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[terminator]

No doubt it is great off road....but it sucks on anything close to paved....and is slow as hell...and costs $50k before dealer markup...lol

[nealysa]

that is a valid point from a theoretical perspective, but, most raptors and especially the ones I've seen on Oahu, will live 99% of their life on paved roads...I think those owners will be a little disappointed in the camry-esque 0-60 times.  Just my $.02 on a very expensive vehicle.  Yeah, if you live near Baja and take it there, great!  If not, not...

I agree it is a pricey vehicle and will mostly be driven on the street.  Most people who buy and drive Raptors will probably not buy a Lightning, Dodge v10 or other speedy truck.  I don't think that person is looking for 0-60 performance.  I do think it looks pretty good and performs off road.  This is its intent.  Would I buy one?  Not sure.  I wouldn't mind a truck, but not for $40k plus.  I wouldn't pay that for a nice diesel truck either.

[terminator]

Yeah, I hear you, but I think those owners will care about 0-60 performance when they get smoked by a camry at a stoplight...

[nealysa]

You're in love with 0-60 aren't you? lol

[terminator]

It sure would suck to pay $50 k for a truck w/ svt on the back. And get smoked by a camry.  0-60, 1/4 mile, any way.  If you take it off road, cool....if not....pretty funny.  The raptor is a sloooow vehicle, regardless of price or size.  If svt wanted to go in this direction they could of bought the hummer brand....lol

[nealysa]

I just thought it was funny that you relate everything to speed even if that is not the intended purpose. Maybe everyone should own only Camrys or Terminators.

[terminator]

John Coletti would put a pallet of dog food in that truck...but hey I admit it looks good off road, and parked....

Ps, I sold my termi, but yeah, it was pretty good esp for the msrp $35 k and $18 k 7 yrs and 24 k miles later....we'll see how the raptors values hold up, my guess is not well

[nealysa]

Who knows about the value.  I think the new mustangs are a pretty good value for the performance, don't need 92 octane, n/a engine, etc.  Holding value; we will see.

[hi5.0]

Raptor updated for 2012. Less jumping around after a bunch of idiots bent frames going "blind" on high speed off-road runs this year.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6GkTdGc4Z4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6GkTdGc4Z4</a>

[beefcake]

I'll be honest.  I friggin love the raptor.  Had it in the air and mud with 400 miles on the odometer.

Drives great on the street. 

Towed like a dream all the way to Florida from Ohio.

Ran down the dragstrip smooth as pie!

[terminator]

congrats on the '11 time - that is incredible!

I'm sure you already saw the episode, but the Velociraptor was pretty impressive on the US Top Gear last year -

http://www.hennesseyperformanceblog.com/tag/velociraptor/

kind of reminds me of the hard to find Joe Gibbs Edition supercharged H2 Hummer - there is one for sale that is kind of tempting...

http://www.road2autos.com/usedcars/inventory/7655751/used/oh/used-2003-hummer-h2-for-sale-in-painesville-ohio