dbacksfan81
Elio Aficionado
Yeah, I should have said rebuilt, branded title, previously stripped or mildly wrecked, cars.He's selling cars that are wrecked and fixed back up. They are renewed, not used. Sort of like used and abused but what difference does that make. It's a big business as many people buy them as they are cheaper than cars not wrecked. I would suggest everyone go there and pick up one of those Elios because you know where they are. When this business takes off, it will fund the Elio-E.
I ask the admins to start a separate thread for the people that buy these renew vehicles. Because technically, they are Elio Owners. For example, he has renewed a 2013 Hyundai Elantra Limited for $8,999. That's more than a $7450 Elio but I think this will be fine until he starts cranking out the Elio. At least you will be an Elio Owner. I bet he would throw in a tall Starbucks too. So just email him a pelio1st@gmail.com He will get you the best deal possible. I also like that the principal address is the same as Elio Motors.
There are insurance companies that will insure them but not the usual big ones, and I wouldn't be surprised if the premiums were much higher for basic coverage.
Just looking at the market for a 2013 Elantra in the Phoenix area, you can find clean title ones for around the same price from the usual "buy here pay here" places. They may have more miles on them but they would, depending on the driver record, be easier to insure.
Side note to this: I worked for a Hyundai dealer in the parts department and dealt with a few customers that would buy theft recovery cars with the intent to flip them. Most of what I sold were new ignition switches and keys and the covers for the steering column, door locks, and head and tail light assemblies. Often, the customer would be shocked at the prices especially for ignition systems because they were specific to the ECU computer, or in a lot of cases we could not get the parts because they were older than 10 years. In some cases we bought items from Ebay or a recycler and then marked them up to sell to the customer. Often we would sell them new ignition assemblies but then they would have to bring the vehicle in to have it reprogrammed.
In all honesty, any used car that they reconditioned that wasn't a Hyundai, used parts from Auto Zone, O'Reilly, Ebay, or salvage/recycler and when it came to tires unless it needed specific tires, they installed Ironman tires.
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