You make a couple of interesting points that I'm experiencing now.
I just traded my Lightning (in a fit of despair b/c Ford could NOT figure out how to fix it and I was tired of it sitting in their shop) for a PHEV SUV.
I used the Lightning every weekend for legit "truck things". Now I'll...
To be a contrarian, if I put on national guard gear for a weekend and dress and function like a soldier, I'm not always a hero. I take off the extra gear (the SUV kit), and I'm a plain old plastic 2 seater truck - that can be flat towed.
But, to say that a refurb Wrangler (ICE) is the same as...
Which part? The thousand bulbs plugged into a single circuit (Clark) or Cousin Eddie in the street draining the RV into the storm drain? Both hilarious.
Well these are 2 bits of interesting news. It certainly starts to flesh out the skeleton of "how is this all going to work IRL?". I'm not a particular fan of Meineke, but know that I pass one every day commuting.
Same for me….my round trip with the two littles is 34 miles daily. A bench would be perfect. But suv kit and open air would be fun 4 months per year.
I buy 1-2 vehicles every year (I have 6 drivers), and I don't test drive any of them. They arrive at my house and I do a "confirmation drive" and that's that.
I don't miss the nonsense at the stealerships. In fact, the last 2 vehicles I never even spoke with the sales folks on the phone...
God bless you. I'm always envious of riders....seems like great fun.
I wish I didn't live amongst the gigantic-vehicles-waiting-to-squash-lesser-vehicles. My 20 year old daughter was in a terrible wreck in her VW Bug on her 16th birthday (8 hours after getting her license!). It wasn't built...