Gross. Cars are a dead end for humanity.
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I will buy this immediately if it's even close to this price point.
they lost me at automatic high beams. we don't need more cars on the road with LED high beams blinding everybody within two kilometers
I am physically unable to drive after sundown because those headlights fuck so hard with my light sensitivity. I can't see anything, it feels like someone slowly stabbing your eyes with a pencil.
Admittedly not the smartest thing to do, but I now keep a reflective umbrella in the car for when my partner is driving and one of those assholes decides to tailgate.
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There is also the Telo Truck. It's advertised as being as capable as a Toyota Tacoma, but the footprint of a Mini Cooper.
It's asthetic is more akin to the small trucks in Japan, though.
Edit: it does seem like it has more tech-forward features, but it is otherwise a relatively simple truck in a very manageable size.
Big bonus for Telo is that they support Right to Repair and are trying to use off-the-shelf parts where possible to enable end-user repairs. Oh and it isn't a unibody so, panels can be replaced if damaged.
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No stereo is a bit spartan, but definitely a move in the right direction regardless. I want one.
I'd be surprised if people couldn't put in a simple and cheap aftermarket deck and a couple speakers, which would only be around a couple hundo. If these things are easy to work on so you can install it yourself, even better.
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Wait. Why the hell wouldn't you paint it? Does it at least have a clear coat?
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Aight but does it have cruise control? If so it's still too much. But they're almost there.
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Features I look for in a car
- 4 wheels
- radio
- power windows
- reverse cam
How hard is this?
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Sign me THE FUCK up, have been looking at 90s danger rangers to sate my small truck fix but so many of them have a car-looking front end.
How are they going to get around the backup camera requirement? I guess it could be done through your phone but that sounds like it might be a support nightmare.
It does say "no touchscreen", not "no screen". I'm betting it will have a small screen for the backup camera, with no touch elements.
It has a small screen in the speedometer.
The article states it will display the backup camera feed on the dashboard screen
The rear view mirror has been used in The past as a mini screen and I liked it. And if you unhook the camera in my Ford it would flash the little screen blue for a moment then realize nothing was hooked up and would turn off. Though you could just unhook the mirror connector and it would be just a mirror as well if you want to disassemble the interior to unplug it.
Europe and Japan had backup cameras with no touchscreen on cars 10-15 years ago. The radio head unit just switches from a small 4x6 inch LCD display to back up camera when in reverse.