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Hello all,
I want to preface this with its not my truck by my Fiance's, she picked the power wagon. I picked a Mercedes E300 which was $70k so that was her price range. Originally we were set on getting a 17 raptor, but had major issues with our 14 F150 platinum (power drain causing multiple dead batteries, key transponder issues where it wouldn't start, brakes completely went out 100%, and now transmission noises at high speeds, power running boards rusting and not opening/closing.... all under 30k miles) and with Ford still not releasing HP numbers or all the features, i have a feeling the new raptors going to be a dud. For whatever she didn't like Chevy interior so we narrowed it down to definitely getting a Ram.
We liked the rebel and the air suspension is nice but its like every other air suspension, you can't leave it full up or full down so it's always at the same 3/4 setting. The rebel felt too much like a car and didn't have that hop into and the feel that you can run over anything. What sold it for us was having them sitting next to eachother and it was obvious which one was an offroad truck. We took both on a couple test drives and found a spot which a high sidewalk (about double as high as normal) and the power wagon climbed the concrete like it was nothing. The Rebel started spinning its wheels so we hopped it in 4wd and it still struggled a bit getting up. Also looking at both trucks up there, it was obvious which one we wanted. Also the bigger tires, better suspension, Warn Winch, locking axles and disconnecting sway bar all electronic really helped make up our mind.
We wanted it loaded with every option but with the graphics so didn't get a laramie power wagon. A couple weeks later and we're definitely happy with the purchase. Attached is a pic of us hoping it fit in her parking garage, which it does barely. Now we're off to start modding and finding some side steps.
I want to preface this with its not my truck by my Fiance's, she picked the power wagon. I picked a Mercedes E300 which was $70k so that was her price range. Originally we were set on getting a 17 raptor, but had major issues with our 14 F150 platinum (power drain causing multiple dead batteries, key transponder issues where it wouldn't start, brakes completely went out 100%, and now transmission noises at high speeds, power running boards rusting and not opening/closing.... all under 30k miles) and with Ford still not releasing HP numbers or all the features, i have a feeling the new raptors going to be a dud. For whatever she didn't like Chevy interior so we narrowed it down to definitely getting a Ram.
We liked the rebel and the air suspension is nice but its like every other air suspension, you can't leave it full up or full down so it's always at the same 3/4 setting. The rebel felt too much like a car and didn't have that hop into and the feel that you can run over anything. What sold it for us was having them sitting next to eachother and it was obvious which one was an offroad truck. We took both on a couple test drives and found a spot which a high sidewalk (about double as high as normal) and the power wagon climbed the concrete like it was nothing. The Rebel started spinning its wheels so we hopped it in 4wd and it still struggled a bit getting up. Also looking at both trucks up there, it was obvious which one we wanted. Also the bigger tires, better suspension, Warn Winch, locking axles and disconnecting sway bar all electronic really helped make up our mind.
We wanted it loaded with every option but with the graphics so didn't get a laramie power wagon. A couple weeks later and we're definitely happy with the purchase. Attached is a pic of us hoping it fit in her parking garage, which it does barely. Now we're off to start modding and finding some side steps.
