Oregon and Washington Truck Spotting

Check these legit front bed stiffeners out

 

https://www.ranger-forums.com/ Maybe they care

 

So I saw my 2nd ever 4th Gen, and it was in my work parking lot Monday. Told my coworker buddy about seeing it. Yesterday he says he saw it as he pulled in. I looked in the lot and there was a black one this time. When I left work they were both there. Where they all coming from all of a sudden? Lol.

White one is an employees rig. Black turned out to be a rental.

Unrelated, but saw my first Cybertruck as I left work Monday, too.

 

I been seeing a cybertruck on 520 lately in Redmond but can’t get a pic

 

Unless there's something wildly interesting about it, on 40s, painted like a Tacoma, not about to break down, I don't think we need to keep reporting on cyber trucks

 

My bad…

 

Found this one last Monday out by the Ace Hardware in North Bend, looked like they were on their way to the woods, I was jealous.

 

Downtown Renton

 

The shiny paint caught my attention

 

Nice long bed in that color in Lakewood

 

Hey, my niece loves stickers too!



Some very interesting color choices. Couldn't get a picture, but dude had red wheels too.



Spotted on BEH to DT Bothell

 

I will say I'm pretty sure he is way closer than he appears.

 

I see one just about daily in my neighborhood. It was surprising how bad the SS body panels look when remotely dirty.

 

Never realized until those photos that Tacoma backwards is "ammo cat"

 

if you spell "ammo" wrong, sure.

 

Well that's why I put it in quotes :'(

 

Here you go. Looks massive upclose

 

I'm so glad I didn't put a deposit down on one. they looked cool in the promotional stuff. and after seeing the fit an finsh on even the model 3, im still going to pass on one. though the https://www.canoo.com/pickup/ still seems cooler to me

 

Do any of you think the range will be drastically improved upon in a reasonable amount of time? Like the one linked above has a range of 200 miles. That’s great if you going “overlanding” at the local koa but seriously is a hindrance for any off the beaten path excursions. Hell even on the beaten path excursions.

Be curious to see what the parasitic drain is on these as well. 200mi or x hours? How much range is affected by key on, idling, cold, hot, inclines, etc.

 

Those items make a negligible difference versus actually hauling all the weight along at 75mph for any distance. 123kWh battery capacity is a lot. I could leave my tacoma's headlights on for 946 hours if I had that battery, lol.

Little more math... 200 mile range, that's about 615 watts PER MILE. That'd boil me 5.6 liters of water in my electric kettle. I could run my 1500w space heater for 10 hours, and that'd be 25 miles in range. Pretty sure my math is generally correct here. So yeah, the main takeaway is it takes a boatload of energy to move a vehicle.

Haha, quick google. 29,310 watts is average US usage for a household per day. You could run your house for 4 days on that 200 miles of range.