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WHAT WE LIKE: Evidently the thing we like most about our Ford F-150 Raptor is spinning its odometer at ridiculous rates: Since its arrival in April of last year we’ve already ticked through 27,000 miles. This truck, on its surface, seems an unlikely choice for over-the-road travel, but it gets used often for that since it’s as capable of gently swallowing highway miles as it is of eating Michigan chuckholes. Despite its 34-inch-tall BFGoodrich rubber and refrigerator-in-a-wind-tunnel aero profile, the enormous rig sails down the road with the silence and serenity of an air-hockey puck. The arrival of Michigan winter coincided with the need for new rubber, leading to our discovery that, at full tread depth, the BFG All-Terrain T/A KO2 is a very reasonable winter tire. Even on hard-packed snow, they dig in and churn the white stuff into frozen pulp. Speaking of winter-specific features, this F-150’s remote-start function saves us the burden of being cold while we annoy our neighbors by roostertailing powder off the unplowed subdivision roads. There’s a lot to like here. READ MORE ››
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