Yeah, used cars are always better value than new ones because someone else has already eaten the depreciation. That’s why no one makes new cars, they just can’t compete on value.
I find “daily” to be too strict a criteria, go for “routinely.” I’m a woodworker, I haul lumber, tools, scrap and finished projects around in my S10, sometimes multiple loads a day, sometimes not for weeks. It’s been 8 days since I hauled something heavy in my pickup, I bought a new compressor and it wasn’t gonna fit in my Buick.
Plus…some people want a truck because they like them. If you want the unwashed masses to drive more EVs, you’re going to have to allow EVs to be things other than expensive luxury sport sedanover Model Y clones or “cut off your genitals to save weight and get better mileage” self-flagellation machines for self-loathing Green party voters like the Leaf and Bolt. Bring back fun little toy cars like the Geo Tracker and the Subaru BRAT but with electric powertrains. Something that’s just as fun to slide through the mud as a Wrangler or Bronco but 7/8ths as big, something a blonde named Tina wants to drive to her job at the Great Clips in Rocky Mount.
Not jabbing at you in particular, but how often does the average 4-door sedan owner use their back seats? If you’d reqire a truck bed more often than rear seats, the argument for a small pickup is logical.
I have passengers far more often than I use a bed. Honestly I think I might use a truck bed once a year at most and that’s if I’m looking to use it.
Families, etc. All probably use those back seats more than they would a truck bed. But your argument isn’t wrong- I just agree with op that for a lot of people a bolt is a more attractive option assuming you’re not super into the core of the slate- ie. No tracking, etc etc
Oh stow that counterproductive bullshit.
Yeah, used cars are always better value than new ones because someone else has already eaten the depreciation. That’s why no one makes new cars, they just can’t compete on value.
I find “daily” to be too strict a criteria, go for “routinely.” I’m a woodworker, I haul lumber, tools, scrap and finished projects around in my S10, sometimes multiple loads a day, sometimes not for weeks. It’s been 8 days since I hauled something heavy in my pickup, I bought a new compressor and it wasn’t gonna fit in my Buick.
Plus…some people want a truck because they like them. If you want the unwashed masses to drive more EVs, you’re going to have to allow EVs to be things other than expensive luxury sport sedanover Model Y clones or “cut off your genitals to save weight and get better mileage” self-flagellation machines for self-loathing Green party voters like the Leaf and Bolt. Bring back fun little toy cars like the Geo Tracker and the Subaru BRAT but with electric powertrains. Something that’s just as fun to slide through the mud as a Wrangler or Bronco but 7/8ths as big, something a blonde named Tina wants to drive to her job at the Great Clips in Rocky Mount.
Username checks out.
But in any case, I get what theyre saying. If I bought this I’d probably not use half my vehicle most, if not all, the time.
Personally very much like the idea of a slate car but not on offer yet.
Not jabbing at you in particular, but how often does the average 4-door sedan owner use their back seats? If you’d reqire a truck bed more often than rear seats, the argument for a small pickup is logical.
I have passengers far more often than I use a bed. Honestly I think I might use a truck bed once a year at most and that’s if I’m looking to use it.
Families, etc. All probably use those back seats more than they would a truck bed. But your argument isn’t wrong- I just agree with op that for a lot of people a bolt is a more attractive option assuming you’re not super into the core of the slate- ie. No tracking, etc etc