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Originally Posted by Buehler445
Eh, I'm not huge on the 19 bodies, so whatever. I don't really care about how "cool" things are. I'm very much a value guy. Factors that affect my value calculation:
1. Reliability - Fat boy doesn't do downtime. Especially during the busy season.
2. Functionality - Speaks for itself. I have a toolbox, a set of drawers in the cab, and a compressor. I'm to the point where I really can't do without any of it.
3. Maintenance - I do enough maintenance on machines that actually make me money. I'm not jumping up and down to do more.
4. Cost per mile - both on operation and trade
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1. It's an electric vehicle so it's defacto more reliable than any trick you can buy. No belts, pulleys, transmission, oils/fluids, spark plugs etc.
Just battery and motor. As long as you have good connection and no pieces of metal stabbed through the battery, you should be good.
2. Shouldn't need a toolbox aside from the organization aspect of it all as the tonneau bed cover is aluminum and you can walk all over it. Your stuff should be secure just in the bed.
It's also got built-in 110/220v outlets and air compressor utility ports from the dynamically adjustable air suspension.
3.Windshield wiper blades and tires. Maybe some grease for the suspension. Only other things would be the glycol or whatever they run through the thermal management system but they generally take care of that at this point.
Model 3 recommended maintenance schedule is every 2 years for reference.
4. It's a 2500 for $40k.
3500lb payload
14,000lb towing
16 inch ground clearance(4 inch adjustable)
Probably near limitless torque etc
Maintenance is essentially 0, and $18-$24 to get your full 500 miles of range.
There's literally no economic case against it.
There is though, a lot of "it's not a real truck" bs floating in here but so far the only legitimate complaint I hear is "you can't sit on slanted bed rails".
Honestly, what couldn't this truck do? If anything, this is more capable than a 2500 with unknown utility yet to be add through software updates.
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