I see that the Solo has full sized license plates on the front and back for Canada. Has Elio incorporated this for their cars? Then there are different plates and restrictions for all of the other countries that Elio will be sold in. It would be neat to see a China Spec Elio.
I've had lots of experience with aluminum engines. They do not heat up super fast unless it's a VW with the E888 engine in it (it has the water cooled exhaust manifold). I have a great comparison right now because my wife has a CRV that has an 1.5l all aluminum turbo 4 in it. Trust me it takes...
I had an e46 BMW and it had pop out windows. They were electric too, so you didn't have to get in the back and pop them open by hand (like in my old 911).
It's funny you bring that up. A customer of mine has a new Dodge 1500 with the small diesel in it. This past winter, it wouldn't start when it got to -10F. He discovered this when the family went to his parents house in VT for Christmas. It finally started at 10F but that was like a week later...
Here's what i found out. The 2015 has 140K on it. The only major problem has been the rear axle seals leaking after a year and Ford warrantied it. Other than that, it's been the required maintenance at the dealer. I didn't realize that he has a 2018 with 35K on it and it's equipped the same and...
That would be a heated windscreen. Ford did that back in the 80's and for some reason it's quite popular in Europe bu not here. They now call it the Quickclear Windscreen and even on cheap cars they have it (i.e. Ka). They could also add heated rear view mirrors to the package.
Maybe just have a "cold weather pack". That would be heated seats, steering wheel, washer nozzles, block heater and headlight washers. I know that the Canadian and Nordic countries would buy that pack as it's almost mandatory. Then, there should b a "snow tire pack" which would be three wheels...
I went to the site and had to make an account. So I used a burner email and if anyone else does, it would be a good idea because they try to sell you a bunch of work from home things. Anyway, I used the search "Elio Motors Plant" then the location of Shreveport, LA. 10+ jobs came up. None for...
The guy down the street from me has a 2015 with the 3.5l V6TT in it. He owns a paving company and that truck has an equipment trailer hooked up behind it almost all of the time and it has a big rack in the bed holding various other items. Then he does dirt track racing and has a big box trailer...
I see that but maybe you need to go to a Morgan get together (especially at Lime Rock) and you'll see. Plus you'll the the stereotype of people that own them too (which are quite similar to any 50's or 60's English roadster owner).
Out of at least 100 of them that I seen, no center light. My guess is that the owners uninstalled them or never got them installed to begin with. This was in 2017 when I seen them all.
Here's what Elio says:
If look at the SEC filing, you'll see that Elio will be getting $110M in new reservations all during the 76 weeks that they have on their official timeline. Plus 76 weeks from today is 2/13/2020...
Here's the requirement if you own a Morgan.
1. Have a waxed handlebar mustache
2. Wear round wire rimmed glasses
3. Minimum age of 60
4. Have a leather bomber jacket
5. Wear a leather cap and goggles (like like you are flying a plane in WWI)
6. Know how to work on it because it'll break down
7...
It takes lots of money to promote and that's something Elio does not have right now. When they get the money, they will start promoting heavily. Until then, all they can do it keep working their butt off to get that financing.
This is where Elio's money went to good use. They wrote the rules for an autocycle and they will be the only ones (for now) that sell a vehicle that complies with it. All of the rest will have to abide by motorcycle rules.
I bet Elio has written the safety protocol and specs for the autocycle...
For years I had a 1988 Chevy Truck with the 350 in it. It had 210hp and 288 ft-lbs of torque. That compares to the 310hp and 348 ft-lbs of torque for the new 2019 4 cylinder motor. I was able to haul lots of stuff with it and it did fine. It got faster over the years because it was rusting like...