This is the category I’m most excited for too. I have a 15 mile round trip commute and could do it and the large majority of my errands on battery power. But I also live right by the desert and love exploring. Having a gas option that I can refill at any middle of nowhere station is perfect for me. I’m very interested…

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I’m in the target market. I live on the edge of the desert and have a 20 mile round trip commute. I love hiking and exploring dirt roads/sandy washes but have turned back/changed plans multiple times in the past two weeks based on my vehicle’s pretty low capability. I also care enough about the environment to pay for…

Any minivan with snow tires would be my choice. As someone who has done this before in both a Honda Fit and Ford Transit Connect, the extra interior height of a minivan is really, really nice for everything.

But probably hard to find in decent condition under 5k.

Yeah it’s of considerable annoyance to me that the TC is not quite wide enough for sheet goods to lay flat. The cargo version lets them I believe (though I’m not sure about MDF, which is actually generally 49 in wide to a sheet, but the rear door openings on the cargo version are 49.2 in vs 47in so it might). The…

I love vans, that’s why I got one. My Transit Connect isn’t big enough to fit standardized sheet goods inside though, so I either have to angle them and have them stick out or put them on the much lower capacity roof, which is a pain. Maybe trucks seem appealing to me as I’ve been lifting sheets of 3/4in mdf up onto…

Trailer is a good idea and I’ve definitely considered it. I just have to get the wiring done in my van to support it.

I have a rack that I use for kayaks on my van. I usually use it for longer lumber, but I don’t like wrestling heavier sheet goods up there and its payload is much lower than the van can otherwise handle.

The Transit Connect is shorter than a lot of minivans, which is generally nice, but not so much when carrying boards over 8 feet. I can do it semi-diagonal and close it, but it’s then basically touching the windshield. Despite strapping things, I once developed a windshield crack after hauling one that way (though I’m…

Bollinger isn’t that heavy. With a supposed curb weight of 5000 lbs, it’s lighter than most full sized passenger SUVs (Suburban, Expedition, Armada). Bollinger just artificially declares it’s cargo capacity as just enough (by 1 lb I believe) to push it into commercial vehicle territory and so ensure that it’s exempt…

If you have 8 foot lumber in a 5 foot bed, you just let it stick out a bit and tie an orange flag on it. With tailgates down, even 8 foot long boards/sheet goods are only hanging off 16in. I have a Transit Connect - which is cavernous for its size - but for moving wood, I’d generally prefer even a short bedded truck.

I’m not a huge fan of the Cybertruck, but I think that the designer makes an assumption that electric vehicles should be “eco” vehicles and reflect that in their design. The first ones were marketed as such, but that seemed to be largely because only people who had environmental concerns would pay the premium for…

I haven’t spent any time in a Tucson and I’ve never sat in the back seat of an Sonata, but in the 2021 models, they really don’t seem very different space wise:

What sedan was this?

I got one of those really phallic-looking Euro-style tow balls just as incentive to take it off when not in use.

I’ve really come around on these for the reasons mentioned in this article. I started off comparing them to motorcycles in my mind and felt that they were a watered down version. But as a light, fun sportscar? They seem fun.

I was going to nominate the PT Cruiser. Big caveat: I’ve never driven one. But they actually seem more practical than a lot of cars and they certainly aren’t cookie cutter looking. I think that they get more hate than they deserve.

Just in case your corporate overlords need any stats, you can add 1 to the list of people who were interested enough to click the headline, but immediately decided not to bother when they saw it was a slideshow.

As a minvan lover, I rather like it. It looks like they’ve also given it a little bit of extra ground clearance to help make the truckier aesthetic work. If that’s true, then I really like it. My Transit Connect has been an awesome camping/mountain biking/kayaking vehicle, but there are definitely some parts of its…