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

Used car sales. REALLY USED. A 3 person car...Good for a couple with a chauffeur. That's it. Want more room? Lincoln is selling cars too.

Maybe I want to take my girlfriend and her boyfriend out? Guessing that would explain the need for 3 seats.

Remind me again why 3 seats are better than 2. If you want to haul the family, take the car. Going to work? Hello Elio. You're this close to ignore.

PJ, are you the same guy that screwed up pickup trucks by lopping 2' off the box to add more dang seats? If so, we need to talk! I ( and I'd bet a lot of the people I see driving solo every day on my 45 mile commute) could care less if the back seat holds 2 rug rats. Anyone up here will need 2...

If we go your route, it'll be $20K after a full redesign, weigh almost twice as nuch, need more power to drag it's now fat ass around, and get 40 MPG. 3 tiny seats is no more practical than 2 for many out there.

Let's use 35mph as a lifetime average vehicle speed. You could simulate 100,000 miles of run time in around 4 months of round the clock dyno running. Assuming multiple engines being tested, one might be on that cycle, another running start/stop tests, one running at max load till failure, and...

If that block showed up in a decent machine shop today, it could be ready for coating in a day or less. Most coatings require a week or more lead time, then a couple days (conservative) for inspection/assembly. The bottom line is that testing in June is possible. Maybe it won't happen, maybe...

Haven't made it to 10 yet. It'll take a test drive to get me there. I'm interested to about an 8, but my wallet doesn't care.

All the more reason to find a more efficient truck. Fuel is THE biggest expense in trucking. An OTR truck may run 150000 miles a year. At 6 MPG that's 25000 gallons of $4+ diesel. There are guys out there getting close to the 10 mark, with well speced rigs driven just right, but that's the...

5% is something you ain't gonna see on a 55hp motor. It'll be closer to the top end. AC compressors (depending on sizing) can pull up to 20hp. Obviously a little cab like the Elio won't need one that big, but they do rob power and economy.