|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: SE Pa.
Posts: 1,270
|
Is anyone reserving a REO?
__________________
1981 911 SC 2013 Mini Cooper JCW 2017 GMC K1500 |
||
06-19-2026, 09:15 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Dahlonega , Georgia
Posts: 16,151
|
I like their business model , simple and tough . I wish them well .
__________________
2002 Boxster S . Arctic silver + black top/int. Jake Raby 3.6 SS engine " the beast ". GT3 front bumper, GT3 side skirts and GT3 TEK rear diffuser. 1999 996 C4 coupe black/grey with FSI 3.8 engine . Rear diffuser , front spoiler lip with ducktail spoiler . |
||
|
06-19-2026, 02:55 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Very cool, I too am a fan of this model.
__________________
Byron  20+ year PCA member  Many Cool Porsches, Projects& Parts, Vintage BMX bikes too |
||
|
06-19-2026, 03:01 PM
|
|
|
Bland
|
Maybe? My 24 Tundra is a POS.
__________________
06 Cayenne Turbo S and 11 Cayenne S 77 911S Wide Body GT2 WCMA race car 86 930 Slantnose - featured in Mar-Apr 2016 Classic Porsche Sold: 76 930, 90 C4 Targa, 87 944, 06 Cayenne Turbo, 73 911 ChumpCar endurance racer - featured in May-June & July-Aug 2016 Classic Porsche |
||
|
06-20-2026, 04:54 AM
|
|
|
Non Compos Mentis
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Off the grid- Almost
Posts: 10,758
|
Apparently I'm not the only one who's been wondering about a strong market for something like this.
|
||
|
06-20-2026, 04:57 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 10,610
|
If I were car shopping I'd be all over one in a moment.
__________________
“IN MY EXPERIENCE, SUSAN, WITHIN THEIR HEADS TOO MANY HUMANS SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF WARS THAT HAPPENED CENTURIES AGO.” |
||
|
06-20-2026, 05:00 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: SE Pa.
Posts: 1,270
|
I bought my 2017 GMC with the idea that it would be my last truck. SLE so it doesn't have crazy electronics, 5.3 LS, 6L80.
It's been trouble free @ 80K, but I'm assuming that I will soon want to replace the torque converter before the clutch comes apart. If you wait for it to fail, you are fully rebuilding the trans. Also, DOD failures dog the motor. It looks like the best move with that is to wait until a lifter fails (which seems to happen on a large minority of DOD motors), then replace the cam and lifters with non-DOD parts. Not trivial, but my boss did his son-in-laws Yukon in a weekend. As described, the REO is probably smaller than I want. If the off road capability is good enough, I might want one instead of a side by side to keep at camp.
__________________
1981 911 SC 2013 Mini Cooper JCW 2017 GMC K1500 |
||
|
06-20-2026, 06:30 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Dahlonega , Georgia
Posts: 16,151
|
Quote:
__________________
2002 Boxster S . Arctic silver + black top/int. Jake Raby 3.6 SS engine " the beast ". GT3 front bumper, GT3 side skirts and GT3 TEK rear diffuser. 1999 996 C4 coupe black/grey with FSI 3.8 engine . Rear diffuser , front spoiler lip with ducktail spoiler . |
||
|
06-20-2026, 08:09 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Houston TX
Posts: 8,789
|
If the Slate fails,I bet REO folds before their first milestone. If the Slate succeeds, then the REO will be selling to the same niche market as the Slate.
Assuming a 2030 delivery date, I might be in the market for one since my Slate would be about 3 years old by then, and the value would be close to a direct trade.
__________________
Mike Bradshaw 1980 911SC sunroof coupe, silver/black Putting the sick back into sycophant! |
||
|
06-20-2026, 08:24 AM
|
|
|
Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 59,310
|
Do they make a high performance model that's enclosed?
They could call it the "Speedwagon"!
__________________
Steve '08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960 - never named a car before, but this is Charlotte. '88 targa  SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
|
||
|
06-20-2026, 08:36 AM
|
|
|
Bland
|
Yup. I did it.
