Glad I didn't buy a Raptor. Wow
All Star
Joined: Jan 2010
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From: Alberta
+1 you seriously cant expect to buy a $45k truck and expect the same quality and durability that the $150k+ trophy trucks have. All off roading requires a little common sense. But I will also agree that Ford put way too much hype into the Raptor. I said from day one that those trucks were not as capable as Ford was making them seem to be.
Also I agree with whoever said that dodge did the right thing to not cover there ram runners with warranty. Fords gonna have to replace all these trucks, cause i'm betting its pretty hard to bend that frame back to perfect. I have seen these trucks in action and those guys push it way past the limits. For ford to state everything is covered is just plain ridiculous IMO. Dodge saved themselves lots of trouble.
Captain
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Dyess, TX
+2. IMO you should never even consider the fact of buying a 45k truck for this reason. You can buy an older vehicle that is built for it, not to mention put 30k into AFTERmarket parts that are expected and build to take that kind of abuse. Aftermarkets gonna be the way to go if you want quality...most of the time...
Also I agree with whoever said that dodge did the right thing to not cover there ram runners with warranty. Fords gonna have to replace all these trucks, cause i'm betting its pretty hard to bend that frame back to perfect. I have seen these trucks in action and those guys push it way past the limits. For ford to state everything is covered is just plain ridiculous IMO. Dodge saved themselves lots of trouble.
Also I agree with whoever said that dodge did the right thing to not cover there ram runners with warranty. Fords gonna have to replace all these trucks, cause i'm betting its pretty hard to bend that frame back to perfect. I have seen these trucks in action and those guys push it way past the limits. For ford to state everything is covered is just plain ridiculous IMO. Dodge saved themselves lots of trouble.
All Star
Joined: Jan 2010
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From: Alberta
this is true...but you pretty much have to pull everything out...its probably just as easy for them to throw them a new truck and NOT warranty that one...use that for parts for real warranty work...
Record Breaker
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Hawaii
It's no different than if I had actually attempted the RAM Challenges in my truck. Those commercials are total BS as well. Same as the Toyota that has an airplane land on it.... You cant claim warranty due to believing commercials...
Captain
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: Colorado Springs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eK-1...layer_embedded
This run is what bent the guys frame. I would think that we have stronger frames since ive hit much harder stuff than this in my old 06 ram and never had a problem.
This run is what bent the guys frame. I would think that we have stronger frames since ive hit much harder stuff than this in my old 06 ram and never had a problem.
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Joined: Dec 2010
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From: Tampa
I dont think there are many, if any truck manufacturers that honor a warrenty when its been raced. Blow your engine after doing some quarter mile runs and tell the service manager that. see what happens. Sure you can run a tricycle on the baja 1000, just dont go to fast and high with the jumps.