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I'm the target market.

- I think it looks fine

- I don't need a full sized bed for anything I'd be transporting

- Tricked out it's a little over half the cost of an R1T Dual and $10K less than a comparable F150 Lightning upgraded to the long range battery

- The wheels are small because it's a small truck. Big wheels would look ridiculous.

- This isn't a truck for off roading or unmaintained dirt roads.

What would I use this truck for?

- towing a motorcycle trailer

- Picking up stuff from Costco that won't fit in my trunk

- Buying and transporting dirt, gravel, and stone for my yard

- Going up to my cabin with my partner and two friends and having enough room to seat everyone and have room for all the luggage

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Exactly. I love that it's small. I used to have a 4 door full length bed GMC and it felt like driving a boat. Seattle was particularly awful. My current garage is only 210 inches deep (5.334 m) so most trucks will not fit in my current house (very first world problems I know). But yes, smaller, lower cost, and does everything I need a truck for.

I'm excited to hear your review after purchase.

I'll be eager to post one! After the cybertruck I won't be preordering any more vehicles. Right now I'm looking to replace our Model 3. I'm waiting for now details on the 2026 R1T Quad, and to see if Mazda actually really makes an electric MX-5. We have two other EVs (cars) so a truck would make sense but we're keeping our options open. An R1T would be cool but putting the 50k difference into a home battery system would be a smarter play, and an electric MX-5 would just be fun as hell.

A friend of mine who works at a tech company doing charging tech is urging me to hold out for a year, so I might delay a decision another year. We'll see.

Isn’t a ford lightning much bigger and more capable?

More capable how? It's more capable if it does more things that you want it to do, but in my case it doesn't add more utility. When you compare it based on range and power, it's still more expensive.

Maybe it's more capable because driving small truck could make people think your genitalia is small?

Not my personal opinion... but wonder how much of a factor this is :)

The stereotype is that a big truck implies you're compensating. The only people who think an unimpressive vehicle means you have small bits are the people who think that an impressive vehicle means you have big bits.

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