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SSM 47757: Harsh ride quality.
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<blockquote data-quote="tone228" data-source="post: 1499425" data-attributes="member: 20542"><p>I think you answered your own question. I just got my 2020 Scab a couple weeks ago. I’ve watched and read tons of reviews before I purchased my truck, almost all of the reviews have said the trucks rides smooth or they use the old Cadillac cliche. But there was a handful of videos and reviews by actual Raptor owners that had the same complaints as you, so going into the test drive I was expecting a somewhat harsh ride, but it is a truck at the end of the day. My test drive was in southern Pennsylvania and there was nothing but smooth curvy roads. The truck blew me away at how it handled, I was not expecting it to feel as sporty as it did. I live in NYC and we have some of the worst roads in the country, so I can literally feel your pain when you say the truck rides stiff, jiggly and bounces you around. What you have to understand it this truck has a suspension that was engineered to sustain high speed desert running. It’s designed to be able to jump a few feet in the air and not break anything. It’s going to be stiff at low speed and small bumps will make the body on frame jiggle, that’s just the nature of the truck. What this truck can do that no other vehicle can has to be experienced at higher speeds with bigger bumps. I’ve driven down roads that in my regular car I can barely hit 5 or 10 miles an hour without scraping the bottom of the car but in the Raptor I can hit them at pretty much any speed I want, I’m talking about 50-60mph over the same surfaces and the truck just floats over it like nothing without breaking a sweat. So if you want something that’s going to coddle you and ride like a Cadillac you bought the wrong truck. I had a Ram 1500 as a rental for a couple of weeks with its rear coil springs, that is probably what you’re looking for. Really smooth ride that you won’t feel the small road imperfections. The Raptor is a race truck, it’s not going to ride like a car.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tone228, post: 1499425, member: 20542"] I think you answered your own question. I just got my 2020 Scab a couple weeks ago. I’ve watched and read tons of reviews before I purchased my truck, almost all of the reviews have said the trucks rides smooth or they use the old Cadillac cliche. But there was a handful of videos and reviews by actual Raptor owners that had the same complaints as you, so going into the test drive I was expecting a somewhat harsh ride, but it is a truck at the end of the day. My test drive was in southern Pennsylvania and there was nothing but smooth curvy roads. The truck blew me away at how it handled, I was not expecting it to feel as sporty as it did. I live in NYC and we have some of the worst roads in the country, so I can literally feel your pain when you say the truck rides stiff, jiggly and bounces you around. What you have to understand it this truck has a suspension that was engineered to sustain high speed desert running. It’s designed to be able to jump a few feet in the air and not break anything. It’s going to be stiff at low speed and small bumps will make the body on frame jiggle, that’s just the nature of the truck. What this truck can do that no other vehicle can has to be experienced at higher speeds with bigger bumps. I’ve driven down roads that in my regular car I can barely hit 5 or 10 miles an hour without scraping the bottom of the car but in the Raptor I can hit them at pretty much any speed I want, I’m talking about 50-60mph over the same surfaces and the truck just floats over it like nothing without breaking a sweat. So if you want something that’s going to coddle you and ride like a Cadillac you bought the wrong truck. I had a Ram 1500 as a rental for a couple of weeks with its rear coil springs, that is probably what you’re looking for. Really smooth ride that you won’t feel the small road imperfections. The Raptor is a race truck, it’s not going to ride like a car. [/QUOTE]
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