__________________
06 Cayenne Turbo S and 11 Cayenne S 77 911S Wide Body GT2 WCMA race car 86 930 Slantnose - featured in Mar-Apr 2016 Classic Porsche Sold: 76 930, 90 C4 Targa, 87 944, 06 Cayenne Turbo, 73 911 ChumpCar endurance racer - featured in May-June & July-Aug 2016 Classic Porsche |
||
|
06-20-2026, 09:08 AM
|
|
|
Location: Galt's Gulch
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 5,410
|
REO
Ransom Eli Olds (oldsmobile)  Quote:
|
||
|
06-20-2026, 01:11 PM
|
|
|
|
Banned
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 31,667
|
Ridin' The Storm Out
 Gimme a Scout, or an 8-track ... and a not bigly 2 door... mebbe I would  
|
||
|
06-20-2026, 01:35 PM
|
|
|
Edministrator
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: SF east bay
Posts: 26,824
|
For a refundable $25 (even if you don't get it back), why not? It's not coming out for a while, so maybe. Luckily I didn't exercise my option to buy a Fisker Ocean! The timing wasn't right, and I never did test drive one. I have a deposit on a Scout.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a71667299/reo-industries-runabout-aims-to-simplify-the-truck-market/
__________________
Nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop And an illustrated book about birds - Meat Puppets |
||
|
06-25-2026, 07:54 AM
|
|
|
Band.
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 13,600
|
If it has a 22R in it I'd buy two
__________________
1983 SC Coupe 2020 Macan Turbo 1963 BMW R60/2 1972 Triumph Tiger 1995 Triumph Daytona SuperIII |
||
|
06-25-2026, 08:02 AM
|
|
|
Cars and Cappuccino
|
No, but my brother and I are in for a couple Slates.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/24/slate-ev-pickup-truck-ceo-business-goals.html
__________________
http://www.carsandcappuccino.com 1987 Grand Prix White "Outlaw" Turbo Coupe w/go-fast bits 1985 Prussian Blau M491 Targa 1977 Mexico Blue back-dated,flared,3.2,sunroof-delete Coupe 1972 Black 911 T Coupe to first factory Turbo (R5 chassis) tribute car (someday) |
||
|
06-25-2026, 02:38 PM
|
|
|
Fleabit peanut monkey
|
Remember the hype about these pieces of shiet?
__________________
1981 911SC Targa |
||
|
06-26-2026, 04:24 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Dahlonega , Georgia
Posts: 16,151
|
I wonder what four cylinder engine will they use ? And what transmissions and transfer case ? Beyond just saying manual and automatic I want to know specifics .
Yeah maybe it's too early for specifics , but I would think the company knows if they are roughly two years away from customer delivery . I am quite tempted to put down the deposit . |
||
|
06-26-2026, 05:41 AM
|
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Long Beach CA, the sewer by the sea.
Posts: 39,508
|
Specifics? You want specifics? As far as I can see you are buying into a shadow.
So let's say I start the idea of a cheap truck company and take $25 "reservations" and do jack. I get the float of all those deposits until I decide to toss the towel and send them back. If I do send them back. Of course I would go the way of Elizabeth Holmes unless I studied her case, ducked out a little before, and go to Vietnam. Depending on how much money I raise I might even draw the thing in chalk on the floor. Hey, that's progress.
__________________
Comment below and don't forget to like and subscribe. |
||
|
06-26-2026, 07:04 AM
|
|
|
Bland
|
I was #4404 when I posted previously. I am a total believer in what they are trying to do. Even if the outcome is that Toyota or others bring their basic trucks to North America, this is a win.
__________________
06 Cayenne Turbo S and 11 Cayenne S 77 911S Wide Body GT2 WCMA race car 86 930 Slantnose - featured in Mar-Apr 2016 Classic Porsche Sold: 76 930, 90 C4 Targa, 87 944, 06 Cayenne Turbo, 73 911 ChumpCar endurance racer - featured in May-June & July-Aug 2016 Classic Porsche |
||
|
06-26-2026, 08:32 AM
|
|
1974 Porsche 914-6 3.0
1988 Porsche 911
1970 Porsche 914-6
1976 Porsche 914 2.0
1987 Porsche 924S
Black Beauty
One of One
Cabby (Last)
"Toad Hall"
1985 Porsche 944
BFG
1955 CMC Speedster
1981 Porsche 911SC
B&B#2
Black Pepper
Old Track Car
Kachow
1976 Porsche 930
1981 Porsche 911 SC Targa
