Cedartick
Elio Fan
With gas at $2.00 a gallon... My Elio will take me as just far ....for .50 cents. Works for me.
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You can register using your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account, just click here.Again, I also think that the stock markets taking a major dump is having a huge effect on reservation rates.Preaching to the Choir!
That is what I fear happens on this website. We all reinforce each other how great the Elio is and we believe all the rest of the world sees it the same way. I fear we may have made a mistake. Neither auto show (NY and LA) produced the large number of reservations we expected. It looks like the rest of the world may not be as enthused as we are about the Elio. It will be interesting if there is an upswing in reservations as a result of the TV advertising ad. I am worried.
I hope the negative articles is part of the reason for no dramatic upswing in reservations. This effect would go away once production starts.I am surprised not much of an uptick happened from either show. I think the ads will help and hurt. People will look into Elio and see negative articles about it. Others will maybe join in or at least see the potential of Elio.
I haven't heard of any plans to make a bulletproof/blast resistant/toxic gas proof Elio with run-flat tires yet.I hope the negative articles is part of the reason for no dramatic upswing in reservations. This effect would go away once production starts.
Perhaps we need a picture of Obama, Hillary, and Trump debating from inside their Elios.
I hope the negative articles is part of the reason for no dramatic upswing in reservations. This effect would go away once production starts.
Perhaps we need a picture of Obama, Hillary, and Trump debating from inside their Elios.
The Elio 's production has been pushed back a lot. I'm sure that has turned a lot of people away or made them weary of reserving one. However, I stand by my original statement, seeing them on the road is what will make sales.Preaching to the Choir!
That is what I fear happens on this website. We all reinforce each other how great the Elio is and we believe all the rest of the world sees it the same way. I fear we may have made a mistake. Neither auto show (NY and LA) produced the large number of reservations we expected. It looks like the rest of the world may not be as enthused as we are about the Elio. It will be interesting if there is an upswing in reservations as a result of the TV advertising ad. I am worried.
I don't think we made a mistake being enthusiastic about the Elio concept. It's difficult to expect others to get equally as excited about an incomplete P5. If the P5 and a couple E builds were touring the country doing ride and drive events............that would get more test driver media response and people excited about the concept. See it, feel it, drive it. TV advertising is only effective if you have a product to advertise and sell. It's a simple vehicle design so I don't understand all the time required to build a completed prototype and finalize specs.. That's what I worry about.Preaching to the Choir!
That is what I fear happens on this website. We all reinforce each other how great the Elio is and we believe all the rest of the world sees it the same way. I fear we may have made a mistake. Neither auto show (NY and LA) produced the large number of reservations we expected. It looks like the rest of the world may not be as enthused as we are about the Elio. It will be interesting if there is an upswing in reservations as a result of the TV advertising ad. I am worried.
No-one has summed it up that well for some time.We have to remember that early on, it was common belief that very few people would be interested in the Elio. So then the public events with the sit-in demos went into effect. We all did and completed that work. Now it's plain as day the only limit to huge sales is the product availability at around the promised price. Creeping along how it is now will still hit 50k inside of 30days.
Once this thing is financed, and the production car can be delivered on a reliable schedule, Paul will get his 240k reservations, no problem at all. The Elio has all the attributes that will eventually satisfy 99% of the worries.
So it's funding that is key, and that does need the completion of testing the E series, crash, mileage, handling. I think to some degree, what is said on-line and even current reservation rates, it's all secondary. Satisfying investors and especially the ATVM program is all that maters now. And frankly they don't care about on-going public debate(with-in limits), it's what the business and milestone progress is doing that counts(for now).