Unnecessary, Pointlessly Large Truck - Ford Ranger Raptor
Discussion
Ummed and ahhed about getting one of these for ages. I’m well aware of how idiotic this thing is - it’s an absolutely ridiculous car, after all.
That said, I happen to think it looks really cool, I appreciate the really quite impressive chassis and suspension modifications that Ford have done with it and, let’s face it, pickup trucks are really handy things to have knocking about.
I frequently drive from Essex to the Highlands and, despite my love for EVs, even the biggest fan of them would admit they’re not great at that sort of thing. Diesel is still king here and this will do 600 miles to a tank of diesel on the motorway (hopefully
) and I can slog up there and back without a care in the world. It will also shrug off an unpleasant wintry A66 or single-track Highland road.
Yeah, I know the engine (2.0-litre diesel bi-turbo, 213bhp) is a bit miserable, but as I say, for how I’ll use it even a petrol EcoBoost wouldn’t be as good a package.
When I first looked at these, they were really expensive, but this is a new 2021 model with a few updates over the earlier ones (LED headlamps instead of Xenon, General Grabber rather than BFGoodrich tyres, more connected features through the Ford app) and have managed to bag it on a pretty good 3-year 0% PCP deal. I absolutely didn’t want to go anywhere near a hulking great diesel truck in 2021 with my own money, so this suits me just fine. I also have from an excellent source that the next-gen Ranger Raptor will absolutely blow this one into the weeds in a couple of years.
Big problem so far is that I’m 600 miles away from the car - I had to get my dad to collect it for me as I’m in the Highlands at the moment and haven’t yet had the chance to see it! Not a problem though - I borrowed one for a few days back when they were launched, so know what to expect.
Will update this thread when I get home to see it and start using it. First few jobs will be a ceramic coating (will have to live outside as the b
d thing will almost certainly not fit in my garage), have a big child seat bench thing fitted in the back for my three kiddies and then its truckness will be useful when I move house shortly.
Long post, but those are my thoughts. If you read it all, well done. You just grew a third ball.
Here are the couple of really awful pics my dad has sent to me.
That said, I happen to think it looks really cool, I appreciate the really quite impressive chassis and suspension modifications that Ford have done with it and, let’s face it, pickup trucks are really handy things to have knocking about.
I frequently drive from Essex to the Highlands and, despite my love for EVs, even the biggest fan of them would admit they’re not great at that sort of thing. Diesel is still king here and this will do 600 miles to a tank of diesel on the motorway (hopefully
) and I can slog up there and back without a care in the world. It will also shrug off an unpleasant wintry A66 or single-track Highland road.Yeah, I know the engine (2.0-litre diesel bi-turbo, 213bhp) is a bit miserable, but as I say, for how I’ll use it even a petrol EcoBoost wouldn’t be as good a package.
When I first looked at these, they were really expensive, but this is a new 2021 model with a few updates over the earlier ones (LED headlamps instead of Xenon, General Grabber rather than BFGoodrich tyres, more connected features through the Ford app) and have managed to bag it on a pretty good 3-year 0% PCP deal. I absolutely didn’t want to go anywhere near a hulking great diesel truck in 2021 with my own money, so this suits me just fine. I also have from an excellent source that the next-gen Ranger Raptor will absolutely blow this one into the weeds in a couple of years.
Big problem so far is that I’m 600 miles away from the car - I had to get my dad to collect it for me as I’m in the Highlands at the moment and haven’t yet had the chance to see it! Not a problem though - I borrowed one for a few days back when they were launched, so know what to expect.
Will update this thread when I get home to see it and start using it. First few jobs will be a ceramic coating (will have to live outside as the b
d thing will almost certainly not fit in my garage), have a big child seat bench thing fitted in the back for my three kiddies and then its truckness will be useful when I move house shortly.Long post, but those are my thoughts. If you read it all, well done. You just grew a third ball.
Here are the couple of really awful pics my dad has sent to me.
My mate was at the local dealer a couple of weeks ago and sent me pics of a very similar Raptor they have for sale.
I'd love one if I lived somewhere with wide roads and big parking spaces, like 'Murrica, but I'm damned sure I'd struggle to park something like this in the old underground car parks in Luxembourg City.
