What are your personal MUST HAVE Add-Ons/Accessories for your Slate?

[GeoLogic]

To be sure, I'm not calling those who actually do interesting things with a lifted 2WD vehicle a poseur, I'm calling Slate a poseur for offering all of these additions with zero capability to back it up. It's patronizing, and I resent it. And that's not even claiming the Slate will ever be a real off-road capable vehicle, even if they someday offer AWD. I simply maintain that you should back the look with some semblence of capability. I liken a tricked out RWD Slate as the equivalent of a hypothetical consumer RWD Hummer (just a lipstick-on-a-pig Chevy Tahoe, and at least the real pedestrian Hummer offers 4WD). Such a RWD vehicle has no practical purpose other than satisfaction of look-at-me vanity. Fine if something serves actual useful purpose, I just never responded well to show offs. I'm too logical, meticulous, and practical-- Perhaps even to a fault.

Anyway, I demand at least an AWD Slate, because I'll actually use it. So some of my disdain here is based on personal disappointment that they're not bothering to offer this from the beginning. Blah, blah, blah... "We want to keep costs down". Fine. Still offer the RWD vehicle, and quote that price all day long. Put it up in skywriting if you wish. But also offer reasonable AWD as an option in your lifted Slate with knobby tires, instead of just a pagentry parade of hollow appearances. Toyota went 4WD in '79: Slate can't do so 47 bloody years later? Common.

 

[slateya]

To be sure, I'm not calling those who actually do interesting things with a lifted 2WD vehicle a poseur, I'm calling Slate a poseur for offering all of these additions with zero capability to back it up. It's patronizing, and I resent it. And that's not even claiming the Slate will ever be a real off-road capable vehicle, even if they someday offer AWD. I simply maintain that you should back the look with some semblence of capability. I liken a tricked out RWD Slate as the equivalent of a hypothetical consumer RWD Hummer (just a lipstick-on-a-pig Chevy Tahoe, and at least the real pedestrian Hummer offers 4WD). Such a RWD vehicle has no practical purpose other than satisfaction of look-at-me vanity. Fine if something serves actual useful purpose, I just never responded well to show offs. I'm too logical, meticulous, and practical-- Perhaps even to a fault.

Anyway, I demand at least an AWD Slate, because I'll actually use it. So some of my disdain here is based on personal disappointment that they're not bothering to offer this from the beginning. Blah, blah, blah... "We want to keep costs down". Fine. Still offer the RWD vehicle, and quote that price all day long. Put it up in skywriting if you wish. But also offer reasonable AWD as an option in your lifted Slate with knobby tires, instead of just a pagentry parade of hollow appearances. Toyota went 4WD in '79: Slate can't do so 47 bloody years later? Common.

 

[Luxrage]

Give me a Slate flareside. 😈

 

[Letas]

To be sure, I'm not calling those who actually do interesting things with a lifted 2WD vehicle a poseur, I'm calling Slate a poseur for offering all of these additions with zero capability to back it up. It's patronizing, and I resent it. And that's not even claiming the Slate will ever be a real off-road capable vehicle, even if they someday offer AWD. I simply maintain that you should back the look with some semblence of capability. I liken a tricked out RWD Slate as the equivalent of a hypothetical consumer RWD Hummer (just a lipstick-on-a-pig Chevy Tahoe, and at least the real pedestrian Hummer offers 4WD). Such a RWD vehicle has no practical purpose other than satisfaction of look-at-me vanity. Fine if something serves actual useful purpose, I just never responded well to show offs. I'm too logical, meticulous, and practical-- Perhaps even to a fault.

Anyway, I demand at least an AWD Slate, because I'll actually use it. So some of my disdain here is based on personal disappointment that they're not bothering to offer this from the beginning. Blah, blah, blah... "We want to keep costs down". Fine. Still offer the RWD vehicle, and quote that price all day long. Put it up in skywriting if you wish. But also offer reasonable AWD as an option in your lifted Slate with knobby tires, instead of just a pagentry parade of hollow appearances. Toyota went 4WD in '79: Slate can't do so 47 bloody years later? Common.

AWD is so easy to add to an EV- much more than ICE. I'm chalking it up as my Slate 2.0 Wishlist. Optional AWD, 300+ mi range, 4 doors. Compete directly with Blazer EV, Model Y, etc.

 

[cvollers]

AWD is so easy to add to an EV- much more than ICE. I'm chalking it up as my Slate 2.0 Wishlist. Optional AWD, 300+ mi range, 4 doors. Compete directly with Blazer EV, Model Y, etc.

Maybe by that time solid state batteries will be cost effective.

 

[Letas]

Maybe by that time solid state batteries will be cost effective.

For sure. Battery tech as a whole is improving! Li-Ion has dropped ~75% in $/KwH over the last 10 years. This is just the beginning.

 

[SichuanHot]

The first thing I'll do is add a dashcam and my own GPS tracker that interfaces with Home Assistant so I know where my little truck is at all times.

 

[Sniffy]

I was thinking the lift kit might improve visibility. Am I mistaken? My Ranger is a treat in that regard.