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  1. What would you tow?!

    Based on the silly answers they gave for other questions, I would expect the answer to be "On the back." :rolleyes:

  2. What would you tow?!

    For me, it's more for the angle of the trailer. The smallest harbor freight trailer that was perfectly level when attached to the hitch on my Shelby Cobra kit car will be tilting up quite a bit on my Slate with 2" lift. That greatly increases the risk of the back of the trailer dragging when...

  3. Slate Marketing is making me lose interest.

    meh, I don't think there is as big of a difference between "city people" and "rural people" as people think. Everyone simply wants a vehicle that does what they want it to do. If you need it to tow a lot, whether it's a hipster sculptor hauling granite or a rural cattle farmer, this isn't the...

  4. Slate Marketing is making me lose interest.

    I've seen several ads where they are putting things in the bed to haul. Is that what you're looking for or do you want the ads to show the same things you want to haul? Or are you looking for ads where it's driving in a more rural setting like a gravel road? I think I'm missing the point of...

  5. AI Says, Self driving cars will make insurance rates for Human Drivers cost prohibitive within 10 years.

    We don't have that central control / mesh network structure now with human drivers. I'm not convinced we would need that for AI either. For instance, if my car had an AI that made the exact same decisions as I would, based on what it senses, it would still be safer than me simply because it...

  6. AI Says, Self driving cars will make insurance rates for Human Drivers cost prohibitive within 10 years.

    living in an area with a lot of ongoing construction, I can assure you that humans struggle to recognize it too. Just saw an accident last night, followed by the inevitable shouting match between the drivers. That got me thinking, if two AI cars got in a fender-bender, would they shout at each...

  7. Speculation: What Will Slate's second model be?

    Having participated in motorsports, it doesn't surprise me that there are required sponsor stickers, even if you don't use those parts. Yeah, I got nothing for this stupidity.... 🤣

  8. AI Says, Self driving cars will make insurance rates for Human Drivers cost prohibitive within 10 years.

    Computers can react way faster than humans now. If humans can react to other humans, I'm not sure they'll have to be physically separated.

  9. How do you feel about Slate's towing capacity?

    I'm still going to tow my 5x8 utility trailer a few miles down the road to pick up 2, 21-bale bundles of straw. I'm pretty sure the total weight is 1000#. ;) My anemic 160HP transit connect can do it so I have faith. :fingerscrossed:

  10. Speculation: What Will Slate's second model be?

    Though they haven't officially asked for my opinion, I'm team mini / cargo van.

  11. AI Says, Self driving cars will make insurance rates for Human Drivers cost prohibitive within 10 years.

    With elderly parents and a brother with sight disabilities, I can't wait until self-driving cars become available.

  12. Why do YOU want a Slate?

    I'm not sure why it would be distracting if it was running all the time but who knows. We only have a cargo van and a pickup so when backing, I can't see directly behind the van at all. I can see directly out the back of the truck but nothing from 5ft (or so) down, due to the tailgate. So yes...

  13. Why do YOU want a Slate?

    I'm comfortable in saying almost all drivers on the road today learned to drive without a backup camera. Still, I REALLY like the backup camera. Just because I know how to back without it, doesn't mean I don't see it's value. Related, I learned to back trailers on tractors, looking over my...

  14. I want my AM/FM radio and that's all there is to it!

    This "cool kid" is still rocking 6x9's in carpeted speaker boxes for his garage stereo. :like:

  15. Does the SUV kit make sense?

    I'm encouraged by seeing the cargo response. No roll bar or seats should definitely bring the price down for that option.

  16. Why do YOU want a Slate?

    I want an electric vehicle. Ideally, it would be an electric minivan, but the cargo version of the slate might work. We do a lot of animal rescue and since we'll be hauling a lot of animals, I'm not interested in anything "nice". The small size makes it easy to park in garages and small lots. I...

  17. CONCERN ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR ON THE DASH

    I had an old car that simply had a double-throw toggle switch for turn signals. Center was off, up was right, and down was left. No self cancelling so I had to remember to turn it back off. There was only a single light that flashed when ANY turn signal was flashing but didn't indicate which...

  18. I want my AM/FM radio and that's all there is to it!

    I remember being a high school kid, cruising the strip, cranking up the AM radio. :rock:

  19. THERE WILL BE A TIME WHEN IT JUST WON'T GO

    I've never had a car towed other than on a flatbed. When you said that it would ruin the tires, I was thinking, "from 20 feet of slow sliding? no way" because I was only thinking of flatbed towing. Having said that, the times I've had cars towed was due to a mechanical issue that wouldn't allow...

  20. slate, the food truck situation

    I don't know what it is but I've been hearing imaginary ice cream trucks everywhere! I hear our windchimes (that have been up for years) and think, "Is that an ice cream truck?!?" I was running on the bike path through a small farm town and heard some faint church bells off in the distance. "Is...
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