However, I look forward to seeing your updates - and better pics.
I'd love one if I lived somewhere with wide roads and big parking spaces, like 'Murrica, but I'm damned sure I'd struggle to park something like this in the old underground car parks in Luxembourg City.
However, I look forward to seeing your updates - and better pics.
Lovely. I've had my bi-turbo limited for 3 months and it has to work for a living. This was it's 2nd day out with me..
Just about to turn 10k, I have had no issues. Gearbox is generally very good, but at slow speeds with no power it does seem to be a bit unhappy.
I drove mine from Inverness to Doncaster last night. Perfectly comfortable, quiet and reined. Average speed camera's on the A9 are a proper pain.
I'm averaging 32.1 mpg, but I don't drive quickly anymore. 600 miles to a tank? Bit optimistic. 550 more likely.
Enjoy it when you get it!
Just about to turn 10k, I have had no issues. Gearbox is generally very good, but at slow speeds with no power it does seem to be a bit unhappy.
I drove mine from Inverness to Doncaster last night. Perfectly comfortable, quiet and reined. Average speed camera's on the A9 are a proper pain.
I'm averaging 32.1 mpg, but I don't drive quickly anymore. 600 miles to a tank? Bit optimistic. 550 more likely.
Enjoy it when you get it!
I do like these but I'd have probably preferred they tuned up the 3.2 inline 5 a bit more. I had a Wildtrak for a number of years and covered about 70k in it. It was a good truck and proved a very useful thing to have. I do live rurally though. I towed plenty lesser vehicles up hills and out of ditches in snow over the time.
I found myself laughing at people who'd claim they couldn't live with the interior. We drove it from northern Aberdeenshire to Portsmouth and back and it was fine with a family of 4. I'm not saying some people wouldn't succumb to the torture of sitting in a Ranger for a while, but if they did they were extraordinarily weak specimens of human being and would have been beaten to death by a fresh breeze if the pickup truck hadn't killed them off first.
I found myself laughing at people who'd claim they couldn't live with the interior. We drove it from northern Aberdeenshire to Portsmouth and back and it was fine with a family of 4. I'm not saying some people wouldn't succumb to the torture of sitting in a Ranger for a while, but if they did they were extraordinarily weak specimens of human being and would have been beaten to death by a fresh breeze if the pickup truck hadn't killed them off first.
I cannot for the life of me fathom these out other than by means of the crudest of cod-psychology.
Why would you need to impose your scale on others without any efficiency of transporting anything - people or materials.
If you need a van, get a van, if you need a car get a car, if you need both get a big van with extra seats.
Wtf are these things for?
Not challenging anyone’s ability to choose one, just the logic that takes them to do so.
Just me?
Why would you need to impose your scale on others without any efficiency of transporting anything - people or materials.
If you need a van, get a van, if you need a car get a car, if you need both get a big van with extra seats.
Wtf are these things for?
Not challenging anyone’s ability to choose one, just the logic that takes them to do so.
Just me?
Stuart70 said:
I cannot for the life of me fathom these out other than by means of the crudest of cod-psychology.
Why would you need to impose your scale on others without any efficiency of transporting anything - people or materials.
If you need a van, get a van, if you need a car get a car, if you need both get a big van with extra seats.
Wtf are these things for?
Not challenging anyone’s ability to choose one, just the logic that takes them to do so.
Just me?
In my case I need a commercial vehicle that will take me off road. Rather serves the need, although it means the Raptop is out of the question (not that it was ever in!).Why would you need to impose your scale on others without any efficiency of transporting anything - people or materials.
If you need a van, get a van, if you need a car get a car, if you need both get a big van with extra seats.
Wtf are these things for?
Not challenging anyone’s ability to choose one, just the logic that takes them to do so.
Just me?
Stuart70 said:
Wtf are these things for?
If the way they are used in Aus is anything to go by, for intimidating other road users. Oh, and dragging around a trailer with the ski boat / trail bikes / jet ski at the weekend.Stick on a bull bar, a lift kit, an LED light bar, and proceed to drive like a
.Usually driven by mouth breathing, sleeve tattooed, tradies who own a couple of pit bull lookalikes and have a partner with pumped up lips that wears gym gear everywhere.
