2017 Ford F-150 Raptor Review: Living too large for everyday life

gray_raptor_moon_action

There’s one thing we can all agree on: the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor is big. In the words of former NHL goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov, it’s ‘humongous big,’ even, a mass of steel and aluminum that expands to spill over the edges of every parking spot and muscles its way across the white line onto all highway shoulders (if not sidewalks). It’s a truck that weighs enough to crater the ground below should you ever screw up enough courage to take it off a really sweet jump, and it’s long to the point where its back-up camera should probably come with its own back-up camera and satellite tracking of the area immediately around the vehicle – just to make sure.

It’s also a vehicle that has been purpose-built to do a very, very specific thing, at which it excels. If you’re seeking a Baja-missile that can fly low over the roughest terrain the planet can throw your way, then the F-150 Raptor is an impressive hunk of machinery with few, if any peers. But what if you just want to take it on a road trip for a weekend getaway?

Read full post here:
https://www.slashgear.com/2017-ford-f-150-raptor-review-too-big-and-too-bad-to-go-home-with-05484142/