Recent content by jonboy108

Speaking of wraps, what is the deal with wraps needing special adhesive? Can’t we go to a local quality wrap shop and get wrapped there?

I sat in a Slate when it was in Cleveland, which was a year ago now. I didn’t have any comment about getting in or out. Most sedans now are too low for me, and I just spent some time in a Silverado pickup- too high, I had to slide out and pull myself in. (i’m tall, heavy and elderly). I think...

Too true- but outside of the Slate miniverse, a lot of pundits mockingly call it any kind of descriptor of small. Yes, all of the vehicles I mentioned (mostly SUVs because that’s the way my Slate will be dressed) were very able to haul my fat 6’2” body behind the wheel and my wife and kids...

But It’s so SMALL! Last summer, I saw, and sat in, a squareback prototype in Cleveland. I actually thought it had a much bigger presence than I expected. So lately I did a bit of a dive into sizes of historic vehicles to compare, just overall length. Tell me if you thought that these were all...

I’m looking at the Slate as a bit of ‘reverse snobbery’. Way back when, people who clearly could afford a more expensive car bought Volkswagen beetles to show off they bought cheap but high quality. A lot of my friends have pretty spendy cars, and i think this will just be fun.

It’s a weird American thing to have cars and trucks grow every year, except for 1977 when GM reset the sizes of their full size sedans. My 1989 Plymouth Voyager minivan was one inch longer than a Slate is. The current production version- Chrysler Pacifica is 30 inches longer. I suspect the...

ensen MPR210 Single DIN Stereo | Bluetooth | AM/FM |

There’s a lot of relatively simple AM/FM radios out there, most with other possibly ‘unwanted’ features, Retro Sounds has several options and there’s a Panasonic one for $40 or so. Simple to make a mount or throw it in one of the glove boxes…….

Ok hive mind, if the lift kit decreases mileage/range, would the lowering kit increase it?

If a spare is what one wants, and if one does not want the tailgate mount, what about a side mount on the rear quarter like they had on Jeep CJ 5s? there is metal framework behind the fender, it would take some doing, but it might actually look cool.

If and when I get the slate (Apr-June window) it will live in Florida and likely will stay outside in the sun (I can hear the wrap degrading as I type) it would be a boon to have it solar charging all day while it sits, plus charging while I drive. Panels on top of the SUV roof? I already live...

i guess it runs in my family… My dad bought a brand new Chevy Corvair in the fall of 1959, air cooled engine and gasoline heater and all. My wife had a chance to drive a Tesla S in 2014, bought one in 2015 when the Tesla shop opened in Cleveland. In 2020, in the middle of a road trip, at a...

I’ve always wrenched to a greater or lesser extent on my cars. I rebuilt a Chevy 6 cylinder engine in my living room and a VW engine in my dining room. Changed my own oil on everything. (Crazy, I know) As cars have gotten more complex, even changing oil got more complicated. Driving EVs for 11...

I know that I’m a dinosaur. but I drove underpowered cars for years- VW beetles and buses, Renault LeCars, etc. I’m now driving Teslas; a Y and S. They’re both ungodly quick and fun to drive. But the real answer is to know your car, it’s capabilities, your OWN capabilities, and drive...

I agree. Recently Tesla updated the display in my model Y to include a pretty comprehensive energy use graphic. I had been frustrated for a long time (it’s six years old and 98k miles) that my real world mileage was often far less than the advertised 300 plus or minus range. I’ve said that I can...