xtspode
Elio Addict
I agree. Paul has been fighting uphill to provide this vehicle to us. Yea we have put some money down, and waited a couple years, but Paul has been doing all the work and put a lot more money in than we have. We can have a few gripes about not having yellow for an option, or not having the dent proof composite panels, or the funny gauges, but if Paul pulls off the "Must Have 4 things", we are going to have a blast. Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead. This thing is just about there. It is entering the birth canal almost, we can almost see the light at the end of Paul's tunnel. If he asks me to put my money where my mouth is, I don't mind committing to buy one. It would be nice if I could help out more. Anyway, this is so close and he is sticking to his must haves from day one. That is one tenacious guy. Kudos to him.First let me say that I stand by everything Coss said.
However, I think it's fair to let you know that someone here does feel your pain.
I think the switch is a disappointment to some of us for a number of different reasons.
But I also suspect that it was necessary to stay within real-world constraints for cost and production rate.
And then there's also those up-side things like tighter vehicle tolerances and weight savings.
As far as a scam and/or incompetence...
You can easily interpret many of the "forward thinking statements" that way if if you're inclined to.
But I suggest that it was more likely enthusiasm for, and overconfidence in, the original vehicle design...
And ditto for statements about the marketing strategy, business plan and subsequent projected time line to production.
On occasion, EM has proven not to be the most all-knowing automotive deities the perhaps we'd hoped they were.
But they seem to have stayed on this thing like a hungry terrier on a bone for how many years now?
They've ticked some of us off a number of times with some amazing, but relatively small, stumbles and blunders...
But it seems that they're still on the path to selling me a unbelievable vehicle at an unheard of price.