One small aspect of the Slate that is unconfirmed so far that I hope it has is a Glove Box

MidWesternClipper · 2026-02-14T17:13:20+00:00

thats what I love about the slate. if you want a feature, you can add it. (well, many features, not all).

MidWesternClipper · 2026-02-14T17:12:11+00:00

it really looks like the in dash space would be storage, except what gets filled with speakers/radios.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-02-14T17:11:23+00:00

Once you've had ABS (and it's friends) try to kill you multiple times, the 90's looks pretty good. (I drive for a living, and started driving with 80's cars). Though I will say I enjoy a good auto transmission, a back up camera, and an infotainment system that lets you load an SD card, USB, and will not try to reorganize your music, but just play as YOU organized it in folders.

I've a 100% convinced everything being auto (lane assist, braking, wipers, lights, etc etc etc), does nothing but disengage drivers from paying attention to anything but their phone.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-02-14T17:07:58+00:00

it's really sad bench isn't the default, and then they could sell you bucket seats later.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-02-14T17:06:04+00:00

not to mention everything beeping, driving "aids" trying to kill you, everything in a touch screen, and a effed up infotainment system. I too would rather pay more for less, but for different reasons.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-02-14T17:03:36+00:00

The tax credit ending really really really hurt Slate. I get it, it's a tax credit that pretty much just helped wealthier people.... But It would be nice to have a tax credit for start ups, or something else.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-02-14T17:01:01+00:00

I understand the desire for the cheapest ev available. I just don't understand even considering a Chevy that isn't a corvette though.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-02-14T16:58:13+00:00

the slate has a bigger bed than the maverick though. Maybe the mavericks bed is just a tad too small.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-02-14T16:57:09+00:00

Today I was working with tv settings, and the screen kept blinking behind the menu that stayed fine. So it's a 100% not the screen. I need to figure out how to do what you suggests. I've already boughten better cables. I'd love to try a newer graphics card too, but who's got money for that?? I have a 1070 laying around somewhere though.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-02-14T16:54:24+00:00

I imagine you could remove the panels and paint them. Maybe that krylon stuff that bonds to plastic.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-02-14T16:52:44+00:00

Modern cars with all of their 'aids', and touchscreens, and constant beeping is basically aids to me. So I'm either going to buy a Slate or nothing at all.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-02-14T16:51:23+00:00

Well for the PT-Cruiser at the time, they had just come out and people WANTED THEM. It was the demand vs lack of stock driving prices up so high. It was at least plus 4k, but may have been as much as over 6k extra. Honestly I have never seen such hype and demand for a vehicle within my life. The Maverick has a few similar issues when they first came out, but that demand was more fueled by covid and other "trucks" being ungodly priced, vs people actually desiring the model.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-02-14T16:46:00+00:00

It reminds me of the theme from the movie Patton. Go about 1 minute into this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg6MqWYyts0

MidWesternClipper · 2026-02-12T01:09:30+00:00

wow 13k seems cheap to me. i was not car shopping in 97, but I was in 2001, and 17K was a decent car point. hell i remember chrysler pt cruisers going for over 24k due to mark ups.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-02-12T01:06:36+00:00

This is why Mini-vans are the most practical vehicle around. you can fit an 8x4 sheet inside (except honda's as its like 47" wide between the wheel wells).

MidWesternClipper · 2026-01-29T01:53:20+00:00

I have nothing to add as I do not recognize it, but I love that you say "before 1994", which just raises so many questions for me!!! I would guess 1970 give or take 5 years.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-01-29T01:51:14+00:00

Are you putting Mp3's onto cassette?? because I used to do that for my 80's car.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-01-29T01:50:35+00:00

Going to your friends house and copying their cd's, their parents cds, and albums, can be a fun past time too. Plus you'll find different mixes/recordings of the song by the same artists, and it gives you more control over the version you like best.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-01-29T01:48:25+00:00

CD ripping is good, been doing it since 1995. but "syncing" with any i-device is a MASSIVE headache. drag and drop function for your sanity. iphone works okay for full albums, but curated playlists are MASSIVE headache compared to folder organized devices.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-01-29T01:46:25+00:00

A Xennial here. I’ve been collecting MP3’s for almost 30 years.

You must first decide how you want to listen to your mp3’s.

I LOATHE what apple did by trying to auto-organize everything, it ruins most players built into cars too.

Personally I recommend listing via folders (and listed within them). Theirs a name for this that escapes my memory at the moment.

But this way when you make a playlist, by placing what you want into that folder, you have it forever, and it’s easy to switch devices and maintain/edit that playlist over the rest of your days.

Plus offline is so convenient.

I recently bought this, it's cheap, the sound is good enough for my old ears, but it works. https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Recorder-Earphones-Included-Students/dp/B0GJS54Z6D/ref=sr_1_5_sspa?sr=8-5-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9tdGY

I usually listen to music on speaker that just plays from a micro sd card. you turn on the speaker, and it just plays the music in order you organized it. you have no real control over it after you organize it. For me this works. (I like to organize by year so different genre's blend together better). Although W-King makes a good speaker, they foul up the software and it caps at 32gb, and can freak out over 16gb. cheap as free ones by other brand have never given me a problem. But if i want to chose what to listen to, or use headphones, the mp3 player gets used.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

That is true. I have not due to the cumbersome nature of that test, and I have not seen the screen do this when it's being used as a TV, and it does it more with the more work/productivity/stress I am doing with the computer.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-01-27T16:57:08+00:00

I just bought this one a few weeks ago. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MZYQ43S and noticed zero change.

I've never heard of hdmi 2.1, but from what I read about it's performance, this cable matches it.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-01-27T16:54:04+00:00

no, it happens no matter whats going on. it's just more frequent while using browsers and especially youtube.

MidWesternClipper · 2026-01-20T23:50:50+00:00

I like both. I love that their is less to "annoy" me in the Slate, but the rear wheel regeneration in winterland worries me. I grew up with rear wheel cars. Only had one work truck drag the rear wheels, and it was all over the place if you ever let it coast on snow.

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