Why I bought a 2024 Ford Ranger Raptor - First Week Ownership Impressions
2024 Ranger Raptor Specs:
MPG: 16 city / 18 highway
Engine: 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6
405 hp, 430 lb-ft torque
Transmission: 10-speed automatic
Towing capacity: 5,510 lbs
Payload Capacity: 1411 lbs
Curb weight: 5,325 lbs
Base MSRP: From $55,470
Options:
Securicode Keyless Keypad $95
17" Gray Painted Beadlock Capable Wheels $1495
Toughbed Spray-in Bedliner - $495
Wheel Lock Kit $70
Destination & Delivery $1595
Total Price $59,220
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when you said "i have another baby boy coming" i thought you were referring to another car lol
Me too.
Me too
I did at first too 😂
Ita obvious a baby boy not a car😂😂😂 her wife is pregnant😊
@@sealoftheliving4998 her 😳
I am still scratching my head at how Ford thinks the bronco raptor is worth 40k more than this?!?
Leaked documents show it cost $12k to build an F150. So it costs more or less the same to produce the Bronco, and other vehicles. Anything beyond a 2x profit margin is Ford and other manufacturers getting away with price gouging the ‘new normal’ set a decade ago that keeps increasing.
@@NarasimhaDiyasena it may cost $12k in just materials and manufacturing, but that surely does not include the billions of dollars of R&D, marketing, and up front capital costs (building a factory)
Yeah no way they only cost $12k.. maybe just COGS but even then I still am skeptical
@@NarasimhaDiyasena You have no understanding of business. In 2023 Ford's profit was only about 2.5% on all their revenue, which isn't much. There are so many costs beyond individual build costs.
There is a lot more that goes into the Bronco Raptor, ultimately it's a way more capable and durable vehicle - but for a very similar experience 99% of the time, I think that makes the Ranger Raptor pretty good value.
Two sons, a plethora of enthusiast cars, and a car journalist... Tophers living the dream. Congrats man, well deserved
after seeing Toyota's pricing on Tacoma TRD Pro you absolutely made the right choice.
Honestly dont see the point of a trd pro or trailhunter. People personalize their trucks with aftermarket anyways so its probably more cost effective to get a lower trim without all that extra packaging and build it the way you like it. A trd sport or offroad is a better choice at a lower pricepoint and you can get the hybrid power in those too
@@beexiong2995 Probably for those who want something turnkey with most of the options one would put on a truck. Not that it makes sense, but I'm sure there's a market for them.
@@beexiong2995that goes for any of these off road oriented off road trucks.
He'll soon find out how it was absolutely the WRONG choice.
@@Mr21scott How? 65k for a worse truck with unproven reliability. The raptor f150 and broncos have been reliable enough and hold value very well. The ecoboosts are good engines. Way better than a hybrid
At first I was very surprised to hear you bought a Ford truck, but after seeing and hearing you slide it around the on ramps I now understand!
Raptor things!
For the same reason that dealers think the Ranger Raptor is worth $20k more than MSRP. Because Raptor.
@@TheTopher raptor things dealer markups and fun times
@@oni-one574 my family has a dealer we never mark up and most have like 2-5k discounts at all times since msrp is already 10-15% above what we pay
We need a night drive in this beast! Congrats on the purchase! She's gorgeous.
9:39 GIANT 🦃 Turkey just sitting there watching you drive by!! Hilarious you didn't even notice him talking about the functional hood vents
In Australia, it's Ranger danger on the motorways ever since this became the #1 selling car.
and also #1 Best Pick for Tailgating Enthusiasts
Nevermind the 20 million unroadworthy single Cab hilux workmates on the road lmao
@@xan2242 Nah thats Ram drivers
@@memepatrol3081workmate hills drivers are a million times better than any ranger driver
"All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be" Glad to see you experiencing new things. Have a blast!
Another baby boy, a new beautiful truck, family expanding... Congratulations man!!
Congratulations on the baby boy!!!! 👶💯
Beautiful Truck man, and what a beast. Congrats! Happy for you 😌
Congrats man! Had mine about a month now and its been great!
Was that the Raptor or the son? 😄
Do you have any issues with rust?
