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To: Tell It Right

If commuting like in the Ranger it would be better with two doors and a larger bed. If you have four doors you might have well have an SUV with rear seats that fold down so you can have longer storage space. There are enough small pickups with four doors with tiny beds in the marketplace IMHO. I would rather have a Slate with a non-turbo 4 or diesel.


36 posted on 08/07/2026 12:17:14 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: alternatives?
Agreed on the small bed space. IMHO it shouldn't be a full 4-door cab (what I used to call crew cab) but smaller rear doors and jump seats in the back (cargo cab) makes sense.

I used to have a 4-cyl, 2-door Ranger and it was good for most needs, but every now and then wished it had a back seat for groceries while I had a kid in the passenger seat. After I drove it to the ground I had a cargo cab version and it was the best (and had a much larger bed than the small ones like pictured here). But that was good for the time because back then I didn't carry a lot of heavy loads for long distances. Now that my kids are grown and moved out and I'm quasi-retired, I find myself volunteering carrying large loads for the family and the church. So my larger (and gas powered, not EV LOL) pickup meets todays needs better than one of my old Rangers would have.

When I was young and had a small pickup, if small EV pickups had been a thing then I might have gotten one. I drove tons of miles going to work full time for 5 days per week, while going to college the other two days per week. I didn't carry large cargo for long trips (I didn't need a large gas pickup). But I did every now and then between college quarters make extra cash with my small pickup throwing lawn mowing equipment in the back. All while living at home (where an EV charger could be set up) for 8 years. A somewhat cheap EV pickup like this would have been ideal for saving me tons of gas on my 7 days per week commute, but giving me a pickup bed for every now and then dirty small job chores.

41 posted on 08/07/2026 12:28:42 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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