Automotive News Discussion

[D_Eclipse9916]

Uh have you ever been carrying heavy shit and had to put it down to open your tailgate instead of pressing a button on the remote? 

No.  I put the gate down beforehand.  
If youre carrying heavy shit and cant pull the handle,  you cant fish in your pocket and pull out a remote either.  A handle takes exactly as many hands as a remote.    If it had the foot wiggle sensor at least you would have a case for the times you dont think ahead to put the gate down.

Have you ever wanted a "lockable" pickup bed (combine with a retrax lockable) that at a push of a button unlocks instead of having more keys on your already heavy key ring (because trailer lock/side door lock/etc).  You KNOW you would like a power tailgate.

I have never locked a truck tailgate.  I have also never locked a screen door.
And for the record,  a power lock is not a power tailgate.

 I find it far easier to press a button on my remote than get my hands in the above waist position while carrying weight and lift up on a handle.   I guess you are better than me but there are lots of time I am walking out of my house with a set of wheels and I can have the keys in my hand and carry 2 wheels/tires.  Hitting a button and then throwing the wheels in is way better than putting the load down, or making sure to go outside first, unlock the tailgate, go back inside, then grab the wheels then go back outside...  It's a convenience item for sure, but a way to save time/effort is a plus in my mind.

Never locked a tailgate?  How did you feel about leaving out thousands of dollars worth of equipment in the back of your bed at a hotel on the way to a race weekend?  I also use a metal retracting bed cover with a lock, the soft tops are laughable on real protection (I think that's what you are getting at with the screen door?)