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Does Scout intend for it to be removable? Looks like no.

Can you take it off? I’m sure you can.

Will it look clean like it would if you ordered it without it? I highly doubt it. You are going to have half a hinge attached to the body and then the hole where the latch latches.

Will someone make some sort of plug to fill those holes? Based on what is on the aftermarket for Wranglers, I would imagine someone will.
The upper tailgate will probably have a filler plate that gets latched in. and the swing hinge area will probable just get caped off.
 
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As for the last time I needed a spare- about two months ago. Small metal debris sliced a tire wide open and I lost all 34psi in about a half mile. Full-size spare to the rescue. 5 minutes later, I'm back on the road. Admittedly, this was in my car, not my SUV with its 100-lb spare.
This is what happens when you try to run from the police and they “stick” your car while you are runnin.
 
Gas touched 4.50 in PA... cant wait to be done with it.
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A friend posted this on their instagram a few days ago. He is probably posting from California, but as his username implies, he travels around a lot so I'm not sure where he was for this one.

This is a non negligible reason to want Scout Motors BEVs to succeed. It is so nice not having to pay weekly attention to this prices now that my daily driver is an EV, and being in CA, I'm working on moving to being able to do a lot of charging from roof mounted solar with battery backup.
 
I haven't seen it under $5.75 in weeks 😕 When i drove back from the Scottsdale event last weekend I filled up before I got to the California border. It was $4.74.
That $8.50 station is pretty close to Union Station. Is there a rental car return there?


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I'll just say this: The Motorola isn't as fast as rumored.
True story I was told.

Motorola tested their pagers for vibration resistance by giving to the motorcycle police in Florida, who were using Harley Davidson motorcycles at the time (maybe they still are, we should ask Dave Barry).