Where Do You Stand Now?

[Fritz]

So..Now that you think everything is cool..Put up few grand. get yourself a couple.

Wow, thought you had a great idea when you suggested ordering a couple so I talked to the wife, when she starts taking to me again I'll let you know the status.

 

[Edward]

I wouldn't say that my opinion of the likelihood of the Elio getting built has changed much, but my likelihood of purchasing went down a few notches with the Pep Boys announcement. I'm not going to buy a car that the nearest warranty service center is 70 miles away...

 

[Jim H]

Give them time. They have INITIALLY identified a maintenance solution to 90% of their potential owners. It's a little premature to pull the plug on this issue. Elio is aware of the need to find maintenance service locations for all their customers

 

[Edward]

Not pulling the plug; I'm just not pulling the trigger until I see this issue resolved. I've seen a lot of companies consider 90% "good enough" and not worry about trying to catch the other 30 million people in the US.

 

[Ty]

Not pulling the plug; I'm just not pulling the trigger until I see this issue resolved. I've seen a lot of companies consider 90% "good enough" and not worry about trying to catch the other 30 million people in the US.

I understand your hesitation. Remember, this company will have more service centers than quite a few manufacturers and is working on resolving issues for the rest. Volkswagen gets by on their dealership network which doesn't cover as much. I'm sure Elio will get you covered though it might take a little while.

 

[Horn]

Nice. Personal attacks are awesome. You win. .

And you called me a "tool" in this link http://www.elioowners.com/threads/why-not-buy-a-geo-metro-or-1st-gen-insight.1279/page-7
post 69.

Although I'm not offended by being called a "tool". You shouldn't get on people for personal attacks when you have done it, especially recently.

That's like the mother telling her kids not to smoke as she is lighting up.

 

[Edward]

I understand your hesitation. Remember, this company will have more service centers than quite a few manufacturers and is working on resolving issues for the rest. Volkswagen gets by on their dealership network which doesn't cover as much. I'm sure Elio will get you covered though it might take a little while.

People bring that up, but it doesn't change the fact that my town does have a VW dealership, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, GM, Ford, BMW. In a 10 mile radius, most major car manufacturers are covered. In a 25 mile radius, they all are. I don't live in a small town in the middle of nowhere (any more). I'm in a small city with a D-Ia university.
Pep Boys may have a lot of service centers, but they aren't distributed very well. The nearest one is 70 miles away, but there are 5 of them in that metro area. There are 2 just a few miles apart in Colorado Springs, but none of the other Colorado cities has one.

 

[Cali Chris]

People bring that up, but it doesn't change the fact that my town does have a VW dealership, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, GM, Ford, BMW. In a 10 mile radius, most major car manufacturers are covered. In a 25 mile radius, they all are. I don't live in a small town in the middle of nowhere (any more). I'm in a small city with a D-Ia university.
Pep Boys may have a lot of service centers, but they aren't distributed very well. The nearest one is 70 miles away, but there are 5 of them in that metro area. There are 2 just a few miles apart in Colorado Springs, but none of the other Colorado cities has one.

You may find that Pepboys may start expanding to cover the top 60 markets. It would be easy to do with the additional revenue they will get by having this partnership. It may even be part of there contract with Elio. That growth is probably contingent on Elio making it to the market in the first place though.


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[KaziQaleph]

I'm still a 10. I have good faith.

 

[Edward]

You may find that Pepboys may start expanding to cover the top 60 markets. It would be easy to do with the additional revenue they will get by having this partnership. It may even be part of there contract with Elio. That growth is probably contingent on Elio making it to the market in the first place though.

That would work for me, depending on how fast the ramp up would be. Of course, building a new garage in a new city isn't exactly a trivial task, between locating real estate, permitting, and then actual construction and hiring.

The devil's advocate question: if growth of Pep Boys facilities into new markets was part of the contract, wouldn't that have been mentioned in the release?