Hello Raptor world. Just picked up my 2020 here in CT. Needed to call a bunch of dealers within 300 mile radius for the right spec and discounts, but finally landed my Raptor! Most recently came from a 2019 Wrangler JL. Before that was an 2018 M3, and a 997.2 Porsche 911. Loving the 4x4 thing and this Raptor is fantastic.
first impressions, as I’ve never actually driven one prior to taking delivery:
-the interior was much nicer and luxurious than I was expecting. The seats feel incredibly good and the interior cockpit and center infotainment area looks WAY nicer in person than it does in picture. My wife was anticipating a work like truck and she loves the thing. Score!
- on my 200 mile drive home, I was amazed at how nicely it drove at highway speeds. Perhaps I was just used to the wrangler! On my ride home I would keep looking down and seeing 85MPH and slowing down. You really don’t feel the speed. And it’s incredibly compliant on the highway too. Felt like I could cruise forever.
-I couldn’t get CarPlay to work after trying different phones. Waze would pop up as an app, but no matter what I did I couldn’t get CarPlay to show up. Any ideas? I’ll Jeep playing with it and call the dealer this week.
And also, my raptor gets 60 MPG. I bet none of yours get that. I suppose I should confess that when calculating MPG I use the average from both cars. My wife drives a Volt and doesn’t use gas. I’m here to even things out a bit!!
I’ve learned a lot from you all over the recent times when researching and finding this raptor. Thanks all! Looking forward to this beauty!
first impressions, as I’ve never actually driven one prior to taking delivery:
-the interior was much nicer and luxurious than I was expecting. The seats feel incredibly good and the interior cockpit and center infotainment area looks WAY nicer in person than it does in picture. My wife was anticipating a work like truck and she loves the thing. Score!
- on my 200 mile drive home, I was amazed at how nicely it drove at highway speeds. Perhaps I was just used to the wrangler! On my ride home I would keep looking down and seeing 85MPH and slowing down. You really don’t feel the speed. And it’s incredibly compliant on the highway too. Felt like I could cruise forever.
-I couldn’t get CarPlay to work after trying different phones. Waze would pop up as an app, but no matter what I did I couldn’t get CarPlay to show up. Any ideas? I’ll Jeep playing with it and call the dealer this week.
And also, my raptor gets 60 MPG. I bet none of yours get that. I suppose I should confess that when calculating MPG I use the average from both cars. My wife drives a Volt and doesn’t use gas. I’m here to even things out a bit!!
I’ve learned a lot from you all over the recent times when researching and finding this raptor. Thanks all! Looking forward to this beauty!
