LuvofGTI22
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Hi everyone,
First, I’d like to say thanks for looking and possibly answering my question … now a bit of backstory.
So, ever since the Raptors came out, I’ve wanted one. I’m finally in the position where owning one is possible for me, however it will be a used Raptor which I’m okay with, but I just want to make sure that the one I’m looking at is worth it as well as I won’t be getting into a money pit. Part of my hesitation is that I haven’t had the best of luck with used vehicles, namely the truck I’m driving now. I got into a 2007 F150 with the ever solid and most reliable motor ever, the Triton V8. If you know your F150 generations you’ll know that I’m being as sarcastic as I can be with text. I had plugs break, bad diff in the rear and, of course, the cam phaser issue. All told I fixed as much as I could on my own only to have a new motor installed. Great, right? Now before I bought the truck I took it to two independent mechanics, both of whom told me that it was one of the cleanest and most quiet F150’s they had seen from that year. All the problems happened about 300 miles after I took delivery. So, lesson learned, do more research before buying used.
Now some of these issues I was aware of, others not so much, because of this, I just wanted to ask about this Raptor that I’m pretty excited about getting, but I also don’t want to get too attached to it before I know a few things.
It’s a 2011 Raptor with 130K miles for round $28-$29K (Not sure yet about the price, dealership will be getting back to me on that).
What are typical issues with these trucks? What should I look out for? Are there or have there been anything with this generation that would make you run away from it?
Thanks again for helping me out, hopefully I’ll be a part of the Raptor family soon.
First, I’d like to say thanks for looking and possibly answering my question … now a bit of backstory.
So, ever since the Raptors came out, I’ve wanted one. I’m finally in the position where owning one is possible for me, however it will be a used Raptor which I’m okay with, but I just want to make sure that the one I’m looking at is worth it as well as I won’t be getting into a money pit. Part of my hesitation is that I haven’t had the best of luck with used vehicles, namely the truck I’m driving now. I got into a 2007 F150 with the ever solid and most reliable motor ever, the Triton V8. If you know your F150 generations you’ll know that I’m being as sarcastic as I can be with text. I had plugs break, bad diff in the rear and, of course, the cam phaser issue. All told I fixed as much as I could on my own only to have a new motor installed. Great, right? Now before I bought the truck I took it to two independent mechanics, both of whom told me that it was one of the cleanest and most quiet F150’s they had seen from that year. All the problems happened about 300 miles after I took delivery. So, lesson learned, do more research before buying used.
Now some of these issues I was aware of, others not so much, because of this, I just wanted to ask about this Raptor that I’m pretty excited about getting, but I also don’t want to get too attached to it before I know a few things.
It’s a 2011 Raptor with 130K miles for round $28-$29K (Not sure yet about the price, dealership will be getting back to me on that).
What are typical issues with these trucks? What should I look out for? Are there or have there been anything with this generation that would make you run away from it?
Thanks again for helping me out, hopefully I’ll be a part of the Raptor family soon.