Where Do You Stand Now?

[Jim H]

Some times you just need to admit that as much as you like the Elio it is NOT for you. One door, two seats, a/c, radio, 3-wheels. Get it done.

 

[Edward]

Yeah, I use to believe it was Ferdinand too. But here is a picture of the true designer who had the great misfortune of being Jewish when Hitler was scrounging around for a "peoples car" in the early 1930s. Hitler is said to have trumped up charges against Josef and turned the plans over to Mr. Porshe to develop. At least that's the story as I read it. Josef got out Germany in time and lived to 1974.

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Learn something new every day. That said, Porsche was also shopping around for a manufacturer to build his idea of a "people's car" and was turned down by the major auto manufacturers of the time.

 

[Edward]

It is coming, why do you think the elio was delayed..to make the necessary changes to sell millions more WORLD WIDE!

They are having a hard enough time getting it built as planned, any change just pushes production back further.

 

[Rickb]

Some times you just need to admit that as much as you like the Elio it is NOT for you. One door, two seats, a/c, radio, 3-wheels. Get it done.

I agree, but would like two doors..........not enough to add cost or slow up production........but comforting from a safety standpoint.......a secondary exit from the vehicle should something happen to jamb or block the one door.

 

[BlioKart]

Cheeseheadearl, some how your answer doesn't surprise me at all..
Where do we put the kids will be the first question asked when a young family looks at the elio...my backpack? is the other!
my mazda 2 has room for two people in the back seat and it about the same size as the elio, so just take out the bucket and put a bench in with two seat belts...and guess what, millions of more sales..it just makes sense...think about it..!
It is coming, why do you think the elio was delayed..to make the necessary changes to sell millions more WORLD WIDE!
It is time to get behind the idea and help EM make tens of thousand more elios, help elio succeed!
Pretend you are an elio salesperson and BRAG about the room for the kids...80 MPG AND ROOM FOR 3.
it is so obvious!

Why not share your inside source then?

 

[CheeseheadEarl]

PJ meet ignore. Ignore, meet PJ. Can't fix stupid, but you don't have to listen either.

 

[Jim H]

I agree, but would like two doors..........not enough to add cost or slow up production........but comforting from a safety standpoint.......a secondary exit from the vehicle should something happen to jamb or block the one door.

How many times have you been in the drivers seat of any vehicle and exited out of the passenger side door? With all the cars having consoles now it is extremely unlikely anyone can.

 

[tazairforce]

Always considered my deposit a gamble as there are no guarantees implied or otherwise stated..

Ray

Ray, I agree, it is a gamble., but I looked at it with the thought of 'Never gamble more than you can afford to lose'.
The 1k 'All in' I put up on 04.29.14 is behind me now. By the time my Elio (PTV) is ready, I'll carry cash or a cashiers check to La. to pick it up, using my brand of 'Creative Accounting'. I have almost quit smoking, 160$ a month, cut out all unnecessary cage driving, use MC for that, and started direct deposit to a (new) savings account. Add the 160$, per mo., and savings, per payday, will add up to an Elio plus Sunroof, trailer hitch, earlier 'sport' fenders, cruise control, etc. They can keep the credit card.

I like the idea of the 'Plant Tour', went to York, Pa., early this year and did the Harley 'Steel Toe' tour, was impressed.

A plant tour will offer a closeness to the 'birth' of my 'Dreamcicle' Elio. Yes it's a dream rite now but a dream I believe in and planning for.

A short range plan with a long range Goal.

 

[Edward]

How many times have you been in the drivers seat of any vehicle and exited out of the passenger side door? With all the cars having consoles now it is extremely unlikely anyone can.

More times than I care to count actually. Since the driver's door gets used the most, it wears out the fastest. More than one car I've owned past the point where the driver's door was ready to fall off and I'd taken to entering/exiting from the passenger side or Dukes of Hazzard style.

 

[Rickb]

How many times have you been in the drivers seat of any vehicle and exited out of the passenger side door? With all the cars having consoles now it is extremely unlikely anyone can.

Only twice.......and both times somebody parked too close to my drivers side door........wait that's an entry not an exit............then never. O.K. then...........one door works for me.