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What's annoying is people hyping up these "cheap" Slate trucks because they don't realize they don't even paint the fucking things so you're replacing a $3k wrap every three years and calling yourself frugal and environment friendly.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU DON'T LIKE SLATE EVs?! 😬
I am so excited for the Slate trucks. I wish I had the $300 for the preorder down payment oof. My uncle says that the Slate SUV would sell better because most people needing cars just go back and forth from work or the grocery story. 30-60 miles tops. The Slate says it has a 200 mile range so 160 miles should be a safe bet.
I wish Slate would pay me to advertise for Slate but here I am doing it for free like a chump. Free labor is the cornerstone of the american market though.
I am weary that a big investor for Slate is the gold hording dragon known has jeff bazos. But we'll see what happens.
P.S Yeah Europeans, we drive 50-100km one way to work, five days a week. But it's worth the FREEDOM. 🔫 🦅 🔫 Do ya'll even have a gun rack in y'ur truck? I feel bad for ya'll. What are y'uh gunna do when the Technomacers from Alpha Centuri V team up with the Underground Lizard People and invade us? How are ya'll gunna protect y'urselves? With a bright torch and a stern talking too? 🤨
The wraps are dirt cheap. They start at $500 for a basic color.
And you don’t have to do anything at all to them. You could leave them with the base coat. They’re a composite panel so it wont rust or degrade.
They’re one I’ve priced out is a gloss purple wrap and that’s $670.
The whole point of the slate is getting as bare bones as possible and being able to do it all yourself. That’s the selling point.
You don't have to wrap it if you don't want to
Yes, you do, because wraps are the default "paint"
The default body they ship if you don't pick up a wrap will degrade over time and cost you even more if you like that "ugly gray plastic" look.
No you do not have to buy a wrap. That is literally false.
Well like, literally everything degrades with time. The sun is a giant microwave after all.
Furthermore, are we under the same understanding that Automotive Paint is like some real expensive shit since the paint has to survival literally every kind of environment in the world?
There's a really cool "How It's Made" episode on it. Though now that I think of it maybe it was propaganda to normalize expensive paint costs... 🤔
Ah ok it looks like you're right. I thought I'd seen a video where they said they designed the panels to be able to withstand the elements. Full wraps start at $500 though.