Congrats on the new baby boy!!
the past two years i had the 2022 nissan frontier but after having my son last year i upgraded to a ford f150 and its been awesome. it has so much more room and freedom of space for all the baby things. my frontier was tight and cramped especially when i had 3 other people in it.
Lol the video is filled with your raw excitement for your new beast truck. Happy for you. I really want to drive one of those asap
Beautiful truck my man. Good luck on the new baby!
Congrats on the incoming baby! This Truck is exactly what I hoped to see one day from the Ranger
Congrats! Great vid 4 yrs with Tacoma TRD Pro, switching to Ranger Raptor (same build - Carb Gray, spray-in, keypad) build date is next Tues, patiently waiting!!
congratulations and i love how happy you are
Congrats topher! Always loved the raptors, hopefully I’ll be able to get one sooner or later!
Congratulations. Enjoy the family, and the truck. The boys will have a cool ride.
As a fellow Michigander - and Michigan fan - GO BLUE ;) Awesome review, beautiful truck. Congratulations on the baby on the way!
Congrats, Chris! On both, the new baby boy on the way and the new baby Raptor in your garage!
Great video, I got mine last Saturday. I found my seat rattle the rear seat back had to be slammed to get it to lock into the latch. It looked like it was latched but was bouncing against the latch making that seat rattle I had. All good now.
Congrats on the Raptor - and even more so on the new kiddo! Take it easy man
Digging that Speedmaster. I love mine but it doesn’t get much wrist time. Really wanting this Raptor, too! Great video. And congrats on the baby!
Congratulations on the baby boy! Love the truck as well. Exactly how I would order one!
Nothing beats the Raptor but more so your excitement of it...Enjoy 🎉
CONGRATULATIONS on your up coming child!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤
That carbonized Gray color is fire bro!!
The fisheye mirror immediately aged you 25 years lol. But in all seriousness I love this as a daily for you! Thanks for all the content!
Looks great! Congrats on the newborn and the car
Congrats man. May have to pick one of these up!
Congratulations on your new baby coming. Hope you continue to enjoy your new truck.
not going to lie, likewise, don't buy American, but man that Ranger Raptor is nice, what caught my eyes is the paddles and the sporty feel to it, I love that, the power and sound is there and seems like you're having a blast sliding that back end haha!! congrats man enjoy ! My heart is Tacoma but man does this look great!
I have the same preferences in fact I only want vehicles made in the Tahara Plant, but here's me recently trading the spouse's IS350 for a Mustang Mach E GTPE. She loves it, I do worry seeing all the forum and reddit posts of people having issues but so far so good!
The back seat of the new Tacoma is a deal breaker for a lot of people. Hard to understand how Toyota flubbed that so badly.
They've always had the worst back seats. That's how they get the dads to buy the Tundra instead. It's intentional.
Congratulations Topher.
Australian owner here. Love mine. envious that you fellas got memory seats and we didn't.
Not a truck guy at all - I grew up with trucks on a family farm and sharing with my brothers in the mountains - and, like you, have pretty much stuck with Japanese hatchbacks (WRX) which, for my automotive needs is just right - but I can see why you would want this for your growing family in your locale and it is a muscular, good looking rig. Congrats on the new boy and your Raptor!
I greatly appreciate the powerslides lol. Hoping my dealer gets some more allocations soon. Fingers crossed. Enjoy yours!
I agree with you on the oil changes for new cars. I always did it at 1k miles, then every 3-5k after that depending on what the vehicle is used for.
Congrats, best wishes for your family and the ensuing chaos to come 😉
Haha, thanks man - we're braced and ready!
400hp thats crazy and you still get some people saying its not enough power, we get 300hp over in the UK, I had a 300hp Amarok and it was no joke on our roads.
Break in oil change, gotta love that❤
I will say that I randomly started to really like the stance of rangers after I saw one today… they sit better than any other truck I’ve seen
Congrats man!
All the vents on the F-150 and Ranger are truly functional the hood ones also it’s actually holes in the insulation and cut outs in hood
I used a speed limiter in a Dacia Duster when I was in Iceland. I REALLY liked it because it took away all of the stress of possibly speeding in a foreign country.
Beautiful, and congratulations!
