I'm tempted to buy a $14,500 Slate pickup.

A neighbor just a couple blocks up the road has a 58 VW Bug fully restored that I'm tempted to buy. $15,000 w/a freshly built 68 dual carb engine. Parts so simple you can fix anything yourself. Decisions decisions
They are so light it could be towed behind our RV unlike many modern vehicles.

 

...and you need to!

Just remember, you're doing a valve adjustment every 3k, setting dwell and or replacing points every 6k, plugs every 12k, suspension lube every 15k, repack the wheel bearings every 30k...

That's not the whole schedule, but it should give you some reminder of what it was like. You probably wouldn't need to put that many miles on it, but make no mistake, there's a heck of a lot more maintenance to do on those, precisely because they are from the era of cheap labor and expensive parts. The opposite is now true, proceed carefully.

 

Yes - in high-school auto shop, we (team of 4) took apart & rebuilt a similar VW engine - that had a piston that had gotten punched thru due to getting speared by a valve.

 

how long do you have to be a Colorado resident to qualify?

 

can you buy one and sell it for 20k?

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/1Cx7SCALP8/

 

Nice, my '59 was that color.

 

What does it take to become Colorado's dealer for Amazon? Maybe do that.

 

I believe under some rebate schemes (which change every year) you had to keep it in your name past the tax period , others it was a year.

Buy one, enjoy it the minimum duration required and I will buy it for your all in :0

Off topic but I’ve seen on official forums that had direct discussions with slate officials begging for a bench option. (Aka almost 3 seats, so I would have a dog position)
Slate is thinking about a bench but likely not year 1.
Years ago my father had a specially shaped dingus that wedged between the front buckets giving you a bench (likely very illegal)

 

Unfortunately, the $14,000 Slate pickup is the same as the mythical $35,000 Tesla was about 10 years ago.

IF you're able to cut in line, and IF they start punching out Slates, and IF they are priced as currently advertised you're looking at a $27,000 truck BEFORE TTL.

I'll pass for now, thanks.

 

+1 on comments above

... and there are already many great cars at that price point....

2026 Hyundai Elantra


Toyota Corolla





Toyota Camry


Ford Maverick



...and far too many more to mention

...or....

You could do like a couple of us did when I was stationed at Nebraska OFFUTT AFB which was to wait for a Government Auction of surplus vehicles from agencies like the Soil Conservation Department, Agriculture Department (or any local Government Agency) and then buy one of the available trucks at auction price ...
my first vehicle I bought was a 1969 Chevrolet Step Side C10 truck with a 4-speed manual transmission and 250 inline 6-cylinder engine for $1,500 which was probably a little high but I wanted that pickup so I would have transportation.

 

my comments had nothing to do with anyone's goals or personal finances they were to point out there are already many good established vehicles around the $25,000 mark.

...however did mention this fact that worked well for me

"...or....
You could do like a couple of us did when I was stationed at Nebraska OFFUTT AFB which was to wait for a Government Auction of surplus vehicles from agencies like the Soil Conservation Department, Agriculture Department (or any local Government Agency) and then buy one of the available trucks at auction price ...
my first vehicle I bought was a 1969 Chevrolet Step Side C10 truck with a 4-speed manual transmission and 250 inline 6-cylinder engine for $1,500 which was probably a little high but I wanted that pickup so I would have transportation."

..you could still see Missouri Department of Soil Conservation on both the doors where the Paint was colored differently from the rest of the vehicle - my girlfriend at the time was fascinated by that for some reason...

...or if you're into American ingenuity....