Says the guy with a busted driveshaft. I can tell you right now that I would never buy a Jeep unless they fix the obviously incredibly week driveshafts. And I certainly wouldn't buy a used one!!!
Yeah an 18 year old drive shaft with original u-joints on a vehicle that is routinely taken on the trail. Id say an 18 year run is pretty damn good for anything that’s been abused as much as my Jeep has been. I bought it when I was 15 years old, drove it like an idiot all the way through highschool. Kept it through college and tossed a ton of money into it when I got a big boy job and now it finally decided to break. It broke while crawling up a slick water to rock incline where it took a lot of go peddle until it caught traction which snapped a u-joint. Nothing out of the ordinary there and any offroad enthusiast would agree.
You don't even own a Raptor, yet come on here claiming your going to buy one and within 8 posts have gone to basically insulting everyone who actually owns one.
Weird, there are a lot of posters on this forum that do not yet own Raptors hints why there is a ‘Perspective Raptor owner’ thread. I wouldn’t waste my time on this forum if I wasn’t planning on purchasing one. I also gave you the reason I do not own a Raptor yet in a earlier post. Its because my wife who used to have a very well paying job at a hospital decided she wanted to do something different so she is in the middle of pharmacy school. Guess how much Pharmacy school costs? Twice as much as a Raptor does. Guess who is paying out of pocket in a now one income household? Me. Before she made the decision we were ready to order a 2014 Raptor (we were waiting for the release since it was late 2012) and pay in full with zero loans. Well my wife’s education comes before a new vehicle since we have 3 already. Guess Im not American because Im not neck deep in debt and I actually have a firm understanding of my finances.
And no I didn’t insult every Raptor owner by having a differing opinion on motor choices. I might have insulted some that have some kind of weird idea that if its not a V8 its not manly enough but that sounds like a personal problem to me. Sorry to rustle your jimmies and have a different opinion. Its America and there is going to be someone that doesn’t agree with you and Im one of them, sorry.
Why would Ford jeopardize it's premium off road brand (in which it stands virtually alone among top automakers, sorry Jeep) with a v6? What would be the purpose? CAFE standards? Bah. Screw the EPA. They don't make that many Raptors to make a difference anyway. But the ones they do make they're not going to neuter their image in an engine experiment. They'd be fools if they did that.
You cant compare a Jeep offroad to a Raptor, they are built for two different types of offroad use. The Raptor is for high speed dessert style driving with its long suspension. The Jeep with its short wheelbase, solid axles, and suspension articulation is designed for slow technical crawling where the Raptor would only dream of going without being damaged. The Jeep cant do any balls to the wall high speed dessert runs like the Raptor can but like I said they are two different platforms designed for two different applications. I also don’t want to hear the Raptor can do everything (yes, it can do A LOT, more so than any other truck on the market, thats why I want one) because it cant nor can a Jeep do everything. Comparing the two is like comparing a Dodge Hellcat to a BMW M3. The Hellcat will spank the M3 on a dragstrip but itll get its ass whooped on any roadcoarse. They are both badass but both built for different applications.
Im glad some people around here can have a decent discussion without resorting to personal attacks even when the opinion is different. Im also glad to see the attitude of some Raptor owners who think their shit doesn’t smell and know everything.
Now back on topic. Would I like a V8 Raptor? Of coarse, dont be ******* stupid. Would I buy a Raptor if they stuff an Ecoboost V6 with better numbers in it than the V8? Of coarse I would, dont be ******* stupid. If they do stuff a better/faster Ecoboost in the Raptor and it spanks all the V8 Raptors itll just make me smile a bit wider while Im driving it with my obviously smaller man parts tucked in my pants.
I said earlier I was going to bow out but since so many people have their ******* in a *** Ill be around to help.
