GEN 2 Let the Big Dogs Run...

[Smokyray]

As a new Raptor owner I'm still being surprised/amazed at its capabilities...
Yesterday Espoza Loco and I had to drive home from Houston to The DFW area requiring passage on I-45. After a quick stop at Sams Club for $1.88 93 Octane, we were off.

On the trip down there was alot of traffic but yesterday was light and once out of Houston traffic I set the cruise on 80 (75 mph limit) and "The Beast" loped along at 2100 RPM barely making a whisper. A few minutes later I spied a familiar look in my rear view, a Black Raptor rapidly closing on my Six. I eased over and he slowed, gave me the "Raptor bro" wave and pushed it up to Warp 1. I slid into the #2 trail position and for the next 100 miles (only slowing for Waze inputs) the journey was reminiscent of driving Autobahn E-5! Triple digits were common on some of the long stretches with 88-93 average most of the way.
The Raptor is surprisingly stable and quiet at higher speeds.
A nice, lifted 6.7 F250 (with a support law enforcement sticker) joined #3 behind me halfway thru and we three (obviously experienced drivers) held formation all the way to the outskirts of The Big D.

The Raptor didn't seem to even work up a sweat amazingly showing 17.9 MPG average for the run.

Not that I'm condoning speeding on public roads but, it's pretty cool what these vehicles can do...
V/R
Smokey

 

[smurfslayer]

Yes. It takes some adjustment to get used to the different speed limit culture here, as opposed to, oh... anywhere on the (l)east coast.

 

[Badgertits]

Lol “surprisingly stable” - that is, until you get “surprised” & then immediately realize, WHOOPS this is actually one of if not the WORST handling/braking/cornering/maneuvering factory vehicles capable of those speeds on the Road today. The F350 trailing yeah maybe being one of a handful possibly worse.

For what it is, yes It is smooth & quiet @ 90-100 in a straight line, but if/when shit hits the fan, ya dead, more than likely, or someone else is.

I hit a deer head on in my Last GMC truck doing 70-75, Im alive to tell you this because somehow someway my instinct to immediately swerve hard left or right when the thing made a leap over the guardrail as I hummed along in cruise in the left lane w/ no shoulder. A swerve to the left would’ve flipped me, a swerve to the right would’ve cAused a massive pileup & a full on ABS locking “panic brake” probably would’ve caused me to hit any vehicle immediately next to me....so I basically held tight & plowed through head on hoping for best.

I would’ve been able to fully stop or most likely swerve right while avoiding people in my vette, I would’ve been able to stop and possibly avoided in my wife’s MDX- definitely would’ve been able to avoid in my previous S4

obviously hitting deer head on in an S4 or Vette is not really an option either like it is in a full size truck so there’s that.....but my point is replace the deer w/ a kid or a car that lose a wheel or a folding ladder spinning down the hwy (yup seen that before) & the results wouldn’t be pretty.

have fun but be safe- don’t be fooled by the tech/power/sound deadening, cuz ya can’t fool physics

 

[CoronaRaptor]

Sounds like a cool convoy/experience.

 

[Gunner Retz]

I did that with a Porsche 911 from around Atlanta to Norfolk while I was driving a Dodge Stealth twin turbo. We were stopping for gas, he had a radar detector and we were 115-120 most of the way.

 

[saym14]

What is this secret raptor bro wave you speak of?

 

[ademarco]

I’m wondering how you were able to do 90+ and get 17.9 mpg. I usually average 80 and average is 14 mpg for my truck. I may need a tune, but then again I’m on crappy CA 91. I haven’t seen a Raptor wave either and I see a ton here in CA, maybe a TX thing.


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[Winchester30]

I’m wondering how you were able to do 90+ and get 17.9 mpg. I usually average 80 and average is 14 mpg for my truck. I may need a tune, but then again I’m on crappy CA 91. I haven’t seen a Raptor wave either and I see a ton here in CA, maybe a TX thing.


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Its a brand new truck, that average will come down real quick.

 

[saym14]

Aerodynamics of the raptor are not friendly to MPGs

If I see a raptor during the day I try Flash the highbeams.

 

[isis]

I’m wondering how you were able to do 90+ and get 17.9 mpg. I usually average 80 and average is 14 mpg for my truck. I may need a tune, but then again I’m on crappy CA 91. I haven’t seen a Raptor wave either and I see a ton here in CA, maybe a TX thing.


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I set my cruise at 75 to cross Ohio and averaged 18.9.