Wife: How is a 2013 a trade up from a 2015? Me: Its a Raptor!

I recently gave up my (low mileage) 2015 F-150 to my daughter and picked up a 2013 Raptor (with 78k miles). Wifey is still trying to comprehend how this is a ‘trade up’ (Ha-ha).

I’m a die-hard Ford guy and over the past 40 years owned 2 Broncos, a Ranger, an Edge (Wifey’s) an Expedition (Wifey’s), multiple F-150s and an F-250. Stands to reason I’d eventually give the Gen1 Raptor a go too. I’m rough on my trucks and the Gen2 just seems to fancy for me.

I’ve run my rigs all over from Canada south down the Baja peninsula and back (twice). These days I enjoy the Eastern Sierras, the beaches around SoCal and the deserts from San Diego to Arizona/Nevada. While appalling to Prerunner purists, I’ll be equipping the Raptor with a cap as I truck camp (solo) with my Huskies.

Looking forward to watching and learning from those in the know and eagerly looking forward to seeing how this truck performs.

I feel for you. I'm right in the middle of that conversation myself. Her, so how is a 7 year old truck new? Wish me luck. She does like the color.

I traded an 11 ecoboost for an 11 raptor, you made a good trade!

I literally just went to the dealer and bought a new one in February. Wife saw it in the driveway about 2 days later and asked what it was....

Big time trade-up for sure...she will realize it after a couple trips..! Have had my 2014 SC Shelby for over a year now,best vehicle ever bought at 50K it now has 62K and runs perfect...Just be ready to explain why you have a shit eating grin every time you drive it...
ENJOY..!!

Definitely a trade-up, and already got some mods, nice!

Appreciate the re-affirmation of my decision fellas’. Not that I needed it... as my mind was made up already. Haha!

Update on the Wife... So yesterday I had her Rig getting detailed for her BDay and she needed to run to the grocery store. She had options of what to drive but I handed her the keys to the Raptor. Two hours later she hadn’t got back so I called her... She was enjoying the truck it so much she drove down to the beach and back. When she got home she was all smiles, tossed me the keys and said “That’s bad ass! Best truck (we) ever had... great decision”. Hopefully this will clear some runway for tweaks, mods & changes I have in mind.

Thanks for the support and positive thoughts!

That's funny

BigH2OChief said:

Appreciate the re-affirmation of my decision fellas’. Not that I needed it... as my mind was made up already. Haha!

Update on the Wife... So yesterday I had her Rig getting detailed for her BDay and she needed to run to the grocery store. She had options of what to drive but I handed her the keys to the Raptor. Two hours later she hadn’t got back so I called her... She was enjoying the truck it so much she drove down to the beach and back. When she got home she was all smiles, tossed me the keys and said “That’s bad ass! Best truck (we) ever had... great decision”. Hopefully this will clear some runway for tweaks, mods & changes I have in mind.

Thanks for the support and positive thoughts!

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Sounds like a keeper to me!

B E N said:

I traded an 11 ecoboost for an 11 raptor, you made a good trade!

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LOL! Same here, went from a '12 XLT 4x4 to a '12 Raptor. Night and Day difference.

BigH2OChief said:

“That’s bad ass! Best truck (we) ever had... great decision”.

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And just like that... you have a husband point surplus. Well handled. Well handled, indeed.

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Hopefully this will clear some runway for tweaks, mods & changes I have in mind.

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Truck or wife?

Ha Ha! That's funny, I did the same thing. Went from a '15 to my '13....



Except my reasoning was because I was on my 3rd warped dash and was not going to deal with it anymore.