Your reservation gets you a Slate test drive in 2026!

[Firstevexcited1]

Completely agree! But after the long wait is over, let’s hope this forum doesn’t end up like a lot of other forums. They tend to be dominated with complaints. Certainly there will be issues on a totally new design. I just hope they are relatively minor in nature.

Hopefully they keep the truck simple.......I just want it plain as it gets. Less gadgets the better.

 

[evtruth]

Having been raised in Indiana and attending high school in Kokomo, all I can say is: Sorry bout your luck. 😉

Nah, I love small towns. I'm here intentionally, not by luck. 🙂

 

[metroshot]

Not to nit pick here, but I'm not hanging my hat on "available for demonstration drives" as meaning reservation holder/prospective buyers actually get to test drive a Slate. "Demonstration drives" to me means you get to ride in a Slate rather than drive one.

Yes, the first pre-production Ford Lightnings were demo drives driven by a professional driver.

Guess they can't trust you can handle the enormous torque and HP ?

 

[BF44]

Hopefully they keep the truck simple.......I just want it plain as it gets. Less gadgets the better.

So far it appears like you add what you want which is a great idea. Only the future will tell

 

[SlatePossible2028]

Not to nit pick here, but I'm not hanging my hat on "available for demonstration drives" as meaning reservation holder/prospective buyers actually get to test drive a Slate. "Demonstration drives" to me means you get to ride in a Slate rather than drive one.

Not being able to take my possible slate purchase and beat the piss out of it for 10 min or so would severely impact by desire to buy one

 

[sodamo]

My wife test drove her Ascent, but at my insistence, because I consider it her car. Last time I test drove a new vehicle? Honestly don’t remember. I did sit in my Tundra, but not drive it. But I will test drive a used vehicle.

 

[Paul Rodgers]

https://www.slate.auto/en/events

More info coming soon!

Nothing at all on the east coast!
Would be great if they showed even a static blank slate at Daytona. Or any e coast event

 

[sodamo]

Nothing at all on the east coast!
Would be great if they showed even a static blank slate at Daytona. Or any e coast event

Did they move Boston? Always thought it was pretty East coast.

 

[Paul Rodgers]

Did they move Boston? Always thought it was pretty East coast.

Your right of course. But I'm in S FL, Boston is nearly 2000 miles

 

[BF44]

Your right of course. But I'm in S FL, Boston is nearly 2000 miles

you don't need a car then just a boat

 

[Benjamin Nead]

Your right of course. But I'm in S FL, Boston is nearly 2000 miles

It looks like they're covering the east to west, but along the northern US border. They'll work their way south in the same fashion. By the time they make it to the southern latitudes, it'll be snowy up north and nice in places like Arizona and Florida.

 

[Luxrage]

Not being able to take my possible slate purchase and beat the piss out of it for 10 min or so would severely impact by desire to buy one

For all of the reasons I don't like Teslas, their 'showrooms' are the greatest thing to happen to car buying. Schedule a test drive, show up, beat the hell out of a Model S Performance, return it and go about your day with no purchase pressure.

Maybe all of their service centers they contract with will get a 'demo' vehicle.

 

[BF44]

It looks like they're covering the east to west, but along the northern US border. They'll work their way south in the same fashion. By the time they make it to the southern latitudes, it'll be snowy up north and nice in places like Arizona and Florida.

So your saying they may not even exsist?

 

[Paul Rodgers]

So your saying they may not even exsist?

Not really, just that you really do not want to test drive a lightweight RWD pickup on ice. Unless you like sideways.

 

[BF44]

Not really, just that you really do not want to test drive a lightweight RWD pickup on ice. Unless you like sideways.

I never thought of the slate as a rear wheel drive only but your right. Would be a wonderful experience like driving in the Allegheny mountains of Pa. in the winter....chuckle..you learn fast how to control your car as she slides around. Great fun under the right conditions. Black ice to me is the worse. Its like a sheet of oiled glass and you have absolute no control....scary. When i was building hospitals in Nevada and crossing the Sierra nevada mountains if i left early i would hit lots of the stuff so learned to wait untill the sun had been up for a bit then cross and when i did I would always pass several vehicles off theroad in snow banks or worse. People just drive to fast in general for safety