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moduspol 7 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Ford kills the All-Electric F-150

The Slate initially looked good to me, but there were three things about it that were not upgradeable that seemed problematic:

* Bed size is fairly small

* Towing capacity is low (Just 1000lbs)

* RWD -> AWD

I liked the idea of buying a barebones truck and customizing it myself, but if it can't tow much, can't carry much, and can't go off-road, it's only really a truck in terms of its shape.

ta9000 7 months ago [–]

There really is always going to be something. shrug

sroerick 7 months ago | [–]

Those are all the things people use trucks for

moduspol 7 months ago | | [–]

Yes. If I fold the back seats down in my wife's SUV, it already does all of those things better.

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