Recent content by Aurik

Drudging up this old thread -- we're going to be in the Silverton/Durango area over Memorial Day this weekend -- do you know if the Alpine Loop will be open then? The information I've seen states "June-August".

I am a new Raptor owner just north of Denver, and would love to join up on something like this.

We are in Colorado Springs for my son’s birthday, and we plan to hit Great Sand Dunes NP next week. I’m planning on running the Medano Pass road while we are there. I’ve got a 12v air compressor and recovery strap, but not yet on the traction board. So the plan is air down to 15-18 psi before...

Last weekend was my first time washing my new (to me) Raptor. I'm not a small guy - 6'2", and I went ahead and got the Adam's Step Stool, which I thought would be plenty of height/reach to get to the whole roof (It's plenty for my wife's Acadia). But much to my chagrin, my arms are still about...

So I gave it a quick bath today, and had a good look at the paint. There are some rock chips up front and on the bumper and bash plate, and some swirl marks on the rear fenders, but for the most part the paint is pretty good. I've got some touch-up paint (both lightning blue and magnetic) on...

It only came with one key. I asked for them to provide a second; they couldn’t so they gave me a $300 allowance for that. I’ll take it to the nearby dealer and see if they can get me another key and deprogram the other one.

89k miles. I work from home so I won’t be putting many miles on it except on vacations and the weekends.

So I went ahead and pulled the trigger today. There was a (used-car) dealer near me with a 2018 Lightning Blue SuperCrew, 802A with Moonroof. The miles were pretty high, but it test drove great, and I didn't hear/see any major issues with it, the CarFax was clean and showed maintenance at the...

Thanks for posting all this info here. I’m going to be looking at a 2018 raptor tomorrow, and I’ll definitely keep all of these “gotchas” in mind when making a purchase decision.

Oh, I'm already in line to buy it sight unseen. I'm just saying that if I had my preference, I'd go with part-time 4WD and run it in 4A most of the time.

Frankly, I don't see any advantage to full-time 4WD and several disadvantages (fuel economy for one. Yeah, we're not buying it for the fuel economy, but I'm just sayin'). One of the reasons I'm NOT buying the TRX is the full-time 4WD -- 75% of my driving is going to be on surface streets at...

I'm a big fan of the Velocity Blue. My wife prefers the Antimatter Blue. Of course, I'm not ordering until next year (Raptor-R), so the available colors may change by then.

Assuming the colors don't change for next year, I'll be ordering a Raptor-R next year in Antimatter Blue with everything except the sunroof.

One thing that I didn’t see mentioned on the 37 vs 35 debate is that if you choose to get the 37 package, that includes different shocks, (slightly) less suspension travel, and a different frame that can fit the 37” spare. If you later upfit 37’s onto Raptor that came with 35’s, you won’t be...

I spoke with a dealer today who seems to be in the know, and he suggests that the Raptor will be launched as a 2022 model with the HO ecoboost V6, but the supercharged V8 should be announced in 2022 as a 2023 model.