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FX4 vs Raptor
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I second this too.
linnwgetin
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Go to fords site and custom build a fully loaded FX4 and then build a loaded raptor minus graphics and they are almost the same price, and you get a ton more goodies with the raptor!!
The terrain out here is so varied from the remote Red Desert including the Killpecker Dunes, deserted two tracks, desolate paved roads all the way to the high alpine trails with gnarly boulders. Your Raptor (and hopefully mine down the road) would love it!
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And that's why I'm leaning more and more towards the Raptor. It also seems that with the addition of the front Torsen differential (starting with the 2012 model), the more traditional off-road capability has been improved. I don't want it to just be a one dimensional high speed desert runner but also a capable off-road machine. So far, from what I've heard, everyone is happy with that part of the Raptor too.
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That's what I'm thinking too! One of my hobbies is gold prospecting so I need it to be able to get me there and back. Not only in the Wyoming outback but in the desert southwest. Otherwise, I just want a vehicle capable of exploring this great land!
Because of what they've done, a Raptor can do literally any facet of offroading that an FX4 can do. If that's what has you worried it's seriously a no brainer. SVT didn't add anything to the Raptor that takes away from another type of offroading. At the very least it'll do the exact same as an FX4 somewhere, but not worse. And all other places it'll do much better, and desert it'll excel.
SVT made truck capable of handling the desert, but it's still able to do anything else an FX4 can (except tow)
SVT made truck capable of handling the desert, but it's still able to do anything else an FX4 can (except tow)
I think that's what I really wanted to hear from a few in the know. Yes, it will get it's fair share of open desert time but it will also need to handle the normal 4x4 trails and SNOW! Has anyone driven them in a decent amount of snow? Heck, sometimes around here even the paved highways are covered with a foot of snow and you better have something that can handle it!
Search the threads for snow comments dude. Raptors excel at that cold white sand! I personally pulled a Chevy 2500HD out of a ditch last year...course I drove through the ditch to pull him out just to rub his nose in it
. There are all kinds of off road modes in that supplemental instruction manual.Search the threads for snow comments dude. Raptors excel at that cold white sand! I personally pulled a Chevy 2500HD out of a ditch last year...course I drove through the ditch to pull him out just to rub his nose in it
That's awesome! That would have made my day!!
I think you guys have convinced me. Not that I needed much convincing...lol!
Raptor it is! There's going to be some long months coming up yet to get a big down payment ready. Until then, FRF will keep me going. I can't wait until next year when I can order my own Raptor!!!
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