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Elio said awhile ago (~2 years ago?) that they will not design out interference from/to Amateur Radio as required from all cars - that's another advantage of being an auto-car and not a car. He mentioned it specifically in an address, but don't ask me when... We'll have to take our own...

Worth repeating, maybe...

And how many remember AYDS?

I took this statement in the latest blog as a hint that they would use a press conference/briefing to shout the good news, with a much larger audience than they would have with the blog: "We’ll also talk about how the success of our current stock sale, which was made possible by the Regulation...

From the summary: "The weaker dollar makes it more advantageous to export" from the U.S., Bill Krueger, vice chairman of Nissan's operations in North and South America, said in an interview." Said another way, the world thinks the US dollar is worth less because we've trashed our economy, and...

Like so many things Elio, time will tell...

Woohoo! Hopefully that will make service options more plentiful! Firestone is only 3 miles away for me, Pep Boys is 30...

Wouldn't let me read without a subscription...

Profit margins on small cars are so thin, not because of low selling prices, but because of all of the cost burdens the current industry model loads on them - several hundred engineers working on each design, contract legacies paying benefits on several generations of retirees, dealer networks...

Before retiring, I worked internationally for the final 10 years and had the opportunity to visit factories and factory teams on every continent but Africa and Antarctica. It was eye-opening, and humbling. This is not to diss American workers, but generally speaking American workers are more...

Maybe now folks can get yellow.....

Larger automakers can replicate the vehicle, but there is no way they can duplicate the business model. The obstacles and inertia they would need to overcome would be huge - existing franchise model, dealer power, required inventory, labor contract legacies, overhead, culture and attitudes...

I have 2 mottos that I live by: "I may be growing older, but I refuse to grow up!", and; "You're only young once, but you can be immature forever!" "Adult" is not something I'm called very often <LOL>

In conversations with folks in the biz, a typical expectation for conversions of "expressions of interest" to actual purchase is around 50%. Before the creation of the RegA+ process when only accredited investors could play, requesting a prospectus would have been considered an expression of...

~940 miles from Shreveport to my home via Amarillo - should be a good day's drive <grin>

I imagine that most folks on this forum go home every night and leave work behind 'em, with no or little comprehension what it means to live, eat and breath the company 24/7/365. It's a tremendous burden and it takes a tremendous toll on body, mind and soul. And it is the rare individual who...

A little chlorine in the gene pool every now and then can be a good thing...

OK, April 1st it's his <LOL>

And you can't have mine! Dan, #9058

I'm not so sure I'd give the CAFE initiative such a narrow interpretation - I prefer to think its intent was to improve MPG for the way America travels. To say it should be limited only to autos and not autocycles would be the same as saying "be creative to improve mileage but you're not...