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In light of the price lock in, does 65,000 have any significance to the expected manufacturing rate? They've already said that the $7,300 (or $7,000) applies only to nonrefundable reservation holders until nonrefundable + refundable is equal to 65,000. Does this mean that everyone with a...

* MSRP for non-refundable reservations only and applies only until non-refundable and refundable reservations total 65,000. Will be interesting to see what the actual MSRP is for the refundable folks and general public.

If casinos are involved, my dad will join me as a fellow nerd and willing passenger. It will be an interesting trip back though, he's hard of hearing so we won't be able to chat, and he can't drive a stick.

Drive through it because I'm oblivious, curse under my breath, look at the dash to verify my tire pressure is still ok...

Personally, I don't see even a belated Elio being too little too late. I put my original $100 all in way back in fall of 2014, and decided to get my spot in line at the end of the year when the Shreveport plant was secured and it was also apparent that delays were inevitable. My logic was if...

I bowed out, with an original pledge of $500. If the minimum had been set at $600 all along I likely would have gone in at that amount, but when the minimum was raised I felt like they must not need the little guys money and spent those funds elsewhere instead.

The website is back up, and now the pictures are of the P5. Guess they meant to temporarily break that.

I got about 5 seconds. Guess I was the one who overloaded the system and killed the feed. :(

I put in for $500. The way I see it, they can have my bonus back and if it gets me my Elio 6 months sooner it will pay for itself in gas savings.

I wouldn't bank on meeting the HOV requirements everywhere or forever. The state of Northern Virginia is now on a HOT lane kick, and specifically state that autocycles and hybrids have to pay the toll. I gave up on trying to figure out the requirements on other roads in the state, since the...

1994 Mercury Tracer (got flooded) 2000 Suzuki Esteem 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara (college graduation gift to myself) 2006 Kawasaki Ninja 250 (long gone and I miss it) 2009 Subaru Outback (died an early death the night before I got it in for service) 2011 Ram 1500 2014 Ram 1500 I somehow managed...

Price escalation is a b****, that's why in the construction industry we use values at the anticipated midpoint of construction. Every delay in starting moves that average materials and labor cost higher. With that said, the decrease they need to keep their profit margin is something less than...

It's a middle ground for picking and choosing what laws to apply. In Virginia, that means registered & inspected like a motorcycle, licensed like a car, and tolled like a car. No free pass on the HOV express lanes for the Elio, but other than that it's a positive development.

The purpose of the rebate is so that I feel like there's free money associated with my $1000 t-shirt. :D In all seriousness though, it makes good business sense for a startup. Their $500 bonus buys them cars on the road advertising before the retail showrooms are built, and I'm probably going...

That's what I'm hoping. I used to have a Ninja 250 that was enough to get myself in plenty of trouble, but felt like I was going to get blown away anytime something big passed me. I'm most definitely getting a stick shift to maximize the fun factor (and will curse it in DC traffic).

I think the marketing as an "and" car and the low first cost will insulate the Elio from the demand being so closely tied to gas prices. Right now my only vehicle is a full sized pickup because I could only afford one vehicle and needed towing capacity. The desire to have a daily driver/road...

Unfortunately, I'm headed down to NC to visit my parents this weekend, so I'll miss the entire event. And just getting to sit in it would be a big tease anyway.

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Hello all! I'm Cheryl and I just took advantage of the holiday bonus to upgrade the $500 reservation I'd made when EM announced they'd secured the manufacturing facility, so now I'm $1000 all-in and impatiently waiting like everyone else. I'm not a motorcycle owner anymore, and in researching...