Anyone Else Think It Wont Happen?

[ctfink]

You guys...! How does the saying go?! Rome wasn't something.., something.
My reservation was made in October of 2013 & everyday, when things get dragged down like the weather or something on the news-don't want to watch the news anymore, just the fishing report , I just start singing a song I made up. "Drivin my ELIO" and all the frowns turn to smiles. Like Mikey says; "Try it... you'll like it. So hang in there and think about joining my cruise-club in the Starved Rock Illinois area. (The smokie-links will be cracklin at the end of each run.) I might need a vice-president for the group. Chat with all your happy campers later!

 

[tonyspumoni]

And that makes 1000 Posts Wow, what happened to the gas cap thread?

Dude (or dudette). You RULE for reviving interest in the gascap thread! Right, left, right, left.

 

[tonyspumoni]

I brought this up before and don't want to be an alarmist, but the FY 2014 budget for the DoE office that monitors existing and evaluates new ATVM loan applications was $6M. The request for FY 2015, which started October 1, 2014, was only $4M. Though reluctant to draw dismal conclusions I doubt that this 33% budget reduction will make loan processing go FASTER. I was sure we'd hear nothing in 2014 but will become increasingly anxious at the lack of news regarding ATVM as we move along in '15. A positive review of the application would still be followed by months of negotiation, plus job impact and environment impact reviews which, though surely pro forma, still represent time-soaking box checking.

 

[pistonboy]

Dude (or dudette). You RULE for reviving interest in the gascap thread! Right, left, right, left.

Have you forgotten the Elgin gauges?

 

[WilliamH]

Some new stories that have just popped up.
I have to wonder where they are getting some of their info(?) about deposit levels.
The usual suspects are still negative and claiming (too hard) that they are trying to be fair minded.

http://www.gizmag.com/elios-motors-delay-2016/35928/

http://boingboing.net/2015/02/04/40000-people-have-paid-thousa.html

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/glob...nivan-so-he-created-the-elio/article22743923/

 

[Bert]

Varying degrees of accuracy in those links. None sound to positive Elio will be produced.
Good thing I don't believe everything I read on the internet!

 

[JimofNC]

I certainly hope it gets built and I have been confident until now. High gas prices were helping to justify the purchase for many. If something is too good to be it probably isn't.

 

[RUCRAYZE]

There is no explanation that I will or can believe at this time.-
The engine couldn't run by tomorrow.

 

[Jim H]

I certainly hope it gets built and I have been confident until now. High gas prices were helping to justify the purchase for many. If something is too good to be it probably isn't.

Jim, welcome from sunny New Mexico, Land of Enchantment (and corruption) and miles of great roads for the Elio

 

[carzes]

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Yikes! That seems a bit geek-ish even for "comfort-minded" riders. I could see that ending in a severe beating in a more "minimalist" oriented biker establishment.