Off-Roading in a High-Mileage 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor
Indiana Jones put it best: “It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage.” Looking back on the Ford Raptor, it’s crazy to think that it’s been 11 years since it came out. Now on their second generation, the Raptor is still going strong (despite a two-year hiatus between 2015 to 2016).
There were a lot of changes that happened between those generations. One big one was the change from a naturally aspirated V8 to a turbocharged V6. A lot of Raptor fans prefer the throaty V8 to the sporty forced-induction V6, and now that they’re getting on in years, there’s no time like the present to look back on the first-gens and evaluate how well they perform off-road.
Such is the premise behind this video from YouTube channel The Straight Pipes. Hosted by Yuri and Jakob and based out of Toronto, Ontario, the duo take a 2010 Raptor that they’ve driven over 12,000 miles (as of the video’s filming, it was at 230,000 miles on the odometer) since owning and give feedback on its performance.
