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If that little bit in the general discussion thread was the problem then there seems to be a rather low tolerance for debate. I guess there could always be the concern that things will degenerate from there into the usual 'socialist commie pinko's' vs the 'heartless corporate bible-nazis'...

"The problem is .....classified as a motorcycle". I don't see that as a problem, that's a BONUS! Makes it CHEAPER.

Then again, some of them are so HILARIOUS you'd hate to miss them.

Sorry, just wondering... what brought all this on? was there a problem? maybe I missed something?

I know where you're comin' from, I'm an EMT. We roll out on those 'emergencies' every day.

I plugged a hole in a tire once with a self-tapping sheet metal screw, (all I had with me). years later when I had the tire replaced the guy asked; "did you know you had a screw in this tire?" I had forgotten all about it for YEARS and the tire held air fine the whole time. So just keep some...

I thought it wasa referençe to the "we don't call 911" philosophy.

You always mount a horse on the left, I've always got on my bike on the left side, (maybe some psycological hitch or something), and you get into your car to drive on the left here in the US. So probably the left WOULD feel the most natural for the Elio door.

Don't know if that's a real law in Cali' or if the dealer was just makin' up crap to low-ball your trade in, not that I can POSSIBLY envision a car dealer doing something like that. But run-flat tires are EXPENSIVE. I know for a BMW $300 per tire might seem like spare change, but in the $7k...

I think you're right on the money. tires and roads have gotten good enough that the odds of a flat tire are not that much more than the odds of any other mechanical breakdown. we don't carry a spare fuel pump or ignition module, why a spare tire? as long as you have good rubber, you'll...

I HAVE contemplated the question of what it would take to make an Elio fly. Should be almost light enough. Throw on some wings, couple props on the front wheel drive shafts.......

Funny how people who want to sell you tires can't FIX anything. I have plugged a cycle tire and would not hesitate to patch one either. It won't explode. I'm not riding 200 mph, and WORST case is it'll go flat again. And tire goop don't "ruin" the tire, it's just a mess to deal with. I'd...

Uugh! THIS is how the great gas-cap debate of 2014 got started.

You can use an old smartphone with HUD speed, GPS, compass, whatever you can find an app for. been using that for speedometer for awhile now in my truck simce the speedo is broken.

Seriously guys, tiny little motors sound like tiny little motors. You ain't foolin' anyone, 'cept maybe yourself. Put whatever can you want on it and it'll sound like a little motor with a can on the muffler. You just have physics working against you. You can't make a .22 sound like a 12 guage.

Feel free to pass the time. I've always been facinated by aviation and av history, but in my socioeconomic bracket war stories are about as close as I'll ever get to the cockpit. Feel free to continue inspiring imagination.

Let us not forget that regardless of WHO pays the taxes for roads, the govt. is already getting PLENTY of money to get the job done. How often do we watch them tear up and 'fix' perfectly good roads while other roads are all but impassable and are untouched? I know it's all about federal vs...

I get what you're sayin', but in 1975 the minimum wage was $2.10/hr. At .36/gal, that is 5.83 gallons of gas per minimum wage hour. In the year 2014 with a minimum wage of $7.25, and an average gas price today of $3.34, that is 2.17 gallons per minimum wage hour. That puts gas at nearly 2.7...

Then again, $5 was almost like money then. Now it won't even buy lunch at MacD's. I'd love to have a '72 Opel Gt though, Unique little car.

sorry if I'm kind of ignorant here, but what attributes of this particular engine would make it especially suitable for aviation? My understanding is that it is specifically designed to perform very efficiently within a somewhat narrow workload range. How much aircraft would translate to the...