The fact that it's on the list at all makes me wonder about you.
Why?
What's wrong with it? They've been getting nothing buy very, very positive reviews.
It's just an atrocious little vehicle.
Especially when they can be as expensive as $38K.
SVT Raptor frames bending in off road use *new video*
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It's just an atrocious little vehicle.
Especially when they can be as expensive as $38K.
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The fact that it's on the list at all makes me wonder about you.
Why?
What's wrong with it? They've been getting nothing buy very, very positive reviews.
It's just an atrocious little vehicle.
Especially when they can be as expensive as $38K.
What's atrocious about it?
The handsome exterior?
The very high quality interior?
The ability to to up to (I believe) 4500 pounds?
The fact that you can get it full loaded with many options for only $38K?
The fact that it's infotainment system actually works (unlike some other domestic makers).
Post from the Raptor site. Sucks that his dealer treats him like this after the price and the presentation. Hope they work it out for him!
"So, I took my truck to the dealer last week for service and to have them look into this issue. They had my truck for 3 days, and gave me a loaner in the process. They had it sent to the body shop for analysis, and they returned it saying there was no adjustments to be made. They called 3 days later and told me to come look at my truck, they wanted to go over a few things.
So I arrived, and walked back to the service bay, where they had my truck on a lift. The tech commenced to show me EVERY scratch on the underside of the truck, scratch on the skid plate, scratch on the rear shock protector, etc, etc. Finally, I said "I GET IT... What are you getting at? I didn't come here to have my scratches fixed under warranty".... He said, "Well, it just looks like you drive your truck pretty hard..."
At that point, I came unglued, and was highly irritated with the guy. I asked for him to show me what qualifies as "hard" use, and how that is judged? A few scratches? Aside from that my truck has NO damage, no actual dents or body damage, clean front to back.
I then invited him to come inside with me, visit www.ford.com and watch how they drive the Raptor in their advertising and "Design" videos promoting the Raptor. They are professional drivers, I'm an average guy... I do not, and simply CAN NOT drive like they do in those videos...
So, I was given a customer care number to call, as the dealer says there isn't anything that they "know of" that they can do for the issue. They're not saying I'm not covered, they just have no idea what to do. So I called the rep, and was called back 3 days later. That's where I'm at now! I've been asked to provide more detailed pictures of the issue, as well as other trucks that have had this happen since I mentioned that this is NOT an isolated incident as we are coming to find out.
On a side note, this is NOT just a results of trucks that ran on the Raptor Run a few weeks ago, I think this is just the first time an entire group of guys that actually took their Raptors out and drove them as advertised, were able to share their findings on the same day... and we realized we have an issue on our hands!"
"So, I took my truck to the dealer last week for service and to have them look into this issue. They had my truck for 3 days, and gave me a loaner in the process. They had it sent to the body shop for analysis, and they returned it saying there was no adjustments to be made. They called 3 days later and told me to come look at my truck, they wanted to go over a few things.
So I arrived, and walked back to the service bay, where they had my truck on a lift. The tech commenced to show me EVERY scratch on the underside of the truck, scratch on the skid plate, scratch on the rear shock protector, etc, etc. Finally, I said "I GET IT... What are you getting at? I didn't come here to have my scratches fixed under warranty".... He said, "Well, it just looks like you drive your truck pretty hard..."
At that point, I came unglued, and was highly irritated with the guy. I asked for him to show me what qualifies as "hard" use, and how that is judged? A few scratches? Aside from that my truck has NO damage, no actual dents or body damage, clean front to back.
I then invited him to come inside with me, visit www.ford.com and watch how they drive the Raptor in their advertising and "Design" videos promoting the Raptor. They are professional drivers, I'm an average guy... I do not, and simply CAN NOT drive like they do in those videos...
So, I was given a customer care number to call, as the dealer says there isn't anything that they "know of" that they can do for the issue. They're not saying I'm not covered, they just have no idea what to do. So I called the rep, and was called back 3 days later. That's where I'm at now! I've been asked to provide more detailed pictures of the issue, as well as other trucks that have had this happen since I mentioned that this is NOT an isolated incident as we are coming to find out.
On a side note, this is NOT just a results of trucks that ran on the Raptor Run a few weeks ago, I think this is just the first time an entire group of guys that actually took their Raptors out and drove them as advertised, were able to share their findings on the same day... and we realized we have an issue on our hands!"
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The fact that it's on the list at all makes me wonder about you.
Why?
What's wrong with it? They've been getting nothing buy very, very positive reviews.
It's just an atrocious little vehicle.
Especially when they can be as expensive as $38K.
What's atrocious about it?
The handsome exterior?
Handsome? It looks like Bigfoot's dick.
In order:
Yes, the handsome exterior is atrocious. It looks like a T&C and a Compass had an ugly baby.
The interior is better than it used to be but it's still inside that handsome exterior.
I could not care less about the towing rating; that has nothing to do with how handsomely atrocious the vehicle is.
Only 38K for a V6 mini-mini van... Is that a good deal?
I've used Ford's Sync and did not believe it to be difficult to use. Maybe I just had the wrong bias going in. I'll have to try a Chrysler product one of these days.
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It would be more handsome if a Klingon were driving it
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Ford responds to the frame issue.
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/svt-boss-goes-on-record-about-ford-raptor-frame-damage-claims-w/
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/svt-boss-goes-on-record-about-ford-raptor-frame-damage-claims-w/
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"You can break anything – you can even break a trophy truck."
I think that pretty much sums it up!
