Ty
Elio Addict
Well, not really... lots of "socially challenged degenerate" people...
There was never a line but people filtered through occasionally.
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There was never a line but people filtered through occasionally.
Ty
Elio Addict
Oh, one more thing. Apparently, at some point their trailer lost a match with a dumpster and the front right of the trailer has seen better days.
Any word on how the dry paint worked? Anyway, thanks for asking. Now I have a Google target for the "dry paint process". Hate to hear that it sounds like a showing in the projects, (but lets face it. Even driving through East TN projects, you see more BMW's, and Mercedes than you do in working class neiborhoods). Glad you got to see it! I hope they realize at least one person there was serious about thier project. Honestly, thinking about where the Pep Boys are here, there is only one I would approve of an Elio showing. Members, maybe we should rethink this Pep Boys angle? Showing it to the "pants on the ground" folks may not be the best stradgey (yeah, I know I spelled stradgey wrong).This stop was the first at a Pep Boys, Pam Vassallo said.
I did ask some questions.
1. The capitol question and oxygen freezing temp got blank stares, a look of "why the hell are you asking that?", and an awkward silence.
2. The paint system is PPG. The color code for Red Hot will be made available as it is a final color. The others may be tweaked.
3. The trunk will lock but whether that is a lock or pull release from inside wasn't known by the road crew.
4. Hood pins will be different and the hood will lock.
5. While at the Insurance thing a while back, they had the Elio do the cone weave and did it at 65 easy. The driver of the Polaris Slingshot turned off the stability control of the Slingshot and went through at 50 mph... well, part of it. He leaned one way, then the other, then it flipped over on its top and slid on its top in front of the Insurance companies. The guy from the road crew said he and Jerome looked under there because the guy driving got his head dragged along the ground. (He was wearing a helmet)
6. The P5 frame is done... that isn't news but the fact that the rest of the 25 are all under construction was news to me.
7. There are a lot of sagging pants, hookers, and heroin addicts on Central in Albuquerque.... literally, a pile of needles at the Pep Boys corner.
8. If you pull into O'Rielly's Auto parts, you'll have just enough time to say "Where in the hell is Elio. I thought they'd still be here." Before realizing you are half a block from Pep Boys. Don't ask how I know that.
Ty
Elio Addict
Ekh
Elio Addict
I keep telling you guys that what you see on the web and what you see on the car will NEVER match. They cannot match -- web images (colors) are transmissive, colors on surfaces are reflective in nature. They act differently, stimulate your brain differently, and are perceived differently. Sorry about that.I would much rather see yellow, instead of the silver they offer. I know battleship gray when I see it. That's the color of my garage floor! I love a metallic silver on vehichles, but have never understood how they can offer what I see on thier site as "silver". After bringing home an orange car last week (see my new avatar), my wife asked me, "are we going to have a fleet of orange cars now"? I think so. Creamsicle is still my favorite color on the Elio, and it will still be my "and" car. But now,I'm not sure about color.
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Ty
Elio Addict
If it means anything, Jerome said we'll get to see all he colors long before we get our Elios. They'll have painted panels they will take around on tour.
Is an exact color preference so critical that if it was a shade, hue, tint, or tone off one would make the decision to go with one of the other color options? Doen't seem logical that the average persons eye would be so color specific unless there was a side by side color chart comparison.
Ty
Elio Addict
They talked about yellow... 7 paint booths, 7 colors... eventually, they may offer a limited edition color. Jerome said to buy he white and wrap it in yellow or plasticoat it yellow.
Well, blue can looked washed out in some pictures but still look great in person... I'm going with orange because I don't like some shades of red or blue, silver is boring, black is a scratch magnet, and white looks like an unpainted canvas. (To me, anyway)
Thank you, Ty.This stop was the first at a Pep Boys, Pam Vassallo said.
I did ask some questions.
1. The capitol question and oxygen freezing temp got blank stares, a look of "why the hell are you asking that?", and an awkward silence.
2. The paint system is PPG. The color code for Red Hot will be made available as it is a final color. The others may be tweaked.
3. The trunk will lock but whether that is a lock or pull release from inside wasn't known by the road crew.
4. Hood pins will be different and the hood will lock.
5. While at the Insurance thing a while back, they had the Elio do the cone weave and did it at 65 easy. The driver of the Polaris Slingshot turned off the stability control of the Slingshot and went through at 50 mph... well, part of it. He leaned one way, then the other, then it flipped over on its top and slid on its top in front of the Insurance companies. The guy from the road crew said he and Jerome looked under there because the guy driving got his head dragged along the ground. (He was wearing a helmet)
6. The P5 frame is done... that isn't news but the fact that the rest of the 25 are all under construction was news to me.
7. There are a lot of sagging pants, hookers, and heroin addicts on Central in Albuquerque.... literally, a pile of needles at the Pep Boys corner.
8. If you pull into O'Rielly's Auto parts, you'll have just enough time to say "Where in the hell is Elio. I thought they'd still be here." Before realizing you are half a block from Pep Boys. Don't ask how I know that.