Are You Within A 60 Mile Drive To A Pep Boys?

[Craig]

 

[Craig]

 

[carzes]

Even the sleepy town of Las Cruces has a Pep Boys - 3.5 miles from home

A mere village of only 100,000 people. Practically a ghost town.
I love to get a feel for different people's idea of what 'small town' is. According to Hollywierd anything under a million is pretty much uninhabited territory. My home TOWNSHIP is 2000 or so, and no we don't have a Pep Boys, but we wouldn't expect to either.

 

[RMClubfitter]

Have 4 Pep Boys within a 60 mile radius. 3 within a 25 mile radius. 1 within an 10 mile radius. I'm fortunate in regards to service. Got a feeling routine service will be easy to do yourself. Hopefully access to spark plugs will be convenient. I'm sure oil change will be easy. Hopefully there will be enough room in engine compartment to make changing alternators and sensors fairly easy. I guess brake pads and rotors will be basically same as other cars (I'm sure other auto repair services will also be able to do basic work on the Elio). Having access to the few proprietary parts (don't know what they will be) will be the issue with other repair services. Hopefully the initial statement, most parts are shelf parts, stays in place and getting most of the parts you need will be simple.

 

[saint451]

I remember reading this:

"No Pep Boys in your area? Elio Motors is working to ensure a service center solution is available in every retail market that we open in."

I have 3 within 60 miles, and one that is not a service center. No brag...just fact!

 

[Rickb]

Go Elio!

 

[JDub]

12 miles to Pep Boys and the showroom will be here in the city. Convenient but I do all my own repair work myself. 40 year professional that has trouble trusting others.

 

[Craig]

Elio states that it will set up a network of Elio Sores to insure the ultimate sales experience. When it's ONE price for all.........on the Elio and options.......the sales experience is simple. Buying the Elio.......could be set up on-line.......Virtual Elio Stores with your special order Elio delivered, prepped, and picked up at real Elio Service Centers. I feel excellence in 'customer service' to be far more important to control in house. I am eager to see their plan for markets without either Elio Stores or Pep Boys. A very important issue for me.........perhaps not so much for the DIY service owner.

http://www.elioowners.com/threads/commission-orientated-sales-marketing.394/

 

[eLeo]

8 hour drive to PepBoys, 100 feet to my shop, so no problem...

 

[Jim H]

A mere village of only 100,000 people. Practically a ghost town.
I love to get a feel for different people's idea of what 'small town' is. According to Hollywierd anything under a million is pretty much uninhabited territory. My home TOWNSHIP is 2000 or so, and no we don't have a Pep Boys, but we wouldn't expect to either.

Las Cruces may be 100K in population and the second largest city in New Mexico. That doesn't mean much because it is so isolated that it has not progressed much in the last few decades. In many ways the state and the city haven't changed much in the last 50 years. That's one of its attractions. Size doesn't always matter.