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That's something that's basically equivalent to a golf cart with a bed on it. Hardly an example of anything useful except transporting some stuff around your ow

by kcb 3y ago

That's something that's basically equivalent to a golf cart with a bed on it. Hardly an example of anything useful except transporting some stuff around your own property.

DamnInteresting 3y ago
FTA: "It’s fine if people want to call it a “glorified golf cart”, though I’m not sure I’ve seen a golf cart that can tow a boat, haul furniture, dump mulch, and that comes with creature comforts like air-conditioning, infotainment screen, power windows and locks, and a frunk."
- kcb 3y ago
  Yea, i've read it but the point still stands. And there's all sorts of tricked out golf carts available with most of those features. Being able to bounce around your own property is cool, and there's many types of small vehicles for that, but they're not something you compare to a road worthy vehicle.
  - s5300 3y ago
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- rootusrootus 3y ago
  > that can tow a boat LOL, most golf carts could tow that tiny little boat.
- Waterluvian 3y ago
  It’s basically a quad with a cabin. That’s pretty clever and would be useful in limited cases like working a farm. Obviously an F-150 or whatnot can also leave the farm.
  - kbenson 3y ago
    I don't think it's any smaller than a smart car, and people drive those around all the time. I'm not sure why this would be limited to a farm while an F-150 is not. I'm not sure the Datsun and Nissan trucks of the 80's were much bigger, and those saw plenty of use.
    - rootusrootus 3y ago
      > I'm not sure the Datsun and Nissan trucks of the 80's were much bigger For comparison, the smallest Datsun 720 was at least 1 to 2 feet larger in both length and width.
    - Waterluvian 3y ago
      It’s going to be difficult getting far at a max speed of 25mph.
xbmcuser 3y ago
for $2 fucking thousand not $70-100k.
- kcb 3y ago
  Oh yea, it totally looks like a replacement for a $100k F-250. The same class of vehicle really.
  - kbenson 3y ago
    Have you never seen old Datsun and Nissan trucks? Very small, probably not much bigger than this, and those saw plenty of use.
kgermino 3y ago
That seems reductive. Ideally it’d be a little bit bigger and I’m not sure what the range is but I could totally see myself using one of those. Even just being able to pickup appliances and furniture + run stuff to the dump would be enough to justify it at that price. Of course… they’d have to get it licensed in the US which would probably raise the cost a bunch

by kcb 3y ago

That's something that's basically equivalent to a golf cart with a bed on it. Hardly an example of anything useful except transporting some stuff around your own property.

DamnInteresting 3y ago

FTA: "It’s fine if people want to call it a “glorified golf cart”, though I’m not sure I’ve seen a golf cart that can tow a boat, haul furniture, dump mulch, and that comes with creature comforts like air-conditioning, infotainment screen, power windows and locks, and a frunk."

kcb 3y ago
Yea, i've read it but the point still stands. And there's all sorts of tricked out golf carts available with most of those features. Being able to bounce around your own property is cool, and there's many types of small vehicles for that, but they're not something you compare to a road worthy vehicle.
- s5300 3y ago
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rootusrootus 3y ago
> that can tow a boat LOL, most golf carts could tow that tiny little boat.
Waterluvian 3y ago
It’s basically a quad with a cabin. That’s pretty clever and would be useful in limited cases like working a farm. Obviously an F-150 or whatnot can also leave the farm.
- kbenson 3y ago
  I don't think it's any smaller than a smart car, and people drive those around all the time. I'm not sure why this would be limited to a farm while an F-150 is not. I'm not sure the Datsun and Nissan trucks of the 80's were much bigger, and those saw plenty of use.
  - rootusrootus 3y ago
    > I'm not sure the Datsun and Nissan trucks of the 80's were much bigger For comparison, the smallest Datsun 720 was at least 1 to 2 feet larger in both length and width.
  - Waterluvian 3y ago
    It’s going to be difficult getting far at a max speed of 25mph.

xbmcuser 3y ago

for $2 fucking thousand not $70-100k.

kcb 3y ago
Oh yea, it totally looks like a replacement for a $100k F-250. The same class of vehicle really.
- kbenson 3y ago
  Have you never seen old Datsun and Nissan trucks? Very small, probably not much bigger than this, and those saw plenty of use.

kgermino 3y ago

That seems reductive. Ideally it’d be a little bit bigger and I’m not sure what the range is but I could totally see myself using one of those. Even just being able to pickup appliances and furniture + run stuff to the dump would be enough to justify it at that price. Of course… they’d have to get it licensed in the US which would probably raise the cost a bunch