While that fast back looks neat, it completely ruins the entire purpose of having a vehicle designed for utility.
I could see myself getting the collapsible one.
I'm gonna avoid getting a cap right away because I know i'll just store a bunch of shit in the bed.
edit: Yeah, I'm digging that...
Correct.
Leaking water and collecting snow is not funtional. No fleet manager with half a brain would be buying this cap.
Hopefully they just threw something on that would fit to meet a deadline for this tradeshow.
This is a definite situation of WHEN not IF.
That gap is so big I'd be worried about it building up with snow and shattering the glass after a few freeze/thaw cycles.
I really wish we had better pictures. I'd like to see how it was addressed by A.R.E. I always thought they were the...
I get they did what they had to do to make it functional and maximize space.
But it goes above the roof line and there's clearly a gap between the cap and back glass. Where is all that water going? That would be frozen nasty mess during the winter wherever it snows and I want no part of that.
Gouging is a more than appropriate term in this situation. One does not need to be in a life or death situation for a dealer's swindling and overcharging to be considered "gouging".
The only thing that is going to stop it are customers organizing, standing firm and not paying it in the first...