They have a place in the city I work. I've seen the truck version on the road. Out of my price range, though.
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Electric car
- Thread starter ghostshaper
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Yeah 67k is a lot of cheddar. I wonder if prices come down after Amazon adopts the platform for their delivery trucks and after the f150 enters the market. Its interesting ford invests half a billion into a start up, when its bringing its own product to market too
Time for a bidding war!
Ghostshaper, how many miles on your van? What is your back seat arrangementWhat I've discovered is that most insurance companies will not insure passengers in a converted cargo van. Back seats need to be installed by manufacturer or licensed installer ($$$). That news put my Transit search on hold.
Will yo be tent camping in the Tacoma?
New Hyundai all electric looks pretty sick in a retro sort of way and has been reviewing very well against teslas and other brands. think it comes out this fall. wont do zero to sixty in 1 second but lets be honest - cant use that sh!t anyway.
Get a passenger transit and take out the rear seats you dont need and sell 'em, and put in a rear bed platform. Easy peasy. Having all the seat mount points make for great tie downs, and it's got rear heat and ac and rear window airbags. We drove ours 8500 miles in the fall from Charleston all over the west with the kids with Zero mechanical issues. The Transit was the office and second bedroom. If they had an electric with Tesla range, I'd definitely want one.
We have 30k on our van. Got it in 2017. It's been to 30-something states (including Alaska) and a few provinces. Did the whole outer banks up to Niagara Falls.
You can buy a crew van now w/ the 2nd row of seats and rear curtain air bags. They didn't have that model in 2017. I put in the stock rails and a 3 person bench. There were some of the holes in the cargo w/ the nuts welded on the undercarriage already. I used those when available, and w/ the holes that I had to add myself, I welded nuts to 1/4" stock and bolted to those underneath. Many of the bolts go through the unibody frame, so I'm confident that the seat is secure.
I would advise against deleting seats from a passenger van just b/c of the extra windows: you don't need them. They cause too much heat and people have had problems w/ them shattering randomly. I like the security and stealthiness of the cargo. I added a window to the passenger slider door, just for visibility reasons. I also have white perforated vinyl on that window and the rear door windows to cut down on heat and so people can't peak inside. The crew van has side windows on the passenger slider and aft of the driver's (just like the Sprinter crew version).
Probably going to shell out for the AT Overland Habitat shell on the Tacoma. Now that my groms are getting older, we're not going to do as much camping as we have, but still would like my sons to have something to take on their own trips w/ their friends when they're a little older. We'll probably keep the Tacoma forever or until it dies.
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I drive in the carpool lane pretty much every day, alone in my work truck that runs on gas and gets 12 mph. Going on 10 years and no ticket yet.
What‘s a ticket? $400?
400/3650 days, even if you get one now, still worth it.
This ^^^ is how the really wealthy see taxes.
What‘s ironic is that the work I do with that truck is far more beneficial to our environment than buying a new electric vehicle.400/3650 days, even if you get one now, still worth it.
This ^^^ is how the really wealthy see taxes.
It tows great. And I have a weight distributing hitch. Trailer weighs only 3000lbs. Well within van's 4500 lbs capacity and 270HP motor. Took it up to Tahoe and all over. Shift on the fly with 6 speed trans was great for coming down the backside of Tahoe into the Owens valley too. Obviousy I put a trailer brake controller on it. And I added a set of bigger Cooper Discoverer AT3 Tires - which I highly recommend btw. The seats are really heavy - I think there's probably nearly 1000 lbs less weight with all but three of the seats out.
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We have a limo tint on the rear windows of our passenger Transit and they seem to keep out heat pretty well. My daughter is a hella seamstress and she sewed curtains for all the windows. I love the all around windows -- though that crew van option is surely a solid one too. The rear AC and heat on the passenger model work very very well. I'd really like to add a vented window to the side. https://www.campervan-hq.com/products/transit-windows-130-148-passenger-side-sliding-door-tvent-fw293r
not all eco warriors are wrapped in vegan leather leotards, only the ones seeking a pat on the back.
my biggest holdback on EV’s is they look like EVs.
id be lying if I said I wanted an EV for the eco aspect. It’s entirely the govt kick backs, HOV access and new toy factor.
I just checked. Crew and passenger vans (low mileage, used) run approximately 10-15k more than cargo vans, pushing them out of my price point (I would like to keep any vehicle within about 5k of what I think I can sell my vanagon for (25k+-).
Were you ale to insure your Transit with the DIY seat installation? What company?
Starting to look at extended cab pickups with 6.5 foot beds ...
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If the pricing is comparable, Tesla is a no brainer IMO.
Much better range and a much, much easier ability to charge while not a home. On the charging, nothing comes close. There are also plenty of superchargers around OC, including two in San Clemente.
If the price is equal, go Y over 3. If not, go 3.
Much better range and a much, much easier ability to charge while not a home. On the charging, nothing comes close. There are also plenty of superchargers around OC, including two in San Clemente.
If the price is equal, go Y over 3. If not, go 3.
what do you need more than two seats for?
realistically, how often would you even have a passenger in the back?
Daughter still comes with us everywhere. Sometimes with a friend in tow. Although, since the pandemic it's scary how easily they (millenials) adapted to online only relationships. It's almost like they don't care about actually meeting up and now her "besties" are in Canada and France.