I have KO2's and never had any issues with them in the rain or snow, been an awesome tire for Alberta Canada weather
Congrats! You will definitely wonder how you made it this long without having a truck, and the Ranger Raptor is a great first choice. Enjoy and keep us updated with your ownership experience 😃
As a home owner with a family, having a truck is s game changer! I love my ‘18 f150 2.7L ecoboost. It’s amazing. Surprisingly, my full-size truck weighs less and gets better mpgs than the ranger raptor too. Congrats on your bad*ss ride! 👍
Congrats on the baby boy
I am not a Ford person but seriously considering one of these!
Congrats man
Hi Never Warched your channel before Congratulations on New raptor. I was in Holly ORV last week. When you planning to go next? it would be fun with Raptor.
maaaan, i thought i was jealous from the porsche experience..... i want one of these too!!!!
I owned a 2020 for 5 months. Traded it in to lower my car payment in 2021 because I also had a baby boy on the way at the time. I miss it a ton, it wasn’t perfect but it was everything I wanted/needed in a truck.
That was an enormous slide at 10:55, almost thought you weren't going to save it.
Cool drifting on the wet roads, fun way to break it in xD Unfortunately for a family man I think you're going to want more room, car seats (and eventually friends) and road trip stuff is going to be a tight fit. Keeping the Type R and getting a big box luxury SUV would be my pick, but grats on having so many options in the first place! Enjoy yo self
I'm pretty sure they still have the Highlander, unless I missed that announcement
Yeah, the highlander isn't going anywhere - that's still the main family hauler
I am so jelly right now! I want one so bad maybe in a few years when you can get one used and at the right price. Love my 5G Ranger.
Congrats on the new ride! Treat her right and she should open up really nice! Would have liked to see the engine, though!
You can also disable the auto/start stop with a trailer light test plug in, it just has to have a light so there is current flow. Like $6-7
Congratulations 🎉on the new Raptor and the new child on the way
I wish I could drive that ranger. It looks so fun!. I just got a Chevy Colorado 2008, although it is an old pickup truck, It is just so much fun to drive having off-road tires on it and rear wheel drive, it's a blast 👌🏼 😂
I like the exterior gray paint and interior orange accents!
"i wanna put about a thousand break-in miles on this before we get too crazy" * immediately proceeds to a glorious skid
I have a Raptor (F-150) and they’re great vehicles. Have owned multiple Ford trucks & no major issues beyond a burned moonroof mechanism on my old 2015. Enjoy that truck … looks great. 🇺🇸🤘🏻
Congrats! Welcome to USDM! Made the switch from jdm almost 10 years ago, never looked back!
Yuck
Did you actually own a Japanese made vehicle lol
@@tyhyhh you want everyone to own Japanese vehicles? Lol.
Blind Spot mirrors are a saving grace, even if they look dumb or out of place, I'll always have them on my vehicles. I personally don't use the small circles though, I got a roughly 3" x 2" rectangle one that's angled. Fits well on the Maverick mirrors and it doesn't cover up the BS indicator symbol. If you want to pick that model up, I got mine from AutoZone K-Source 2 1/2in x 3 3/4in Wedge Spot Mirror Part #CW072 SKU #690117 Congrats Topher, beautiful truck. Wish your family well.
I just adjust my mirrors out a bit more, and it seems I have no blind spot if I do that. It could change from car to car though.
@@zerounderscore Yeah, that works very well. I ran that way for a while but eventually decided to stick with the blind spot mirrors. Now I have my mirrors adjusted so that I see the rear door handle in the bottom right corner of the mirror and the blind spot mirror attached in the bottom left. Allows me to see pretty much everything all at once. Especially helps when backing into a spot - since I can see where my rear tires are now.
Congrats, what a cool truck, love it.
Toyota guy here.. after seeing the pricing on the new Tacoma’s, the Ranger Raptor has my attention especially with the power numbers and front & rear lockers.
I’ve only owned Tacomas, the new prices are absolutely disrespectful. I’ll be in the market to replace my 2012 soon but it won’t be a Tacoma.
I love how you put the little blind spot on your mirrors on all your new cars lol
Booooooo.
Nothing beats an Australian designed and engineered vehicle.. beautiful ute.
Only thing I would change is that joystick shifter. Other than that, seems like the best in its class
I've never heard of Australian pride in the vehicle market before lol What other vehicles is Australia known for?
