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<blockquote data-quote="BentToast" data-source="post: 1079" data-attributes="member: 20"><p><a href="http://http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/driven/1008_2010_ford_f_150_svt_raptor_on_patrol/index.html" target="_blank">http://http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/driven/1008_2010_ford_f_150_svt_raptor_on_patrol/index.html</a></p><p></p><p>Its 7 pages long so I wont post the wholle thing here.</p><p><img src="http://image.automobilemag.com/f/reviews/driven/1008_2010_ford_f_150_svt_raptor_on_patrol/33781455+w440/ford-F-150-SVT-raptor-side.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Most right-minded people agree that the Ford Raptor is a sweet ride.</p><p></p><p>However, as much as I admire Fox Racing suspension components, flared fenders, and massive off-road tires, you've got to admit that the Raptor's talents are on the esoteric side. Off-roading is a pretty niche hobby in the first place (despite what Land Rover and Jeep would have you believe), and the F-150 SVT Raptor is designed for a specific kind of off-roading-high-speed desert-running. And who really does that on a regular basis?</p><p></p><p>The U.S. Border Patrol, that's who. Most of the U.S./Mexico border is an arbitrary line across the desert, and we haven't gotten around to paving much of it. Which means that the people tasked with patrolling that border are basically professional off-roaders. They might see pavement in the morning when they leave the house and again when they head home, but in the interim they're driving across dunes, hard-packed sand, and dry riverbeds -- basically prerunning the Baja 1000, 365 days a year. These people need Raptors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BentToast, post: 1079, member: 20"] [URL="http://http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/driven/1008_2010_ford_f_150_svt_raptor_on_patrol/index.html"]http://http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/driven/1008_2010_ford_f_150_svt_raptor_on_patrol/index.html[/URL] Its 7 pages long so I wont post the wholle thing here. [IMG]http://image.automobilemag.com/f/reviews/driven/1008_2010_ford_f_150_svt_raptor_on_patrol/33781455+w440/ford-F-150-SVT-raptor-side.jpg[/IMG] Most right-minded people agree that the Ford Raptor is a sweet ride. However, as much as I admire Fox Racing suspension components, flared fenders, and massive off-road tires, you've got to admit that the Raptor's talents are on the esoteric side. Off-roading is a pretty niche hobby in the first place (despite what Land Rover and Jeep would have you believe), and the F-150 SVT Raptor is designed for a specific kind of off-roading-high-speed desert-running. And who really does that on a regular basis? The U.S. Border Patrol, that's who. Most of the U.S./Mexico border is an arbitrary line across the desert, and we haven't gotten around to paving much of it. Which means that the people tasked with patrolling that border are basically professional off-roaders. They might see pavement in the morning when they leave the house and again when they head home, but in the interim they're driving across dunes, hard-packed sand, and dry riverbeds -- basically prerunning the Baja 1000, 365 days a year. These people need Raptors. [/QUOTE]
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