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2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor: There's One Born Every Minute

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Take a closer look at this image. It was shot from the Raptor on the freeway last week. Study it carefully. Every detail.

And then tell me what you would do if you were driving the Raptor and this guy pulled up next to you and laughed.

Because all I did -- after I looked over his rig -- was laugh right back.

He must live a hard life.

Josh Jacquot, Senior editor

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31 Comments

banhugh says:

05:17 AM, 08/12/11

prozac overdose?

noburgers says:

05:24 AM, 08/12/11

The Raptor's bed is bigger; you have a useful truck, more power, and no dipwad window sticker. You probably just can't ford (no pun intended) streams that the Hummer can. But that sticker is sad--makes you wonder how he managed the "DAD" license plate frame.

That Hummer is so clean it probably doesn't go offroad much anyway.

elgac says:

05:29 AM, 08/12/11

I'm thinking he must be in his 20s and was a fan of the Little Rascals movie.
I bet he was also a douche. Of course I pretty much assume that about all H2 drivers.

philaburb says:

06:05 AM, 08/12/11

Pathetic. Isn't the H2 just a tahoe with a hummer body bolted on?

lmbvette says:

06:11 AM, 08/12/11

Help me out...I can't read what the sticker on the back window says....

church123 says:

06:24 AM, 08/12/11

I think it's f***in hilarious. And I'll bet the guy doesn't take himself too seriously. Probably married with several daughters.

texases says:

06:49 AM, 08/12/11

"just can't ford streams"...no, that would be the H1, this H2 has not an H1 part on it, anywhere. Fashion statement.

_feloniousmonk says:

07:07 AM, 08/12/11

INTERSTATE PISSING MATCH!

jeepsrt says:

07:08 AM, 08/12/11

My brother had the exact same Hummer H2, he picked it up used for 31k and sold it a year later for 41k because he got so many dirty looks for driving a Hummer. He then bought a Raptor that get's about the same mileage but get's thumbs up from everybody.

7driver says:

07:13 AM, 08/12/11

@church123

He could be divorced...

mbonus says:

07:14 AM, 08/12/11

The best part : "DAD - UC Berkeley" That's got to ruffle some feathers dropping the kids off at campus.

Little rascals / Our Gang - some classic stuff, really cool show and even more so when you consider the diversity of the cast and when it was made.

stovebolter says:

07:38 AM, 08/12/11

Wait - the guy driving the ultimate statement of being a stereotypical suburban soccer mom is laughing at a Raptor?

bankerdanny says:

07:39 AM, 08/12/11

@noburgers: I'm pretty sure that there is not a single off-road situation in which an H2 is superior to a Raptor. The H@ looks like a badass off-road vehicle, the Raptor IS a badass off-road vehicle.

fushigi says:

08:11 AM, 08/12/11

@lmbvette - "He-man Woman Hater's Club" (Hint: Use Control + to increase/zoom in on almost any web page; Control - to zoom back out.)

To me it looks like a fugly bling-box.

compliance says:

09:18 AM, 08/12/11

I bet he owns his.

fordson1 says:

09:28 AM, 08/12/11

You said it - there's one born every minute. I probably wouldn't even look over in that direction, or would ignore him if I did.

firstwagon says:

09:42 AM, 08/12/11

GM did put a lot of effort into the H2 to make it a better off roader then the Tahoe. Ford likely put a little more effort into the the F150 to make it a decent off roader but it doesn't matter.

Most are bought for the image of being big and tough, not the reality.

As for the sticker, either bad divorce or he plays for the other team.

cr_driver says:

09:52 AM, 08/12/11

fushigi says:
08:11 AM, 08/12/11
@lmbvette - "He-man Woman Hater's Club" (Hint: Use Control + to increase/zoom in on almost any web page; Control - to zoom back out.)

Thanks fushigi.

wvraptor78 says:

10:28 AM, 08/12/11

As a Raptor owner myself I would laugh my *** off at him. I've always thought (even before I got my Raptor) that H2 owners were just soccer moms and guys trying to make their "hitches" bigger! I would have rolled down the window and asked if he would like to follow me off road. Cause trust me, this Raptor isn't a garage/interstate queen!!

acbayard says:

10:52 AM, 08/12/11

Pot meet Kettle.

The guy in the Raptor is just 5 years younger than the guy in the H2.

stovt001 says:

12:24 PM, 08/12/11

I'm with Church.

I love the Little Rascals reference. If you're going to drive an H2, why not?

lazyhater says:

02:19 PM, 08/12/11

The only real Hummer that real ballers drive is the H1. H2 and H3 are fake wannabe.

_feloniousmonk says:

02:50 PM, 08/12/11

lazyhater says:

"The only real Hummer that real ballers drive is the H1. H2 and H3 are fake wannabe."

Yep, because we all know just how earnest "real ballers" are.

Besides, anyone (other than service personnel on active duty) driving an H1 on a city street that isn't currently in the middle of a war zone is pretty much the definition of a poseur and a "fake wannabe".

threemopars says:

02:53 PM, 08/12/11

"That Hummer is so clean it probably doesn't go offroad much anyway."

Not like the Raptor did on IL. All it did was haul people around and guzzle gas, much like the H2 you see in the photo.

bassrockerx says:

06:26 PM, 08/12/11

who says that he was laughing AT you not WITH you. how do you know that you was even in the equation at all?? i cant even see if the driver is laughing! MORE INFO PLEASE. also PICS OR GTFO. how do i know that you was even driving the raptor when you took the picture? how do i know that you diddint just take this picture because you had an idea to write this little blurb and wanted to make fun of h2 owners? is this all you get paid to do is write a stupid blog like this that may or may not be false?

ptcdawg says:

07:32 PM, 08/12/11

Both vehicles that I wouldn't own. Not much more to say.

gregbird says:

08:53 PM, 08/12/11

Nearly every Hummer I see has a little blond lady in it... But, I've never liked Hummers anyway. You could buy a 2 door Wrangler and boring econo-box for the same money.

lolxd says:

12:19 AM, 08/13/11

I bet the Raptor would thrash the H2 in an off road competition.

The H2 may be a hummer but it was more likely built to explore the wilderness of Silicon Valley by MILFs than built to take on the the Moab or thrashed in the deserts by crazy sadistic idiots with a hammer.

doss1 says:

04:11 PM, 08/13/11

@bassrockerx

If you were to read a majority of the blogs on the Rapter, you would see that the majority of its use is by Mr. Jacquot. Just as most of the Project Miata's use is done by Mr. Kavanagh.

He could have been laughing with the editor, as in "wow, I thought I had the baddest truck on the road". However, I doubt it.

This blog isn't that stupid sense you were enticed to post on it.

bassrockerx says:

02:29 AM, 08/14/11

well i stil call shenanigans!

no_ipods says:

05:29 PM, 08/16/11

The H2 is a Tahoe playing dress-up and nothing more. Have you seen the videos of the Raptor blowing through the Mojave at 90+ MPH? There isn't a factory built, run of the line 4x4 that can do that...not stock F150, not Chevy, not Dodge, not Hummer, not Jeep...none of them. I wish I had the $$$ to fork over on a Raptor (LOL)...could settle a lot of arguments.

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