Bought through the business so it is tax deductible and paid off over 5 years usually.
They are useless imho - beds are too short to carry anything meaningful and there is zero security unless you fit a hard lid or canopy.
My neighbour bought an Amarok when his iLoad grenaded itself. The truck cost $60k and he then got the bed taken off and a custom build tradie body fitted. That cost him another $30k. Nuts.
Jader1973 said:
If the way they are used in Aus is anything to go by, for intimidating other road users. Oh, and dragging around a trailer with the ski boat / trail bikes / jet ski at the weekend.
Stick on a bull bar, a lift kit, an LED light bar, and proceed to drive like a.
Usually driven by mouth breathing, sleeve tattooed, tradies who own a couple of pit bull lookalikes and have a partner with pumped up lips that wears gym gear everywhere.
Bought through the business so it is tax deductible and paid off over 5 years usually.
They are useless imho - beds are too short to carry anything meaningful and there is zero security unless you fit a hard lid or canopy.
My neighbour bought an Amarok when his iLoad grenaded itself. The truck cost $60k and he then got the bed taken off and a custom build tradie body fitted. That cost him another $30k. Nuts.
fStick on a bull bar, a lift kit, an LED light bar, and proceed to drive like a
.Usually driven by mouth breathing, sleeve tattooed, tradies who own a couple of pit bull lookalikes and have a partner with pumped up lips that wears gym gear everywhere.
Bought through the business so it is tax deductible and paid off over 5 years usually.
They are useless imho - beds are too short to carry anything meaningful and there is zero security unless you fit a hard lid or canopy.
My neighbour bought an Amarok when his iLoad grenaded itself. The truck cost $60k and he then got the bed taken off and a custom build tradie body fitted. That cost him another $30k. Nuts.
k me, don't hold back while pissing on this guys chips aye!I think it looks brilliant OP and it sounds like it'll do exactly what you need it to do. I'd love an excuse to buy a pickup, but working in an office doesn't bring up many opportunities for one
They do look good in a Tonka truck way.
If I was a farmer or ground-worker of some sort that needed off-road ability I may have one of these, but as above, a van or a combi van on mud and snow tyres would make more sense for almost everybody.
My uncle had a plant nurseries, he had a Peugeot 504 pickup years ago that had an LSD, decent length bed and 1.2 tonne payload, but swapped it for a Transit after a short time as it was far more useful for him.
If I was a farmer or ground-worker of some sort that needed off-road ability I may have one of these, but as above, a van or a combi van on mud and snow tyres would make more sense for almost everybody.
My uncle had a plant nurseries, he had a Peugeot 504 pickup years ago that had an LSD, decent length bed and 1.2 tonne payload, but swapped it for a Transit after a short time as it was far more useful for him.
Edited by MC Bodge on Thursday 27th May 09:41
HTP99 said:
Yeah, really only suitable for the US where roads are wide, usually straight, and parking spaces are mahoosive to suit!There's a US Car importer not far from me in Luxembourg. They've an F150 Shelby Baja for sale ....
That's a 3.5l EcoBoost with 525hp!!
Oh, and the small matter of, despite it being 2nd hand, it's for sale at EUR 157,365 !!!!!
I'd rather have the far more practical version the OP and Mr Surveyor have.
Stuart70 said:
I cannot for the life of me fathom these out other than by means of the crudest of cod-psychology.
Why would you need to impose your scale on others without any efficiency of transporting anything - people or materials.
If you need a van, get a van, if you need a car get a car, if you need both get a big van with extra seats.
Wtf are these things for?
Not challenging anyone’s ability to choose one, just the logic that takes them to do so.
Just me?
I need a 4x4, occasionally need more than 2 seats, somewhere to put wet, muddy, oily things and a tailgate to use as a mobile work bench. Which van or car should I buy? Why would you need to impose your scale on others without any efficiency of transporting anything - people or materials.
If you need a van, get a van, if you need a car get a car, if you need both get a big van with extra seats.
Wtf are these things for?
Not challenging anyone’s ability to choose one, just the logic that takes them to do so.
Just me?
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