Week in Review #22: Thinking about a truck

In April of last year I reserved a Slate. It's a small electric pickup truck in development that emphasizes simplicity and ease of maintenance. I love the idea, it kinda looks like a Japanese kei truck, and the reservation was $50 and refundable. How could I refuse? This past wekeend I finally got to see one in person! They're not in production yet so this is still a prototype. I wasn't allowed to touch it but I could look at it really closely. Preorders begin in a few weeks: $250, non-refundable, but it locks in a delivery date which they are saying will be around March 2027. Supposedly if I don't act on the preorder, I'll move to the back of the line and would not have the option of getting one of these things until 2028. I definitely don't need a truck, but I really really like this truck. There have been a handful of times over the four-ish years that I've been a car driver where I've wanted to move something that didn't fit in the car we have (a Prius Prime). Does it make sense…