i am in connecticut...and there arent any left in connecticut...i have friends in MA and RI...and they tell me the same thing...you cannot get a raptor in new england...most raptors only stayed on the showroom floor for two days tops....i called 7 dealerships looking for one...when i did...i put a $3000 down payment with my credit card without even seeing one in person...the dealership that i got mine from...CENTRAL SPORTS,,Plainfield CT said that 3 guys came in 10 minutes after i put the deposit down with cash in there hands...he total me that he almost had a fight over it...hehehe....nananananan...i got the last one...all other dealerships in CT...have to wait until the 2002 models come out....i got my raptor at the end of april...not sure what my vin# is....herbdon out...

 

i live down here in south mississippi and our local dealership ( Bardwell Yamaha ) has 2 raptors in right now, and they usually keep at least one in. i dunno how they do it they sell pretty good down here. just my $.02 of knowledge