I've rarely used mine in the Raptor. Most often on a boat ramp. But honestly in those situations you can just brake and it will get both wheels moving.
I'm going to drive one of the dealer units and see how it is on the highway. If it sucks I'll move on, if it's bearable for an 8 hour drive to a trail I'll just keep waiting.
Even in death valley I've scraped the belly of the Raptor and been on one tight turn where the nose was pressed against the cliff and the rear tire was hanging almost over the edge. So if you want an '11 with a 6.2 it's for sale.
I drove a two door defender. My build is about 10k more than my bronco build. I love all the exterior colors of the defender, and the interior is worlds better. I'm dreading the tan dash in the wildtrack, plus the off color interior trim. My main fear is wind noise. I often drive all day to get...
Sure glad I have a ton of interior trim matching the sticker on the outside, instead of the big painted body color panel on the interior of the door. Hopefully the glare from the tan dash will keep me from being able to see anything.
I just bought some of these, but they are not the normal Greg Norman quality.
https://www.tgw.com/golf-apparel/mens-golf-apparel/mens-golf-shirts/greg-norman-mens-playdry-protek-micro-pique-polo-p91673
Basically like this, or any quick dry fabric. Cotton sucks in hot places after you get these...
I know I may be unique, but normal t-shirts are too hot and the collar too restricting. I don't know if you can print on golf type shirts made of that really cool fabric, but once I found them I have never bought another cloth tshirt.
The main thing for me is wind/road noise. If you have to drive all day to get to the trails, it's nice to have a quiet truck. Even in day to day use, it sucks not to be able to talk on the phone, or have to crank up the radio every second. Plus the interior doesn't have any mis-matched color...
I'm usually sad that you can only get black and grey interiors. Now I'm probably not going to buy a bronco until they give me something that isn't so ugly. I know with the reflections off the dash I won't be able to see much of it, but it's still horrible.
The 35" KO2 on the Raptor are rated for 99mph. Ford set the limiter at that speed. For a few dollars more you can get higher rated KO2's. I think they test them all and rate them on how perfect they are, but not really sure. I'm sure the wind noise would cover the tire noise, but more aggressive...