MojaveBert
Active Member
- First Name
- Bert
- Joined
- Jan 13, 2023
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- Location
- Hampshire Illinois
- Vehicle(s)
- Mojave
- Occupation
- Janitor
I went from a JL to a gen 3 raptor, to a TRX and then back to a gladiator. It’s honestly taken a little bit of time getting used to how cramped it is in a gladiator vs a full size but it was a downgrade I was willing to make. The raptor was a total lemon, or maybe all fords are just problem magnets. I literally have a list of all the issues I had with the thing. Clunking shocks, rattling door panels and seats, and a bunch more. Worst problem was ford service centers were always a pita to deal with. Many issues they wouldn’t want to tackle and would only service issues that were documented TSBs. When I got my leaking exhaust fixed they first suggested filling the hole with a sheet metal screw and some sealant.…. I ended up taking a decent loss on that thing but I hated driving it. If it was without issues as you would expect for a 1 year old truck I would have still been driving it, but when the CEO of ford is admitting they have quality control issues …
TRX I loved, powerful, huge, comfortable. Literally zero compromises. I got mine for a decent price because it had 23k miles on it and was a ram “fast feedback” vehicle owned by ram prior to me. I still miss that vehicle but obviously I ended up getting out of it. the fuel economy was absolutely brutal (not to mention Illinois premium gas prices) and it just felt wrong daily driving such an expensive Vehicle. Theft rates are sky high on it and every morning leaving for work it would wake up my kids even if it was already outside lol.
I decided to move back to Jeep because I got a ton of money deposited into my bank, got a basically new Jeep (5k miles on a 22) and I get to come back to the Jeep community that is second to none. Theres certainly a slight superiority complex on the raptor community that you notice right away, especially if you bring up TRXs lol.
TRX I loved, powerful, huge, comfortable. Literally zero compromises. I got mine for a decent price because it had 23k miles on it and was a ram “fast feedback” vehicle owned by ram prior to me. I still miss that vehicle but obviously I ended up getting out of it. the fuel economy was absolutely brutal (not to mention Illinois premium gas prices) and it just felt wrong daily driving such an expensive Vehicle. Theft rates are sky high on it and every morning leaving for work it would wake up my kids even if it was already outside lol.
I decided to move back to Jeep because I got a ton of money deposited into my bank, got a basically new Jeep (5k miles on a 22) and I get to come back to the Jeep community that is second to none. Theres certainly a slight superiority complex on the raptor community that you notice right away, especially if you bring up TRXs lol.
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