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I have a Tesla Y range originally rated at approximately 300 miles. Don't remember the exact specs. Regularly get 250 miles per fill up but I don't let it get super low hardly ever. So many superchargers are at places like Sheetz or Wawa or Buc-ee's . Driving cross country has never been a big...

I owned a 2005 Porsche Boxster base for several years- my summertime daily with a lot of freeway on and off. It was rated at 0-60 just shy of six seconds. And it was super quick. Not as quick as my Model Y long range, however. Having driven an old VW Microbus, I think I can cope with the ‘slow’...

Looks a bit like a chopped, channeled, sectioned and shortened Checker Marathon, with fins from a 59 Ford. I like it.

In 2001 I bought a Mazda Tribute. I got the four cylinder five speed 4 wheel drive model. It was basically, as we all know, a rebadged Ford Escape of the same year and specification. It would intermittently and randomly shut down and not start. I was even stranded in sub zero weather once. at...

I don’t understand the fetish for AM radio as a safety issue. My first cars had AM only, but when WMMS came on the scene in my hometown of Cleveland OH, I installed an FM converter in my VW bug and never looked back. Since 1971 or so, I’ve only listened to AM for MLB games. I have tried to tune...

I was 40 and it was a Jeep Cherokee Sport, my 16th (out of 25 so far) vehicle. Damn I’ve had a lot of cars.

Watching this video reminded me of my first ever car- a 1960 Rambler American. It was a mildly restyled version of the 1950-55 Nash Rambler, the first successful American compact car. So successful that it spawned a song by the Playmates where the Nash challenged-and beat- a Cadillac in a road...

Pretty much every car I’ve driven from about 200 on drives well. People complained about the Honda Fit blowing around in the wind. Those people never drove an original VW Microbus. I owned a Fit, put 100k on it and drove it like I stole it. Not saying how fast i went in it, and it didn’t handle...

While everyone’s been comparing the Slate to new EV start ups, what Ford and GM are doing, etc, I think the better comparison is to VW. Volkswagen of America was formed in 1955. A more improbable vehicle than the original Beetle could probably not even be imagined. Teensy. 36 horsepower. Basic...

I agree… since I’m the one that started this thread, I feel like I should clarify my earlier range comment. I’ve been driving an early (2015) Tesla model S which never had more than 250 rated miles, and a first gen (2020) Tesla model Y which was alleged to have 300 mile range. Never did see...

MY urinary system does not let me forget that, just sayin.

I had to laugh when I was leaning on the fender of my EV, chasrging at a WAWA, and a guy comes up to me and starts telling me how impractical EVs are, how you can’t take them on long trips, etc. I was at the tail end of a 1k plus trip from northern Ohio to south Florida. Oh yea, the trip was a...

I installed aftermarket seat heaters on an old Chevy Tahoe, bought the best ones I could find and worked like a champ for ten years. might do that to my slate

After having driven electric for ten years and \ over 160k miles I feel like I have a clue about driving electric. From Cleveland Ohio, I’ve driven to Queen City Missouri (find THAT on a map) Michigan UP, Fort Myers Florida, New Orleans, Asheville NC, Floyd VA, Washington DC, Pittsburgh...

if you’ve ever seen a window sticker from, say, a 1966 Chevy Impala, you’ve also seen a bunch of individual options. You could get an Impala with a six cylinder engine and three speed stick. Add an automatic transmission, or a V8. Radio? optional extra. Rear seat speaker? Ditto. pie pan hubcaps...

In 2014, Tesla was holding driving events at various places. We went to one in the suburbs of Columbus, where my wife decided she needed one. I figure Slate will do something similar. I hope reservation holders get preferential treatment.

In my teens and twenties, I drove Corvairs and VWs. On one Corvair I had recapped tires, on the other I had (just becoming available) Semperit radials. The rear weight bias caused me no end of trouble as I overcooked corners (I was a teen with a four speed) but never once did I have any trouble...

Hear hear, RetiredonPaper! I’m, like you, an old DIYer. I’ve been frustrated by “new” cars being not diy friendly. I never saw the top of the engine in my otherwise beloved Porsche Boxster. Any work that was done on it was at the dealer or a Porsche specialist shop. Oh I did manage to change the...

It would be cool to have a convertible top over the bed like the Isuzu Rodea Sport or the Geo Tracker/Suzuki Sidekick, Daihatsu Rocky....