wizard of ahs
Elio Addict
Yea, add the weight of sound deadening material and then complain that your mileage is down
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You can register using your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account, just click here.I was hoping for sound deadening option to be added to the MSRP. Might have to be factory installed dependent on how the interior panels are affixed. I'm not sure I want the guys at Pep Boys messing with this.
Well, I always figured, you saved so much on the basic vehicle, you can afford to splurge on a few details, (IF this is your thing) maybe even somethings you wouldn't put in a more expensive car, cutting the premium off it's blue-book. "Blue-book on an Elio? Are you are kidding me?" lol.You hit the nail on the head. Every time I start thinking about things like 10 way heated and cooled leather seats I have to remind myself that this is a $7000 car that I will use for trips to the doctor (220 mile round trip), groceries or courthouse (60 or 120 mile round trip depending on which town) or a quick run to a friends ranch (70 miles round trip). Not 3600 mile round trips in 7 to 10 days.
I'm sure that sound insulation and cabin noise levels are going to be designed to industry standards for small economy cars. While this may be adequate in many cases, I find that adding significantly more insulation greatly improves comfort (especially reduces fatigue on long drives) at a very affordable cost. I understand that not everyone would want to trade the extra weight and cost for that, which is why I was asking about an optional upgraded sound insulation package. I think it could be a relatively high margin add-on that could even improve overall sales if it's installed on one of the demo vehicles, since low noise levels and high damping greatly improve the perceived quality.OK, about sound. Jerome felt he had to say something about it that is a snappy answer, with out going into details. I sat in both the P3 and P4, and even write about it in my article on 3wheelers dot com. These interior features were hard-surfaced prototyping structures, possibly fiberglass.
It would have taken time to explain modern interiors are 'elastomeric' plastics ...
one of our members reported that they were told at a tour stop it would have daytime running lights