Welcome to the forum and if you follow Zelio's advice you will get a lot more out of this experience. We are a friendly group and try to make this experience enjoyable and rewarding.Lansing area. $250 all-in, so far & working on the next $250! I'm super excited about getting my Elio & I've spent over 20 hours in research in my first 3 days of hearing about this vehicle! Sounds like lotsa ups & downs, but hopefully the gov't loan comes through & the partnership with PepBoys really helped solidify things for me! Just found this forum tonight & I'm loving all the info...thanks to everyone & hello from Michigan!