more?? $72k from that dealer and and pretty much that anywhere near me. So the MSRP is great, but I have found the Ford dealers near me to have super high markups. I also thought a bit about what Tim said in his review with things that are missing from the Raptor, great review Tm BTW,
If you picked up a Hybrid Tacoma TRD Off-Road, you'd be at the same price as the Raptor, but you'd get a moon roof and cooled seats which you cannot get on the Raptor. The suspension is way better in the Raptor, you get dual lockers (on-screen only) and the seats are little more comfortable. This segment is so hot and you just cannot really go wrong. Super crazy how good everything is. I quite sure if I had gone Ranger, Raptor or not I'd have loved that too.
But, if you can find a Raptor at MSRP, buy it!!