You going to tent it, or hotel?I figure, if I apply some simple hypermiler tricks, I can probably average 84 mpg for the trip
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Elios Mileage Range Vs Storage
- Thread starter Gregw
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You mean, like using your Batman Batclaw grappling hook to grab onto some unsuspecting trucker to tow you along?I figure, if I apply some simple hypermiler tricks, I can probably average 84 mpg for the trip
Maurtis
Elio Addict
Redbull and NoDoz, burn hard and make it in two days and 4 tanks of gas! One heck of a break-in for the motor
wizard of ahs
Elio Addict
Take into account that the 84mpg is Highway speed; any time you're going to do a trip that long, you're going to run into detours, little side trips, areas where the speed limit is lower so your mileage will go down a little.
I wouldn't plan of having too much of that 1/2 tank left (if at all); I think you ought to plan on 5 tanks.
I thought about doing the trip and if I was back in my 40's, maybe even 50's I'd do it in a heart beat.
Now in the 60's the wear and tear on my on my body has started paying me back for all the abuse it was put through in the past.
I'll have mine delivered to the door. Or just to give it a break in tour, I might pick it up at the Bellevue Retail Center and take a slow 2 day trip home with multiple stops to <ahem> show off a little.
Even in my 60's, I'm planning on doing the trip.......of course by the time I get my E, I'll be living in VA. or TN...so it won't be "as" long a drive
Sethodine
Elio Addict
I'm not sure. Would you count sleeping in the Elio at a highway rest stop as a "tent" or as a "hotel"?
At least one of the nights (the last leg of the journey) we'd be able to stay with my sister's family in Boise, Idaho. I've already promised my brother-in-law a test drive
wizard of ahs
Elio Addict
Sounds like an EliotelI'm not sure. Would you count sleeping in the Elio at a highway rest stop as a "tent" or as a "hotel"?
I'm in my 70's and still planning on picking up my Elio in Shreveport and driving it back it New MexicoEven in my 60's, I'm planning on doing the trip.......of course by the time I get my E, I'll be living in VA. or TN...so it won't be "as" long a drive
Ty
Elio Addict
Might want to make a couple edits there...
Ty
Elio Addict
My wife says when she washes her hair, she uses "Full body" shampoo and when she rinses, it runs down over her. That's how she ends up with a full body.
Ty
Elio Addict
Would that be a great place for sound deadening material? Yes, I think it would be!If you can't do a 3-5 day trip with a bag that fits in the trunk of the Elio, you might be a clothes-horse.
Also, if they were to halve the size of the gas tank, it would probably cost about the same as the 8 gallon tank. The manufacturing process is the same, and the difference in materials cost would be very small. Probably past the point of diminishing returns.
If you haven't looked at the E1 (really, P6) body photos, the space you are looking for looks like it will be in two "smuggler's boxes" above the rear wheel, covered by the rear wheel shroud.