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    Slate Hires New CEO Peter Faricy. Ex-CEO Chris Barman appointed new role

    I was wrong about that, too. Good.
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    Slate Website / Configurator Update + New Accessories and Parts

    Surely, you can't be serious.
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    Slate testing on solid ice & snow at Baudette Proving Ground in MN (video)

    So are their banana sundaes... Banana Moncrot (squirting banana) Their tagline is "big, long, and squirting."
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    Slate testing on solid ice & snow at Baudette Proving Ground in MN (video)

    It autocorrected to "licking diff". Sounds so wrong. Anyhoo... a locker would help a lot with my stupid driveway, though.
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    Slate testing on solid ice & snow at Baudette Proving Ground in MN (video)

    A limited-slip or licking diff would help a lot.
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    Slate Website / Configurator Update + New Accessories and Parts

    I'm one of the complainers! However, I won't need DIN for this... Marine stereo bundle: I'll cut a hole in the middle door and mount it there. The front plate extends beyond the radio chassis so cutout gaps will be covered. Wired remote goes outside near the liftgate. Shallow-depth...
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    Slate Website / Configurator Update + New Accessories and Parts

    There are two gloveboxes in the blank Slate... I'm going to mount a marine stereo in the middle one.
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    Slate Hires New CEO Peter Faricy. Ex-CEO Chris Barman appointed new role

    Looks like I was wrong about the glovebox...
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    Slate Hires New CEO Peter Faricy. Ex-CEO Chris Barman appointed new role

    I was rather unclear about DIN, so I fixed it. Thanks for that. I'm afraid there won't even be a blade key to open the doors if everything goes to hell. I don't want the time or expense of a Repair Pal visit for something as simple as a jump start. It seems pretty clear to me that Barman...
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    Slate Hires New CEO Peter Faricy. Ex-CEO Chris Barman appointed new role

    That actually makes the anti-keyblade rationale so much worse. Did we take the same class? Welcome to foot, ball.
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    Slate Hires New CEO Peter Faricy. Ex-CEO Chris Barman appointed new role

    I thought that was Jeep with the ducks.
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    Slate Hires New CEO Peter Faricy. Ex-CEO Chris Barman appointed new role

    DIN is a nonprofit standards orginization based in Germany. It's about as open source as you're going to get in the car stereo space. Can you suggest something better and less "bad-faith argument" that is as universal as DIN?
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    Slate Hires New CEO Peter Faricy. Ex-CEO Chris Barman appointed new role

    Other than the key-blade nonsense, I hadn't noticed the elephant - feminine or otherwise. In fact, I only found out Chris is a woman three weeks after I reserved my Slate. I'll hazard a guess her truncated first name is deliberate. We really should be past the need for obfiscation like this...
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    Slate Hires New CEO Peter Faricy. Ex-CEO Chris Barman appointed new role

    She doesn't mention any other reasons in that clip. Just safety and security prefaced by "...as a single female at night in a dimly lit parking lot, I would not feel safe." If you can find other reasons behind her decision, please post them. Chris Barmin implies that a bladed key would...
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    Slate Hires New CEO Peter Faricy. Ex-CEO Chris Barman appointed new role

    Auto manufacturers don't support DIN coz they'd rather lock users into their own ecosystems. Would you rather Slate adopt a proprietary system too? Hardly the open source ethos they've been pushing. How else but DIN would most people install an aftermarket car stereo? I'll prolly install a...
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    Slate Hires New CEO Peter Faricy. Ex-CEO Chris Barman appointed new role

    Tell that to Chris Barman. These are her words... But we had this discussion, myself and other members of the team, about as a single female at night in a dimly lit parking lot, I would not feel safe. There’s a twofold reason we did the fob. One is from the security perspective: you can unlock...
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    Slate Hires New CEO Peter Faricy. Ex-CEO Chris Barman appointed new role

    You won't like this, either. It's partly because she's making decisions that alienate half of Slate's potential customers (guys). Here's an example... https://www.slateforums.com/forum/threads/this-truck-is-designed-like-legos—this-could-change-evs-forever.13982/#post-205964 Here we learn...
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    Slate Hires New CEO Peter Faricy. Ex-CEO Chris Barman appointed new role

    I've a prediction you won't like. Trisha Johnson gets the axe or is likewise subordinated.
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    Slate isn't building the truck for us

    Good luck finding one that isn't an SUV.
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