I remember when the current GM trucks first came out I was looking to replace my raptor as a daily driver and having had a 99 and 05 Chevys I wanted to give GM another try with my money and test drove a 2013 f150 back to back with a 14 Sierra all terrain. The off center steering wheel , the strange control layout…

I sold my 05 Chevy for my 2010 Ford because of that exact reason. On a long drive I would feel fatigued from the unnatural driving position. 

I managed a large government fleet of Ford GM and Ram trucks, roughly 1000 trucks midsize to 1ton. The Fords and GMs had the same long term repair costs even factoring in we had a large amount of 6.0s and 5.4s which were panned as being in reliable. The GMs would nickel and dine you with many small repairs while the…

Defiantly. I bought it knowing the trade offs and always intended for it to be a second car but it was too good of a deal to pass up (bought it when it was a year old with 10k) so I bought it and sold my DD some unforeseen circumstances led to it remaining my DD for 7 years. luckily I worked a mile from my home for…

I am defiantly a number 4 and I would agree on the other types but I do think the number 4s are the largest group of owners. My neighbors bought a raptor and bro dozerized it terrible wheels lift kit etc never been off road. Whereas mine has all the scratches from the brush in the clear coat. I don’t DD mine anymore…

I haven’t seen many and I’m normally lurking on the forum the vast majority are from what I described and after the intial incident became public the aftermarket cams in and offered strengthening kits that if your spending $6k on shocks and springs you can spend 200-1500 on frame strengthening or better bump stops.…

Even the PT Cruiser and Chevy HHR are considered “light trucks” you have to remember that that classification covers personal vehicles that are puckups SUVs and vans. Medium trucks are box trucks and similar sized trucks whereas heave trucks are your 18 wheelers. There are sub classes of light truck genes why HD…

That is a marketing and psychology move, make people feel like they are getting a good deal drives business. I read a case study about how JC Penny’s CEO said why do we always have sales why not lower our prices permanently. They did just that and watched their sales dry up faster than thier competitors. When people…

The jeep still has a crash structure and some areas prohibit driving hero’s without doors on public highways. VW would need to build a roll cage and crash structures into the bed to get it certified for passengers only to remove the seats. 

I read on the raptor forum that this truck was repaired and is still on the road shockingly.  

Ok let’s put that to rest the frames that bent where from people 1) exceeding the factory limited top speed (put their b/c of the tires) 2) installing aftermarket springs that deleated the bumpstops. Put all that together and you end up with the frame damage. On my own personal Raptor I have not bent my frame in the…

The equivalent SUVs cost much more than trucks with the same equipment in the case of Ford about $15k more with the same options  so if you need something with 4x4 seats 5 and can carry cargo, and tow the pickup is the more economical choice, plus they hold their value better  than the suv in the long run. I prefer…

The 10 speed is used in the mustang and Camero. And it is known for quick shifting, in both cars it’s faster than the manual. it could be a tuning or software issue additionally as the trucks were preproduction prototypes all the kinks might have still been being worked out. 

At my last job in, manufacturing, they kept hiring new college grads with engineering degrees to be supervisors on the manufacturing floor, in addition to two experienced hires without ones myself with a geography degree and a guy with a supply chain degree. Both of us had worked in logistics before. Want to guess…

Ford actually does the opposite it send the transit connects over with back seats that it takes out to sell it as a cargo van. The chicken tax applies to light trucks which the Amorak is reguardless. The Subaru brat had to have jump seats to get around the chicken tax which safety regulators would not allow to be…

I think Ford did that for a while then the share holders got upset and asked Mark Fields to resign then canceled all their cars. 

The 10 speed has been in the camaro and f-150s and raptors with the 3.5 ecoboost for a few years now and is now in the mustangs F150s and GMs up coming full size offerings. I would not be too worried about it. 

Utah upped their speed limit to what most people were doing so the people that don’t speed would speed up to the flow of traffic and it really has made driving around Salt Lake City much better. Here is an article from when they implanted the new speed limits as too the states reasons. http://archive.sltrib.com/article…

Out west we have stuff on the side of our roads like cows and elk big rocks and trees as well.

Let’s be honest they are going to bring a ranger raptor here other wise they will miss out on people buying parts from Ford Thailand and bolting them onto their rangers. Or aftermarket companies here coming up with fakes. There is an f150 across the street that looks like a raptor to the Untrained eye but it has a6.5’…