@@DaTruthHeals chevy ss
Nothing except the Japanese. Australian reliability is of course JUST as legendary as the Japanese.
I really wish Ford put some small amber running lights on the front grill or hood to give it that aggressive raptor feel. I know its a regulation to be on the F150 Raptor because it's so wide but I think having them on the Ranger raptor as well would heighten its appearance. There's even 3 small spots in the top of the grill that look like its made for ambers so maybe it would be a fun aftermarket mod! Such a good looking truck! Congrats on the new addition! (both mechanical and human 😄)
Congrats! Good truck
Skip MFG reccomendations for oil changes just go with 5k intervals, or if you dont put a lot of miles, every spring and fall. I have seen a lot of stained and sludge engines with 10k intervals as these run hot due to emissions regulations and cook the oil. Oil in the US is not so expensive so 5k intervals will not break the bank. Also short trips to the office for example if you are barely warming up and then shutting the engine off, thats a good sign for OCI of 5k or under. I have a 3.6L Town and Country with 185k miles and the engine inside is still spotless. I have seen that same engine stained and sludged with 10k intervals.
I love these "small" performance trucks. Ranger Raptor would definitively be my choice of truck to drive if I could!
Its awesome isnt it? Had mine for 1.5 yrs now. 50k miles into it . Its a beast 💪💪💪They are tail happy 🤣
Check your rear differential oil level
You're having too much fun, Topher! 😂
congrats. this things pretty badass
20:45 Love my 2017 LX570, the three kids love it too, they get upset if we ever have a service loaner. The better half is like: "these seats don't support my butt like the LX does." They love having their mid row climate controls and I put in all the 'charging infrastructure' they could ever need.
In a few years when these land on the used market with a decent chunk of that $ hit gone, I will likely pick one of these up. I daily a 1996 Mazda B2300 and considered getting an F150 raptor a couple years ago, but it just didnt make a ton of sense for me to have a huge truck just for dailying, as comfortable and cool as the F150 raptor is. This one makes a lot more sense for me.
beautiful truck bro
God bless your family & you ... Great Choice i think the Range Raptor is the best Sporty Midsize Pick Up Truck.
Thanks for sharing.
Love it, I was torn on what Raptor truck to get and and ultimately decided an F-150 Raptor made more sense for me but I'm stoked to see Ranger Raptors tearing it up out here in the US. Congrats on the addition to the family!
The comment of drivers in the area is sooo true. The same goes for Wisconsin, terrible roads and even worse drivers. Owning a big vehicle here is a must
Rear facing car seat will be an issue for your precious cargo without rear vents. It was after 20 minutes of driving that we realized our newborn was sweating even though we were cold. Please take that into consideration.
The best thing you can do in this situation is to not over dress the little one and limit the layers of blankets. Lastly push the vents to blow to the side and upwards a little since heat travels up. I had a tacoma and it was nice and cool in the back when we had one baby. She would sit back there with him and she was often cold that I had to dial up the temp.
Or even a step up with another GX550/ previous gen land cruiser with the 4 zone roof vents for the kids
My raptor in Australia has rear air vents.
Just remember sketchy in snow even with snow tires , it makes a sports coupe like a mountain gazelle in comparison
Great review
Most of us start off with a midsize then progress to the full size 😂 it’s evolution baby!
For the slippage in the rain I'd recommend fallen peak at4w or Toyo open country at3
speed limiters are great features and takes the stress out of managing speed in a world of speed cameras
That truck looks so sick it’s like the F-150 raptor but in a ranger
Just got me a Mitsubishi mirage g4 for $16000 out the door, couldn’t be happier. I feel just as fulfilled with my shoe box on wheels as you with your truck, congrats on both the truck and the new baby.
Cool story bro
@@ericd1632hey thanks!
Love the video. Can't wait to own a Ranger Raptor myself. Question for you.... I just bought a DJI Action 4 and want to start making some videos of my adventures.. What video editing software do you use? Thanks.
Great truck, thanks for the review! Did you compare the Ranger Raptor to a Chevy ZR2 by chance? Curious about the suspension on and off road, daily handling, acceleration vs the new Ranger Raptor, and oh, the Goodyear Territories vs the KO3s :)