Raptor

[James Morse]

Not a great pic, but that's some year of Raptor (white truck). Just caught it with cell phone as it was pulling away.
Also pic of apricots and flowers.... way too early, if it freezes much it'll wreck the fruits.

 

[gw33gp]

Does that mean the Raptor is kind of rare around there? In SoCal it seems like 1 out of 4 Ford trucks are Raptors. That is an exaggeration of course but, they are common.

 

[James Morse]

Nah, it doesn't mean anything, I guess I'd say yeah I don't see many Raptors though. There are a ton of F series and ton of Rangers here, if I go to the store (< 1 mile) there will never be an instance that I don't see an F or Ranger or both, and usually more than 1. Fair amount of Super Duty trucks. A lot of newer F150 but I think most not brand new. Probably where you are is more affluent.
Other pickups popular too. Seems like sometimes every other vehicle is a pickup, an exaggeration, but there are a lot.
I see quite a few Rangers my vintage, that look good, people seem to (sometimes) take care of them. Mine always lived here, I'm the third owner. The original owner kept it like almost 20 years then the second guy kept it like 5 years so they must have liked it and surely the original owner was doing maintenance on it as he was planning on keeping it a while. A theory, anyway.
But yeah stuff breaks... good maintenance should reduce the chances of being stuck somewhere....

 

[sgtsandman]

Does that mean the Raptor is kind of rare around there? In SoCal it seems like 1 out of 4 Ford trucks are Raptors. That is an exaggeration of course but, they are common.

We don't have many around here but they exist. Most aren't willing to spend that kind of money on a truck unless they need it and those that are willing are more interested in a Superduty.

 

[Blmpkn]

There are a ton of raptors up this way too, along with quite a few of whatever dodges hellcat pickup is called.. which is apparently full time AWD.. lame.