alk

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[–] alk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I had the idea to buy a used one, but it's such a risk especially since I know nothing about cars. It could develop issues days or weeks after purchase. It would be great if I already had one and it just kept chugging though. I wish your truck a long and healthy life

[–] alk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 12 hours ago

I actually have one! I was generously gifted a Ford E-Transit to transport my wheelchair-bound elderly mother. It's all electric. It's pretty heavy and unwieldy, but doesn't have a massive horizontal profile like a lot of the common pickups these days. The van works great for this purpose, though it only has a 135 mile range. But that's fine for going around the city. (I can't park in parking garages though - it's too tall.)

Before I got this, I was trying to find a small truck or SUV to transport the wheelchair in and it was very hard to find something that was small, not falling apart, cheap, etc. I had almost given up.

[–] alk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 12 hours ago

I have actually had my eye on both the Telo and the Slate, very interesting concepts. I also appreciate the slightly smaller Maverick, but wish it had a bit more bed and/or a bit less cabin.

[–] alk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 66 points 17 hours ago (16 children)

One of the sadder reasons: I need a pickup but they stopped making small pickups in the 90's.