Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days!

[ultrarunner]

I watched to much fall guy as a kid or something I've Always liked the looks of Chevy and GMC trucks from the mid to late 70s. Stepside for a 4x4 show truck is a bonus.

Im still partial to mine… 91 stepside with 350 hi output…

The A/C compressor went out but otherwise no problem with my long trailer hauls.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I wish they would do a gas version of Jeff Bezos truck. By that I mean you can choose every single option one by one and make it as basic as you want... mine would be heater, 4x4 and a stereo.

 

[lman]

I remember cooking in a 78 chev pickup with no a/c and using the window vents to get some air. I like my a/c.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I remember cooking in a 78 chev pickup with no a/c and using the window vents to get some air. I like my a/c.

If I would live in the city I would get one for sure but where I live I can easily get by without one.

 

[WinterDeere]

Never seen a rusted out car I’m 15 minutes from salt water… maybe the legend of California cars is more than legend?

It may be due to the fact that the salinity of the Pacific is so much lower than the Atlantic? You know the old saying, "the Pacific coast may look better, but the Atlantic smells better."

I've spent a good chunk of my life living on an NJ barrier island, and can tell you that you'd be hard-pressed to find any vehicle, bicycle, or anything else made of metal on that coastline, that's not completely covered in rust within a year or three. It keeps the utility workers busy!

 

[jjeff]

I remember cooking in a 78 chev pickup with no a/c and using the window vents to get some air. I like my a/c.

Drove thru the Western deserts in my old Toyota p/u quite a few times no AC had a rear sliding window and I put a sunroof in it. All devices to allow air flow were open, still Felt like hot blow dryers were constantly blowing on me for a, thousand miles. Driving thru eastern California, arizona, nevada, Utah, and western Colorado.. Ac is a must these days. Except in my winter beaters lol. Non working ac on junkers really helps me find 4 cylinder 5 speeds and get them pretty cheap.

 

[ultrarunner]

It may be due to the fact that the salinity of the Pacific is so much lower than the Atlantic? You know the old saying, "the Pacific coast may look better, but the Atlantic smells better."

I've spent a good chunk of my life living on an NJ barrier island, and can tell you that you'd be hard-pressed to find any vehicle, bicycle, or anything else made of metal on that coastline, that's not completely covered in rust within a year or three. It keeps the utility workers busy!

It’s a foreign concept to West Coasters…

Is Florida similar or does the North rust up because of winters?

 

[ultrarunner]

I remember cooking in a 78 chev pickup with no a/c and using the window vents to get some air. I like my a/c.

When dad brought home a used 74 Chevrolet half ton with leaf springs and A/C we were living large compared the the 1970 Chevrolet with no A/C and rear coil springs.

The 74 was better in every way except it wouldn’t spin the tires like the 70 would…both 350 motors…

 

[jjeff]

It’s a foreign concept to West Coasters…

Is Florida similar or does the North rust up because of winters?

Florida is way more humid than Californias dry heat even near the Pacific I lived there almost five yrs parking my Toyota pick up for 6 or more moths at a time unused, uncovered, in the open near the Pacific no rust problems. Moved back up to the Midwest "rust belts" rust problems ensued rapidly.

 

[paulsharvey]

I wish they would do a gas version of Jeff Bezos truck. By that I mean you can choose every single option one by one and make it as basic as you want... mine would be heater, 4x4 and a stereo.

I really think the EV part makes tbe design cheaper; because they arent stuck designing around a transmission, engine, and drive shaft/diff. Couple drive motors, and a big ass battery.

When you really look at the Slate, its awful spartan for $25k; and i just dont see it being a better value than a Maverick. By the time you add even the most basic stuff too it, it's probably more money.

Here is a new, AWD, ecoboost Maverick, for $26,793, on the dealer lot in Ocala. Yes, its white, yes, steel wheels, but we do get AC, cruise control, cup holders, back up cameras, ect.