Am I the only one who really doesn’t like their car to be a color with my vehicles being gray , black , white and silver. In the configurators even when colors are available I steer towards white and silver. 

At 120-150 it’s a guess. And vehicles handle it better than others it seems that Ford GM and Toyota full size trucks and SUVs if maintained make it to around 200k easily. Would I buy a BMW with 150k on it. No way. A Tundra with service records. Absolutely. I drive 40k a year so I void the bumper to bumper in the first…

On full time systems you have clutches that allow for slip to keep the system from binding up as every single wheel in a vehicle is traveling at a diffrent speed, that’s why vehicles have differentials, to compensate for the variations in wheel speed. In low traction situations some “full time systems” like those in…

Ford didn’t initially offer the ability to lock in 2wd out side of the raptor which you could cruse through the desert at 100 mph in 2wd with the diff locked. After that many owners wanted to use it in 2wd on the other trims and ford relented in 2012 (they also change the box decals on the Fx4s at the same time so you…

Um I’ve driven highway speeds in Utah and else where on snow packed roads and dirt roads in my Suburbans , Raptor and F150 in 4x4 high. It helps maintain stability and steering control. I’ll do you one better. In 2012 I was off roading with other Raptor owners in the Arizona desert. I was following the heavier crew…

You can generally tell by the shape that the car is in, an independent inspection and service record as well as research on the forums. I bought a 2013 F150 with 65k on the clock in February that had records of scheduled maintenance and was inspected by a dealer and was given an oil change and trans fluid change. (My…

Meanwhile the profitable Ford is worth less than the unprofitable Tesla. Resulting in a CEO with a long term vision getting ousted and replaced by a guy who is cutting every single car from the lineup. 

Sometimes you need some extra traction at a boat ramp or something but don’t need it to be in 4x4. 

Ford has been offering the elocker in 2wd only Trucks. Additionally my 13 platinum f150 4x4 can engage the locker in 2wd up to 25mph. My raptor can lock at any speed in 2wd if in off road mode. 

Well car companies can still do that with entry leval SUVs since that’s what people are buying these days anyways. I know a lot of people who will buy a used truck or SUV and gradually transition into newer or more high end models. The first vehicle I bought was a used Chevy suburban, my brothers bought the following…

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.