Search results

  1. Bench seating for front

    Another vote for bench seat. I have 2 kids. I'm kinda surprised this isn't already an option (or default!). I had a '93 Ranger with bench seat when I was a univeristy student, worked just fine for three young adults, and the Slate is even wider. In fact my Ranger was the "supercab" version...
  2. Need FM Radio

    Most head unit with a screen want this wire, and will only let you play videos when handbrake wire is grounded (handbrake/e-brake engaged), as a safety "feature". If you leave that wire unconnected/floating then it wont play video. Of course many self-installers will just hook it up to a hard...
  3. Need FM Radio

    You are mistaken. Digital/HD FM uses the exact same antenna as analog FM. (The same was true with TV btw, you didn't need a new antenna when TV went digital/HD either.) Also, seems HD FM is even *less* popular today than it was 15 years ago... although yes, thats a feature that's important to...
  4. New base-model Teslas have no radio

    Presumably they wouldn't ship it with an empty DIN slot, if they werent including a radio they would likely put a compartment there people could use for storage. Same kinda thing you do when putting a single din radio in a double din slot, etc.
  5. Amazon should make a tablet with GPS

    I see there's an option to mount an ipad, however an ipad with GPS Is super expensive. How bout getting Amazon to make a (cheap) fire tablet with GPS, so we could use it for navigation/entertainment in the Slate instead. And include a good satnav app that can download and use offline maps...
  6. Top Gear Video: Hands-on with customized Slate Trucks & reasons why SLATE will succeed

    Driver side only power window seems silly. If only one side, I want it on passenger side so I can control it from drivers seat.
  7. How much day-to-day technology is enough?

    Yeah not for me The whole point of the two-way is so that I can tell if it started when I'm far away or can't easily see the vehicle. For example when I was a university student I would hit the auto start and then walk to the lower parking lot which would take about 10 to 15 minutes but by the...
  8. How much day-to-day technology is enough?

    I wouldn't want to have to use any of that stuff on that list for day-to-day usage. I don't mind there being an app for diagnosing problems or changing default settings to preferred settings (preferably available for OS besides android and ios) , but in no way would want to be required to use...
  9. Slate Tailgate Pad accessory revealed -- with Mountain Bikes carried on pickup bed tailgate

    What's the point of that mat, wouldn't the bike fit just as well without it? I understand the body panels are plastic and unpainted, so it's not like there's a worry of scratching the paint....
  10. Will the Slate’s 8 seconds to 60 mph be adequate for safe highway merging?

    What a coincidence, the first car I ever owned was an '82 Chevette, although mine was manual. Bought it for $500 in 1993. And also the slowest car I've ever owned, although I'm sure i got an 85mph speeding ticket in it. It just took a long time to get up to speed. I remember it was in Oregon...
  11. Will the Slate’s 8 seconds to 60 mph be adequate for safe highway merging?

    I have driven my grampas ford escort zx2 quite a bit, with its 2L zetec engine, that also takes 8 seconds for 0-60. Is it driveable, sure, but it always seems slow to accelerate, often requiring pedal to the metal on on-ramps to get to freeway speed by the end,etc. So I was super...
  12. FB Video: I don't think they have engineered the rear hatch/window yet.

    Welp, I been reading up on this, and seems I'm out of luck. In my ideal imagined setup, in pickup configuration I'd like sliding rear window like my 93 ford ranger had. And in SUV configuration, I'd like a rolldown window in the tailgate like my 83 chevy blazer had. But I now understand...
  13. Double-din radio housing for center dash and dash speaker blanks

    I hadn't realized it was all plastic. I'm still learning about this vehicle. And learning about antennas. Perhaps it would be possible to put a few wires in the hood to make a sort of ground plane, to connect to the base of the antenna. But obviously this isn't a simple matter, probably why...
  14. Double-din radio housing for center dash and dash speaker blanks

    I admit I haven't tried BMWs version, but I've used something similar in the past and they are nowhere near as good as a real 30" whip, they're basically only useful for close stations. If you live somewhere 45+ miles away from the city, they hardly work at all. I would prefer they keep it...
  15. New base-model Teslas have no radio

    I still use a clock radio alarm clock. So almost every morning :) I've never understood people who want to wake to buzzers/beepers. If there are modern smartclockstreamigdevice that require connecting to wifi and will play streaming audio, I'm glad I'm not aware of them :)
  16. New base-model Teslas have no radio

    Not me. I have tried various streaming services and use them sometimes, Pandora is great. I've tried several apps that stream FM radio, like I Heart Radio and Audacy, and for listening to out of area radio stations, they are useful. But for local stations, they are nowhere near as good as an...
  17. Double-din radio housing for center dash and dash speaker blanks

    Even something like that would work, but besides the DIN opening and power/ignition wires, we'd still need an antenna. And I'd rather not have to drill into new truck to install that, I really hope if they offer radio-ready option that not only includes somewhere convenient to mount it, but...
  18. Need FM Radio

    I am considering this truck, but the lack of FM radio seems like a big deal to me. A radio needs to work independantly of my phone completely and come on automatically and immediately when I start the vehicle. I don't care about features like power windows or power steering or automatic...
Top