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You saying Camaros have old man steering wheels? ;-)

Don't forget that we changed how horsepower is rated in the early '70s. Before then, it was an engine on a dyno with no accessories and different intake and exhaust than the production car. Here's an example: 1971 Corvettes with the 350cid engine were rated at 270-330hp. In 1972, they were...

I'm guessing Georgia.

Why do you say they "won't disclose this?" You make it sound like people are clamoring for this info and Elio is telling us it's a big secret. I wish people would quit making everything sound like a conspiracy just because they haven't found the info they're looking for yet. Here's the map...

If the EPA had enough power, they would be able to actually TEST vehicle emissions. As it is now, they have to trust the information that the car companies provide. Yeah.... That'll work. Pollution is not a partisan issue. We all breathe the same air.

I think some people are stuck on the legal definition in regards to the number of wheels. The Elio is a motorcycle just as much as my wheelbarrow is a unicycle. Front wheel drive. Enclosed cabin. Airbags. Air conditioning. Windshield wiper. Steering wheel. Seat belts. Yeah... Sounds...

A lot of people like to sit so far back that they can't even fully depress the brake pedal. I'm 6'2" and don't have the seat pushed all the way back in an of my cars except for the wife's [late] Mazda5, which had zero leg room in all three rows.

I see the compressor, but not the condenser. May be too hard to see on my phone.

I imagine the radiator will have plastic tanks. There probably isn't an off-the-shelf radiator that fits the Elio, so they have to fab them for the prototypes.

Is this so strange? I can remember only ONE of the dozen or so cars I have owned that called for the same pressure front and rear. Of course, I have never owned a car older than 1979.

I don't know much about the 4.0. I just remember hearing about a lot of the 3.0 engines going up around 100,000 miles. I never owned one. The only Fords I have owned were tractors: a 1950 8N and a 1983 with a Perkins diesel. They last quite a long time... Just have to rebuild the...

Yes, not all of them died young... but a LOT of them did. It doesn't take that high of a percentage to make something notorious. Think of GM ignition switches or Takata airbags. The vast majority are fine.

I wouldn't be worried. The Elio is on target to have a 0-60 time about the same as the original Porsche 911.

Engines that can't get to 200,000 miles are few and far between. If a car doesn't make it to 200k, it is usually due to accident, rust, or some other expensive problem that a 2nd or 3rd owner doesn't want to pay for. The ones that have a hard time racking up the miles are notorious for it...

It is good that there is a recall, but don't blow this out of proportion. Out of 1,200,000 Takata airbag deployments in the last 15 years, fewer than 100 have suffered from ruptured propellant cartridges. That's 0.0083%. So, let's assume Takata doesn't fix the problem. Now, let's assume...

Airbags are not dangerous by default... In fact, they have saved countless lives. Only the defective ones are dangerous, which are only a small portion of the ones recalled.

Just don't get into an accident in one! Most cars were death traps back then when compared to modern vehicles. Check out the IIHS 50th anniversary crash test.

Okay. What I meant to say is that home distilling alcohol to DRINK is illegal. The permit only allows you to distill fuel.